The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-17
Eugene w. Chain for President and Aaron 5. Watkins
 for Vice President
PALMORE WITHDRAWS
 FROM SECOND PLACE
w. B. PaImore of St. Louis Is Nomi- hated for Vice President, But Re- fuses the Honor and Wat
 kins Is Nominated.

Columbus. O., July 16-For President. Eugene W. Chain. Chicago. For vice president, Prof Aaron S. Watkins, Ada, Ohio.
 The above ticket was nominated today by the prohibitonists convention, both men being chosen unanimously. The full indorsement of the convention was not, however given to MT Chain until after three ballots had been taken. On the first two ballots MT Chain did not show a great amount of strength, receiving but
 195 out of 1883 votes on the first and 37s
 out of 10S7 on the second ballot His noni- ination was practically assured however,
 when the roll call began for the third
 ballot. His own state, which had voted largely for Daniel R. Sheen of Peoria, and the New York delegation, followed by those of Indiana and Wisconsin, came over to Mr Chain and on the third bal i lot he received a total of 63e votes. The strongest competitor of MT. Chain was ] the Rev. William B. Palmore of St. Louis, 1 who received 274 votes on the first ballot
 and AIS on the second ballot, and a com paratively small vote after 1t was evil
 dent that the nomination of MT. Chain
 could not be prevented
 The convention up to this time had run smoothly, and without the slightest fric- ] ton. It was decided to make MT. Pal ] more the vice presidential nominee and
 he was named by exclamation He de- clined to accept the office, however, and
 persisted in his attitude despite the strong
 urging of his friends. The convention, 1 finding itself confronted with the neoes-
 sity of naming another vice presidential
 candidate. and many delegates being anx-
 ious to catch the early night trains Cor
 their homes, became involved in a deep
 parliamentary tangle.
 All In a MuddIe.
 The rules were several times suspended
 and the suspensions at once revoked. Fin
 ally it was decided that Prof Aaron ,.
 Watkins of Ada O., should be nominated
 by exclamation. There was no opposition
 to him at the moment, and Chairman
 Scanlon was on the verge of declaring i Professor Watkins the nominee when dsl-
 egates in various parts of the hall broke
 in with d flood of motions, counter-mo- 1 tions amendments and suspensions of the rules. An extended debate followed which
 finally resulted in the restoration of the l rules and a ballot for the vice presidncy. l Three men were named, Professor Wat 1 kins, T. B. Demaree of Kentucky and ! Charles s. Holler of Indiana. The ballot
 resulted in the nomination of Professor 1 Watkins by an overwhelming majority.
 and he was immediately thereafter, upon
 motion of the Kentucky delegates, made
 the unanimous choice of the convention. Both the presidential and vice presiden- l tial nominees are candidates for gov 1 ernor in their respective states on the prohibition tickets.
 Chain an Attorney. 1 Eugene w Chafin who leads the pro- 1 hibition party this year, is an attorney i residing in Chicago. He is a native of l Waukesha county, Wisconsin, and for ] some years practiced law there. He was at one time candidate for gov
 ernor of Wisconsin on the prohibition ticket, and was this year placed in the running for the same position in Illinois 1 by the prohibitionists of that state. 1 The forenoon session was devoted to the i discussion and adoption of a brief plat l form which is probably the shortest on
 record. containing not more than 80 words
 Nominations for the presidency were 1 the first order of business at the after noon session of the convention. rule was adopted for nominating speeches at 15 minutes each and secoad- ing speeches to five minutes each. Before the names of the candidates were presented to the convention the treasurer of the national committee nounced that s179o0 had been contributed at the forenoon session to be used in conducting the national campaign, The first name presented was that of Fred erick F. Wheeler of Los Angeles. Cal, who was placed in nomination by James H. Woertendyke of Riverside Cal Colo rado yielded to Texas on the roll call and Charles S. Pierce of the latter state took the rostrum and placed in nomina- ton J. B. Cranfll of Dallas. The mem tion of Cranflls name was received with much applause as was the statement of MT. Pierce that his candidate had done much for the cause of prohibition in the south.
 Palmore Presented Kentucky, through l.. l.. Pickett, pre- scented the name of William R. Palmore of St. Louis. declaring that the south had much prohibition thought lying around loose" but that 1t needs man who could concentrate this strength and bring it to the polls. Nobody. he said, could do this better than well Mir. Palmore. MT. Pickett made a strong plea for his man and took his seat amid cheers and with many of the delegates waving flags and cheering wildly.
 Joseph P. Tracy of Detroit was nom- mated by Dr. Samuel Dickie of Michigan as the "business man" candidate.
 A. G. Wolfenbarger of Nebraska of- fered the name of Eugene w Chain of Illinois.
 Maryland did not present the name of Joshua Lowering of Baltimore had been expected. The delegation sought in vain an agreement insurng the selection of MT Lowering. and in consequence de- cided not to nominate the Maryland man
 New York presented the name of Alfre1 L. Manierre. the nominating speech being made by Dr. Charles H. Mead. He said