The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-06-22

tremendous Demonstration
Greets Announcement of the
Vote-Nomination Made IMAM
imous-Six CANDIDATES Besides
Taft Put in Nomination.
Chicago Dispatch, 18th.
For President of the United
States, William H. Taft, of Ohio.
Taft on the first ballot; Taft
by 702 votes-Taft by the unan-
imous consent of the convention.
Such is the record of the culmi-
mating day Of the Republican ma
tional convention of 1908, effect
ed amid scenes of tumultuous
enthusiasm, and after a nerve
racking continuous session last
ing nearly eight hours. With a
President named and platform
enunciated, there remains only
the nomination of the Vice Pres
ident to complete this momentous
work. Tonight the whole city
is given over to wild exultation
in honor of the new candidate
whose name goes echoing through
| the country.
A MEMORABLE PICTURE.
The picture within the walls of
the vas tamphitheatre as the presi-
dental candidate was named to-
day was one truly grandiose in
it's magnitude. In front, to the
right and left, below and above,
the billoWing sea of humanity,
restless after hours of waiting
and stirred from one emotion to
another, was in a fever of eX-
pectancy for the eliminating
vote. The favorite sons Of other
States had been named, save
Knox and LaFollette, iand now on
the roll call came Ohio. AS the
Buckeye State was reached, the
tall, gaunt form of Theodore E.
Burton, with student-like face
and severe black clerical garb,
advanced to the platform tC
nominate Ohio's candidate. He
spoke fervently, with the
singing voice Of an evange
!, list, which went ringing
through the great building. The
close of his speech Of nomination
was the signal for loosening the
long pent-up feeling among thu
Taft legions. Instantly the Ohi'
delegates were on their feet
, other States following, while th'
convention hosts, in gallery AM
> on the floor, broke into MAJ
demonstration.
r Taft! Taft! W-H-Taft!" cam
in a roar from the Ohioans.
Megaphones seemed to sprin
III from concealed places and sWe
IN the Taft tumult into thunder
of A huge blue silk banner bearin
the familiar features of tn
statesman-Secretary was sWun
before the delegates, awakenin
a fresh whirlWind of enthusiasm
ou WILD TAFT Demonstration.
tn All semblance of order ha
aS been abandoned and the dele
7n gates arena was maelstorm {
ell gesticulating men; the guidons {
Oh the States were snatched up b
the Taft enthusiasts or borr
under by the storm of disorder
| The band was inaudible-
mere whisper above the deafel
ing volume of sound. Ten, fl
teen, twenty minutes this uprot
continued. 1t was a repetitiC
of the scene of yesterday, Whe
" the name Of Roosevelt threw tt
, convention into a frenzy, repea
ed in intensity and almost in du
A alton. But there is a limit /
the physical resources of thrO
and lung and at last the tire
voices died down to a hoar
shout, and finally subsidized.
The lull now gave the oppC
tunity for the speech secondi1
Is Taft's nomination by George
'' Knight, of California, his bi
k. round face beaming forth on Il
sympathetic multitude, and /
splendid baritone voice wellil
forth like the tones of a gre
church organ. California's tri
ute to Taft was brief and fe
vid. Now there was another Il
in the Taft movement, while t
, 2 remaining candidates we're plac
in nomination.
FLOOD OF ELOQUENCE ENDS.
1t was late in the afternoon
fore the convention, sWelteri
I with the intense heat and Wee
- after nearly seven hours contir
Gus session, reached the end
the flood Of elOquence, and
decks were at last clear for
eliminating act-the ballot. T
no; just as the last swell of O
r res tory, the seconding speech
- LaFollette had died away, lik
cyclone from a clear sky burst
LaFollette demonstration Wh
swept the convention from
very bearings. 1t was the sa
deafening wave of sound t
had greeted Roosevelt yesterd
and Taft a little while before,
tense and maddening and "
0iT the vital ring Of genuine ent
l. siasm. The delegates sat C;
ac- and waiting, except the fral
aV- Wisconsins, but the convent
for the time being was in
, possession of the galleries.
you Now a singular transforma1
occurred gradually the WI
De- wind veered from LaFollett'