OF OLFQUAUTY1 A QUALITY PAPER PAPEROF P A PERI THE W AS H IN 1 GTO N BE HERALD HERALDNO R 1 LD i LARGEST aRCULATib aRCULATibWASHINGTON CRCULATI CRCULATINO MORN MORNaRCULATib M MORN N
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TWO CEJN CENSECRETARY LN LNSECRETARY
SECRETARY TAFT T4FT NOMINATED ON FIRST BALLOT
PRESIDENT PLEASEDBUT PLEASED PLEASEDBUT PLEA SED SEDPlaying
BUT NOT SURPRISED SURPRISEDPlaying SURPRISEDPlaying SURPRISEDen
Playing Tennis TennisBUT When en News of o His is Favorites FavoritesNomination FavoritesNomination FavoritesNomination
Nomination Is Brought to White House HouseWhen HouseThen HouseVhcn
When Then the news was received at the White hitc House that Secretary
Taft had been nominated President Roosevelt was playing tennis tennisMr tennisMr tennisMr
Mr Roosevelt had already a1 ready prepared an expression c prcssion of his views vlchtis of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Taft nomination It was written out early in the afternoon beforethe before beforethe beforethe
the convention had md reached re ched the nominations and then Mr Roosevelt Rooseveltwent Rooscveltwent Rooseveltwent
went out for a drive dr e with Mrs Roosevelt with the time of the tennis tennisgame tennisgame tennisgame
game fixed for the moment of his return The Presidents secretary secretarysir
Mr sir Loeb handed out the th tlu
typewritten statement when a bulletin came cameover cameoycr cameover
over a private wire to the White lhite IIouse announcing Tafts nomination nominationThis nominationThis nominationThis
This is Mr Roosevelts statement statementI
I feel that the country is indeed to be congratulated upon the thenomination thenomination thenomination
nomination of ofrvlr Mr Taft I have known him intimately for many
years and I have a peculiar feeling for him because throughout throughoutthat throughoutthat throughoutthat
that time have worked for the
we same objects with the same samepurposes samepurposes samepurposes
purposes and ideals I do not believe there could be found in all the thecountry thecountry thecountry
country a man so well fitted to be PresidentHe President PresidentHe PresidentfIe
He is not only absolutely fearless absolutely disinterested and andupright andupright andupright
upright but he has the widest acquaintance with the nations needs needswithout needswithout needswithout
without and within and the broadest sympathies with all our cit ¬
izens
He would be as emphatically a President of the plain people peopleas
as Lincoln himself b 1nself yet not Lincoln himself would be freer from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the least taint of demagogy the least tendency to arouse or appeal appealto
to class hatred of any kindHe kind kindHe kindHe
He has a peculiar and intimate knowledge pf of f any sympathy smpathwith
with the needs of allour people peopleof of the farmer of o the wageworker wageworkerof
of the business man of the property owner ownerNo ownerNo ownerNo
No t matter what a mans occupation or social position no mat matter matter matter ¬
ter what his creed his color or the section of the country from fromwhich fromwhich fromwhich
which he comes if he is an honest hardworking man who tries to
do his duty duty toward his neighbor and toward the country he canrest can canrest canrest
rest assured assured that he will have in Mr Taft the most upright of rep ¬
resentatives and the most fearless of champions championsMr >
Mr Taft aft stands against all privilege and he h a stands preemi preeminently preeminently preeminently ¬
nently for the th thebroad broad principles of American citizenship which lie at atthe atthe atthe
the foundation of our national well being beingPresident beingPFesid beingPresident
