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Taft on the First Ballot
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First Ballot Gives Ohio Man 702 Votes, and on Motion, It
Was Made Unanimous. | Representative Sherman
of New York for Vice President.
Chicago.—William H. Taft of Ohio,
Secretary of War, was nominated for
President by the Republican National
Convention. But one ballot was
taken. When Ohio was reached on
the call of the States, Taft had re-
ceived the necessary majority, 401.
This was increased to 702, or 211 more
than were required to nominate. Up-
on the announcement of the result,
those States which had supported fa-
vorite sons joined in the request that
Taft's nomination be made unanimous.
This was agreed to with enthusiasm.
The vote received by the various
candidates prior to the acclamation
merger was: Taft, 702;
Hughes, 67; Cannon, 58;
40: La TFollette, 25;
Roosevelt, 3.
Foraker, 16;
First Day.
Chicago.—Amid scenes of stirring
enthusiasm the Republican national
convention of 1908 began its delibera-
tions at noon in the presence of an as-
semblage estimated at upwards of 14,-
000 persons, with the sounds of pa-
triotic airs alternating with the fren-
zied shouts for Roosevelt, Taft and
the other popular heroes, the first toc-
sin of the coming struggle from the
graceful orator of Michigan, Senator
Julius Caesar Burrows, and the initial
formalities which started this moment-
ous gathering into motien.
The opening session lasted less than
two hours and
the business accomplished than for the
opportunity it afforded of seeing again |
HARRY S. NEW,
Of Iudiana.
He called the Convention to order.
this stirring picture of the people as-|
sembled from every corner of the
country to select a candidate for Pres-
ident of the United States.
The actual work of
quickly accomplished, and the various
important committees, on credentials, |
platform, organizatio
were appointed, after
n,
adj
ete., which
ournment be-
gan to arrange for the important bus- |
iness of the convention.
Chairman Harry S. New of Indiana, |
order, and |
intrcduced the |
officer, Senator
called the convention to
after a brief speech
temporary presiding
Burrows of Michigan.
The venerable senator, dignified in
his long black coat, stepped forward!
with a ponderous roll of manuscript
in his hand. .
Slowly the buzz of confusion died
away and he began to speak. His
first words were barely audible five
feet away. Gradually he warmed to
his subject, for he told of the glories
of his party he had served so long,
and the well-rounded sentences car-
ried to the remotest corners of the
coliseum. It dealt with the party’s
record and achievement.
Not until the senator made the first
mention of “Roosevelt” did the words
seem to start the assemblage as by a
magic thrill. Instantly the speech
was drowned in a great shout, which
went up from every side as delegates
sprang to their feet, waved their hats,
echoing back the tumult of the galler-
ies, where fluttering handkerchiefs,
fans and parasols broke into moving |
color and the whole assemblage joined
in vociferous demonstration.
Women were largely represented in
thé first of the arriving throngs and
took a lively interest in the incidents
of the opening.
. Second Day.
The second day of the Republican
national convention brought the long-
expected Roosevelt yell, a whirlwind
of enthusiasm which raged within the
vast amphitheater of the Coliseum for
full 45 minutes and for a time pre-
senting to the timid the specter of al
Roosevelt stampede.
The demonstration was decidedly
tie feature of a day otherwise notab-
ble for a stirring speech from the per- |
manent chairman of the convention,
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massa-
chusetts, for much practical procedure
in placing the convention on a smooth
running basis, and for the fina] defeat
Yaquis Refuse to Disarm.
Nogales, Ariz.—The large body of
Yaqui Indians assembled at Hermo-
sillc for several weeks to discuss
#erms of surrender to the Mexican
government refused to give up their |
arms as demanded, and negotiations
for
oft, a
a
peaceful settlement are broken
t least temporarily.
Instructed for Bryan.
met
€
o vote for
Knox, 68; |
Fairbanks, |
was less notable for |
the day was |
Democratic |
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OF O
| HON. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT,
HIO,
| of the plan to reduce the veprasento|
| tion of Southern States at future na-|
| tional conventions.
Probably the most important act of
| the day and the one having greatest |
| significance was the adoption of the |
| report ‘of the committee on creden-
| tials, seating the Taft delegaticns
| practically in toto.
| If there had been any lingering |
| doubt of the Taft strength it disap-
| peared before this decisive action,
| which in effect placed upwards of 700
| delegates in the Taft column.
