The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-29
whv Who do You Suppose Did Il
at the Saratoga convention7
1t Was Colonel
Roosevelt.
IS NAMED
|u,d Majority of About 8 to I and
Then There Were No More Con-
tests and Meeting
Adjourned.

SARATOGA, N. Y, Sept. 29.-The I
nomination of Henry l.. Stimson of
New York City for governor early last
evening by the New York republican
convention was a final victory for Col.
Roosevelt In his series Of unbroken
triumphs. Col. Roosevelt was elected
temporary chairman. He delivered
the KEYNOTE address and named the
committees. He drafted the platform,
which was adopted. He defended his
platform in a dramatic speech, nom
mated Stimson for governor and then
the convention adjourned.
Secretary OF State Koenig. Attorney
General o'Malley and Engineer Will
lams we're renominated The slate,
as made up by Col Roosevelt. Senator
Root and their advisers, went through
without hitch With the exception
Of the nominations for governor and
comptroller there were no contests.
Chairman Root called the final ses.
sion of the convention to order short.
" after 6 o'clock There were no
more skyrockets, no more fuss and
feathers, but all hands got down to
business as vast majority OF the
delegates wanted to start for home.
The roll call for nomination for gov
ernor brought forth Kingsbury Foster
of the Nineteenth Assembly District
Of New York county, who nominated
Representative William S. Bennett.
When Nassau county was called Col.
Roosevelt stepped to the platform and
said.
Il have a genuine regard and re-
spect for Representative Bennett. but
the situation calls for another man
at this time. rise to nominate Henry
L, Stimson Of New York. He is a
very good man. AS president of the
United States appointed him Unit
ed States district attorney of New
York. It was necessary to have an
honest man in that place, man OF
integrity. | conferred with Mr.. Root
at that time and we decided that Mr..
stimson was the man who must act
against the most powerful combina-
tlons of business interests in the
world. believed that Mr. Stimson
as United States district attorney,
would he called upon to meet the
very ablest lawyers the corporations
could employ Mr.. Stimson made
good. He was pitted against the best
lawyers OF the land 1t was his busi
ness to bring to book the sugar trust
which had defrauded the government
OUT OF enormous sums. literally a vas
fortune. Mr.. Stimson convicted mar
alter man In the sugar trust. He
proved his case SO true that the trus
threw up it's hands and restored al
enormous sum to the government. Mr.
stlmson is man of trenchant ability
aho have the very greatest pleasure
IN nominating him for the high homo
o governor of the state of New York.
John Lord O'Brien of Buffalo. als'
United States district attorney, wh'
was appointed when Col Roosevelt
was president, seconded Mr.. Stimson'
nomination There were no othe
nominations. When the roll call fo
votes was announced, Albany county
through William Barnes Jr, annount
% the disposition of the twenty eigh
.O'es OF that county by saying, "a
.sny county casts twenty-seven vote
,of Mayor James B. McEwan Of A
oahy, one delegate not voting"
Mayor McEwan was the delegat
who did not vote.
When Columbia county was reaci
eu, Lewis F. Payne cast the seve
votes of that county for Mayor NJ
Evan.
"hen Monroe county was reache
seofse w Aldridge cast the thirt.
s'sht votes for Thomas B. Dunn, tn
present state treasurer.
Inc total vote for those named fe
sosernor was as follows: Stimsol
efS Bennett 242; Dunn, 3s; NJ
Evan, s5.
Immediately Chairman Root a,
rouhced the result of the ballot, NJ
svs.er' representative Bennett
.spokesman, moved to make Mr. Stir
vu nomination unanimous. TIL
.as Done. The other candidates wei
Illuminated speedily.