President PFesid nt Roosevelt received telegraphic bulletins from the convention conven convention convention ¬
tion hall in Chicago until he was satisfied that things were going
according according to schedule
Wllll ILL1AMS M ijUlTHOUSE QUITS QUITSAS
AS HOUSE lE LEADER LEADERBands D DHands
Hands In His Resignation Resign8 ioll as asDemocratic asDeni a ava s
Deni Democratic < n1a va Sponsor SponsorGLAD Spons S P PGLA onsor r rGLAD
GLAD GLA D TO GIVE UPTHJB U ULetter P THE JO
Writes y li tes Letter Le Leting to Clayton Set Setting Setting
ting Forth His KeasdnsSenatorelect Rcas Reasons ReasonsSenatorelect ns nssenatorcJcct
Senatorelect from MlnHlnwIppl De Declare Jcclare DcHis ¬
clare 111 His Retirement at This ThisTime ThisTJmo Thi ThiTlmo
Time I Is for the Good of Ills Party Partyand Part Partand Pnrtand y
and Intended to Give n Clear Field Fieldfor FJeldtor F1e1 F1e1for d
for lib SucccllllorDcllcca Successor Believe that thatIlls thutIlls thu thuylis t
Ills Action I Is Fair and Helpful HelpfulJohn DelvlulJohn HelpfulJohn
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi MississippiDemocratic M MlestsstppDemocratic sI8Slppl sI8SlpplDemocratlo 1
Democratic floor leader in the House lr lrformally has hasformally M Monnally
formally tondered his resignation r lgnntlon of the theminority theminority th thminority e
minority leadership which he has held heldsince heldsince hen hensince d
since the Fiftyeighth Congress Mr MrWilliams MrYl11Jams M MWilliams r
Williams has b been en eleotod Senator from fromhis Cromhis trot trothis n
his State to succeed Senator Money an anwill and andwill andvHI d
will will take his seat eat March 4 1911 His let letter letter letter ¬
ter resigning th Ute Democratic leadership leadershipIn
In the House follows followsWashington followsWuhlngton fofow8Washington
Washington June 13 1008Hon 1908 1908Hon 1905Hon
Hon Henry Hem D Clayton ClaytonChairman Cla Clay ton tonChaIrman tonChalrman
Chairman Democratic Caucus Eu Eufaula Eutaula Eufaula
faula Ala AlaDear AlaDear AlaDear
Dear Henry I write this letter to you youas youas OU OUas
as my 01 resignation of the position of par parliamentary parIlamenw parliamentary ¬
liamentary Ilamenw floor leader for the minority minoritythe mlnorltrthe minoritythe
the resignation to take place upon the thefirst the11r8t thefirst
first Monday of December following this thisdate thisdate thisdate
date I have been thinking about It a agood ngood agood
good deal and it seeing to me that if the thenext thenext thenext
next House goes goe Democratic whoever Is Isgoing isgolnl isgoing
going to be Speaker of that House ought oughtto oughtto oughtto
to have at least the training of the last lastor 1118tor lastor
or short session Ion of this Congress not notonly notonl notonly
only onl to fit him for Its parliamentaryduties parliamentary parliamentaryduties parl1nmontaIduUe
duties but also 60 to make a 0 more intimateacquaintance Intimate Intimateacquaintance InUmnteacquaintance
acquaintance with the tb personnel on the theDemocratic theDemocraUo theDemocratic
Democratic side than he perhaps other otherwise otherwIse otherwise ¬
wise might have If upon the other hand handthe hanc1the handthe
the next House shall be I Republican the thepreliminary theprel1mlnar thepreliminary
preliminary training tralningsthl will be just as noels necessary noelssar nocessary ¬
sary sar in order to tit him for the arduous arduousduties arduousduties arduousduties
duties of leadership during the Sixtyfirst SixtyfirstCongress Stxt SixtyfirstCongre tlrst tlrstCongre
Congress CongressI Congre + aS aSI s
I have b ve not consulted any nn of myfriends my myfriends mrtriond
