Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-06-24
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CnItAGO, June ls.-iaft on the first ballot. with 702 votes, tacn the unanimous choice of the convention.
 Such is the record of the eliminating day of the Republican National Con. vention of 1908, effected amid scenes of tumul,ous enthusiasm, and after n nerve racking. continuous session of nearly eight hours. With the president named and the platform enunciatcd, there remains only the vice presiden' tial nomination to complete the mo mentous work.
 Tonight the whole city is given over to wild exultation in honor of the new candidate whose name goes echoing through the country.
 It was when Ohio was reached in the call for nominations that the most stir ring of the days incidents took place. "Tsft. Taft, W. II. Taft came from the Ohioans in n roar. Mcgaphoncs seemed to spring from concealed places. A huge silk banner, bearing the fla miliar features of the principal candi' date, was swung before the delegates, awakening fresh whirlwind of en- thusiasm. The uproar continued for more than thirty minutes, and was n repetition of yesterday. when its cause was Theodore Roosevelt.
 When quiet had been partially sc- cured, George A. Knight made the seconding speech for Ohio's candidate, his booming baritone voice sounding like the tones of churcl organ. IL was late in the afternoon, after Scna- tor LaFollettc, the last of the candi. l. I.l ,l that the roll of states began for the vote. When New York was reached The Taft column totalled I27 votes.
 Ohio carried it to 5ll, twenty more than enough. great shout went up when Chairman Lodge announced the result, which increased whe the lead ers for all the other candidates, one at time, moved that the nomination be made unanimous.
 Upon the conclusion of the speech of C. X. McGee, of Wisconsin, second. ing the nomination of LaFollette, the last of all the nominating speeches, the most extraordinary demonstration of the convention occurred. For real en tnusiasm it surpassed any demonstra ton during the convention. If started mildly enough, partly as n tribute tt the Wisconsin candidate and partly from relief of the crowd at the ap proach of the roll call which was tC determine the fate of the men who had been named. It rose to m uproal when man named Zifert, messen ger of the Y. S. Senate, held up n pie ture of Roosevelt.
 1t was impossible to tell cxactl, where the LaFollctte tribute left of and the tumultous cneers for Roosevelt began. Sergeant at Arms Stone dicta torially directed Zifert to haul dowI the Roosevelt picture. He prompt, obeyed, but that did not stop the cheer ing. The tumult was now so great tha no human voice nor the lusty stroke of the chairman's gavel could be heard or order brought out of chaos. The OK citement 90 far had been confined on tirely to the galleries, the delegates waiting calmly for the formal proceed ings to begin when order was restored It was like waiting for a tornado t pass.
 The whirlwind of applause develop ed definitely into Roosevelt demon stration, and encouraged by its pro longation. a man on the stage agai lifted aloft the Autograph of the pres ident. In further excitation of tn crowds frenzy there appeared on tn balcony an immense American fal