Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1912-06-26
TAFT AND SHERMAN AND ROOSEVELT
NOMINATED.
Roosey, IT'S Delegates Taken. He DTlSea
Out, Starts New Party with Large
Following.

Fulloxlng.
Ohicsgo, June 22.-"ll'lan
Howard Taft was renomlnaseo
for president Of the United States
by the republican national con-
vention at 9:25 O'Clock tonight.
Less than an hour later James
Shoe,c1aft Sherman was renoml'
mated for ths vice-presldent.
Both nominate ons were made on
the first ballot. Senator LsFol'
lette's name was the only one
presented to the convention Tor
the presidential nomination be-
sides that of Taft. sherman's
was the only name presented Tor
the vics.president. A motion
made to make his nomination
unanimous WAS objected to and a
roll call was ordered. The vote
for the presidential nomination
was:
Taft be1 Roosevelt 107, LaFol'
lette al, Cummins II. Hughes 2,
present and not voting S4o. ab-
sent 2,
The vote on the vice-presiden
tisl nomination was:
Sherman 507. Borah 2l, Mer-
tism 20, Hadlsy ID, Beverldge 2
Gillette /, absent Il, not voting
852
The convention adjourned at
1920 p m.
There we're two exciting featur' 9
of the convention. which began
ct 10 o'clock in the morning and
continued until nearly midnight.
Two hours before the nomns'
tlon of Taft the personal boom
Theodore Roosevelt gave a last
expiring gasp in a twenty-five
minutes demonstration.
The second incident was . near
riot in the Massachusetts delega.
tion participated in by Chair man
Root when during the roll call he
began to get nervous.
When the delegates from the
Cod Fish state, their minds made
ND to have no hand in the matter,
refused to vote when their names
we're called, Root ordered the
names of the alternates called.
He knew he could pick up = few
Taft delegates that way and that
he might need them. AZ soon as
this order was Issued Delegate
Fordyfs. a gray bearded man who
likes Jas G.. Blame, arose and
shouted:
"Msssachusetts is Q law-abld-
ing state and you had better not
attempt that kind of robbery"
After the yells that greeted
&his dafiance had subsided Root
came to the edge of the platform,
. couple of secretaries beside him
to prevent trouble and said:
"If q delegate to this conven-
tion refuses to do his duty by
casting his vote his alternate
must do it for him. The names
of the alternates must be called"
When he walked back he said to
. secretary, "send the police to
that ailse." The police went
there, thirty of them. The
Massachusetts men were in the
exact center of tbs building,
standing over their chair, shak-
ing their fists and hurling execra'
tions at the chairman, who had
retired to his desk. Presently
they quieted down and voted.
Boot never sgain during the roll
insisted on the call of alterna tes.
Once or twice they we're called
and never voted against their
principles' desires. Roosevelt
had Issued instructions to his del.
egates who had already planned
to gather with him in Orchestra
hall aud Idaho alone Of the Roes :.
velt men fell away from him, sew.
On If Senator Borah's constituents
voting for Cummins. The Hadley
boom never raised q whisper.
Cummins was not nominated.
When it was all over and Sher.
man had been nominated in q
gallop Penrose looked at Crane,
Crane looked at Root and all
three looked at each other. They
had drove Roosevelt out of the
party. As for the Taft delegates
they were disgusted and wishor t
sword to their candidate they
laft for their hotala and mary of