Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-06-27


ed. The Taft men rose to their feet
cheering.
Mr.. Root came forward and was
cheered by the Taft forces. After
thanking the convention be asked for
unanimous consent for some remarks
from Henry J. Allen of Kansas. a
Roosevelt man. The Kansan said il he
had quiet he would guarantee not to
put any sand in the gasolene.
Then Mr.. Allen said: The first
thing l shall do is to read to you a
statement placed In my hands by the
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt"
This was unexpected except by a
few who had seen the statement. II
brought the ku~Leyeit men to their
feet. They S.cC& T.. hairs, waving
hats and Cass Is &~....@s ~ pictures
of the C-'Cnr,.
1t was 1920 when Mr.. Allen began
reading the Roosevelt statement.
There were a good many Interruptions.
AT the Coloners request that the
Roosevelt delegates should not vote
there were cheers and jeers.
III a man doesn't know when he's
dead his friends ought to know" said
man in the gallery and there was an
uproar.
After the hullaballoo over the Col
onel's statement and Mr. Aliens re-
marks was over the regular program.
me was taken up.
First came the report of the rules
committee and then ex-Vice-President
Fairbanks, chairman of the committee
on resolutions came forward to read
the platform. The Taft men cheered
him.
No minority report on platform was
presented by the Roosevelt men. SEN
ator Owen of Wisconsin offered the
La Toilette platform containing the
Senator's well known doctrines.
Both sides cheered when the vote
on the platform was announced. It
was 666 ayes, 16 absent, S43 not voting
and SO noes.
The roll call on the platform having
been completed and announced time
came for the presentation of candi.
dates for the Presidency; it was 5:55
o'clock
When Iowa was reached there was a
hush, but no response came.
The first mention of Mr.. Taft's name
by Warren G. Harding, who came for
ward TO nominate Taft when Ohio was
called, was the signal for a Taft de-
monstration. The Taft men jumped I'D
on their chairs, but the Roosevelt men
sat silent. There was practically no
cheering among the spectators.
The Taft demonstration got going
when a man grabbed a silk banner
with Taft's picture on it and started
a Taft parade. Another man came
forward on the platform with a picture
Of Mr.. Taft Taft men kept bowling
like dervishes. Mr.. Harding got hold
of the Taft banner and waved it.
Chairman Root began rapping for
order before the demonstration for
Taft had been under way more than
ten minutes. The Taft men were still
par2ding and hurling invidious re-
marks at the Roosevelt men sitting in
their seats. They provoked only smiles
in return.
They began to call the roll at 1925
n. m, there were the same cneeYn
from the Roosevelt men when the Cali
fornia delegates refused to vote
When Illinois was reached Gov. De
neen got up and said: Under the
provisions of our primary law some OF
us feel that we have no option but to
cast our votes for Theodore Roose-
welt" Mr.. Roosevelt had not been in
nomination.
The President was nominated when
Washington was reached. This State
gave him the $40 necessary for his
nomination. All Of the West Virginia
delegates refused to vote This was at
$3.50. There were no other refusals
after that The Taft men got up and
cheered at the end. A band at one Of
the entrances began to play and an at
tempt was made to keep the cheering
going, but it fell absolutely fat.
The result was announced at 9:35.
1t was: Taft, 661; not voting, 344;
Roosevelt, 1O7; Hughes, 2; Cummins,
IT; La Toilette, Al; absent, 6.
William Howard Taft, having re-
ceived a majority of the votes is de-
clared renominated for President OF
the United States" said Chairman
Root There was no motion to make
the Presidents nomination unani-
nous. This is unprecedented.
Mr.. Root proceeded at once to call
for the nominations for Vice-Presi-
dent. The band, however, struck up
my Country, 'Tis of Thee" Every
body in the hall, even the Roosevelt
men got up and sang.
On the roll call for candidates for
Vice-President Alabama yielded to
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