The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-06-21

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shouting, ''You are thieves and rob
bers."
The ballot became a neck and neck
race as South Dakota was reached.
After the South Dakota ballot the
vote stood McGovern 453; Root, AL.
But Tennessee turned the tide and
after the Texas vote the total was
Root, 1875; McGovern, 462. After the
vote of the state of Washington was
tailed the total was Root, 544; Nc
Govern, 467; and from that time on
Roots vote was increased amid the
cheers of Senator LaFollette's friends
and Senator Roots friends in the con-
vention.
Chairman Rosewater announced the
election of Senator Root.
Immediately Senator Root came to
the front of the platform. The vast
audience was pretty we'll tagged and
began to leave the hail. This gave
Senator Root an opportunity to de-
liver his speech with no Interruptions
who had stood sturdily by his side
during that eventful ballot
Mr.. Root waited unit the tumult
had subsidized.
Believe that l appreciate this ex-
pres sion of confidence" he said, be
ginning the speech he had prepared,
and this brought bowls from the Penn
| sylvania delegation.
"Are you willing to take an elec-
ton that was stolen?" cried Finn,
Quay and Ziba T. Moore, getting up
on their chairs as usual.
The chief of police got busy at once
and made them sit down. People
had begun to pour out of their seats
and move toward the exits in such
volume that Senator Root saw that
it was no use to proceed for a while
He awaited quietly for ten minutes
while all those who wished to do so
could leave the building. Most of
the galleries were empty when he re-
sumed talking. He was listened to
throughout his speech with great at
tention by the delegates and specta
tors who remained, and his ta'lina
points brought frequent applause, par
ticularly when he spoke upon the lin
itations which must be placed upon
arbitrary power by an independent
and courageous judiciary. There WIS
another loud outburst of cheers when
he finished speaking. 1t was then
1880 o'clock and delegates and specta-
tors had been sitting in their seats
then for eight hours and were plainlv
tired out.
In part, Mr.. Root said:
Throughout our party's history in
each presidential election we have gone
to the American people with the con-
fident and just assertion that the Re-
publican party is not more fortuit-
Gus collection of individuals, but is {
coherent and living force as an or
ganization. 1t is effective, responsible,
worthy confidence, competent to 60
ern. The traditions of it's great strug-
giles for liberty, for the preservation
of constitutional government, for ma
tional honor, exercise a controlling in
fuence upon its conduct The lofty
purpose of it's great originators has
been transmitted by spiritual success
sion from generation to generation of
party leaders, and it is no idle
rhetoric when we say, as we have so
often said and are about to say again
to the American people: We are en-
titled to your belief in the sincerity
of the principles we profess and thu
loyalty of our candidates to those
principles because We are the party
of Lincoln, and Summer, and Seward
and Andrews, and Morton, and Grant,
and Hayes, and Garfield, and Arthur,
and Harrison, and Blaine, and Hoar
and Mckinley.
eve claim that we are entitled to
a popular vote of confidence at the
coming election because we have dem
onstrated that we are the party
OF affirmative, constructive policies
for the betterment and progress of
our country in all the fields upon
which the activity and influence of
government can rightly enter"
Proceeding to the business of the
convention Senator Root recognized
Herbert Parsons, who got up to move
that the recommendations of the ma
tional committee for the office be fol-.
lowed. This was adopted and then
Senator Clarke of Wyoming moved