The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-19

smoke of the railroads and factories,
as IL by way OF limiting that Chicago
was withdrawing the welcome with
which she had-ereeted the convention
afternoon was q time Of breathless
sweltering heat In the convention hall
today's early hours betokened even
worse temperature. It was seen thai
when delegates weary with the strain
of yesterday and with the wild racket
Of last nights celebration Of the NOM
ination of Taft, took up this morning
the single task remaining. it was with
ill-disguised impatience to get 1t over
with, and 1t was plain that long
speeches or protracted contest would
receive scant announcement.
The day began with fair promise
of early agreement on the candidate
for the vacant place on the ticket.
Conferences extending far into the
night had made apparently apprecia-
BILE progress toward clearing up the
situation.
New York state early in the evening.
in a caucus characterized by notable
enthusiasm had suddenly dropped its
waiting attitude, buried the differ
ences which all the week have kept the
Empire state from being much Of a
factor in the convention and pressed
to the front Of the vice presidency sit
| uation with its solid strength of IS
votes behind Congressman James S.
emily destroyed whatever chance there
had been Of the delegation taking up
the candidacy of Secretary Cortelyou
and his name was hardly heard at all
last night.
Help Is Assured.
Assurances OF support for Sherman
by several other states, and general
realization of the pivotal value OF New
York's bunch of 80 electoral votes.
Ve hi = tA
York delegation an Importance IN
stantly recognized by all the leaders.
Indeed, 1t has been said throughout
| the convention that II the 70 delegates
OF the state could be united on any
man he would at once become a most
formidable candidate for the vice pres
| idency. At the same time it was said
| by some Of the leaders In close touch
with Washington that the admins
tration's preference was for a man
| from the Mississippi valley.
me name OF Governor Cummins, Of
Iowa was to have been presented as
the result of the meeting Of the Iowa
delegation last evening, but this ac-
ton was later practically rescinded
and the belief at the opening of to-
days activities was that the nomina-
ton either of Cummins of DolIiyer Of
| the same state whose name has been
| the subject Of frequent mention for
the vice presidency since the begin
ming of the convention could be eff
fected only as the result of some un-
equivocal expression to that end on
the part of Secretary Taft or Mr.
Roosevelt. The probable far reach
| ing consequences of the nomination
| Of either upon the strained relation in
| the Iowa Republican organization
! made most people believe that the
neither Of the Iowa men on the tick
ct. ~
Beveridge Is Mentioned.
An interesting development of the
night was the first appearance in the
conference of the name Of United
| States Senator Beverage of Indiana.
| The mention OF the young Hoosier
and there were Indications when the
conference suspended for the night,
that his case had not been altogether
| disposed of. There appeared an in
creasingly general inclination to re-
gard as final Vice : President Fair
| would not be a. candidate for fenom-
nation: in addition to that some feel
| ing was evident among the Taft peo-
pie as the result of expressions used
in the convention yesterday by some
| of Fairbanks adherents in comment
campaign.
| was still in plain sight on the field this
morning and there was no open dim
mutton Of loyalty on the part of his
stout band of Massachusetts, deleg-
ates Nevertheless the rising Sher-
man tide had seeped through the
Guild foundations and there were
more indications that more than a few
structures had not long to stand.
Murphy Of New Jersey, Sheldon of
Nebraska; Knight of California: were
still more or less actively praised in
! the early hours. John Hays Ham
| mond had Withdrawn his own name
early last evening.
The convention crowd has already
begun to dwindle. Out going trains
began to fill up within an hour after
the nomination Of Secretary Taft
yesterday afternoon. Interest in the
vice presidential nomination keeps the
delegates and alternates on the field
to q great extent, but by the dawn OF
another day, most Of the visitors will
have gone and the fourteenth Repub-
lioan national convention will have
been a thing Of the past.
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