Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-06-26
FIRST BALLOT GIVES PRESIDENT
MAJORITY OF TWENTY
ONE OVER ALL.
ROOSEVELT CRIES FRAUD
His Followers Refuse to Recognize
Convention and will Hold Anoth-
er In August.

The Republican Hflonhi =
tiou OF 1912 will 60 down IN ms
tory as marking an epoch in the h1e
Of that party. The pre,cohNv;eh.io''1
campaign was unparalleled IN tlster lsr
ness and the gathering of the dele
gates at Chicago last week saw nc nc
sign Of compromise or common
4 ground upon which the oopcsiht
forces could meet and harmonlze. ih&
cloing day saw a formidable fart o. o.
the delegates sullenly sitting IN tne
q convention, refusing TO vote OF
y recognize the right of the ma1orfs
10 do business in the name OF tne
Republican party. The regular g'',Hi
Roosevelt delegates and the Roose
yeH delegates who were denied sea
In .he convention, in all more than
half the entire convention In number
assembled after the adjournment o.
the regular convention and started
movement which will see the birth OF
new national party with Theodore
Roosevelt heading the ticket as !
candidate for president this fall
That Roosevelt showed astonishing
strength In the SO called primar.
states. that he Is the idol OF many
cannot be denied. but his claim tna'
wholesale fraud and theft had been
committed against him fell fiat anc
came to an ighominous enc.
The essence OF the crime he charges
against Taft seems to te that ne
cot away with the nomination.
When the convention adopted the
4 report OF the committee on creden,
tials confirming the findings OF the
national committee the Rooseve.e
forces knew it was good night 10
the Colonel.
Henry J.. Allen of Kansas sang th'
swan song for the Roosevelt forces 'l'c't"s
1 announcing that they rsfused se' g g
participate in the proceedings OF tns
tonvention as organized.
The temporary organization was vas
made permanent which allowed Sen
ator Root to swing the gavel Until
+ha caose. It was extremely difficult
for him to keep order. The galierle
were noisy and boisterous and the
delegates we're nervous and tired OF
the long convention. Root IS ny
that physically powerful and forD4e'
ding looking man whose very presene
IN the chair might command respec
On the contrary he>is Of medaut
height, slender and has the stoopanp
4 shonlders OF the student. His sharp
features and gray hair give him
striking look. His walk Is somethlht
/ ike Walker Whiteside's stage strloe
and he keeps up a wagglne 1hotio'
Nth his head when he talks. bu'
when he talks is when your respec
and admiration for the man Deslns
To see Root in action Is to apprec
ate the fact that he deserves tne
renutation of being the ablest man IN
nnhlic life to-day. His rulings Wert
made without moments hesfa.len
his answers to questions flew bacR
like trip hammer. He was tn
master OF every situation and the
closing session was beset with many
d,f,,cu,t ones. The soundness OF his
rulings cannot be questioned anc
b,a high sense of justice and tair
ness was always evident.
The report Of the committee on
resolutions was offered by former
vice president Fairbanks. He reat
the: whole party platform to the
\ convention. 1t is safe to say that
not one in hundred single compile e
. sentence OF it. There was noise an
confusion everywhere. The reading
Of this document was interrupt at
4 one stage when William jennings
Rryan was seen to leave the press
hox and walk out of the building. AS
he was recognized the audience
cheered vociferously, and Mr.. falr'
\ banks paused and seemed to appre
d c;ate good.naturedly the amusing 81
uation. To the credit OF Mr. BY
ana good sense of propriety 1t may
he added that he did not give the
slightest encouragement to the dem
\ gonstration. He neither raised his
hand nor bowed his head. He eVl'
dnetly thought it was none OF MS
funeral. =
senator La Follette's platform, IN
which he claims to embody all true
progressive principles. was Offered as
a substitute, but the regular report
. was adopted by a good majority, thus
showing that the Taft delegates were
still hanging together on all ques'
tions.
This cleared the way for the nom
Inations for president. But two
names were formally presented, Tart
and La Toilette.
Warren G. Harding Of Ohio nomi
mated Taft. He has strong, clear
voice and his words were heard and
:attentively listened to. At the first
mention Of Taft's name demon
.stration was started which lasted
about fifteen minutes, during which
Mrs. John A. Logan mounted the
nlatform and waved Taft banner to
and fro. The Taft enthusiasm. viii h
M to this time had been no iceabl7
absent. was all uncorked right here
{ r,.1a~.tes naraded about the room ani