The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-20
New Yorker Draws Second Place With Total of Eight Hundred and Six
 teen Votes.
CANNON PUTS HIM THROUGH
Fairbanks Gets But Ono Vote; Cover nor sheldon, Ten; Governor Guild, I5; and Governor
 Murphy, v.

man. This Is the ticket of the repub- lican party flung to the breeze today as the republican national convention concluded with the nomination of James S. sherman of New York for ce-president amid a final roar of tumultuous demonstration. Again the vast assembly was swept with wave on wave of wild exultant clamor, as the multitude, realizing that at last the work was done and the record made upon which the republican par ty goes before the country, united in one last mighty outburst of enthusias- tic tribute to the men who will bear forward the standard in the struggle now on hand
 Another inspiring picture was pre- sented today as the convention named it's candidates for vice-president The enormous throngs had waited through an hour of oratory, swelterng In the heat-laden atmosphere. packed as be- fore into solid masses of humanity, with only here and there few va- cant spots in the remote galieries- the delegates in the broad arena be- | low, the bright-hued lines of feminin- | fly in the circling galleries and over 1 all the enveloping folds of "Old 1 Glory" From the outset 1t was dis tlnctly a sherman crowd. with gall leries already trained into choruses of sherman songs and an invading host of sherman marchers. bearing huge
 portrait of the New York candidate
 starting the echoes ringing. Among the early arrivals on the floor was Speaker Cannon, yesterday a candidate
 for president but today here as a pill
 lar of strength in the sherman move
 ment Tha widespread affection for the
 old war horse of the party was shown
 by the crowds of delegates surging
 about him 10 grasp .his hand and bid
 him welcome.
 The preliminaries were brief and
 at 10:30 the nominating speeches for
 vice-president began with limit of
 ten minutes 10 each speaker. On the
 call of states, Delaware yielded 10 New
 York and former Lieut. Governor
 Timothy L. Woodruff mounted the
 platform for a glowing speech, placing
 in nomination Sherman as New York's
 choice for the presidency, Now
 came a surprise as the venerable Can
 Ia | t,. tt, ,ig ,,l
 shaggy beard, emerged from the 1lli-
 nos delegation and stepping to the
 platform was yielded unanimous con
 sent to second the nomination of Sher-
 man. Such a picture of homely, plain
 American citizenship as Cannon ap-
 peared, as he advanced before the
 throng which rose to do him homage
 has seldom been seen before a nation
 al convention His serious face was
 beaded with sweat; his collar melted
 to a rag, hung limp about his neck
 His vest was thrown wide open, expos
 ing a crumpled shirt. and the sleeves
 of his black alpaca coat curled ur
 about his dangling cuffs to his elbows as his waving arms emphasized his
 ringing words for his colleague and friend--James S. sherman of New
 York.
 From the outhursts of enthusiasm
 which greeted every mention of Sher- ! mans name it was plain that the
 mind of the convention had been made
 up and that tho decision was only to
 be recorded. But for moment there
 was halt in the sherman movement as Senator Lodge, leaving the presid- ing officers chair, advanced to nomin-
 ate Governor Guild of Massachusetts : for the presidency. The sen
 ators voice was strained with the ex-
 ertions of recent days. but he spoke
 eloquently and forcibly for the Mas
 sachusetts candidate. Michigan : through Chase osborn, added her voice for Guild, and New Jersey brought forward her favorite son ir speech by Thomas McCarter nom. mating former Governor Murphy oi : New Jersey for second place on the ticket.
 The steady advance of the Sherman !, movement now begun again, as statt after state fell into lne-North Caro, lima in a ringing speech from the flool D hy Harry Skinner, Oklahoma by Den . his T. Flynn, Pennsylvania by Con !. gressman Myron Olmstead, Tennesset ! by H. Clay Evans, and Virginia b. E c. E. Slemp.
 Now began the vote, taken amiC 2 confusion at first, which increased al \ the totals climbed upward to the nom ! mating point, The result was neve ! in doubt as the totals of states wer, heaped one upon another. Ther, ! were scattering votes, but the grea :. body of delegates swelled the tota of Sherman until 1t touched S16 Witt ! keen appreciation of the effect of th' climax Chairman Lodge announced the result, reserving Sherman's sur ! total until the last.
 {. Vice President Fairbanks gets on {. vote; Gov. Sheldon of Nebraska, Il {. votes; Gov, Guild of Massachusetts < 75 votes Gov Murphy of New Jer ' sey, 77 votes, and James Schoolcraf f sherman of New York, s16 votes. Again the flood gates of enthusiasm ! were let loose as floor and galler. ' joined in pandemonium of demon stration for the nominee.
 | The nominations completed fna < details were now quickly perfected. committees from the various states L r wait upon the candidates for presiden and Nce-president and formally motif ' them of the action of the conventio | in nominating them; prospective meet q ings of the national committee to per ' feet plans for the coming campaign r and thanks and congratulations [ | the Chieagoans who have given a con + vention of much perfect equpmen | And then, just before noon ami ' cheers still echoing, and the inspirin I... I... It.