The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-07
STRAUS NOMINATED BY THE BULL MOOSE Convention in Empire State
 Is Stampeded DRAMATIC SCENES
DRAMATIC
"Suspender Jack" McGee Unexpected ly Names Straus and Convention Goes Wild-Reluctan to Ac.
 cept the Nomination

Syracuse. N Y. Septemoer 6-Oscar g. straus, former Secretary of Commerce
 and Labor. in the cabinet of President
 Roosevelt. was unanimously acclaimed
 the nominee for governor by the progress
 sive party in stampeded convention this
 afternoon under circumstances not only
 unexpected but dramatic. The former cabinet member acting as
 the convention's permanent chairman, was
 about to entertain motion from former
 Lieut. Gov. Timothy L. Woodruff to ex
 pedite the roll call on the names of State Chairman William H. Hotchkiss and Comptroller William A. Prendergast of New York, when a delegate from New York county leaped to his chair and de- manded to be heard. It's 'Suspender Jack McGee," cried a voice from the gallery. Chairman Straus looked puzzled McGee, who got his name in the Indian country by riding a
 broncho into camp with suspenders used
 as reins. moved resolutely toward the platform.
 ''They say I'm crazy. but l know what I am doing" he cried, as he swung up the
 platform steps.
 McGee, a flaming bandana around his neck and his coat blazing with badges, tossed his Rough Rider hat on the floor and demanded the right to make nom
 ination.
 Cried Put Him Out Whom do you wish to nominate7"
 asked Chairman Straus, but McGee gave only a meaningless shake of his head. Delegates cried put him our" But Me-
 Gee stuck to his purpose Delegates and spectators booed and jeered as he began to speak. There was a general laugh when he cried 'I'll name a man, the mention of whose
 name will bring tears of sympathy to the eyes of almost every man and woman in the civilized land "Suspender Jack
 only waved his arm in defiance of the jeers. He paused moment and tnep
 cried T nominate the illustriops and hoft orable oscar S. Straus. The delegates seemed stunned then Il few of them cheered. McGee kept on with his speech and the first few faint cheers from the half a dozen or more delegates
 gradually grew into a pandemonium that
 swept the convention hall Standards were wrenched from their supports and
 delegates, yelling and cheering for Chair man Straus, paraded the aisles. turning the convention into a bedlam. Chairman Straus at first shook his head deprecatingly. He turned to friends and remarked:
 This must not be. I cannot accept" Chairman HotchlSiss rushed to the plat form. Placing his hands on Mr. Straus shoulders he said: You must accept you must accept; all the delegates are for you"
 Scores of delegates pressed forward to urge Mr. Straus to make the decision Then Mir Hotchkiss burst from the group that surrounded Mr. Straus and held up before the crush of excited delegates a
 sheet of yellow paper on which was writ ten: He accepts" Second Demonstration Quickly the word was passed back through the hall and another demonstra- ton followed.
 Chairman HotchlSiss was allowed to act as chairman in place of Mr. Straus The nomination of MT. Hotchkiss for governor was withdrawn by John A. Kingsburg and
 Timothy Woodruff withdrew the name of MT. Prendergast. Then came flood of speeches seconding the nomination of the
 
 'Suspender Jack McGee was not lost sight of. Delegates pressed about him and proclaimed him ''the man of the hour" Later the convention passed vote of thanks to Delegate McGee of the Fifteenth assembly district for nominat- ing MT Straus.
 When the convention mad recovered and Mir. Straus had been chosen unanimously, he was called on for speech and ten
 dered an ovation as he formally accepted the nomination.
 "The cause we are in is a cause of n- spiration,s he said fin his speech, '1 must accept"
 Ticket Is Selected Tonight few contests developed and the ticket as finally selected was: Governor. Oscar S. Straus, New York
 Lieutenant governor. former State
 Senator Frederick NJ Davenport, Oneida.
 Associate judge of court of apepals Carlos C. Alden. Buffalo, and George ] Kirscnway Columbia university. Secretary of state, Homer s. Call, Syracuse.
 State comptroller, Horatio c. King Brooklyn.
 Attorney general Jorn Palmieri,
 state treasurer. Ernest Cawcroft, Jamestown.
 It was after midnight when the candi-
 dates had all been selected. X resolution making the bull moose the party en- blem was adopted and the convention adjourned at 12:l5 after benediction had been pronounced The delegates filed out of the hall singing Onward