The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-06-27
I ||I||||l|||Hl' NOMINATED
ON FIRST BALLOT

4 Roosevelt Delegates Refuse to
sse re and the Colonel 10 Nominated
1Sr Presidency by Third Party the
oame Night.
Taft was renominated for president
ss0f the United States at the Chicago
sconvention on the first ballot late
etprday night, receiving 5S1 OF the
.1071 delegates votes. Vice president
yales schoolcraft Sherman was also
Nominated.
xhe detailed vote was:
Iaft sci; Roosevelt, 107; LaFoi.
Ste, Al; Cummins, II; Hughes 2;
1pk voting, s44.
~ Toilette received 10 votes from
.lJoeth Dakota, 26 from Wisconsin and
hyo from South Dakota. The So I'LL
- Roosevelt delegates stood by the
CSipnel, 2 from that state voting for
E6GNkk $AuO uOI VOIAA0'
Roosevelt Men Split
The Roosevelt men seemed hope
3sly split, when it came to . hnal
\ ocision a. to whether they should
euse to vote, support their csndi'
rte, or taking advantage of the re-
lse he had given them, vote for
Sae Of the other tw prgressives.
"A "valedtctory" statement was read
behalf Of Colonel Roosevelt, asking
Hat his name te not presented and
that the delegates who desired to re-.
main with him sit in mute protest
against an further proceedings.
A great majority of the Roosevelt
delegates in the Illinois delegation
\ and all in the Missouri and Idaho DEL
egations declined to follow this ad.
vice, but Colonel Roosevelt's sway
over the delegations from California,
Kansas Maine., Minnesota, Nebraska
IA y
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Da-
{ kota and West Virginia was all but
absolute. .s1 :,
Chicago, June 24.-Theod0re Ro0s-
evelt's new party was born Saturday
night.
Hardly had the cheers which greet
ed the nomination of President Taft
in the Coliseum q few blocks away.
died away, when in Orchestra Hall
republican leaders offered Roosevelt
a nomination Of his own.
It was rendered him in the name
Of the republican voters" who, rss'
olutions prepared in advance, de-
clared had selected him as their
choice for president.
h Accepts it Promptly.
AS promptly as the nomination was
rendered Colonel Roosevelt was ae
prompt in his readiness to accept It.
In an address in which he said he
recognized the Orchestra hall meet
ing as "the lawfully elected delegates
to the republican convention" he an
nounced his acceptance. T
One condition was attached to his
acceptance. He demanded that the
delegates who rendered him the nom
ination, go "back to the people SCI
their sentiment and gather again tc
nominate a progressive candidate
on q progressive platform.
Colonel Roosevelt made it clea.
that he did not want his tentative &C
ceptance Of the nomination offered
him to stand in the wa of any Other
man who might be picked in his place
He said he was perfectly willing
to stand aside If the delegates deem
ed It better that he should after get
ting the mandate from the voters
back home. E.
He also declared hat he wanted to
be able to appeal ito northerner anf
southerner, easterner and westerner
republican and democrat alike, in the
name Of America citizenship"
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Who win be h 0l1not from July / t
4 :. to mafe IN investigation Of tn.