friends about resigning rMlanl g for fear they theymight theymight theymight
might attempt to dissuade dl uftd8 me and my myopinion m mopinion myopinion
opinion of the absolute a Ioluto correctness of theposition the theposition thoposition
position which I am taking is so clear clearthat ctonrthat clearthat
that I did not want either to be dis dissuaded dissuaded dissuaded ¬
suaded or to appear obstinate towardthem toward towardthem towardthem
them themI
1 need not tell you of course be because b bause because ¬
cause ause you know it how much I shall shallpersonally sballp shaltpersorally
personally p tsOlially welcome the release from fromhard fromhard rom romhard
hard work and from the limelight As Asyou Asou Aaa
you ou and some close clot close personal friendsknow friends friendsknow CriondsImow
a
know I would because of the condition conditionof con t1on t1onot
of my health have laid down the work workContinued workContlnucd worki workContinued
i
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Saturdays and Sunday Sund via vi Pennsylvania
Railroad Trk T TrkMk krtK MK good returning until
Sunday n nb ht L t A MI II rfJular trains except
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ClUBMEN l LAUNCH LAUNCHTAFTCAMPAIGN UNCH UNCHT
T TAFTCAMPAIGN FT C MP IGN IGNNominee
Nominee Serenaded b by 3 3versity Uni University University ¬
versity Club ClubM Members IlI embers embersi nlbersI nlbersTAFT I
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TAFT MAKES ICES ANADDBESS ANADDBESSResponds AN ADDRESS ADDRESSResponds ADD ADDltOSponTs S
Responds to Words of Praise Praisefrom Praisefrom Praisefrom
from Old Friends FriendsWife FriendsUe Friends1Ife
Wife Ue and Daughter Form Back Background DnckJlron11 flackRound ¬
ground Jlron11 tl for Man Inn of Hour and andCharlie andChnrllc
Charlie Help Manage Red Fire In InWhich InVhleh
Which II III Ills In Dad Bank DnkPrclclcnt Prcnldcnt of ofClub ofClnb
Club When hcn Fellowmember Pre Predicted lrcdlctctl Tire Tiredlcted ¬
dicted lIb Election to Presidency PresidencyIn Ircsldcne IrcsldcneIn
In the glare of red fire and nndamld amid an analmost analmot analmost
almost continuous shower of sparks from fromsoaring CromsOtllng
soaring skyrockets sent up In his honor honorthe honorthe
the Republican Presidential
nominee was wasacclaimed wasncclttlmoo
acclaimed last night as Jovial Big Bill BillTaft BmT
Taft T t by a a vast crowd of whloh the thenucleus them
nucleus m leus was several hundred of his tel ¬
lowmombersbf lowmembers of the University Club of ofWashington o1Washington
Washington WashingtonThe WashingtonThe
The demonstration dOlnon tratJon took placo on thelawn the thelawn thelawn
lawn In front of the Taft residence In InK InIe InIi
K street and was the outgrowth of plans plansquietly plansQulltt plansqu1
qu1 quietly Qulltt tly laid by the clubman some days daysago dnsago daysago
ago It turned out to be b a most ambitious ambitiouscelebration ambltJ ambltloirs ambltloirscelebration s scelebmtJon
celebration with 1th the Engineer Band Bandfrom Bnndfrom Bandfrom
from Washington Barracks playing in inspirlngly InapJrlngh Inspiringly
spirlngly as the official official army band of the theCapital theCop theCapital I
Capital Cop tnl and several thousand citizens citizenscrowing cltlzonscro citizenscrowning
crowing cro lng both K and Sixteenth streets streetsand streetsnnd streetsand
and cheering tumultuously at sight of ofthe ortho ofthe
the newly newly chosen candidate candidateAdding candidateAdding candidateAdding
Adding the finishing touch in the
ap appropriateness approprlatene appropriateness ¬
propriateness s of the first home reception receptionof
