Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-06-23

nv Morning Jonrnal Special Leased Wire.l
Convention Hall, Chicago. June 22
With nearly $50 Of the Roosevei
delegates declining to vote anc
Fastening away at adjournment tims
to tender to Col. Theodore Roosevei'
the nomination OF a new party, the
fifteenth republican national conven.
ton, at the end of long ano
tumultuous session tonight renoml'
mated william Howard TAFT, OF ONO
for president, and James SchoolcraI'
Sherman, of New York, Tor vice pres
ident.
" presidenf Taft received SCI Of u I
1,07S votes In the convention. %
twenty-one more than majority.
The decision of the Roosevelt
people. under 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 ana Misses
from the opposition.
When 1t became absolutely certain
early today that Mr.. Taft would be
nominated without great difficulty
tho leaders in control of the conven-
tion decided to give him as a running
mate his companion on the ticket IN
1908.
All others dropped from the race
ana Mr.. sherman was the only candi-
date regularly placed before the con-
vention.
A motion from New Hampshire to
make the nomination by acclamatlon
was declared out of order. Thefe
were many scattering votes on the
roll call that ensued.
The convention, amid much con-
f,,siou aaiournad sine die.
At no time was there an indication
of a Walk-out of Roosevelt delegates.
They expressed their revolt by silence.
In the confusion just before adjourn
ment a resolution was adopted giving
the national committee power 10 de-
clare vacant the seat Of any man on
the committee refusing to support
the nominees of the regular conven-
tion of 1912.
Sherman's vote was 597
A conflict in the Oklahoma delega-
tion over the selection of nationai
committeeman was referred with
power to the new national committee.
After the adoption of the platform
the chair announced that nominations
were In order for president. Alabama
Yielded to Ohio and at 5:5S p. M,
Warren c. Harding. of Ohio, TOOK the
platform to nominate Tart
Harding's insistence that ''the peo-
Pile do rule" was followed by cries OF
''where?" His first mention of TaIt :
name brought the Taft men to their
feet and rousing demonstration pe-
gan. =,
The Roosevelt men sat silent. and
under the Taft cheers was an under
tone of booing, not easy to locate.
The demonstration had been gong
on for five minutes, when big RED
banner bearing Taft's picture Was
brought in and a parade started. Be
hind the banner fell in New YORK
Mississippi. Texas. the Taft men IN
Indiana. Nevada, Colorado, New
Ham pshire. Kentucky. Montana. MIS-
souri,. until II seemed as II every iai'
delegate was marching.
The red banner was brought on the
platform and the yelling Increased.
The Roosevelt men tried TO star'
We want Teddy
Rhode Island answered with we We
got Taft" II made no impression on
the deafening roar.
Mrs. Gardner. of Philadelpnia, was
brought on the platform and gwen tne
Taft banner. which was waved pe,D, NJ
the crowd. She was mistaken for MIS-.
John A. Logan.
Root and Harding both tried to stop
the noise after fifteen minutes.
After the demonstration had been
going on for ten minutes. Chairman
Root began pounding with the gaveI.
1t did no good. After fifteen minutes
II began to diminish. After sixteen
minutes order was restored. and Haro-
ing resumed his speech
Harding's assertion that Presiden.
Taft was the greatest progressive OF
his time, not only evoked a storm o,
cheers and boos, but started fieht
back among the delegates where
Maine. and Florida were sitting 1he
police suppressed It. but 1t was sever
al minutes before quiet was restores;
Hardtne's speech continued amin
great disorder. Booing followed every
other sentence.
Chairman Root appealed for disniS'
fair play and free speech
Mr.. HARDING referred repeatedly to