The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23
PRESIDENT TAFT
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(Continued from Page One) ---------~.---a---. e--~-- ~--~ s-r of Massachusetts refuses to do his duty his alternate will be called on to do 1t.
 Tulmult followed and the Massachusetts delegates became the foci of a scene of wild disorder Many Roosevelt delegates stood on their chairs and shook their fists at Root who stood unperturbed Cries of 'robber," thief" and crook came up from the fiqpr and down from the gall laries.
 Delegate at large Fosdick of Massa- clulsetts made point of order that an- 'swefing present" was sufficient response to the roll call and did not entite the alternate to vote. Chairman Root ruled to the contrary. Fosdick said he would appeal from the decisfon of the chair MT Root said the appeal would be allowed at the close of the voting.
 Defies Convention
 "I defy this convention to make me vote for any person. he said
 After the disorderly roll call had been completed the vote was announced, Taft 20, not voting Is.
 Michigan voted 20 for Taft, nine for IOOStNtlis Ollt I1pI NOIlllR- hlnneSOia s 24 we're recorded not voting Mississippi voted r Taft, three not voting. Missouri voted Taft l6 not voting 20. Montana voted eight for Taft. Nebraska voted two for Roosevelt IA not voting Nevada gave Taft six New Hampshire voted eight for Daft New Jersey voted two for Roose- welt, 26 not voting New Mexico gave Taft seven, Roosevelt one.
 New York gave Taft 76. Roosevelt three. not voting 6. North Carolina gave Taft one, Roosevelt. 1. not voting g. North Dakota cast the first vote for LaFollette Her 10 delegates voted solidlv Ohio gave Taft 1G not voting s4 Oklahoma. Taft four. Roosevelt 1, not voting l5 Oregon was announced Roosevelt eight, not vot- ing two. A roll call was demanded and Charles W. Alderman, standing on his chair, shouted T refuse to vote where the cards arc cold decI1ed Cheers fol- lowed this. The roll then proceeded in wild disorder
 The Oregon roll call gave Roosevelt eight, not voting two Pennsylvania voted Taft nine, Hughes two. Roosevelt two. not voting G. These were the first votes for Justice Hughes. Rhode Island gave Taft 10
 Rhode Island Solid
 Rhode Island was solid South Car ol'na's vote was challenred and the roll call showed Taft 1s not voting ahsent ] South Dakota gave Roose- welt ,. IaFollette B. Tennessee gave Taft 23, Roosevelt l. Texas voted Taft 3l. absent i, not voting & Utah gave for Taft Vermont gave Taft 6, not voting ?.
 Senator Root asked that whenever q vote was challenged the rules of the alternatives for delegates who refused to vote would be followed The answer of present and not voting" was re- ceived from the states where there was no challenge and no roll call of the states
 Virginia gave Taft 22. not voting l.. absent 1. Washingtons IA. votes cast at 9:25 p. m. swung majority for Taft and was greeted with groans and cheers. Then the rest of the roll went on in confusion.
 West Virginia announced her 16 not voting and was roundly cheered by Roosevelt supporters. Wisconsin's 2I went to LaTollette. Wyoming gave Taft 6. Alaska and the District of Co., lumbia each cast two fer Taft and Hawaii cast for the president 6
 The Philippines and Porto Rico let ters finished the call each givlng Taft two votes. The announced result of the roll call was:
 Absent ?. Hughes ?. Cummins IT, La Toilette 4l, Roosevelt l07. not vot- ing s44, Taft 56l.
 Immediately upon the formal an- ncuncement by Senator Root of the of President Taft, the roll call for nomination for vice president was announced. Before 1t began. how ever. delegates and spectators stood while the band played America" and the star Spangled Banner"
 Alabama yielded L, New York and J. Van Vechten Elliott took the plat form to nominate Vice President Sher- man.
 Elliotfs speech did not last three minutes and it was ended without ,en- thusiasm. Harry Daugherty for Ohio merely moved a second for Shcrmans nomination.
 The call of states went on without further nomination until Pennsylvania was reached. Then c. Tyson Kratz arose.
 "on behalf of Pennsylvania I nom- mate Boies Penrose." he shouted. There was no second.
 There was no other nominations made.
 10 support sherman. it's eight votes go- Ing to Governor Hadiey of Missouri.
 Crowds Begin to Leave
 While the roll call was in progress the spectators and many of the dele gates. taking Siierman's name for granted. crowded into the aisles and started for the exits. In the noise of their moving out 1t was not possible to hear tho roll call and Root pounded In vain for order.
 When roll was called on Illinois, R F. Mccormick voted for Howard Gil- lett, a Chicago banker.
 Just a matter of friendship.r said Mccormick. who asked who he was.
 He's a friend of mine" he said. T told him if Taft was noninated I'd vote for him for vice president
 Iowa put Borah on the list. giving him 10 Roosevelt votes.
 Minnesota's 24 emphatically declined to vote. Nebraska gave Senator Bev- eridge two votes.
 Fourteen delegates deqlined to vote.
 The vote of six delegates from Yer mont cast at 10:10 o'clock gave Slier- man one over the 5fo necessary.
 In the closing moments of the con vention a resolution was passed un- der the gaVel giving the national com rnittee the power to i'll all vacancies and empower them to declarel vacant h se;.f of auv nlerl1tler who t.1pftlSfs