of the candidate was the lb presence pr enco of ofMrs otMrs ofMrs
I Mrs Taft and Miss lU s Helen Taft seated seatedonly seatedI seatedonly
I only a faw feet back of the head of the thehousehold thehousohold thehousehold
household and in full view rlow of the hun hundred hundrod bundrods ¬
dred drods of cheering people as tho Secre Secretary SQcretar Secretary ¬
tary tar received and acknowledged the thecongratulations thocongrntul thecongratulations
congratulations congrntul tlon8 of his fellowclubmen fellowclubmenand
and other friends friendsIt friendsIt
It was as nearly nfarl a typical front frontpqrch frontporch frontporch
porch campaign mooting as IS the phy physical ph phslcal physical ¬
sical contour and structural predic predictions prcdlwtloRS prcdiwt1ens ¬
tions of tho Taft urban homestead would wouldpermit wouldpormlt wouldpermit
permit on such short notice And with withMaster withMaster Jth JthMastcr
Master Charles Taft acting as expert oxportnPistant expertassistant j jassistant
assistant to tho professional In charge chargeof chargeof
of tho Ar fireworks firOorks orks display dlspla on o the club I
lawn opposite It may be fittingly ab abConUnucd abContlnucd
Continued on Pose 7 Column 3 3Cloxlngr 3ClDHlng 3Closing
Closing Sale Today
The Danvers Sale closes at Sloans Sloan s
1407 G St today at U a m and 3pm 3 p m
opening with No 401 of the catalogue
The most Important pieces come up to toLondon
dll day Includng the mahogany twIn beds
London Club desks Marqucterie secretary secrptar
table sculpture books plate paintings
colonial mahogany furniture turn furniture ture in all a shapes
In fact every vory article not previously sold
will be given wcn to the highest and best bid ¬
ders An absolute auction worth attend
ing inglinltiniore InglJnlHmore ingDnltimore
linltiniore and Ohio H IU n Excursion
SUO 100 to Frederick KeedysvlUe for An
tieuun and Hagorstown And return Sun ¬
day dQ Juno 21 1 Special train loaves Union
Station 8 a m
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ROOSEVELT RULES THE CONVENTION CONVENTIONAS H
AS TO CANDIDATE CANDIDA TE AND ND PLATFORM PLA TFORM
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THE REPUBLICAN STANDARD BEARER
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I WILLIAM WILLIA M HOWARD HO WARD TAFT TAFTHOW TAFTHOW TAFTHOW
HOW THE STATES ST A TES VOTED VOTEDFOR
FOR TAFT TAFTAlabama TAI Tt Alabama 22 Arkansas 18 California 20 o Colorado 10 Connecticut 14 I Delaware 6
Florida 10 Georgia i 17 Idaho 6 Illinois 3 Iowa 26 Kansas 20 Kentucky Kentucky 2 24 j Louisiana 18 Maine iaine iaineI
12 Maryland 16 Massachusetts 32 Michigan 27 Minnesota l inncsota 22 Mississippi 20 Missouri 36 Mon Montana l10ntana Montana ¬
tana 6 Nebraska 16 Nevada 6 New Jersey Jerse i 15 New York 10 North Carolina 24 North Dakota 8
Ohio 42 Oklahoma 14 Oregon 8 Pennsylvania i Rhode Island 8 South Carolina 13 South Dakota DakotaS 8
Tennessee Tenne see 24 Texas 36 Utah 6 Vermont 8 Virginia 21
Washington 10 West cst Virginia 14 i Wis Wisconsin Wisconsin Vis Visconsin ¬
consin i Wyoming 6 6Alaska Alaska 2 Arizona 2 District of Columbia i Hawaii 2 New NewMe Mexico rc tico ico 2 Philip ¬
pines 2 Porto Rico 2 Total 702r 702 702FOR 702FOR
FOR I KNOX KNOXPennsh Z0 Pennsylvania Pennsh r ama nia 64 New i t ew Jersey 4 Total 68 68t 8 8FOR I
FOR HUGHES HUGHESNew New t f York 65 Virginia Vlraq mla 2 q Total Toml67 Toml67FOR 67FOR 67 C > v vFOR
FOR CANNON CANNONIllinois Illinois 51 Michigan i New N w Jersey 3 New N wjbrki wjbrkitr Y6rk ork t J T Total tal tal58 58 58FOR 8 8FOR
FOR FAIRBANKS FAIRBANKSGeorgia Georgia i Indian Indiana a 30 Kentucky 2 New z Hampshire 3 N New ew r Jctse Jersey 2
South Carolina 2 Total 40 40FOR 40FOR o