Allies Accent Result.
|
|
Equally important and even more |
|
the convention was all crowded into
this session. After the preliminaries
the report of the committee on plat-
form was read by Senator A. J. Hop-
kins of Illinois. Representative
Cooper of Wisconsin, made the minor-
ity report. : : 5
After 40 minutes debate the vote
was taken and the majority report
adopted. :
Chairman Lodge then called the
roll of states for presidential nomina-
tions. As states were called there
was no response until Illinois was
reached, when Congressman H.
Boutell took the plat®rm to nominate
Coliseum at Chicago, where th
e Republican Convention met.
remarkable,” was the final acceptance
of this result by the “Allies,” without
the formality of a dissenting minority |
report, and without carrying the ques- |
tion to the fioor of the convention for
the open fight which had been long |
threatened.
Instead of this, all further opposi-
tion seemed to crumble; those who
had promised trouble quietly accepted
the inevitable, and thus the path was
cleared for the fulfillment
already well matured for the nomina-
tion of the head of the ticket.
The report of the committee on
rules and order of business was pre-
sented by Senator Warren of Wyom-
ing, its chairman. He announced
that with but a few changes the rules
of the last national Republican con-
| vention were adopted.
The changes provide for a grouping
of Arizona, New Mexico and Hawaii
as territories with a representation of
six delegates each, and also give to
the national committee authority to
determine the mode of electing dele-
gates {0 national conventions.
| The committee on rules defeated by
ia vote of 24 to 17 the resolution in-
troduced by Representative James
Francis Burke of Pittsburg,
sentation at national conventions. -
Henry . Baker of
Judge James D. Connor
who attended the first
of Indiana;
The two venerable yh
0
Burrows. !
headed men stepped to the front
! rousing cheer.
Third Day.
of plans |
providing :
for a reduction in the ratio of repre-|
Minnesota, and |
Republican |
| convention in 1856, were then intro- |
| quced to the convention by Chairman |
the platform and were greeted with a |
{
| Speaker Cannon.
| When Cannon’s name was first
!nois delegation
chairs. “Uncle Joe,”
!the Cannon boomers
stamped their feet and clapped their
hands. Congressman Fordney of
Michigan, made the speech seconding
Cannon's nomination.
After Cannon’s name had been pre-
sented, Indiana was called and Gover-
leaped upon
“Uncle Joe,”
yelled, and
nor J. Frank Hanley took the platform |
to nominate Vice President Fairbanks.
His appearance caused the Indiana
delegates to let go a mighty cheer.
* When New York was calied General
Stewart I.. Woodford nominated Gov-
ernor Hughes.
XVhen Ohio was called Congressman
| Theodore E. Burton of Cleveland, took |
the stand to name the Ohio favorite.
His appearance was greeted with a
noisy demonstration by the Taft sup- |
porters. George A. Knight of Cali-
fornia, seconded Taft's nomination.
i ; Then Pennsylvania was called and
Lieutenant Governor Robert S. Mur-
phy placed the name of Senator Phil-
ander C. Knox in nomination. The
Perninsylvania contingent gave him an
enthusiastic reception.
Continuing the call of the roll there
came no responding voice until Wis-
| consin was reached and Henry F.
Cochems of Milwaukee, came forward
to nominate Senator LaFollette. ?
PLATFORM
Chicago.—The substance of the plat-
| form as adopted by the convention is
| as follows:
ty has reached its highest service un-
der the leadership of Theodore Roose-
velt. His administration is an epoch
in American history. In no other pe-
riod since Washingtonal sovereignty
was won under Washington, or pre-
served under Lincoln, has there been
such mighty progress in those ideals
of government which make for justice,
equality and fair dealing among men.
The highest aspirations of the Amer-
ican people have found a voice. We,
declare our unfaltering adherence to
the policies thus inaugurated, and
pledge their continuance under a Re-
‘publican administration.
3 Under the guidance of Republican
principles the American people have
become the richest nation in the
world. The United States now owns
one-fourth of the world’s wealth and
makes one-third of all modern manu-
factured products. And yet, her great
natural wealth has been scarcely
touched.
Tariff.
The Republican party declares un-
equivocally for a revision of the tar-
iff by a special session of congress,
immediately following the inaugura-
tion of the next President, and com-
mends the steps already taken to this
end. id
Currency.
We approve the emergency mea-
sures adopted by the government dur-
ing the recent financial disturbance,
and especially commend the passage
by congress at the last session of the
law designed to protect the country
from a repetition of such stringency.
