The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
New York Man Picked For
Second Place, Choice Pleas.
ing All Sections.
FINAL OUTBURST AND
THEN ADJOURNMENT
Taft Goes to Cincinnati to Con-
fer With Running-M -Mate-Ques-
ton Of Committee Chair
rnansl1ip Causing Some
Worry-Con
lations.
H1cAGo, June 1a.-Tatt and

herman!
IN This is the ticket OF the Re-
publican party placed before
the people by the National conyen-
ton, which concluded its work to-
day with the nomination OF James s.
Sherman, Of New York, for Vice-Pres-
| ident. Again the vast assembly was
swept by wave after wave OF wild
applause. and the multitude. realizing
that at last the work was done and
the record made upon which the party
| goes before the country, united in eons
last mighty outburst Of enthusiastic
tribute to the men who will bear the
standard in the struggle now at hand.
Another striking picture was pre-
sented to-day as the convention named
| Its candidate for Vice-President. The
enormous l.lrongs had waited through
an hour of oratorys swelterlng in the
neat-laden atmosphere, packed as be-
| fore into solid masses Of humanity,
with only here and there a few vacant
spots In the remote galleries-the
delegates in the broad arena below,
| the bright-hued lines OF femininity in
the circling galleries, and over all the
| developing folds of "Old Glory"
| From the outset 1t was distinctly
sherman crowd. with galleries already
| trained into choruses Of Sherman
! songs and an invading host OF Sher-
man marchers, bearing a huge por-
trait of the New York candidate,
starting the echoes ringing.
Ovation for Cannon.
| Among the early arrivals on the floor
was Speaker Cannon, yesterday a can
didate for President. but to-day here
4 as pillar of strength In the Sherman
/ movement. The widespread affection
cCy,d . r. n ~ .f1y1
shown by the crowds of delegates who
surged about him to grasp his hand
and bid him welcome. The prelimina-
| naries were brief, and at 1890 O'clock
the nominating speeches for Vtce-Pres-
ident began, with a limit of ten min
utes to each speaker. On the call Of
States Delaware yielded to New York.
and former Leutenant-Governor Timo-
thy L. Woodruff mounted the platform
for glowing speech. placing in NOM
/ inatlon sherman as New York's choice
for the vice-presldency.
Now came a surprise, as the vener-
able Cannon. with his Lincoln-like WIS.,
age and shaggy beard. emerged from
the Illinois delegates and stepping to-
the platform, received unanimous con-
sent to second the nomination of Sher-
man. Such a picture of sturdy. homely,
plain American citizenship as Cannon
i throng. which rose to do him homage,
has seldom been seen before national
convention. His vigorous face was
| beaded with perspiratlon; his collar,
melted to a rag, hung limp about his
neck.
/ His vest was thrown wide open, ex-
posing crumpled shirt, and the sleeves
/ OF his black alpaca coat curled up
about his dangling cuffs to his elbows
as his waving arms emphasized his
ringing words for his colleague and
friend. James S. Sherman, of New York,
| Result Never IN Doubt.
From the outbursts Of enthusiasm.
1 which greeted every mention of Sher-
mans name, 1t was plain that the mind
of the convention had been made up,
/ and that the decision was only to be
recorded. But for a moment there
was a halt in the Sherman movement,
as Senator Lodge. leaving the presld-
ing officers chair. advanced to nomt-
nate Governor Guild. of Massachusetts,.
for the vice-presfdency. The Senator's
voice was strained with the exertions
i Of recent days, but he spoke eloquent
4 ly and forcibly for the Massachusetts,
candidate. Michigan, through Charles
Osborne, added her voice for Guild.
and New Jersey, brought forward her
i favorite son. III a speech by Thomas
r. NlcCarter, nominating former Gov
4 ernor Murphy. of New Jersey.
The steady advance of the Sherman
movement now began again as State
after state fell into line--North Caro-
line in a ringing speech from the floor
4 by Harry Skinner: Oklahoma. by Dem
j mis- Tiflin; Pennsylvania by Congress-
man Myron Olmsted, Tennessee by FL.
1 Clay Evans, and Virginia by C. B.
Slemp.
Vote Is Announced.
i Then began the vote taken at first
\ amid confusion, which Increased as the
totals climbed upward to the nominat.
i ing point. The result was never m
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