Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-25
PRESIDENT, RENOMINATED WITH
A MARGIN OF -.VENTY-ONE
VOTES AT CHICAGO
SHERMAN is NAMED
Dramatic Climax When Roosevelt Men
Refuse to Participate and Name
Leader on Independent
Ticket.
rRy T K DOuGHERTY.

a.
Chicago. June 24.-William Howard
Taft was nominated for president and
James S. Sherman for vice president
by the republican national convention
late Saturday night Before the noml-
nations were made leaders OF the
Roosevelt faction of the party met at
Orchestra hall and nominated Iheo'
dore Roosevelt for president on an IN
dependent ticket. 49,. g.. ~, -.
The end of the convention with it's
dramatic climax following a pltter
campaign of months and week OF
tumult and hysteria found the dele
gates and visitors worn out. AS the
crowds YEARLY turned homeWard, ex-
hausted both mentally and physlcallS'
the reaction had begun to set IN, Ihey
went home to review in calm, denper-
ate mood the events transplring IN the
heat of storm and passion.
Roosevelt Letter Brings Climax.
The convention climax came at .
o'clock Saturday afternoon. UP to that
hour it was not definitely known just
what part in the convention proceed
ings the anti-Taft men would take,
though it was known that Col. Roose.
welt had lost his fight and that Iaft
would be the nominee But at that
hour Henry j. Allen Of Wichita. kas.,,
took the platform to read a statement
that had just been put in his nands
by Theodore Roosevelt. In this state
ment Roosevelt expressed the nope
that the men elected as Roosevelt
delegates would decline to vote on
any matter before the convention. L
do not release any delegate from MS
honorable obligation to vote for me II
he votes at ALL said the colonels
statement, "but under the actual con-
tjtions hope that he will not vote at
ell" Continuing in his statement ne
said that it would be deeply dis
creditable to any man to accept the
conventions nomination"
Cummins' Name Withheld.
This served notice on the friends OF
other progressive candidates Inat
they must retire from the race. Con-
gressman Kendall sat with the Iowa
delegation in readiness to take the
platform and make a speech placlns
Senator Cummins in nomination. Mr..
Kendall then announced that the
nominating speech would not be made.
All the compromise candidates With
drew from the field but Senator La
Toilette. His friends refused to recede
from the position that LaFollette
candidacy and 1t alone represented the
progressive cause.
The important developments OF the
closing hours Of the session were the
adoption OF the Taft platform and the
nominations. Carrying out their IN.
structions the Roosevelt instructed
delegates refused to vote on the plat
form. An affirmative vote OF 666 was
cast on the platform, a margin or 10
over the number Of votes necessary
for adoption There were tifty-three
negative votes, forty-six representing
tie LaFollette votes in Wisconsin ana
North Dakota and ten, representing the
Cummins votes in Iowa.
With the platform adopted the decks
were cleared for the nomination OF
president. The roll was called TOT
nominating speeches and reached ONO
before it was seen that Iowa had not
named it's candidate. 1owa's name
again was called but with no response
and Warren G. Harding of Ohio arose
to place the name of William Howard
Taft in nomination.
Harding Causes Taft Demonstration.
Mr.. Harding in his speech, which is
given in full in another column OF TINS
page, made an eloquent plea IN behalf
of President Taft He stirred the en-
thusiasm of the presidents followers
Ia the extent that the nomination
speech was abruptly brought to halt
when half finished by demonstra'
ton that started at the mention OF
Taft's name. For twenty minutes the
crowds were in a frenzy. When the
excitement subsidized Mr.. Harding re-
sumed his speech. but soon there was
another interruption caused by fight
between two delegates from North
Dakota and Florida which brought a
rush of police to the scene. When
Harding concluded seconding speeches
were made by John Wanamaker and
Nicholas Murray Butler Of New York
LaFollettes name was placed IN
nomination by Michael B. Olbrich OF
Wisconsin and preparations were
made to call the roll of delegates. 1t
was 1923 D. m. when the voting began
Taft Has Margin Of Twenty-one.
The result of the ballot brought an
answer to the question that had been
undecided all week President Taft
had the votes He polled total of SCI
twenty-one votes over the number
necessary to give him the nomination
Roosevelt polled LOT votes, 342 of his
delegates refusing to vote. LaFollette
polled forty-one, receiving Wisconsin,
twenty-six, North Dakotas ten and
five of South Dakota's ten. Cummins
was given ten votes from Iowa and
seven from Idaho. Two votes from
Massachusetts we're cast for Justice
IJnohes Seven delegates were absent
Sherman Renominated.
The convention proceeded with the
nomination of James S. Sherman fol
vice president. This vote resulted:
Vice President James S. Sherman
New York 59i
Governor E3S;-y, Missouri $3.50. Il