The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-06-27
SHERMAN FOR
VICE PRESIDENT
,,oseveIt,s Name Was Presented
Most Of HE Supporters
Not Voting.
LAfoLLETrE oETs - voTEs
prss,dent TAFT Nominated Dy 4
Vote Of 6e1 Out Of the
1913 Votes,

Chicago, June 22-With near
" $50 of the Roosevelt delegates
declining to vote and fastening
away at the time Of adjournment
to tender to Theodore Roosevelt
the nomination of q new party,
the fifteenth republican conven-
ton, at the end Of q long and
tumultuous session tonight, re-
nominated William Howard Taft
Of Ohio, for president, and James
schoolcraft Sherman of New
York, for vice president.
President Taft received 561 of
the 1913 votes in the convention,
or 2I more than a majority. The
decision of the Roosevelt people
under direction of their leaders
to refrain from voting, left no
other candidatenear the presi-
dent. The announcement of Taft
victory was created with cheer
ing from his adherents and
groans and Kisses from the op-
position. When it became abso-
lutely certain today that Mr..
Taft would be renominated with
out great difficulty, the leaders
in control Of the convention de-
cided to give him as a running
mate his companion on the ticket
in 1908, Mr.. Sherman.
Faces q Crisis.
Chicago, June 22.-With the
\ party admittedly facing the great
V est crisis in its history, William
Howard Taft of Ohio at 9:25
o'clock tonight was renominated
for president of the United States
by the Republican national con-
vention was open from the mo-
ment the permanent roll con-
ed delegates was approved.
a "valedictory" statement was
read in behalf of Colonel Roose-
Welt asking that his name be not
presented and that his delegates
SIT IN mute protest against all
further proceedings. The great
majority of Roosevelt delegates
IN Illinois, all in Missouri and
Idaho delegations declined to fol-
low this advice, but Colonel
Aoosevelt's sway over the dele
cations from California, Kansas,
Name, Minnesota, Nebraska, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Da-
kota and West Virginia was all
but absolute.
Most of the delegates from
llese states announced their
purpose of helping to give Mr..
: roosevelt an independant nomi-
nation at another hall later in
lne evening. A split in the con-
vehtlon occasioned no surprise.
~ was but the fulflllment of pre-
actlons that have been made
uurlns III, the past several days.
me closing scenes of the con-
sen'lon were marked by counter
demonstrations m NJ for President
a aalt and Colonel Roosevelt. The
nrss test vote after the an
mouncement @ of the Roosevelt
saaledlctory va came on the adoption
ol lhe party platform. The af-
,l nllhatlve vote was 666. Roose-
, ,el! delegates present and not
,u.lhg numbered 343. There
we're were SO noes and SO Of them
W,? ,rolh the LaFollette states of
Wisconsin and North Dakota.
elaFo'Iette Wa. Nominated.
80 senator Mi Robert NJ. LaFollette
pa D. Wisconsin was placed before
"o'seVelt's nN. wishes were carried
! uu' mn; ny his followers, and they re-
.".aed silent during the call for
states for nominations.
Many Of the delegates, how
eser' carried out their primary
Instruction and voted for the
ru-e4 is-f : ~.
~, un voting for president, ,Roose-
n ne'! aeiegates again as q rule re-
niaihed, SILENT, The detailed vote
was: YaS Taft 561, Roosevelt lo7,
uuarollette, a, Cummins, A.,
suehes n 2, not voting 344, absent
-. ~ AT times during the. voting
fns;eO f,,s convention was in great con-.
The Vote. :s,}
o.'; chicago, June 22.-The roll
.ali @ on the nomination was:
4a,,a;Dama, Taft 20, not voting e.;
na11'zona. ~ Taft 8; Arkansas, Taft
ra.. ~ not voting a; California,
Ta,. la! 2, not voting i; Chsifor6ia,
na'.2 na't IL; Connecticut, Ks9t ~;
delaware. Taft 8; Flori ran
50.