Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-06-27
TAFT AND SHERMAN WIN
Roosevelt's Supporters
Refuse to Vote, Re-
naming Silent as
Roll is Called.

helping give Mr.. Roosevelt an indie
pendent nomination at another hal.
later in the evening.
The split in the convention occa
stoned no surprise. II was but ful
tillment of predictions that had been
made during the past several days.
The closing scenes OF the conven.
tion were marked by counter-demon.
strations for President Taft and Col
onel Roosevelt
The first test vote after the an.
nouncement of the Roosevelt valedic.
tory came on the adoption Of the party
platform. The affirmative vote was
666 Roosevelt delegates present and
not voting numbered 34S There were
.fifty-three noes, thirty-siX OF them from
the La Toilette states OF Wisconsin,
and North Dakota. Senator Robert
NJ. La Toilette OF Wisconsin was
placed before the convention but Col
onel Roosevelts wishes were carried
out by his followers and they re-
manned silent during the call OF the
states for nominations.
Many OF the delegates. however.
carried out their primary instruction
and voted for the colonel.
Walton L. Hauser. campaign man
ager for Senator La Folette made 4
statement on the floor OF the conven.
ton in which he declared.
Senator La Foleltte has not had an
opportunity as yet to examine the plat
form drawn up for adoption by this
will be presented to you desires me
10 say for him that In this crisis Of
the Republican party he Is impelled
by sense OF obligation to state 10
the convention that. whether nominal.
ed or not. he consents to accept or
support a 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 Vechten Allco;t OF New York
nominated Vice-President Sherman
and c. Tyson KRAFT or Pennsylvania
nominated Boes Penrose. There were
no other nominations
The roll call resulted as follows
Sherman. New York. 597: Governor
iadley. Missouri IA: Senator Rorah.
Idaho. 2l; former Senator Beveridgc
Indiana, 2: Charles T.. Merriam. Chi.
cago. 20; Howard Gillette. Chicago
l. not voting. $50: absent. IL ldaho's
eight votes were cast for Governor
Hadley OF Missouri.
A resolution appointing Senator
Root chairman OF the committee Ia
notify the president OF his nomination
and naming Thomas Devlne OF Colo.
RADIO chairman OF the committee u
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 uu.
der the gavel giving the national com.
mlttee 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 Estabryok Oh
New Hampshire moved that the con.
vention adjourn without day and the
motion was adopted. The delegates
filed out in silence. As the last of the
delegates left the hall the band played
Praise God. From Whom All Bless
ings Flow"
HANlEX nECI INEn tn oA,-