The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-06-29
TAFT AND SHERMAN RENON'
fNa TED.

The fifteenth national convention
of the Republican party cioseu
tumultuous and remarkable flVe-oay
session at Chicago last satefda5
night by renominating William no"
ard Taft of Ohio and James school-
craft Sherman of New York Tor pres
ident and vice president of the Uni
ted States.
The struggle over the contested
seats in the convention resulted IN
the credentials committee submit
ting reports affirming all the oeci-
sions CT the national commlttee' CIV
ing 235 of the seats to TAFT dele-
gates and - to Roosevelt Delegates
and the adoption on these reports Ny
the convention. The votes IN a
number of Instances were substan-
tially unanimous, as many OF ei1e
contests were palpably frivolous. LII
the eases where roll calls were had
the votes ranged from the Iaft hlsh
mark Of COS to asa, to the mario"
| margin Of $40 to 529, the latter pc
ing the result in the California case,
| where two Taft delegates elected III
one of the districts refused to ABIDE
by the statewide instruction that TIE
| delegation vote as O. unit LOT hoose-
welt.
/ With the final decision OF the con
tests and the establishment OF the
! roll Of membership, no tufthef III
centiye to obstructive tactics on tne
! part of the minority existed and the
/ work of the convention proceeded
randy to a conclusion. The tenn
porary organization was maze Per
manent without objection; the plat
form was adopted by 666 yeas to o.
NAYS; the candidates for presldeh
and vice president were nominated
4 fhe members of the new natloha
committee were announced, and In
: convention adjourned.
. BEFORE the nomination OF cana
! dates was proceeded with a causIl
: statement from Theodore RooseVe
@ was read, denouncing the seating
defeated delegates, declaring lhs
: |,le fraudulent composition OF Il
: convention absolved Republicans FRO
Il any obligation to support It's ac.le
q land that it would be deeply dlScie
y liable to any man to accept lts lioi
4 tluation. He expressed the nope III
a. the men elected as Roosevelt del
al ga1es would decline to vote on al
+. matter before the convention, put I
e illinois, Missouri and Idaho deleg
ie tions refused to follow this ADVICE.
ldl The onIg.na1nas presented TOT pfs
eel ident were Taft and LaF'ollette, q
ay the ballot resulted Taft sol, Roo'
welt 107, LaFollette IL, Cumml
OF IL, Hughes 2, absent s, present /
,c- not voting 3344. The name OF Pre-
rs dent Taft was offered by Warren
an Harding Of Ohio, and seconded
lat John yYanamaker Of Philadelphia q
he Nicholas Murray Butler of New 20
nd There was only one name prese
as ed for vice president, but seye
pie others received scattering votes,
,eo ballot standing thus: Sherman
ate Borah 81, Merriam 20, Hadley
ia Beveridge 2, Gillette 1, absent
J. present but not voting 352.
an, Before the regular convention
en- completed its work the support
and of Col. Roosevelt met in another
ion Tess than a mile from the Collse
nd and placed him in nomination
on president. Gov. Johnson or Can
ties MIA was chairman OF this gather
the which comprised about one-tnlfo
OBJ the delegates to the national bel
w" Ilcan convention, the RooseVelL 7
ara ,N0 zofueoa
ran LGSLanLS WEO udu DSSAA 1eAsA
olu- mission, and several thousands en-
Ling siastic spectators. Col. Roose
accepted the nomination in c
car acteristically vigorous Speech
re- claIing that the fight was one
iced honesty and the rule OF the pc
or and that he would be in 1t TO
van end The chairman was author
sary to appoint an advisory commute
ton map out a plan of further actlo
gay being generally understood, as
1Tad vised by Col. Roosevelt, that as
ough as practicable after the Democ
bout national convention adJourns,
will be taken to hold another
aEen tional convention for the purpos
regularly organizing and chrl
rgan- ing the new progressive party.
:, 81 body is expected to assemble
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