The Republican party is committed to
the development of a permanent cur-
rency system, responding to our great-
er needs. :
Postal Savings.
We favor the establishment of a
postal savings bank system for the
convenience of the people and the en-
couragement of thrift.
Trusts.
The Republican party passed the
Sherman anti-trust jaw over Demo-
cratic opposition, and enforced it after
Democratic dereliction. It has been
a wholesome instrument for s00d git
the hands of a wise and fearless -
ministration. But experience has
shewn that its effectiveness can be
strengthened and its real objects bet-
ter. attained by. such amendments as
will give to the federal government
greater supervision and control over,
and secure greater publicity in, the
management of that class of corpora-
tions engaged in interstate commerce
having power and opportunity to ef-
fect monopolies.
Railroads.
We approve the enactment of the
railroad rate law and the vigorous~en-
forcement by the present administra-
tion of the statutes against rebates
and discriminations. We commend
the appropriation by the present con-
gress to enable the interstate com-
merce commission to thoroughly in-
vestigate and give publicity to the ac-
counts of interstate 1ailroads. We be-
lieve, however, that the interstate
commerce law should be further
amended so as to give railroads the
right to make and publish traffic
agreements subject to the approval of
the commission, but maintaining al-
ways the principle of competition be-
tween naturally competing lines and
avoiding the common control of such
lines by any means whatsoever. We
favor such naticaaj] legislation and su-
pervision as will prevent the future
over-issues of stocks and bonds by in-
terstate carriers.
The Republican party pledges its
continued devotion to every cause that
makes for safety and, the betterment
of condition among those whose labor
coniributes so much to the progress
and welfare of the country.
Court Procedure.
The Republican party will uphold
at all times the authority and integri-
ty of the courts, state and federal,
will ever insist that their powers to
enforce their process and to protect
life, liberty and prosperity shall be
preserved inviolate. We believe, how-
ever, that the rules of procedure in
sprung hy Boutell the galleries turn- |
ed loose and the members of the Illi-
their |
the federal courts with respect to the
| issuance of the writ of injunction
| should be more accurately defined by
statute, and that no injunction, or
temporary restraining order should be
| issued without notice, except where ir-
| reparable injury would result from de-
lay, in which case a speedy hearing
thereafter should be granted.
| The Republican party has been for
more than 50 years the consistent
| friend of the American negro. We de-
mand equal justice for al] men .with-
| out regard to race or color.
We endorse the movement inaugu-
rated by the administration for the
conservation of natural resources; we
approve all measures to prevent the
| waste of timber; we commend the
work now going on for reclamation of
| arid lands, and reaffirm the Republi-
| can policy of the free distribution of
the available areas of the public do-
| pain to, the landléss settler.
The Army and Navy.
Although at peace with the world,
and secure in.the consciousn+ss that
the American people do not desire
and will not provoke a war with any
other country, we nevertheless declare
our unalterable devotion ~to a policy
that will keep this repablic ready at
all times to defend her traditional doc-
trines and assure her appropriate part
in promoting perma :ent tranquility
among the nations.
Arbitration. ~
The conspicuous contributions of
American statesmenship to the great
cause of international peace, so signal-
ly advanced in the Hague conference
are an occasion for just pride and grat-
ification. At the last session of the
senate of the United States 11 Hague
cenventions were ratified. We endorse
i In this, the greatest era of Ameri- | such achievements as the highest duty
The really important business of can advancement, the Republican par- |a people can perform and proclaim
Fortune in Lumber ls Burned. | CURRENT NEWS EVENTS. Monument to Civil War Negroes.
Birmingham, Ala-—Fire which start- : Washington, D. C.—Secretary Taft
ed at the sawmill] plant of the Kaul Nine workmen were killed by a |gave an audience to a delegation rep-
{ Lumber Company, at Hollins, Ala., did
damage amounting to belween $350,-
000 and $500,000. Practical
tire plant and over 6,020,004
lumber were burned.
Death in Gas Explo
| Gloucester, Ma
| ville, a fisherman, ws
were hurled 20 fee
fishing schooner /
by a gas vapor
castle.
ously bur
premature explosion of hynamite at
| Chamber Bros. camp, east of Winni-
peg, Man., on the Grand Trunk Pacific
Railroad.
