Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-06-29


didate.
The nominating of candidates fol
lowed the adoption OF the platform re-
ported to the convention by the plat
form committee, This platform favors
protective tariff, but says that there
should be some reductions, declares
that the recall of judges is unneces.
sary, favors treaties with Russia and
other countries to protect American
citizens abroad, promises an inquiry
into the high cost of living, and urges
laws to increase the safety of ocean
travel
The reading of the Roosevelt state
ment, asking his friends to take no
part in the proceedings, was the one
dramatic incident of the day. A dem.
onstration occurred which lasted at
least twenty minutes.
Utah's eight votes were cast for
President Taft. Arizona, Colorado,
Wyoming, Montana and Nevada dele
gates were also unit for the presi.
lent, while seven of Idaho delegates
voted for Cummins and one for Taft
Washington cast fourteen votes for
the president, Oregon eight for Roose
welt and two refused to vote. Two of
California's delegates voted for Taft,
while twenty-four refused to vote.
President Taft received SCI of the
1,07S votes In the convention or TWEEN
ty-one more than a majority. Sher.
mans vote was SGT.
The decision of the Roosevelt peo.
pie under direction of their leader,
to refrain from voting, left no other
candidate near the president. The
announcement of the Taft victory
was greeted with cheering from his
adherents and groans and Kisses from
the opposition.
All others dropped from the race
and Mr.. Sherman was the only candi
date for vice-president regularly
placed before the convention. A mo.
tion from New Hampshire to make the
nomination by acclamation was de-
clared out of order. There were many
scattering votes on the rollcall that
ensued
The revolt of the many Roosevelt
delegates in the convention was oper
from the moment the permanent rol
containing the names of contested
| delegates was approved. A "yaledic
;ory' statement was read in behal
of Colonel Roosevelt asking that h!
name be not presented and that his
delegates sit in mute protest against
Ill further proceedings.
A great majority of the Roosevelt
delegates in the Illinois and all in thu
Missouri and Idaho delegations de
clined to follow this advice, but Col
onel Roosevelt's sway over delega
tions from California, Kansas, Maine
Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey
PENNSYLVANIA, South Dakota and Yves
Virginia was all but absolute.
Most of the delegates from thes
states announced their purpose o
helping give Mr.. Roosevelt an inde
pendent nomination at another hal
later in the evening.
Immediately upon the formal al
nouncement by Senator Root of tn
nomination of President Taft the rol
call for nominations for vice e-presiden
was announced.
Il J. Van Vechten Allcott of New Yor
nominated Vice-President Sherma
and C. Tyson Kratz OF Pennsylvanl
nominated Boise Penrose, but receive'
no second There were no other nom
lnations.
The roll call resulted as follows
Sherman, New York, 597; Governo
Hadley, Missouri, ID; Senator Boral
Idaho, 21; former Senator Beveridgt
Indiana, 2; Charles e. Merriam, Ch
cago, 20; Howard Gillette, Chicago
/; not voting, 352; absent, II. Idaho
eight votes were cast for Governo
) Hadley of Missouri.
. A resolution appointing Senate
t Root chairman of the committee
: notify the president of his nominatio
and naming Thomas Devine of Col'
RADIO chairman of the committee {
notify the vice-president, was adopte
while the delegates hurried from tn
. hall