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VICTORY COMES
FOR PRESIDENT
ON FIRST BALLOT
(Continued From First -Paye.)
durthcr~~p~r?cecdlngs. A great ma?
jority ol tin' Itoosovclt delegates In
t..e Illinois and all In the Missouri,
end Idaho delegation declined to fol?
low tills advice, but Colonel Rooso
velt's sway over the delegations from
Calif":'-'!!'1. Kansas, Maine, Minnesota,
Nebraska, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.
South Dakota, and West Virginia was
;..! but absolute.
Most of tlic delegates from these
l?tates announced their purpose of
helping to give Mr. Roosevelt an In
dop< ndent nomination at another hall
! later 'n the evening.
Prediction* Fullllled.
t: t spilt in the convention was but
In fuilllln\cnt of predictions that hnd
1 . en made during the past several
. ays. The (.losing scones were mark
, i by counter-demonstrations for
President Taft and Colonel Iloosevclt.
I hi Bret test voto after the an?
nouncement ol the Roosevelt vniedlc
ime on the adoption of the p.arty
.platform Tue afllrmati vo vote whs
Rooaevelt delegates not voting
Ijumbo i ed 34 3. ,
There wore fifty-sis noes, thlrty
t-i- of them from the Ijl Folletto
^lute. ol Wisconsin, and North Da
Ikota.
Senator Koben M, 1a Follette, of
Wisconsin, was placed before the con?
tention, but Colonel Roosevelt's i
?wishes vert- carr'ed out by his follow- I
'ers, and they romuined silent during
It..- call of the Slates for nominations.
iJliiitr of the delegates, however, cir
(ried out their primury Instructions
mud voted for the Colonel.
1 On the voting for President ' the
tjtuonevoit dclogatea as a rule remain
?d silent. The dttulled vote was:
, Taft, 661; Roosevelt, 107; La Follette,
41; Cummins, 17; Hughes, 2; not
'?.votbig. 314; absent, 6.
At times during the balloting the
(convcnt-on was in great confusion.
The Fifth Dad's Work.
To day's 'session of the conven?
tion, the ilfth uay, the delegates havo
Ibeen on the job of nominating a Pres
j Idetst. began at 1?:4", when Senator
' Rootts gavel whacked the table In
' some > unusually vigorous strokes. The
I convention hud been adjourned to
i meet ut 10 o'clock, but at that hour
I only a few deles tea were In their
Meats. It was a weary and faded
: looking lot of delegates and alter?
nates who came Into the Coliseum
jthis morning.
There were few vacant seats In the
i gallery tijis morning, and few left
i llic.lr seats through the long day's
I session.
f Tho session was opened with pray
ler by John "Wesley Hill, a close friend
(of President Taft, wno has been
I Stumping tor him. He pra.vcd Vcrv
| cntly for the President, and thut the
'country mi^it be spared from revo?
lution. "11111" FI Inn and his Penn?
sylvania delegates were seen to smile.
r<<Che Mississippi contests were taken
i up. and the Taft delegates, as usual,
seated with a viva voce vote. The
viva VOCe vote began soon to pro
?coko hoots and (rcttn. First would
conns the "ayes" In a great volume
of sound, and then the "noes" In an
even greater volume, and when Sen?
ator Root would announce that the
"ayes" had It. the Roosevelt men |
yelh-d derisively.
Kiccrdlng the Limit.
When tho Washington delpgates
gt-large were |resched, a Roosevelt
delegate Interrupted tho proceeding
With a point of order. Asked to state
it, he said:
"ijur complnlnt is that the steam
roller is exceeding the speed limit1."
liven Chairman Root had to laugh.
"The chair will rule that tho point
of order is sustained and tho Justl
lication is that we have some, hope of
getting home Sunday," he mild:
The Washington contests involved
a presidential primary. The Roose?
velt men In the Pennsylvania delega?
tion began singing "John Brown'a
Hody." It was joined In by the oth?
ers, and the sung rolled up from tho
Rooaevelt men on the Iloor In great
?vol time.
Whistles and toots Imitating a
steam-roller came from some of the
delegates, and there was great con?
fusion. A rolling pin was lifted high
on a pole ptovok<n'g laughter.