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt, daughter
of William Jennings Bryan, has been
elected one of the delegates-at-large
from the State of Nebraska, to the
Democratic convention at Denver.
ndon.—The House of Commons
d the second reading of the old
ension bill without opposition.
bill is likely to be greatly meodi-
ittee.
The
fied in comm
resenting the negro posts of the Grand
Army of the Republic of the District
of Columbia, who asked that a site be
able monument in special commemora-
tion of the negro dead of
War. The matter will be determined
| later.
is estimated to
en fourteen and
font
ieet
i Our standing timber
be somewhere
two thousand
betwe
billion
reserved in the National Cemetery at
Arlington for the erection of a suita- |
the Civil |
the obligation of further strengthening
the bonds of friendship and good will
with all the nations of the world.
Merchant Marine.
We adhere to the Republican doc-
trine of encouragement to American
shipping and urge such legislation as
will revive the merchant marine pres-
tige of the country so essential to na-
tional defense, the enlargement of
foreign trade and the industrial pros-
perity of our own people. = =...
Veterans of the Wars.
We commend the increase in the
widow’s pensions made by the present
congress and declare for a liberal ad-
ministration of all pension laws.
We reaffirm our former declarations
that the civil service laws, enacted,
extended and enforced by the Republi-
can party, shall continue to be main-
tained and obeyed.
Public Health.
We commend the efforts designed
to secure greater efficiency in nation-
al public health agencies and favor
such legislation as will effect this pur-
pose.
In the interest of the great mineral
industries of our country we earnestly
favor the establishment of a bureau of
mines and mining.
Cuba and Porto Rico.
The present conditions in Cuba vin-
dicate the wisdom of maintaining, be-
tween that republic and this, imperish-
able bonds of mutual interest and the
hope is now expressed that the Cuban
people will soon again be ready to
assume complete sovereignty over
their land. :
In Porto Rico the government of
the United States is meeting loyal and
patriotic support; order and prosper-
ity prevail, and the well being of the
people is in every respect promoted
and conserved. We believe that the
native inhabitants of Porto Rico
should be at once collectively made
citizens of the United States.
Bureau of Mines and Mining.
In the Philippines, insurrection has
been suppressed, law established and
life and property made secure. Edu-
cation and practical experience are
there advancing the capacity of the
people for government, step by step to
an ever increasing mcasure of home
rule.
New Mexico and Arizona.
We favor the immediate admission
of the territories of New Mexico and
Arizona as separate States into ‘the
Union.
KILLS THREE GUESTS
Dinner Party in New Orleans Ends in
Bloodshed.
New Orleans.—A blackmailing trag-
edy, with the unusua] sequel that of
the four blaickmailers, three were kill-
ed and one wounded, while the in-
tended victims escaped without a
scratch, was enacted in the historic
former home of General Beauregard,
in the French quarter, and now the
residence of Pietro Glacona, a wine
merchant, reputed to be one of the
wealthiest Italians in the South.
The Dead—Giovanni Barreca, Ciro
Cusimano, another Italian.
The Injured—Francisco Vatalli, of
St. Louis.
Vatalli says he was shot while pass-
ing Glacona’s house, leaving the pos-
sibility that he was not one of the
four blackmailers, and the fourth
guest may have escaped, despite his
wounds.
According to the police, these men
were killed as a result of an attempt
to extort money from Peiro Glacona,
a wealthy Italian, of 1113 Chartres
street. Glacona told the police that
these men had frequently bought wine
from him by the barrel and had invar-
iably refused to pay for it. Accord-
ing to his story, they forced him to
prepare a meal this morning.
Glacona suspected that trouble
would ensue and had a repeating rifle
near the table. When one of the vis-
itors drew a heavy revolver and or-
dered them to produce money dnd val-
uables, the elder Glacona answered
with a shot from the rifle.
The man he fired at fell dead and
the other two attempted to escape.
One was killed before he had gotten
10 feet from the tabie.
reached a staircase, only to receive a
bullet in his brain as he started down
the steps, his body falling into the
courtyard below.
Another Italian badly wounded, was
found near the Glacona home.
SENATOR LODGE,
Of Massachusetts,
Permanent Chairman.
Survey of Alaskan Coal.
Washington, D. C.—The Bering riv-
er coal field is dealt with in a geolog-
ical survey bulletin. Eighty meas-
ured sections show coal beds ranging
in thickness from
than 30 feet, extending over 47 square
miles, near Controller Bay. Field
tests indicated that much if not all
the semi-bituminous coal
yroper treatment, a coke
| ity.
