Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-04
ViCe-President Sherman Also
Re-nominated---3 RooSe-
welt Delegates Refuse
to Cast Votes.
THE ONE BALLOT

Chicago, June 22.-William How
ard Taft was renominated for presi-
dent OF the United States by the re-
publican national convention at 9:25
o'clock tonight.
Less than an hour later James
Schoolcraft Sherman was renomin-
ated for the vice presidency.
Both nominations were made on
the first ballot. Senator La Fol
lette's name was the only name pre-
sented to the convention for the
presentiaI nomination besides that of
Taft. Sherman's was the only name
presented for the vice presidency. A
motion made to make his nomination
unanimous was objected to and roll
call ordered,
The vote for the presidential nom
ination was;
Taft SCI, Roosevelt 1O7, La Fol
lette Al, Cummins IT, Hughes 2,
present and not voting 348, absent, 2.
Besides the solid vote of the Wis
consin delegation, La Toilette re
ceived 10 votes from North Dakota
and from South Dakota.
The vote on the vice presidential
nomination was: Sherman 597,
Borah q, Merriam 20, Hadley IA,
Beveridge 2, Gillette l, absent II,
not voting 352.
The convention adjourned sine die
at 1923 p. m, amid much confus-
ion.
Nearly $50 of the Roosevelt dele
gates declined to vote and fastened
from the convention hall before ad-
journment time to tender to their
leader the nomination of a new
party.
The decision of the Roosevelt peo-
pie, under the direction of their lead
er. to refrain from voting, left no
other candidate near the president
The announcement Of the Taft vic
tory was greeted with cheering from
his adherents and grOans and Kisses
from the opposition.
When it became absolutely certain
early in the day that Mr.. Taft would
be nominated without great difficulty,
the leaders in control of the con-
vention decided to give him as a run
ming mate his companion on the
ticket of 1903.
All others dropped from the race
and Mr.. Sherman was the only can
didate regularly placed before the
convention A motion from New
Hampshire to make the nomination
by reclamation was declared out of
order. There were many scattering
votes on the roll call that ensued.
At no time was there any indica-
ton of a walkout of Roosevelt dele
gates They expressed their revolt
in silence. In the confusion just be-
| fore adjournment a resolution was
adopted giving the national commit
tee power to declare vacant the seat
of any man on the committee refus-
ing to support the nominees of the
regular convention of 1912.
Immediately after the convention
was called to order at 1914 a. m.
the final report of the credentials
! committee seating the remaining
| Taft delegates was received.
Senator Root yielded the gaveI to
/ Representative OImstead of Penn
! syIvania while the motion to make
/ the temporary organization peTma-
nent was put. When it carried he
/ was given a big cheer. 1t had taken
nearly five days for the committee
! to get to its permanent organization
an Unprecedented state of affairs
The report from the rules commit
! tee was then read and Immediately
tabled leaving the convention oper-
ating under the rules adopted in
1908
Henry Allen of Kansas was recog,
nized to present the position of the
/ Roosevelt forces.
After l get through we will moi
try to put any more sand in the gas
/ cline" he said.
He then read the statement tina
had been given out some hours prev
ious, in which Col Roosevelt prac
ticalIy severed his connection Will
the republican party and urged hi
delegates to refrain from voting il
/ the convention.
The mention of RooseveIt's mann
started an excited demonstration il
which the Roosevelt delegates ant
Rlternates Joined and were aided b,
the crowd in the galleries. TIT
T cheering was louder and more con