Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-06-19
Nebraska in Several Instances Votes
With the Minority.
COMMITTEE REPORT Is ADOPTED
Nominating Speeches for Candidates
Stir Up the Galleries.
UNABLE TO STAMPEDE DELEGATES
Came There Under Instructions From,
the Various states and Refuse
20 BE swerSd FROM
Their Csurse.
crrom a staff correspondent.l

CHICAGO. June lS--Cspecial Telsgram-l-
Seven hundred and two votes FOR William
Howard Taft.
That announcement by Chairman Lodge
at teh close Of the first ballot tells the
story In q nutshell. The announcement OF
the vote to the 1900 and more people
erowding the sitting Coliseum from end
to end and corner 20 corner was followed
BY tumultuous applause. A motion was
made at the first lull TO make the nomins-
ton unanimous and then a recess was
taken until morning 70 permit OF confer
ences on the vice presidency.
Today was Taft day in the big convsn-
ton. just as yesterday was Roosevelt day.
II was not all one way. however. and the
presence of a dissenting minority was dis
tinetly in evidence at different points. yet
only TO aecentuato the fact that the re-
publican party is a party Of majorities.
and that the delegates and not the visitors
in the galleries make the convention
record.
The roll calls weretaken on resolutions
without producing any modification OF the
platform draft presented ss the commit
tees majority report Nebraska voted with
the minority on several propositions. prop
ositions on which our republicans had al
ready spoken In state platforms. but at
no time was there encouragement that any
OF the minority Recommendations would be
accepted.
The spectacular scenes Of the day came
in connection with the nominating speeches.
HanIy ia TiresOme.
Fairbanks sponsor. Governor Hsniy.
outwore the auditors patience and SUI
fered constant Interruptions. unseenly. yet
not without humor. His Characteristic ees-
ture of striking one hand on the other was
taken up around the hall. so that every
time he brought HE hands together there
resounded a general sharp handicap.
The projection OF the name OF Taft
brought round after round Of enthusiastic
applause and a typical mixup OF noise. ae-
companied with the volieying OF the state
standards around that Of Ohio
The Efforts Of the two Wisconsin men
who spoke for La Toilette were plainly
directed toward working toward a Roose-
welt stampede IN the hope that their fsvor-
ite would profit by II. II was hard to tell
just how much OF the ensuing demonstrs-
ticn belonged to La Toilette and how much
TO Rooszv zvelt. The galleries had the most
part in H. The men displaying Roosevelt
pictures and banners and the class yelling
of Wisconsin university students seemed
E
which the pandemonium spread. II noise
alone would stampede a great nominating
I convention this one would have been STAN
peded. but the work Of the delegates had
been mapped out and definitely determined
with ss9 accredited delegates Mr.. Taft
got more than twO-thirds. President Roose-
Welt three Pennxylvania votes previouse
counted for Knox and La Toilette hls eva
twenty-five in Wisconsin. Not a favorfts
son candidate could run his total mp over
one-tenth that OF the man in the lead
The convention duly registered the viii
Of the republicans Of the several states
ready expressed Not q single delegate
showed any disposition 10 violate instrue-
tons imposed by his constituency. And no
man but Taft could at any timC have been
nominated except by wholesale repudistion
I OF such instructions. " R