The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-28
Roosevelt's Supporter:
Refuse to Vote, Re-
naming Silent as
Roll is Called.

helping give Mr.. Roosevelt an indie
4 pendent nomination at another hal
later in the evening.
| The split in the convention occa.
stoned no surprise. It was but a full
hllment of predictions that had been
made during the past several days,
/ The closing scenes of the conven.
Etion were marked by counter-demon.
Estrations for President Taft and Col
lionel Roosevelt.
| The first test vote after the an.
tnouncement of the Roosevelt valedic.
tory came on the adoption of the party
platform. The affirmative vote was
800. Roosevelt delegates present and
not voting numbered 343. There were
lfifty-three noes, thirty-six of them from
the La Toilette states of Wisconsin
and North Dakota. Senator Robert
M. La Toilette of Wisconsin was
| placed before the convention, but Col.
onel Roosevelt's wishes were carried
out by his followers and they re-
manned silent during the call of the
states for nominations.
i,
carried out their primary instruction
and voted for the colonel.
Walton L. Hauser, campaign man
ager for Senator La Toilette made
statement on the floor of the conven-
ton in which he declared:
| Senator La Foleltte has not had all
| opportunity as yet to examine the plat.
! form drawn up for adoption by this
| convention, but as a candidate who
will be presented to you desires me
! to say for him that in this crisis OF
| the Republican party he is impelled
| by sense Of obligation to state to
the convention that, whether nominal
ed or not, he consents to accept or
support platform that is not thor
oughly progressive and which does not
substantially cover the main provis-
ions presented in the minority report
submitted by the Wisconsin member
of the committee on resolutions"
Immediately upon the formal an.
nouncement by Senator Root of the
nomination of President Taft the roll
call for nominations for vice-president
was announced.
]. Van Yechten Allcott of New York
nominated Vice-President Sherman
and C. Tyson Kratz OF Pennsylvania
nominated Boes Penrose. There were
no other nominations.
The roll call resulted as follows:
Sherman, New York, 597; Governor
Hadley, Missouri, IA; Senator Borah
Idaho, 21; former Senator Beveridge
Indiana, 2; Charles E. Merriam, Chi,
cago, 20; Howard Gillette, Chicago
l; not voting, 1852; absent, II. Idaho's
eight votes were cast for Governor
Hadley of Missouri.
A resolution appointing Senator
Root chairman of the committee to
notify the president of his nomination
and naming Thomas Devine of Colo
RADIO chairman of the committee rc
notify the vice-president was adopted
while the delegates hurried from the
hall.
In the closing moments of the con
vention a resolution was adopted IN
der the gavel giving the national com
mittee the power to fill all vacancies
and empowering the committee to de
clare vacant the seat of any member
who refuses to support the nominees
of this convention"
At 1890 Delegate Estabrook o.
New Hampshire moved that the con
vention adjourn without day and the
motion was adopted. The delegate:
filed out in silence. AS the last of tht
delegates left the hall the band played
Praise God, From Whom All Bless
ings Flow"
be-