The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-06-05
TAFT WINS 0H|O'S6
DELEGATES AT LARGE
Roosevelt Men Jccr and Hiss as
Convention lndOrscs the
President.
VOTE WAS 303 ~ TO $50 f..
shouts Of Betrayal" and HoOt-
ing Fail to Swcrvc the Rcgu-
lar Republicans.

| CoLrMBCs, Ohio. June l.Controlled
by the Taft forces. led by United States
! Senator Theodore Burton. Warren q.
Harding and Maurice Maschkc. the Re-
publican State convention Endorsed the
administration of the President to-day
and selected six delegates at large to the
national convention pledged to cast their
votes for him unqualifiedly.
The vote on the question Of indorse-
men, was 393,, for Taft and 359, for
Roosevelt. The Taft forces thus had 10
| votes more than a majority Of the con
vention. On the selection Of delegates
at large the Roosevelt forces gained
three votes.
1he convention was riotOus Cheers,
jeers and hissee prevailed almos. from
the moment the chaplain offered prayer
to the vote of the last county in the final
roll call. The kissing especially marked
the speech Of Warren &. Harding in
dorsing President Taft.
Il have addressed 800 political gather
ings. said Mr. Harding. and this is the
first time have been hissed."
| The SIX delegates chosen are 7. F..
Burton. Cuyahoga county; H. NJ. Daugh-
erty. Franklin county: W. G.. Harding,
Marion county; Charles p. Taft. Hamilton
county; A. ]. Vorys. Franklin county;
ID. J. Cable. Allen county.
The alternates are: W. L. Anderson,
Hamilton county; s. =. Deaton. Champaign
county; Sherman Granger. Musk ingum
county; William W. Woods. Miami county;
l.. {. 1aylin. Franklin county: Julius
Whiting. tark county. The convention
will meet again in Columbus uly 2 TO name
a State ticket
| The Taft plurality was maintain ined
throughout the procee iings to-day and
the politicians wee held in line by the
Presidents friends. despite repeated
efforts of Roosevelt sympathizers TO hoot
down Taft speakers and to keep IN con-
stant turmoil. The Taft Endorsement was
presented by Gen. j. Warren Keifer of
Clark count ex-Spelker of the national
Ho Sc. and seconded by Mr.. Harding.
who was candidate for Governor in 1910.
W. II Boyd os Cuyahoga county spoke
for Col. Roosevelt. The Taft lis, Of candi-
dates for delegates was presented by A. II.
! Morrill,. who voted the Zig Hamilton
county delegation in block. Just as
George b. Cox did for many years Cox
was not present to-day. The Taft forces
IN addition to having the elghty-seven
Hamilton country delegates. had the
entire twentv-n'ne from Montgomery
Cuyahogi county.
As the rolls were called Roosevelt men
were not slow to point out noisily that
while delegations were being voted for
Taft their counties and districts had been
| carried by Roosevelt in tho primaries
on May Fl. The Roosevelt candida tos
names were presented by Waller u. Meals
| OF Cleveland. He was bitter particularly
in addressing part OF his remarks to his
home delegation
The people from California to Maine
have their eyes upon the action in Ohio
he said Those who would thwart tho
will of the people here to-day must be
on tho lookout Remcmbcr. you who
have betrayed them will drink Of the
bitter gall. he shouted while looking
AZ the ~ members Of his own delega-
tion who voted FOR the Taft slate. The
people are in no mood to hc tramped
| on and their voices will I've heard in pro-
test this November. If tho will Of the
naioritv does not prevail here in this
convention it will elsewhere, and don't
forget that"
In presenting the names Of the Taft
candidates Mr.. Merrill said:
The American people, with uEerring
ability to cut through the veneer of catch
phrases and a campaign by epigram.
| will realize before next November that
their Government at Washin gton has
been deficient in words but in deeds and
accoInp'ish hments the equal of any that
has ever been swept into power by the
! great Republican party"
Chairman Walter Thrown Of the Roose-
welt forces said after the convention
that the three delegations from Cuyahoca.
Hamilton and Montgomery counties had
turned the trick for tho Taft men. All
were dominated by bosses he said. in the
shape OF Federal and local officeholc,crs.