H. T. Hnlbert.'def'ende'd the minority
report on th<- Washington case, and
mad^ a statement for the minority
.committee on credentials. attacking
?the munner in which the majority
passed upon the contested seats.
It was expected that there would l?e
a roll coll on Washington, but the
?Roosovelt men did not ask for one
and went on with their fun making.
"Merrily We Roll Along," they sang,
the chorus filling the oonvontlon hall.
John C. IJwlght, a Pennsylvania
man, got up in ills chair and shrieked
through a megaphone: "One morel
Stiff for tho undertaker."
-'ennsylvania nominates Jim Wat?
son, of Indiana, for coroner." came a
tnlr.ute later through the. megaphone.
The galleirltR wci e laughing and
cheering In turns.
Chairman Rosewater happened to
pass by the Pennsylvanlan's. One of
""111" Fllnn's biggest henchmen pick?
ed h'm up like a baby.
"Now we got Rosewater," c.sme the
?ry. A big TcMin Bitting opposite
.grabbed Rosewater and held him up in
the air In loturn. It was all done in a
?spirit of fun, b\it little Mr. Rosewater
.<lld not seem to enjoy It srreatly. I.lddy,
a California man for Roosevelt, start?
ed the cry, "We war.! reddy," but the
delegates wer? too tired to keep it so?
lus very long.
At 11:60 b. receBS was taken to await
tho next report. It lotted until 1:37.
There was a great doal of disorder for
a while. Up In the gallery, Just be?
low the band, a man hung a banner
reading, "What Root Slid About Pen
rose-" It read:
"They uro a criminal and corrupt
organisation masquerading under the
nume of thd Republican party."
Assistant Chief Schuelter had the
man and his banner thrown out.
Finally Miss Fl? Jacobson, a profes?
sional singer, got up li the band gal?
lery and song "My Country, "Tis Uf
Thoe."
All the delegates got up and joined
in. and for a while things quieted
down. Hut the noise started uu again
with the resumption of business. Tho
session was clearly the most disorder?
ly yet
"We'll hang Holsc Penrose on a sour
apple tree." sang the Pennsylvania
men. The New Yorkers sitting next
10 them tried to keep tiicm quiet.
"Tou tend to yodr owj. business and'
we'll tend to ours," au;d Flinn. after;
tho Virginia cases had been acted up?
on, and a number of other contested
cases were accepted..
Statement l-'rom Colonel.
At 2 P. M. n printed statement fronn
Ccdonel Housevelt was circulated
among tho Pennsylvania delegates.'
.Several of them stated that under In?
structions from Flinn. they must re-j
fuse to give a copy or allow It to boj
seen. Flinn himself would not give a
ccpy to the press.
Mr. Mayo, of tho Pennsylvania lelo- !
gatlon, seized a megaphone and made
ready to make an announcement when
tipped off to do so by Senntor Flinn. j
The minority report on North Carolina
was rend at 2:60 to keep the attention
of tlto delegates.
It wns 2:10,when the credentials com?
mittee reported the Texas contests.
Tho majority and minority reports
were read, and argument whs heard.
The u^unl motions were put and car?
ried amid shouts an 1 laughter. The
Taft delegates-at-iargo. were seated.
The First and Second District of
Texas were then reported and the Taft
delegates were seated. The Taft men
were again seated in the Fourtli and
Fifth Districts. The uproar was tre?
mendous, and cries of "steam roller"
and whistles and imitations of locomo?
tives made It Impossible to hear
Mr. Root come forwarl and was
cheered by the Taft forces. He asked
for unanimous consent for some re?
marks from Henry J. Allen, of Kansas,
a Roosevelt man. Mr. Allen said:
"Gentlemen of the convention: Wo
nave reached a point where a majority
of the Roosevelt delegates feel that
they can no longer share In the respon- i
Bibility for the acts of this convention, i
We have contended with you until we
have exhausted every parliamentary
privilege In tho eftort to luv? placed
upon the roll the names of men logally
elected. /
"..hen, by using the votes of the
delegates whose rightB to sit In this
convention aro challenged, you took
a position which places the power of I
a political committee above the
authority of 77.00U majority, elected I
in a primary in California, we decided
that your steam roller had exceeded
the speed limit. Since then we have
naked for no roll cull. You have now
completed the sealing of all contested
delegates, using the votes of the con
testcd delegates to accomplish your
purpose. We cannot In justice to our?
