The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1908-06-19
BY UNANIMOUS VOTE
Taft Is Choice Of the Republi-
can Party For President
IS NAMED ON FIRST BALLOT

Received Over Seven Hundred Votes,
His Closest Competitor Being
Knox, With Sixty-Eight-Nomination
Made Unanimous by Representa-
tives of Defeated Candidates--Three
Votes Cast For Roosevelt, For
Whom Another Great Demonstra-
ton Occurs-Platform Is Adopted
After Long Wrangle--Active Pro-
paganda In the Interest of Sherman
For Vice President
Chicago, June 19.-For President Of
the United States, William Ii. Taft of
Ohio Taft on the first ballot; Taft by
702 votes; Taft by unanimous choice of
the convention.
Such is the record Of the eliminating
day of the Republican national con-
vention of 1905, effected amid scenes Of
tumultous enthusiasm and after
nerve-racking continuous session
lasting nearly eight hours. With presi-
dent named and platform enunciated,
there remains only the nomination for
vice presidet to complete this mo-
mentous work. Last night the whole
city was given over to wild eXultation
in honor of the new candidate whose
name goes echoing through the country.
The picture within the walls of the
vast amphitheatre as the presidential
candidate was named was one truly
grand. In front, to the right and left,
below and above, the billowing sea of
humanity, restless after hours of wait
ing and stirred from one emotion to an
other, was in a fever of expectancy for
the eliminating vote. The favorite
sons of other states had been named,
save Knox and La Toilette, and now on
the rollcall came Ohio.
As the Buckeye state was reached
the tall, gaunt form OF Theodore E.
Burton, with student-like face and Sc
we're black clerical garb, advanced to
the platform to nominate Ohio's candi-
date. He spoke fervently, with the
singing voice Of an evangelist, which
went ringing through the great build,
ing.
Great Taft Demonstration
The close of his speech of nomination
was the signal for loosing the long
pent-up feeling of the Taft legions. In
stantly the Ohio delegates were on their
feet, other Taft states following, while
the convention hosts in gallery and on
floor broke into a mad demonstration.
Taft, Taft, w. II. Taft" came in
roar from the OhiOans.
Megaphones seemed to spring from
concealed places and swell the Taft
tumult into thunder. a huge blue silk
banner, bearing the familiar features
of the statesman-secretary. was swung
before the delegates, awakening a fresh |
whirlwind of enthusiasm.
All semblance Of order had been
abandoned and the delegates arena |
was maelstrom of gesticulating men |
the guidons of the states were snatched |
up by the Taft enthusiasts or borne un- |
der by the storm of disorder. The band
was inaudible, mere whisper above
the deafenfng volume OF sound. For
ten, fifteen, twenty minutes, this uproar
continued. 1t was a repetition of the
scene of Wednesday when the name Of
Roosevelt threw the convention into a
frenzy, repeated in intensity and almost
In duration.
But there is a limit to the physical
resources Of throats and lungs. Relays
had not been established and at last
the tired voices died down TO a hoarse
shout and at last subsided.
This lull now gave the opportunity
for a speech seconding Taft's nomi-
nation by George II. Knight OF Cali
fornia, whose big, round face beamed
forth on the sympathetic multitude.
and whose splendid baritone voice
welled forth like the tones of a great
church organ. California's tribute to
Taft was brief and fervid.
Ready For BalIoting
Now there was another lull in the
L at moNtueul. hullt lue ItMhlulUE
candidates were placed in nomination
II was late in the afternoon before the
now literally sweltering
rom the intense heat ana weary after
nearly seven hours OF continuous ses-
sion, reached the end of the food OF
eloquence and the decks were at last
lear for The decisive act, the ballot
ng.
But just as the last oratory, the sec
'nding speech for La Toilette, had died
gay, like a cyclone from a clear sky
'irst La Toilette demonstration
which swept the convention from its
-ery bearings. IL was the same deaf.
ming wave Of sound that had greeted
Roosevelt Wednesday and Taft a little
While before, intense and maddening.
nd with the vital ring Of genuine en-
husiasm. 1t seemed as though wis.
onsin had suddenly peopled every ,
DOT Of the galleries. The delegates sat ,
aim and waiting, except the frantic {,
men. but the convention for :
he time being was in the possession Of
he galleries.
Now a singular transformation oc-
urred. Gradually the whirlwind
eered from La Toilette to Roosevelt. I
banner bearing the Roosevelt portrait q