The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-06-27
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT.
They are Both Nominated by Different
Wings Of The Party.
THE CONVENTION WAS VERY STORMY,

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ard Taft was renominated for Presi
dent Of the United States by tn,
Republican National Convention a
9:25 o'clock tonight.
Less than an hour later Jane
Schoolcraft Sherman was renomi
nate for the ce-President.
Both nominations were made or
the first ballot. Senator LaFollette'!
name was the only one presented t.
the convention for the Presidential
nomination besides that of Taft
Sherman's was the only name pre-
sented for Vice-President. A mo
ton made to make his nomination
unanimous was objected to and &
roll call was ordered. The vote fol
Presidential nomination was:
Taft 561, Roosevelt 1O7, LaFollette
Al, Cummins II, Hughes 2, present
and not voting 34S, absent 2.
The vote On the Vice-Presidentia
nomination was:
Sherman 597, Borah Fl, Merriam
20, Hadley IA, Beveridsye 2, Gillette
l, absent Il, not voting 352.
The convention adjourned at 1928
p. m.
There were two exciting features
of the convention, which began at 10
O'Clock in the morning and continued
until nearly midnight.
Two hours before the nomination
Of Taft the personal boom of Theo-
dore Roosevelt gave a last expiring
gasp in twenty-five minutes dem
onstration.
The second incident was a near
riot in the Massachusetts, delegation
participated in by Chairman Root
when during the roll call he began
to get nervous.
When it was all over and Sherman
had been nominated in a gallop Pen
rose looked at Crane, Crane looked
at Root and all three looked at each
other. They had drove Roosevelt
out of the party. AS for the Taft
delegates they were disgusted and
without a word TO their candidate
they left for their hotels and many
of them for their trains.
ROOSEVELT NOMINATED.
Chicago, June 22.-Former Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt was nomi-
mated for President on an independ-
ent ticket tonight in the dying
hours of the Republican National
in which he had met de-
feat.
The followers Of Colonel Roose-
welt gathered in Orchestra hall, less
than mile from the Coliseum, and
pledged their support to the former
President.
In accepting the nomination Col
oneI Roosevelt appealed to the peo-
pie of all sections, regardless of
party affiliations to stand with the
founders Of the new party, one of
whose cardinal principles, he said,
was to be Thou Shalt Not Steal"
The informal nomination of Col
onel Roosevelt was said to be chiefly
for the purpose of effecting tenn
porary organization. Beginning to-
morrow, when a call is to be issued
for a State convention in Illinois the
work of organization will be pushed
forward rapidly, State by State. At
a latter time, probably early in Au-
gust, it is intended that a National
convention shall be held. Colonel
in accepting the nomina-
ton tonight, said he did so under
that he would willingly
step aside if it should be the desire
of the new party, when organized,
to select another standard bearer.
The speech nominating Colonel
Roosevelt was made by Comptroller
William A. Prendergast, Of New
York, who was to have presented
the Colonel's name to the conven-
ton. Dean William Draper Lewis,
of the University of Pennsylvania
law school, who was to make one of
the seconding speeches, delivered to-
night the address which he had pre-
pared for the Republican conven-