The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-06-28
TAFT VICTORIOUS
ON FIRST BALLOT
ViCe-President Sherman Also
Re-nOminated---34 R0ose-
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 1925
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
presential 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 107, La Fol
lette Al, Cummins IT, Hughes z,
present and not voting 34S, 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 81, Merriam 20, Hadley IA,
Beveridge 2, Gillette 1, absent II,
not voting 352.
The convention adjourned sine die
at 1929 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 rum
ming mate his companion on the
ticket of 1908.
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 acclamation 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. 4
Senator Root yielded the gave1 to
Representative Olmstead of Penn
sylvania while the motion to make
the temporary organization perma-
nent was put. When it carried he
was given a big cheer. 1t had taken
nearly five days for the committee
to get to it's 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 not
try to put any more sand in the gas
oline,'' he said.
He then read the statement that
had been given out some hours prev
ious, in which Col. Roosevelt prac-
tically severed his connection with
the republican party and urged his
delegates to refrain from voting in
the convention.
The mention of Roosevelt's name
started an excited demonstration in
which the Roosevelt delegates and
alternates joined and were aided by
the crowd in the galleries. The
cheering was louder and more con-