FOR LA FOLLETTE Wisconsin ti T IStOn isconin25 ln 25 23FOR i iFOR
FOR FORAKER Georgia eorgla 8 Ohio 4 South Carolina C rolina 2 Virginia i x District of Columbia i
Total 16 16FOR 16FOR i6FOR
FOR ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELTPe1l11shrania Pennsylvania 3 3Total 3Total 3Total
Total number of votes cast was 9 979 9 one absentee absen from South Carolina Carollna being being recorded
THREE HURT IN MIMIC WAR WAKFlKrelmelc WARFJrrebacJe WARFlarebaclc
FlKrelmelc from Blf Dig Gun Blown Dlo One One3Innn OncInn Oneinns
inns Inn Arm OA OANew OffNew 01INew
New York June 18 lSThree Three men of the theNational thoNational theNational
National Guard New York Ninth Regi Regiment Regiment Regiment ¬
ment at Fort Wadsworth were seriouslyInjured seriously seriouslyInjured serlouslrinjured
Injured tonight during the height of thewar the thewar thewar
war games while ahoy they were serving a asixInch asixinch asixinch
sixInch gun in Battery BattoI DlxThe Dlx DlxTho DlxTho
Tho men were ore hurried to the post hos hospital hosplta1 hospital ¬
pital In an m nmbulnncg and the Rev RovFather Ro RoFather RevFather
Father Cronin of St Marys Catholic CatholicChurch CathoUcChurch CatholicChurch
Church of Clifton l1tonJ was w s hurried hurried to the thebedside theedsldo thebedside
bedside edsldo to administer administer tho last rites of
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the church The names of the men are
Harvey McDowell and WalshMcDowells WalshMcDowells Walsh WalshMcDowells
McDowells right arm was blown on onby oft oftby ottby
by what is presumed to have been tho thoflare tho11are theflare
flare back due to the faulty locking of ofthe ofthe I Ithe
the brecchlock Harvteys Har ys skull Is roported reportedto I Ito
to have have been crushed in by his being
hurled Against against the stons ston masonry masonr and andWalshs nndalsh9 andWalshs
Walshs alsh9 injuries consisted of powderburns powder powderburns powderburns
burnsSummer burns burnsSummer burnsSummer
Summer Tourist Untci via in Baltimoreand Baltimore Baltimoreand Dnlthnorennd
and Ohio OhioOn OhioOn OhioOn
On sale dally to Jersey Seashore Re ¬
sorts Adirondack Mountains Northern
New York Now England Canadian anndlan Prov ¬
inces Nova Scotia Allegheny Mountain
Resorts also nl o to many man Western points
If contemplating a rail rail or water tour for forpleasure forpleasure forur
pleasure 1417 orecntog or recreation ur consult agents at
1417 G st or 619 Pa ave a They The will be
helpful to you ou
BIG STEEL PLANT ABLAZE ABLAZEFire ABLAZEFlrc ABLAZEFire
Fire In Shelby Shelb Ohio Cost Co Costs in Million Millionmid Millionand 11111011 11111011nne1 r
mid n Half Dollar DollarShelby DolJarHSheJby DollarsShelby
Shelby Ohio June IS lSThe The plant of the theUnited theUntt th thUnited e
United Untt d States Steel Corporation Is burning burn burning ¬
I
ing and will bo a 8 total loss Firemen Firemenfrom FIromenfrom Firemenfrom
from three cities are are re fighting the flamesThe flames flamesTho fiamosTho
Tho city is threatened threatenedThe threatenedThe j jThe
The loss is about 1500000 b1500000Iinltiruore 1500000Baltimore 1500000Dnlt1more
Baltimore and Return R turn 1Baltimore 123 123Baltimore 1 1IJultlmorc
Baltimore t Ohio R ItEvery IU IUEvery It ItEry
Every Saturday Saturda and Sunday All trains
both ways both d a + ys yjj except Royal Lim Lh ¬
ited City Clt offices Ji7 7 G st and 613 Pa Paave P
ave
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Ohioan e Gets 702 Votes VotesOut VotesOut
Out of Total of 979 979i 979THEN 979THEN
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THEN MADE UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUSEffort UNANIMOUSEffort UNANIMOUSEffort
