Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-06-26
For President.
William Howard Taft.
For Vice-President.
James SChooIcraft Sherman.

Chicago.-William Howard Taft
again heads the Republican ticket
for president.
James Schoolcraft Sherman is
again the paYty's nominee for vice
president.
Mr. Taft was nominated on the
first ballot at $50 Saturday night,
receiving SCI votes, or 21 more than
majority of the votes in the con-
vention.
Mr.. Sherman was the only man
placed in nomination for second
place, and he received 597 votes. The
rest were scattering or not cast.
FIattened out completely by what
his advocates denominated the steam
roller, Col Theodore ROosevelts
candidacy was abandoned by that
gentleman himself, and a few hours
before the balloting on nominations
began he sent to the convention hall
a request that his delegates should
refrain from voting on any other
questions whatever. This request
was obeyed by 344 delegates, who
responded present but not voting.
OF the others, 107 cast their votes
for Roosevelt because they felt
bound to follow the instructions Of
their constituents.
most prominently. That 81 Of it's
delegates voted for the colonel was
due to state political conditions.
Pennsylvania created a diversion by
casting two votes for Justice Hughes.
In the mix-up Senator Cummins
grabbed off seven unexpected votes
from Idaho And La Toilette also
benefited by the conditions, getting
five of South Dakotas votes, IL addi-
ton to his 26 from Wisconsin and 10
from North Dakota.
Enthusiasm Is Rather Mild.
If the truth must be told, the vic
tory of President Taft did not create
any wild enthusiasm in the Coliseum.
| OF course, there was a lot of cheer
| ing, and banner bearing the picture
! of the winner was carried through
the aisles, but no one followed It, and
| the tired spectators at once began to
| make their way out of the hall. Even
! the delegates could not be kept in
| their seats for the vote on Sunny
| Jim" The reading clerks jumped
about like crazy men trying to catch
| the vote in the midst Of the din, and
nobody cared very much whether or
not they succeeded.
"This purges the party Of most
disturbing element" said the Taft
men, soberly.
This is the death of the good old
Republican party. Now for a new
party-a party of progress" said the
defeated friends of Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt.
Such Democrats as were present
said little, but looked joyful.
Taft Forces Win Every Point.
From the day when the national
committee met to begin the hearing
! of contests, the Roosevelt forces
| never won a point of any moment.
With all the machinery in their con-
/ troll. the Taft men did not let go of
| anything that could endanger their
| cause in the least. An instance of
| their clever work was the way in
/ which the report of the committee on
| credentials was submitted to the con-
! vention 1t came in to the hall piece
meal, a state or a district at a time.
| This enabled Chairman Root to make
the eminently fair ruling that the
delegates whose seats were involved
in each fragment of the report should
not vote on it's adoption. 1t sound
ed good, but it was perfectly safe.
On only one of these reports was the
Taft majority reduced to a perilous
point That was the California case,
considered one of the strongest
brought up by the Roosevelt men, and
the Taft vote was 542, just two over
a majority
On most of the reports the Roose-
welt leaders did not demand roll
call First would come the commit