Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-19
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1T is my pleasure to announce to you
| that you have nominated for the presl-
| dency for the term beginning March
next the Hon. William Howard Taft OF
Ohio
The announcement was greeted with
| cheering, which was soon interrupted,
| however. by a delegate from Michigan
! who offered a motion providing that all
| nominating and seconding speeches Tor
vice presidential candidates be limited to
| ten minutes. This was carried with
roar. and the delegateh broke into cheer
as the first notes of marching Through
! Georgia" were heard from an approaching
| band outside the building.
The New Workers.. realizing that this
1 was the Sherman demonstration which
| they had arranged. broke into cheers and
! suit of this last effort was not exactly all
| that could be desired in point of melody.
| although It abounded in energy.
| A huge picture of Sherman was carried
aloft and was greeted with tumultuous
| cheers.
| When the Sherman paraders had finish
| ed their march it walr announced that
| there would be a meeting of the national
committee Immediately after adjourn
ment
| The motion to limit the nominating
| speeches, the chair announced. had been
| unanimously carried.
Nominations Called For.
! The call of the roll for nominations then
was in order. and there was no response
| until Delaware was reached when Senator
Du Pont rose and declared:
Delaware yields to New York"
This was the beginning Of the enthu-
siasm and there was an outburst OF
! cheering led by the New York delegation.
Timothy Woodruff had been chosen to
make the Sherman nominating speech .h ana
was met with another vociferous outburst
from New Workers as he was introduced
to the convention by Senator Lodge.
Woodruff dominates Sherman.
Mr.. Woodruff, in opening his remarks,
called attention to the fact that New
York, 1.-The foremost of the commercial
and industrial commemorative Of the ma
ton" was the state which in the politics
of the country was the pivotal state of
the Union. He was not on the platform,
he said, merely for the purpose of pre-
senting candidate for Vice President,
but the New York delegation felt that
unless you accord our great state, which
has unsuccessfully presented 90 you
candidate for President and is. l under
stand. the only one of the states which
presented a candidate for President now
presenting to YOU a candidate for Vice
I President. we feel that unless you accord
to us the second place upon the ticket we
will he compelled to return to our vast
constituency without that essential with
certainty of success for the ticket
Mr.. Sherman. he said. was known in
every portion Of the state Of New York,
land is known and respected in every
congressional district represented in this
convention Those who know him, he
said, respect. aye, and love him. by
virtue of association with him. are num-
bered by the number of representatives
in Congress which each district has sent
there for the past twenty-five years. and
even in the democratic districts there will
not be man to say auG'ht against him.
no matter how deep or bitter may be his
partisan prejudice. His industry is pro-
verbal. He is recognized throughout the
land as one of the best qualified men in
either branch of Congress for the dis
charge of legislative duties. He is the
best parliamentarian in the United
States.
Mental Equipment.
"As lawyer he is prepared for the
close and analytical consideration and
judicial determination of all questions.
AS the president of a sound, popular
financial institution, located in the very
heart of our state, he is conversant with
those plain and simple financial methods
which are so essential to the safe con-
duct of the business OF the people.
Through his long career in Congress he
has become particularly conversant with
all the diversified commercial and indus
largely responsible for much of the legis-
lation during the past few years which
has had so much to do with the marvel
Gus growth and unparalleled prosperity
of the United States. l do not suppose
there are many men in this audience or
among these delegates who do not know
to whom I thus refer 1t is hardly neces-
sary for me to mention hing. 1t will not
be a case such as was called to our at
tention when the band played From At
lanta to the Sea- but it will be From
New York to Every Sea-
ION behalf Of the united and solid dele
cation of the great Empire state, the
state which is known to every delegate
here to be the pivotal state of the Union,
for as New York goes SO goes the Union,
I take the greatest pleasure in presenting
to YOU Tor what we of New York believe
must be your favorable consideration
Representative James S. Sherman OF New
York.
The point made by Mr. Woodruff that
no republican ticket had ever been de-
feated when New York man was on 1t.
except once and that was when 1.-The OPP
posing party was bright enough TO put A
New York man at the head or IT'S
ticket" evoked much laughter ana dp-
plause.
ION behalf of the united delegation of
the pivotal state of the Union-for as
New York goes SO goes the nation-I
present to you the name OF Representative
James E. Sherman
1t was thus Mr.. Woodruff finished. and
Speaker Cannon arose to make his way
to the platform to second the nomina-
ton.
Cannon Praises Taft.
Mr.. Cannon was given what was really
one of the most enthusiastic receptions
| accorded to any man during the conven-
ton. He repeatedly waved his hand to
| the convention, motioning them to resume
their seats. but it was several minutes
before he was able to commence his
| speech.
II would rather be doorkeeper in the
| house of the Lord than to dwell In the
tents of wickedness," he began. and
| cheers and laughter greeted the remark.
Mr. Cannon then declared the platform
| adopted by the convention was true to
| the hopes. the aspirations and principles
| Of the country. Next he paid tribute
to Secretary Taft as the nominee of the
party. saying Of him that he was a broad.
| cultured. judicial kinded executive Off
cia]. who had answered everyodraft made
upon him with unfailing zeal and fidelity
to the public service.
Il say without mental reservation,
| said Speaker Cannon, that William III.
Taft Is my candidate" And again he was
| compelled to pause until the yells of de-
| light from the delegates had died away.
He then entered upon an earnest eu-
| logium of Mr.. Sherman, sketching his
services to the country as whole, and
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