Effort to o Stampede Convention Conventionfor ConventionWhen
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for Roosevelt When BallotingBegin Balloting BallotingBegins BallotingBegins
Begins Proves a FailureTHEOFFICIAL Failure FailureTHE
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THEOFFICIAL THE OFFICIAL VOT VOTWilliam VOTE VOTEWilliam VOTEWilliam
William H Taft TaftPhilander 702 702Philander c02Philander
Philander C Knox KnoxCharles t 68 68Charles 8 8Oharles
Charles E Hughes HughesJoseph 0 67 67Joseph 673oseph
Joseph G Cannon CannonCharles 1 58 58Charles
Charles W Fairbanks FairbanksEobert 1 40 40Robert 40Robert
Robert M La Follette FolletteJoseph 25Toseph 25 25Joseph
Joseph B Foraker ForakerTheodore r 16 16Theodore 16Theodore
Theodore Roosevelt RooseveltTotal 3 3Total 3Total
Total vote cast castNecessary Y 979 979Necessary 979 979Necessary
Necessary to a choice choiceChicago f 490 490L
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Chicago June 18 18At At 5 odockvthis afternoon afte Secretary S cretag of Wardaft War WarTJaft Var Varr Varwns
r daft h was uses nominated by jh J te a ej P ican n convention conve f for fl + o r JtagiBent w eat t of theUnited the theUnited he heUmt
United Umt Stata StataGen tat s sGen
Gen Woadferd rc t Wqtity jf lit as Setlator Senator Lodge a j permanent rrnailentrrllalrman tfenan tfenanof irm irmof
of the convention announced the ballot and as quickly as the cheering cheeringwhich che cheeringwhich ring ringwhich
which greeted Tafts Taf is nomination ended hopped upon his chair air and said saidAt said saidHAt saidAt
HAt At the request of Gov GO Hughes Hu and under the instructions of the theunited theunited theunited
united New N ew York delegation I move that the nomination of William V liam H HTaft HTaft HTaft
Taft for the Presidency be now made unanimous unanimousSenator unanimousSenator unanimousSenator
Senator Penrose Senator BeverSdge veridge and William O Emery of ofGeorgia ofGeorgia ofGeorgia
Georgia the colored color d delegate who seconded the nomination of Forakeralso Foraker Forakeralso Forakeralso
also seconded the motion to make the nomination of Secretary Taft Taftunanimous Taftunanimous Taftunanimous
unanimous The nomination was made unanimouswhen unanimous unanimousThe unanimousThe
The convention then adjourned to 10 oclock tomorrow morning morningwhen morningwh morning morningthcn
when wh thcn n a candidate for Vice President Pr si < knt will be nominated As tired and andfretful andfretful andfretful
fretful as most of the delegates were they wanted to go on and nomi nominate nominate nomipate ¬
nate the candidate for Vice President so that they could start for heirhomes heir tfeeirhomes tteirhomes
homes tonight But the managers of the convention decreed otherwise otherwiseEFFOBT oth otherwiseEFFORT ise iseEFFORT
EFFORT TO STAMPEDE
The distinctive features of the Presi Presidential Prestdontial Presidontlal ¬
dential session were two uproarious ef effort erot effort ¬
fort fort ot s to stampede the ooaventkm for forJgiosevelt forJi forRoosevelt
Jgiosevelt Ji Roosevelt sete1t wild 1Id applause appuso for Senator La LaFollettes LaFollettes LaEollettcs
Follettes speeohraekers the oversight bywhich by bywhich bywh1
wh1 which h Gov Go Hughes name was as not for formally tormnlly formally ¬
mally presented In nomination and the thegovernor tb tbgovernor tbegOernor
governor of the Empire State was theonly the theonly theonl
only onl Presidential candidate whose nocllnation nomi nomination Domination ¬
nation was not secondedSenator seconded secondedSenator secondedSonator
Senator Page told Gen Woodford who whomade whomade whomade
