The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-19

Taft movement while the remaining candidates were placed In nomination. Ic was late In the afternoon before the convention, now literally sweltering from the intense heat and weary after nearly seven hours of continuous ses- sion, reached the end of the flood of eloquence and the decks were at last clear for the decisive act, the ballot | ing, But no, just as the last oratory, the secondlng speech for La Toilette, had died away, like a cyclone from a clear sky burst a La Toilette demon stration which swept the convention from its very bearings. It was tho same deafenlng wave or sound that had greeted Roosevelt yesterday, and Taft q little while before, Intense and maddening and with the vital ring of genuine enthusiasm. It seemed as though Wisconsin had suddenly peopled every foot of the galleries. The dele gates sat calm and waiting except the frantic Wisconsin men but the conven- tion for the time being was in the pos session of the galleries.
 Roosevelt Roar Breaks Out.
 Now a singular transformation oc- curred-gradually the whrlwind veered from La Toilette to Roosevelt. A ban ner bearing the Roosevelt portrait and waved from the gallery was the signal for the change, but in the confused ba- bel of forces there was no distinguish | ing where the La Toilette cheers end cd and those for Roosevelt began.
 Amid this pandemonium and with the galleries in full control. Chair man Lodge decided upon heroic ac- ton to again make the convention master of It's affairs. Ills ordered the roll call of states to begin for the vote on president. Such a call under such circumstances of intense confusion has probably never before occurred in the history of national conventions
 Cheer Ted. But Vote Taft.
 ballot was taken to nominate a candidate for president while the convention was cheering frantically for a man whoset name had not been presented to the convention. The votes were being counted for Taft while the people were shouting for Roosevelt. The delegates, however cast their votes uninfuenced by the clamor of the crowd More than this, the first states on the call. Ala bama and Arkansas. had been relied upon by a few Roosevelt fanatics tc start the stampede for the president hut they held by their instructions while the stampede ragged all abou them"
 The secretary was powerless t'
 make his call of the states hearC above the deafening clamor. Seizin, { q megaphone he shouted the roll O - states-Alabama Arkansas-but hi voice was swallowed up in the ma, 7 uproar. Gradually, however. the eur
 iosity of the multitude conquere, their enthusiasm, and they lapsed in , to silence to hear the roll call.
 A hush of expectancy hung over tn assembly as the call proceeded. Hast summaries showed that Taft was ia in advance. When New York wa I reached the Taft column totalled 42I
 ohio carried the Taft total to Ell or % more than enough to nominat, | Still the call went on until the flna A result was announced by Chairma
 Lodge as given in the table above.
 A great shout went up as Lode
 concluded his announcement and wit q l npHnrl hA Af = and Knox and Hughes and the othe
 heroes, joined in common tribut
 for the candidate of the party. |, Make it Unanimous.
 \ Gen Stewart l.. Woodford, manage '' for Governor Hughes leaping upon
 chair, moved to make the nomina
 ton of Taft unanimous Senate - Penrose for Knox and Congressma 0 Boutell for Cannon and Henry (
 Georgia for Foraker, and Wisconsi . for LaFollette, seconded the move
 ment for a unanimous vote to tn
 candidate. The vote was given wit a ringing cheer and then when wit
 shouts of exultatlon over the ne'
 candidate the convention adjourne
 until 10 o'clock tomorrow mornn 5 when the nomination for vce-prest
 dent will be made.
 Battle Over Platform.
 , Earlier in the day the battle over tn platform had occupied the close atten
 tion of delegates and spectators. Tn 1 platform as framed by the committe on resolutions was read by it's chair man, Senator Hopkins of Illinois, whil
 minority report refecting the view !. of the supporters of Senator La Fol : lette, was presented by Congressma
 Cooper of Wisconsin. It was on on
 hand the sledgehammer blows of tn
 Wisconsin men against combination
 and monopoly, and on the other han the warning of Hopkins against tn "socialistlc doctrines of Wisconsin, The platform was adopted by an over
 whelming vote, after many separat