The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-07
OSCAR S. STRAUS
NOMINATED BY
+. PROGRESS|vES
"Suspender lack" MCGEE STAN.
peded Convention
OTHER NAMES WITHDRAWN
Nominee Was Secretary of Com
merce In the Cabinet of Presi-
dent Roosevelt.

Syracuse, Sept. Oscar S.
Straus, former secretary of COM
merce and labor in the cabinet OF
Presc>ent Roosevelt, was unanimous
ly acclaimed the nominee for COVER
nor of the Progressive party by
stampeded convention this afternoon.
Mr.. Straus' nomination came about
under circumstances that were not
only unexpected but dramatic. The
former cabinet member, acting as the
conventions permanent chairman,
was about to entertain motion from
former Lieutenant Governor Timothy
l.. Woodruff to expedite the roll call
on the nominations of State Chair
man William III. Hotchkiss and Comp
troller William A. Prendergast of
New York, for governor, when dele
gate from New York county leaped
to his chair and demanded that he be
heard.
Its Suspender Jack MCGEE"
cried a voice from the gallery Chair
man Straus looked puzzled. MCGEE,
who got his name in the Indian coun
ty by riding broncho into camp
with suspenders used as reins, moved
resolutely toward the platform.
Chairman Straus looked with sui,
prise on the man who with flaming
bandanna swathed around his neck
and his coat blazing with badges,
tossed his rough rider hat on the
floor and demanded the right to
make a nomination.
"Who do you wish to nominate?'
asked Chairman Strauss, but MCGEE
gave only a meaningless shake OF his
head. while the delegates, irritated at
what they deemed only an Interrupt
ton at a moment when the conven-
ton was about to lock arms on a
vote for Prendergast and Hotchkiss,
cried: Put him out" But MCGEE
stuck to his purpose, and in a husky.
voice insisted on speaking.
you may have but five minutes
said Mr. Straus impatiently, glancing
at his watch.
81 want ten," insisted MCGEE, and
delegates and spectators booed and
jeered as he began to speak. Nc
Gee paused moment and then
cried: Il nominate the illustrious
and Hon. Oscar S. Straus."
The delegates seemed stunned and
then a few of them cheered. Mr..
Straus gave an amused laugh at
"Suspender Jack" bowling before
him. MCGEE kept on with his speech
and the first few faint cheers from
the half dozen or more delegates
gradually grew into a pandemonium
of sound that swept the convention
hall from one end to the other.
All was confusion in the hall. Chair
man Straus at first shook his head
deprecatingly at the growing ovation.
He turned to his friends and remark
ed: This must not be, | cannot ac-
cept." State Chairman Hotchkiss
left his seat among the delegates
and rushed to the platform, placing
his hands on Mr.. Straus' shoulders
and said: "You must accept. you
must accept" All the delegates are
for you"
Meanwhile there was a press of
delegates to the platform to urge Mr.
Straus to make the decision. Then
Mr.. Hotchkiss burst from the group
that surrounded Mr.. Straus and held
up before the crush of excited dele
gates in the aisleways a sheet of
yellow paper on which were written
He accepts" Whereupon the dele
gates and spectators passed back the
word of Mr.. Straus' acceptance and
another demonstration followed.
The complete ticket is as follows:
For Governor-0scar S. Straus of
New York.
For Lieutenant Governor-Freder-
ick M. Davenport of Oneida.
For Secretary of State-Homer D.
Call of Onondaga.
For Controller-Gen Horatio c..
King Of Kings.
For Attorney General-John Pal
mieri of Kings.
For Treasurer-Ernest Cawcroft OF
jamestown.
For State Engineer-Ora Miner lie
land of Tompkins.
For Judges of the Court of Appeals
Carlos c. Alden of Erie and Geo.
w. Kirchwey of New York.