made a a spA spjM sp h h for Gov Hughes with tth thefull the thefull thetull
full Idea ot tUng the governor In nomination nomi nomination nomination ¬
nation that It would b be e necessary DC llary to tohavo tohavo tohave
havo seconding speeches but Gen Wood Woodford WoodCord Woodford
ford did not accede to the suggestion suggestionLater sugxesUunLator
Later In the convention cenvontl en he requested reque ted the theoorreepondonts theoorrespondqnts theoorrespondQnts
oorrespondqnts oorreepondonts to announce that a a delegate dele delegate delegate ¬
gate from tho Fifth Virginia lrginJa district sec seconded seconded seconded ¬
onded the nomination of Gov Hughes HughesThere Hu HughesThere hes hesThere
There Is a a mistake somewhere for cer certainly cerI cerItalnly oertalniy ¬
i iseconded
tainly no such delegate or any delegate delegateseconded delegateseconded
seconded Gov GO Hughes name nameSenator ntUnCSenator nameSenator
Senator Lodge permanent chairman ofthe of oftho 9fLbo
the convention after 1ter awaiting tho allotted allottedtime allottedtime allottedtime
time for a a second of the Hughes nomina nomination nomination mommaturned ¬
tion turned to Secretary John Molloywho Molloy Moltoywho Molloywho
who was reading the call of States for fornominations fornomlnations fornominations
nominations and saldi said Let her go Gal Gallagher GtIlagher Gallagher ¬
lagher Senator Lodge Is a literary Uterar man manand manand manand
and does not frequently resort to phrases phrasesof
of tho day of this tbl kind kindDclceratcM kindDelegates d d dDclclntcK
Delegates Sit SilentThe Silent SilentThe SllcntTbe
The storm to stampede the convention conventionfor oonveDtJonCor ooave lon lonfar
for Roosevelt Roose lt came oam from the galleries galleriesThe gllarlesThe galleriesThe
The 9SO delegates sat nt as if nailed to th thchairs the thochairs thechairs
chairs chairsAnother chairsAnothor chairsAnother
Another distinctive feature i re of the ses session session seeslow ¬
sion was the effort to howl down GtnHanly Guv GuvHanly CuvHMI
Hanly HMI Fairbanks speaker ad th u the dens derision densIon dentsIon ¬
ion and contumely heaped upon Hazily Hanlyty Hanlytythose by bythose 8 8those y
those In the galleries galleriesProbably gnUerlesProbably galleriesProbably
Probably n nO < > convention hall in the theworld theworld th thworld e
world was hotter than this one when at atL45
1245 p m Henry henry nry Sherman Boutelt o othe of ofthe orthe t
the Ninth district of Illinois clambered clamberedaboard clamberedaboard clamberedaboard
aboard the platform to nominate Uncle UncleJoe UncleJoe Uncl UnclJoe e
Joe otherwise the Hon Joseph G Can Cannon Cannon ¬
non Speaker of the House of Represent IReprQSootnt1ves Representatives Representatives ¬
atives for President PresidentColiseum PreatdentColhlcunl
Coliseum Like LU e an OvenThat Oven OvenThat OcnThat
That groat audience numbering today todaynearly todaynearly toda todanearly y
nearly 20006 oeo parsons was in a grand grandswelter grandswolter grandswelter
swelter The lean people llkod like I It Itrather ItrathercnjoOO rather ratherenjoyed ratherenjoyed
enjoyed Itandthe it Itand and the fat folks swore wore under undertheir undertholr undertheir
their breath All who could get It fans had hadthem har hartl1em hailthem 1
them and used them like day laborers laborersThey laborersThey laborerThey
They worked u orked them overtime Th The average averagedelegate avexagdelegate forage foragedelegate e
delegate and the average vistter tatter man or orwoman orWoman a awoman r
woman used up handkerchiefs by the thescore theor th thscore
scoreIn score scoreIn or orIn
In Mr Boutells glowing words Uncle UncleJoe UncleJoe UncleJoe
