The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-06-27
TAFT IS NOMINATED.

TAFT IS NOMINATED.
rs,e Colonel Beat to a Frazzle |
and His Hat Kicked Out
of The Ring.
Chicago, June 2a.-With
aearly $50 of the Roosevelt dele-
zates declining to vote and hast.
ling away at adjournment
.ine to.tender to Col. Theodore
eoosevelt the nomination OF a
.sew party the fifteenth RepuDh,
can national convention at sne
end of a long and tumultuous
session tonight renominateo
Ym. Howard Taft, Of Ohio for
president and Jas. Schoolcral'
sherman of New York for VICE
president.
President Taft received SCI OF
sae 1918 votes in the convension
or 21 more than a majority.
The decision Of the Roosevelt
people, under direction OF their
laader, to refrain from voting,
eft no other candidate near the
resident. The announcement
Of the Taft victory was greeted
Nth cheering from his adher-
eats and groans and hisses from
tlne opposition.
When it became absolutely
certain early today that Mr..
gaft would be nominated with
oat great difficulty, the leaders
n controlof the convention de-
.idea~to give him as running
nate his companion on the
gicket in 1908.
All others dropped from the
,ace and Mr.. Sherman was the
cnly candidate regularly placed
before the convention. A mo-
lion from New Hampshire to
make the nomination by ac-
clamation was declared out OF
order, There were many scat
:ering votes on the roll call that
: snsued.
convention, amid much
.onfusion. adjourned sine die.
At no time was there an indi-
cation of a walkout of Roose-
velt delegates. They expressed
Sheir revolt by silence.
In the confusion just before
adjournment a resolution was
adopted giving the national
committee power to declare va
can't the seat of any man on the
committee refusing to support
she nominees of the regular con-
vention of 1912.
Sherman's vote was 597.
The revolt of many of Roose-
velt's delegates in the conyen-
ton was open from the moment
The permanent roll containing
the names of the contested dele
gates was approved. A vale
dictory" statement was read in
behalf of Col. Roosevelt asking
hat his delegates sit in mute
protest against all further pro-
ceedings.
~ great majority of the Roose-
yelt delegates in the illinois and
all in the Missouri and Idaho
delegates declined to follow this
adgice,. bst. Col. Roosevelt's
way over the delegations from
California, Kansas, Maine, Min
aesota Nebraska. New Jersey
Pennsylvania, South Dakota
snd West Virginia was all but
absolute.
Most of the delegates from
these States announced their
purpose Of helping to give Mr..
Roosevelt an independent nomi-
nation at another hall later in
she evening. The split in the
convention occasioned no sur
orise. It was but a fullflment
Of predictions that had been
made during the past several
day.
The closing scenes of the con.
vention were marked BY counter
demonstrations for Taft and
Roosevelt.
The first test vote after the
announce of the Roosevelt vale
dictory came on the adoption Of
the party platform. The affirm
alive vote was 666. Roosevei
delegates present and not voting
numbered 81. There We're 5;
noes, 36 Of them from the La
Toilette States Of Wisconsin
and North Dakota.
Senator Robt. NJ. Lsfonett'
of Wisconsin, was placed betor'