The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-23
HOW TAFT WAS
Proceedings Of Republican
Convention.

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presidency and the vice presidency of
! the United States, the fourteenth Re
publican national convention adjourn
ed.
| Both candidates were nominated on
the first ballot Mr. Taft's nomination
| took place Thursday afternoon and Mr.,
Shermans Friday morning The vice
presidential candidate is a resident of
| Utica, N. Y, and has been a member
of congress for nearly twenty years.
Mr.. Sherman was chairman of the con
gressional campaign committee for the
Republican party in 1906, In the con-
vention he received 815 votes, and his
nomination was made unanimous.
Three features of the great conven-
ton stand out above the rest in hui
man interest One was the remarkable
demonstration of applause evoked by
the mention of President Roosevelt's
name in highly complimentary way
by the permanent chairman, Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts.
This demonstration lasted forty-six
minutes and is said to have broken the
time record for such things in Ameri-
can politics The cue for the enthusiast
tic outbreak was Senator Lodges re-
mark during his opening address as
chairman when he said, "The president
Is the best abused and the most popu-
lar man in the United States today"
Another signal feature was the COM
mittee fight on the anti-injunction
plank, otherwise the proposed plank for
the platform which was designed with
view to expressing the administers
tion's disapproval of hasty court in
functions against the presumed rights
of labor. The struggle resulted finally
In a compromise, both sides yielding
in part, so that harmony might be pre-
served and the party go before the peo-
pie with a plank on this subject calcu-
lated to conciliate the labor interests
and at the same time not to be con-
strued as an unwarranted attack upon
the federal judiciary.
The third feature in the group here
set forth as markers to posterity for
the big Chicago convention was a mega
tive something that didn't happen,
though it was expected to happen by
many persons throughout the country
and by not few of the delegates in
the convention This was the absence
of the stampede" for a denomination
of President Roosevelt against the pres
ident's express declaration that he
would abide absolutely by the unwrit-
ten law that no president shall serve
more than two terms. Mr.. Taffs nomt-
nation proceeded along smoothly to
ultimation, the nation was preserved
from any present peril of the third
term bogy and the presidents name
preserved to future ages as one who,
with a further extension of power
within his grasp was patriot enough
to put aside the proffer for his coun-
try's good. While, as stated, a mega
tive feature, this cannot be passed by
as one of the few matters of paramount
force in the history of the 1908 con-
vention.
Ambassador Bryce's Views.
1t was an inspiring convention from
start to finish Partisanship aside
such an event is of thrilling interest to
every American. But in this conven-
ton there were represented many of
the nations of Europe and of South
America by their ambassadors and
ministers, who sat upon the platform
as guests. Ambassador Bryce of Great
Britain, author of 1.-THE American Com
monwealth' and said to know more
about America than the average edu-
Gated American knows, for the first
time attended a national nominating
convention. This machinery of con-
ventions," said the ambassador after
watching the proceedings closely, "as
you have it in this country, is the most
complete, full recognition of the rights
of the people to which any country has
attained, because people not only at
elections say who shall be their officers,
but in these party conventions they de-
termine on the men who ought to be
put forward as the representatives of
parties"
Harry S, New of Indianapolis, chair
man of the Republican national com
mittee, called the convention to order
in the immense Coliseum Tuesday
noon. Mr. New introduced the tenn
porary chairman, Senator Julius Caesar
Burrows of Michigan, after devout
prayer by Bishop P. ]. Muldoon of Chi
cago The bishop concluded with the
Lords Prayer, in which many of the
10000 persons present joined. Just
prior to Mr. News announcement of
the temporary chairman the call of the
national committee was made by John
X. Malloy, the secretary, whose mighty
voice is one of his qualifications for
that job. Mr.. Malloy created little
amusement by pronouncing Hawaii as
II spelled ''Hawwaugh," the proper pro-
nunciation being like the words How
are you" with the "r'' left out of the
second word
Senator Burrows read long address
in which he reviewed ably the affairs
of the nation and the achievements of
the Republican party in both the ex-
ecutive and legislative branches of the
government. The paper was largely
statistical, but despite this fact it was
followed with interest by the audience
At the first mention of Roosevelt's
name there was hearty handclapping
in the galleries and upon the delegates
floor Congressman Nicholas Long
worth and his wife, President Roose-
velt's daughter sat in the space re-
served for diplomats and other dis