Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-18
BUT ROOSEVELT
At REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
CONTINUED From Fifth Page.)

| tDat INGENIOUS loF INC Shioi>>"t -,
this rule shall be provided by the ma
! tional committee chosen by the dele
gates 10 this convention"
The reading Of the amendment call
| cd out cries OF mo. no.. and yes
yes" from all parts of the floor.
The Massachusetts, WISCONSIN.
Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and
Utah members of the committee join
ed in the minority report.
Representative Burke was then rec
ognizcd to speak In favor of the mi
nority report. He claimed that mas
much as the Republican party was
founded upon the idea Of equal JUS
tice to all 1t could do no less than
adopt the minority report. He brought
forth cheers by his assertion that II
Pennsylvania had equal representa-
ton with South Carolina on the basis
OF votes cast at the last President iai
election Il would have 6S delegates
on the floor to South Cardinals Is.
Representative Burke made an i'm
passioned appeal for the adoption OF
his report and was greeted with ire
mCndous applause.
kentucky Was Against.
When Representative Burke had
Augustus E. Wilson. one OF
the delegates from Kentucky, took
the floor in opposition.
This Is no new proposition" he
declared. land want to sound a
note of caution 10 you against acting
hastily in this matter. II Is not a
vital question In Kentucky. for under
the 10000 vote rule we would have
the same number of votes as at pres
cnt. If you accept this rule you will
do more to make the Republican party
a sectional party than the negro ques
ton has done to make the Demo
cratic party sectional party"
mo good will come of 1t II you
adopt this rule" continued Mr.. Will
son amid applause, land after all. is
not South Carolina a member Of the
sisterhood of states?"
At the conclusion of Governor Will
sons remarks the chair recognized J.
Warren Keifer, of Ohio, who declared
the adoption of the minority report
would be a. stepping stone to a long
needed REFORM"
Mr.. Keifer said he was talking for
himself alone. -
Question for Congress to Consider.
Ex-Governor Herrick. OF Ohio, who
followed General Keifer. suggested
that the matter was one which called
for the consideration Of Congress- as
to the elections in the South. He urg-
ed against hasty action for the MI
nority resolution as 1t was too i'm
portant to be passed upon on SO
short a deliberation.
H. L. Kennel. of Little Rock,
Ark, spoke for the majority report
and was followed by George T. Buck
ingham, of Illinois, who favored the
minority.
Other speakers were for the ma
a negro. and for the minority, James
Wadsworth. of New York: ex-Gov-
ernor Fl. c. Yarmouth, Of Louisiana :.
Representative James E. Watson, Of
Indiana.
NJ. Fl. DeYoung. of California. NOV
ed the previous question. It was sec.
onded by New Hampshire. Minnesota
and Indiana.
The vote was then announced by
the chairman to be on the substitution
Of the minority for the1mAjority.
How the states Voted.
Senator Beveridge. Of Indiana. de-
manded q roll call and he was sec
ouded by New York. West Virginia
and PsnnsvI, Alabama. Ark7n-
sas ani California. '.s first thee
states On the roll call voted no and
Colorado. Connecticut. Illinois. and In
diana voted aye. Iowa was the FIRST
state to split its vote. giving six for
the minority and 90 for the majority
report.
Michigan also divided, as did Min
pesota and Missouri. %
The vote went about equally divided
as a rule until New York was reach
cd II cast a solid vote for the MI
nority report. which a: once put IL
into the lead Ohio cast s votes for
the minority aud IS for the majority.
This caused an ouiburst Of applause
which lasted for a full minute.
Pennsylvania went so!idly for the
minority repor; ard the vote pass
Cd the sec total almost even. The
vote of washington nut the matter
beyond doubt. the totals at that time
icing 4.s for the minority to soi for
he majority report.
No vote from New Mexico was re-
-civcd, the delegation being abscn,
1t the time. ~ .-
One delegate was abscnt from Min
ncsota. ard the total was therefore
s77. the minority report receiving al
and the majority soc. ,