Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-06-14
TAFT GETS OHIO'S
. BIG SIX TO CHICAGO
PRESIDENTS ADMINISTRATION is
ENDORSED BY STATE REPuB-
LicAN CONVENTION.
DELEGATES-AT-LARGE NAMED
Meeting Recesses Until July 2, When
It viii Reconvene and Select a
State Ticket-cuyahoga Del
egation Balance Of Power.

Convention Hall, Columbus, o.
President William Howard Taft won
his fight for Ohio's six delegates
at.large to the Republican national
convention at the state convention by
vote of 39O1a to 1929.
Previous to this victory his forces
defeated those of Colonel Roosevelt
for Endorsement in the adoption of
the report of the committee on reso-
lutions by 3931a to 3591a.
The resolutions read:
1--WE heartily endorse the admins
tration of President Taft"
The minority report said:
Whereas, the Republicans of Ohio
In the recent primaries refused to in
dorse Taft, we hereby indorse the can
didacy of Theodore Roosevelt for pres
ident."
The repulse of the Roosevelt men
was made possible by the position of
the Cuyahoga county delegation, which
stood for Taft throughout by vote Of
4S to 5. The presidents victory on
the Big Six was by margin of only
2S votes and his majority in Cuyahoga
county more than equaled this amount.
Burton Heads Delegation.
The delegates-at-large elected by the
Taft forces are: Senator Theodore E.
Burton, Cleveland; Harry M. Daugh-
erty, Columbus; Warren G. Harding,
Marion; Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati;
Arthur l.. Vorys, Columbus; d. ].
Cable. Lima.
The Taft delegates were nominated
by Albert H. Morrill,, chairman of the
Hamilton county delegation.
The Taft alternates are: William
L. Anderson, Hamilton; Sherman S.
Deaton, Champaign; Sherman Gran.
ger, GAINESVILLE; William w. Woods
Miami; L. C. Laylin, Columbus, and
julius Whiting, Stark.
The defeated Roosevelt delegates
are: Walter F. Brown, Toledo; James
r. Garfield, Cleveland; Henry Bannon
Portsmouth; w. H. Boyd, Cleveland;
ID. NJ. Massie, Chillicothe, and R. R
Nevin, Dayton.
Walter D. Meals named the Roose
velt men.
The Roosevelt alternates who were
bula; r. E. Chamberlain, Columbiana
George NJ. Skiles, Shelby; Harry AL
exander, Franklin; p. j. Blosser, Ross
B. F. Murphy, Jefferson.
Name State Ticket July 2.
After the election of the Blk ST,
the, convention recessed until July 2
when it will reconvene to select {
state ticket
The convention was marked
throughout by the widest disorder
The two factions struggled fiercel.
for supremacy.
The first test of strength between
the rival forces of Taft and Roosevelt
adherents was reached when the ma
iority report of the committee on res
olutions was presented by j. Warrel
Keifer. It carried the Endorsement o
President Taft Immediately an Ell
fort was made by ]. Meade Massie o
Chillicothe to secure the adoption o
the minority report, indorsing Roose
welt, as substitute. The debat
waXed hot and pandemonium reigne
as roll call was demanded upon tn
substitution of the Roosevelt report
II was this roll call that showed tha
the Taft men controlled the situation
The result was that the minority re
port was beaten, 3931s to 3591a. The
the majority report was adopted o
viva voce vote at the call of Chail
man Burton.
On the test the Cuyahoga delegatio
stood As for Taft and 5 for Roosevelt
Lucas county, the home of Waite
Brown of Toledo, gave Roosevelt
solid %. Montgomery county gave 2
for Taft. Hamilton county, too, line
up solidly for the president with s
votes.
One Ballot Settles Blk Six.
When the result of the action o
resolutions was announced the col
vention decided to take one ballot o
the Big Six Candidates were name
by the rival factions and the vote pr,
ceeded The Taft delegates and a
ternates were victors. 39O1s to 1921
Chairman Burton declared the Ia
delegate ticket elected, and instructe
to vote for the denomination OF til
president at the Chicago convention.
Prior to the presentation of the r
port of the resolutions committee II
Taft men won two points without co
test when, after the opening at 1O:1
a. M, the majority report of the cor
mittee on credentials was adopte
seating the seven contesting Taft dc
egates from Lawrence county and fo'
from Crawford county, and also ma
ing permanent the temporary orgar