The We iS nary society
of England 1 $50,000 from
re fund for erecting a plant
-_
emer
NEW YORK MAN
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
at Chicago Cenvention.
Colisum, Chicago, June 19.—James
S. Sherman, New York, Congressman,
was nominated for the second place on
the Republican ticket by a total vote
of 816. . 5
The convention adjourned sine die
at 11:50, having completed its task.
It was all Sherman for Vice Presi-
dent when the delegates began arriv-
ing at the convention hall.
The New Yorker's boom grew like
a mushroom during the early hours,
and New York’s delegates came into
the convention hall, full of ginger and
confidence, claiming to have lined up
solid delegations from the following
States:
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wis-
consin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, ‘Washing-
ton, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Texas
and Louisiana.
When the call for nominations was
made Timothy L. Woodruff named
Representative James S. Sherman of
New York. Speaker Cannon second-
ed the nomination.
When Massachusetts was reached
Chairman Lodge took the stand to
place Hon. Curtis- Guild of Massachu-
setts before the convention.
Thomas N. McCarter of New Jersey,
took the stand when that state was
called and placed the name of former
Governor Franklin J. Murphy before
the convention.
Official vote: Fairbanks, 1; Shel-
don, of Nebraska, 10; Guild, of Massa-
chusetts, 75; Murphy, of New Jersey,
77; Sherman, of New York, 816.
Sherman’s nomination was
unanimous.
td
made
James Schoolcraft Sherman.
James Schoolcraft Sherman ' was
born in Utica, N. Y. October 24,
1855. He received an academic
and college education, graduating
from Hamilton college in the class of
1378. In 1880 he was admitted to
| the bar, becoming a member of the
firm of Cookinham & Sherman. In
March, 1884, he was elected mayor of
Utica, then a Democratic city, with
The other |
20 inches to more |
will yield, by |
of good qual- |
a substantial majority of votes. In
1895 he was chosen temporary chair-
| man to.preside over the deliberations
| of the Republican convention at Sara-
| toga.
Mr. Sherman is an orator of no
| mean ability, and during his political
career has been chosen upon many
state and historic occasions to deliver
| addresses. In this manner he en-
| hanced his popularity to the point
| where he thought he could venture to
| enter the congressional race. He
| was elected to the Fiftieth, Fifty-first
| and Fifty-third congresses and Te-
| elected to the Fifty-fourih congress as
| a Republican, receiving 22,510 votes
| against 16,269 votes for John D. Hen-
| derson, the Democratic candidate.
| The two other tickets in the field drew
{ 1,006 votes for W. F. Curtis, the Pro-
| hition candidate, and 735 votes for the
| Populist candidate. He was again
! elected to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth,
| Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, Fifty-
(ninth and Sixtieth congresses.
| Mr. Sherman is a man of affairs and
one of some moment in the business
| history of New York State. He is
| head of the Utica Trust Company and
| president of the New Hartford Can-
{ning Company.
Representative Sherman is chair-
{man of the Republican -congressional
| committee of his district and his hand
| has been felt more than once in New
i York politics when affairs began to
| get precarious.
a in
| NEW COAL PLANT
| Will ‘Start Up Soon With Daily Ca-
| pacity of 6,000 Tons.
Within the next 90 days the Monon.
| gahela River Consolidated Coal & Coke
| Company will put in operation what
| many regard as the most elaborately
i equipped mine in the world. It will
| be known as the new Crescent, located
(a mile below California, Pa., in Wash-
| ington county. It will open up from
3,000 to 4,000 of the 8,000 acres of vir-
gin coal land of the field in which the
company’s old Vigilant and Crescent
works are located, and when the plant
is in full operation employment will
| be given to 2,000 miners. As the
| company’s present biggest operation,
| the Alice mine at Roscoe, Pa., em-
| ploys ‘only 500 miners the importance
| of the new plant will be realized by
comparison of the number of employ-
| es. In equipping the new works
more than $500,000 has been expended.
1
Bars Red Literature.
{ Washington.—All publications hav-
ling anarchist tendencies will here-
i after find it practicably impossible to
| make use of the United States mails
| for their distribution. Postmaster
| General Myer has issued an order di-
i recting’ postmasters to put into effect
| the amended section of the postal
rules and regulations which bars the
use of the mails to these publications.
Empire State Gets Second Hongr,
.