Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-06-28
The Taft men cheered

presented by the Roosevelt men. Sen
ator Owen of Wisconsin offered the
La toilette platform containing the
! Senator's well known doctrines
Both sides cheered when the vote
on the platform was announced. It
was 666 ayes. 16 absent, 343 not voting
and SO noes.
| The roll call on the platform having
been completed and announced time
came for the presentation of candi-
| dates for the Presidency; it was 5.55
o'clock.
When Iowa was reached there was a
hush, but no response came.
The first mention of Mr.. Taft's name
by Warren G.. Harding, who came for
ward to nominate Taft when Ohio was
called, was the signal for Taft de-
monstration. The Taft men jumped up
on their chairs, bus the Roosevelt men
sat silent. There was practically no
cheering among the spectators.
The Taft demonstration got going
when a man grabbed silk banner
with Taft's picture on it and started
a Taft parade. Another man came
forward on the platform with a picture
OF MIR. Taft Taft men kept bowling
like dervishes. Mr.. Harding got hold
of the Taft banner and waved it.
Chairman Root began rapping for
order before the demonstration for
Taft had been under way more than
ten minutes. The Taft men were still
parading and hurting invidious re-
marks at the Roosevelt men sitting in
their seats. They provoked only smiles
in return.
The Taft demonstration lasted twen-
ty minutes. Then Mr.. Harding resum-
ed his speech. When he said a mo-
ment later President Taft was the
greatest progressive of his time" there
was n storm of boos. The police had
TO get busy in several places. There
was great confusion for a few mo-
ments. A row started when a South
Dakota delegate "booed" and a Taft
delegate sitting near hit him.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Harding's
speech, Mr.. Root introduced John
Wanamaker of Pennsylvania, who sec
onded Taft's nomination
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler also Sec
onded Taft's nomination.
Senator La Toilette was put in
nomination by Michael b. Olbrich of
Wisconsin.
He said the fight today was one
against industrial despotism.
When he named La Toilette the
Wisconsin men and some of their svm-
pathizers raised quite a respectable
racket crying we want Bob"
Robert NJ. Pollack of North Dakota
seconded this nomination.
The delegates had now missed lunch
and dinner; they began sending out
for sandwiches for their evening meal
and munched them while they listened
TO the speeches and waited for the
vote.
They began to call the roll at S:25
.. m, there We're the same cheers
from the Roosevelt men when the Cali
fornia delegates refused to vote.
When Illinois was reached Gov. De-
neen got up and said Under the
provisions of our primary law some of
us feel that we have no option but to
cast our votes for Theodore Roose-
velt." Mr.. Roosevelt had not been in
nomination.
The President was nominated when
Washington was reached. This State
gave him the $40 necessary for his
nomination. All of the West Virginia
delegates refused to vote This was at
$50. There We're no other refusals
after that. The Taft men got up and
cheered at the end A band at one Of
the entrances began to play and an at
tempt was made to keep the cheering
going, but it fell absolutely fiat
The result was announced at 9:35.
1t was: Taft, $751; not voting, 344
Roosevelt, 107; Hughes, .; Cummins,
II; La Toilette, Al; absent, 6.
William Howard Taft, having re-
ceived a majority of the votes is de-
clared renominated for President OF
the United States" said Chairman
Root. There was no motion to make
the Presidents nomination unani-
nous. This is unprecedented
Mr.. Root proceeded at once to call
for the nominations for Vice-Presi-
dent. The band, however, struck up
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee" Every
body in the hall, even the Roosevelt
men got up and sang.
On the roll call for candidates for
Fice-President Alabama yielded to
New York, ex-Representative ]. Van
Vechten Olcott, presenting the name
of Vice President Sherman.
Arkansas seconded the nomination.
There was no other nomination.
New Hampshire moved to make Sher-
mans nomination by acclamation, but
there We're some cries of mol" The
roll had to be called under the rules
any way People began to pour out of
the hall and delegates who bad sat for
nearly eleven hours could not be kept
any longer.
The ballot for VicePresdent was as
follows: