The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-20
JAMES 5. SEER
 MAN NAMED

tContinued from Page One.) sherman. New Jersey sent to the plat form Thomas Mccarter to place in nomination former Governor Franklin Murphy. of that State.
 New Jersey ioyally cheered the name Of Governor Murphy. Harry Skinner delegate from North Carolina, while standing on the convention floor, spoke briefly. seconding the nomination of sherman. Ohio was passed over with out response, and then Dennis Flynn of Oklahoma. added the second of that State to the fast growing sherman can didacy. He spoke from his place on the floor.
 Pennsylvania's seconding of MT. Sherman called out great cheering from the New York delegation. as they re. garded this as conclusive proof of victory fof, their candidate. Repre- sentative Olmstead, of Pennsylvania, made the speech for that State.
 When Tennessee was reached, an- other second was given to sherman by H. Clay Evans. and c. B. Slemp of Virginia put his State in line for the New Yorker with the simple statement that the State was for him. The call proceeded and was completed when number sof Louisiana delegates pressed forward to the front of the speakers platform, asking that their State be called again in order to- allow ex-Gov- ernor Warmoth to deliver a seconding speech. The chairman refused to al- low this, saying: The clerk will call the roll"
 Alabama" ;" Alabama cast one vote for Guild. two for Murphy and nineteen for sherman.
 Aransas gave her entire vote to Sher- man. as did California and Georgia. Illinois gave Sherman fifty-one out of fffty.four votes. The sherman tide continued steadily to rise and when Louisiana had cast her split vote heav. fly in favor of the New York candidate. there no longer was any doubt Maine gave three to Guild and the remainder of her votes for Sherman. Massachu- setts went solidly for sherman, but the tide of Sherman votes rolled steadily along until Montana split. giving four to Guild. Ohio, realizing that the coTts test was settled, divided her vote to compliment all the candidates, giving ty-sfx to Sherman.
 ty-six to Sherman.
 NEW YORK GIVES HER
 ENTIRE VOTE TO SHERMAN.
 When New York was called Tim othy Woodruff arose and said: New York casts her seventy eight votes for the next Vice-President of the United States, James S. Sherman"
 The issue was settled and New York cheered the victory The balloting throughout was marked by great en- thusiasm. The vote for sherman was not broken until West Virginia was reached, when Fairbanks was given one vote. Wisconsin split her vote among sherman, Guild and Murphy, and also ten to Governor Sheldon of Ne- braska.r
 All of the territories cast their votes for sherman. and the result of the bal lot was announced by Chairman Lodge to be: sherman. s16; Guild, 75; Mur- phy. TT; sheldon, 10; Fairbanks. 1 ab- sent, 1.
 The big picture of Sherman was up- raised instantly the result was an- nounced, and for five minutes the con- vention was in an uproar. A profess sional cheer leader with a flag rushed to the front of the platform. He had made quite reputation at the conven- ton of four years ago, but today Chair. man Lodge grabbed the young man by the scuff of the neck and sent him whirling back to his place.
 Shall the nomination be made unan- imous7" said Chairman Lodge. as he recognized Senator Crane of Massachu- setts, who made a motion in accord ance with the chairman's question, in behalf of Governor Guild. New Jersey and Nebraska quickly trai1ed in. and when the motion was put, 1t was carried with a shout of approval. Senator Gailinger of New Hampshire. offered the usual resolu. ton to appoint the permanent Chair man, Senator Lodge. as chairman of the committee to notify the Presidential nominee and that temporary chairman, Senator J. C. Burrows. be appointed to the head of the committee to notify the e-Presidential nominee. Chair man Lodge. who is going abroad dur ing the summer, requested that Sena- tor William Warner, of Missouri, past Commander-in- Chief of the G. A. R., be substituted in his place. The reso- lution was unanimously adopted with this amendment.
 The usual motions of acknowledg- ment to the officers of the convention and to the city in which 1t was held. were passed.
 Judson W. Lyon of Georgia was re- cognized to make the motion to ad- journ without delay. It was put into effect at 11:47 a. m.
 The band played The Star Spangied Banner" the delegates rapidly left the hall and the convention of 1908 had made It's way into history.
 
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