Joe was almost too good ood for earth and an lndj d
j
yet not quite good enough for Heaven
He mentioned all the renowned wMd Repdhllcans BepobH BepobHcans ReMbHca
cans ca erf that party ending with 1th PresMeat Pre ld8Dt
Roosevelt At the mention of the Presi Pr ¬
dents name there were wild Id howls from rom
the gallery saller which turned into continuous continuousapplause conUauousapplause eontluuousapplause
applause from nearly an parts of the eonventlon con convention on onentton ¬
vention ventlonIt ventionIt enttonIt
It made the Taft TaCt people nervowk nen So Somuch Somuch Semuch
much so tbat former Gov Herrick of
Ohio sitting at the head of 0 the delegation
ten feet away a 1ay from Boutell cried Goon Go Goon Goon
on Boutell go on and Mr Boutell resumea re resumed resumed ¬
sumed his speech which had been inter totsrrupUMl Jaterrupted interrupted
rupted by the Roosevelt demonstration
He declared that with Uacle Joe the nom ¬
inee defeat would be impossible impossibleThe Impoa impossibleThe fble fbleThe
The country will know whoa we ad adourn ¬
journ j ourn here her added Bouteil who will be
the next President of the United States
The enemy 47 will In face a united party AH AJlriend Allfriendly
friendly riend rivals rlftJ here will then be militantsupporters militant militantsupporters Jldtltantsupporters
supporters of the candidate to be semi nominated DOminated semisated ¬
nated here hereWants herennb hereWants
Wants nnb llcpnbllcnn Congress CongressMr CongressIr CongressMr
Mr Ir Boutell continuing said that If the theendl UtecAndlf1ate thecndhlate
cAndlf1ate endl tate ot this convention was w elQCted elQCtedana electedand elected electedand
and the Republicans carried the House af afRepresentatives ofRepresentatives t tRepreentaUvM
Representatives ii would be a drawnbattle drawn drawnbattle drawnbattle
battle while whU if the candidate of the con convention cnvent10n conveatlon ¬
vention was W elected and the House and andthe andthe andthe
the United States Senate were lost it itwould Ituld itwould
would uld be a national calamity caJamlt At thIs thiapoint thIspoint fifepoint
point delegates shouted Time Time Timefor Timettor Timefor
for it was very warm in the convention conventionhall conventlenhan conventionhall
hall and at even that early oar1 stage of o thesession the thesession tAeMIiNIIott
session folks were becoming tired and andexasperated andonsporated andexasperated
exasperated Name your candidate and ande andftUft andquttl
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continued to praise pn pralse be Uncle Joe JoeFinally JoeFinally JoeFinally
Finally regarding the requests to quit quitthat qllittbat quitthat
that were hurled at him h 1M closed bysaying by bysaying bysaying
saying that he wanted nte this convention to tonominate tonominate tonominate
nominate a man who cast his first vote votefor votafor votefor
for Lincoln who entered Congress under underGen underGen underGea
Gen Grant and who had been Roose Roosevelts RoosevoWs ¬
voWs bravest and strongest ally allyThe aU aUThe
The Ohio men and the Indiana dele delegates deJoeptes delegates ¬
gates united in a firstclass cheer ch er for forUncle torUnde forUncle
Uncle Joe The New Yorkers were join joined jOined ¬
ed by some Some of the New England dele delegations delegationa delegations ¬
gations allot elf 11 of f Whom waved SIlk Ameri American American ¬
can flags ap presented to the delegates by byF byIt
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Representative Joseph W Fordney of ofthe ofthe ofe
th the e Eighth district of Michigan second seconded SCondcd ¬
ed Cannobs nomination declaring that thathe thatbe thathe
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