selves Bhare the responsibility of a
convention which has said to Ohio?
the home of President Tafl?that a
majority of 47,000 voters, obtained In
a legnl primary election, must stand
! aside for the political dictum of a
national commltteoman discarded by
that same majority. Wo cannot bo
come parties with you In a declara?
tion to Pennsylvania that a dofcatcd
rommilteeman siting In nn obscure I
room of this building can nullify the I
130,000 majority by which Pennsyl- j
vunia gave expression to her wishes, j
We will not put ourselves in a posl- j
tlun to be bound ;>y an." act in which
you say to the majority who rejected
Mr. Taft In Illinois, to the majority!
which rejeoted in W'lsoonsln; to the!
majority which rejected in Massa- I
sota, to the majority who rejected !
him In Maine, to the majority who re?
jected him In Maryland, to the mujor
ity In South Dakota, to the majority
In North Dakota, which gavo him
only 1,600 votes out of 6,900 to the
mnjurlt which rejeoted In Massa?
chusetts, In Oregon. Minnesota, Kan?
sas, Okluhomu, West Virginia and I
North Carolina, that all theso major- |
Itles together -wont down under tho'
mere rulings of a political committee. I
"We will not Join you In saying to I
tlie great Stato of Abrnhnm Lincoln
that tho 150,000 majority with which;
? r defeated Mr. Taft und his managers!
In Illinois was ovcrrul >d by those!
very managers with the consent of
those who have arrogated powers;
never Intended to be there.
"Mr. Flinn sought to question the'
Republicanism of those great Rcpub-j
Mean States yesterday. Cntll ho can'
.-how a better record than Is shown by;
the results he Is stopped for criticism.
Whst Roosevelt Left Party.
When Theodore Roosevelt left the
White House four years ago he left;
you an overwhelming majority in both'
branches of Congress, hi. left you an1
overwhelmingly majority in all the'
great Republican States; he left you a>
lecord on which you could elect Mr.
Taft; he left you a progressive pro?
gram to carry forward. That pro?
gram was buried beneath the. aval?
anche of worda at Winona, and eigh?
teen Republican Governors were burled
benea'h an nvalnnche of votes which
rebuked recreancy to party pledges.
"A big majority in tho lower house
gave way to Democrats, and In the
Senate was reduced to a mere major?
ity. So much for your conservative
leadership; Mr. Payne.
"We will not participate with you
In completing the scuttling of the ship.
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LOUIS B. HATKE,
SOLE AGENT, .
American National Rank Building, Richmond.
Drop Over to
Forest Hill
Park
Each afternoon or night this
week and hear the
Chicago
Ladies'
Symphony
Orchestra
You will enjoy it. Con?
certs twice each day are ab?
solutely free to all. Many
other pleasing attractions.
We will not say to the young men of
the nation, who. reading political
prophecy with their patriotism and
longing to catch step with the party
of their fathers, that wo have nothing
better to offer them at thls,hour than
this .new Declaration of human rights,
that a discarded political committee as
its right holds greater power than a
majority of over 2.000.000 voters. Wo
do not bolt. Wo merely Insist that
ycu, not wo, are making the record.
And wo refuse to be bound by it. We
have pleaded with you ten days. We
havo fought with you live days for a
"square dead." We fight no more. We
Itad no longer. We shall sit In pro-,
test, end the people \vh3 sent us here
shall Judge us."
Roosevelt's Position.
Mr. Allen read the following ad?
dress from Colonel Roosevelt:
"A clear majority of the delegates
honestly elected to tills convention
were chosen to this convention to nlm- j
inatc me. Under 'he direction apd '
with the encouragement of Mr. Taft |
the majority of the national commit?
tee by the so-called 'steam roller'
methods, and with scandalous disre?
gard of every principle of elemen?
tary honesty and decency, stole eighty
or ninety delegates, putting on the !
temporary roil call a sutlloiom num- I
bcr of fraudulent delegates to de- j
feat the legally expressed will of the
people and to substitute a dlBhon- |
est for an honest majority.
"The convention has now declined |
to purgo the roll of the fraudulent |
delegates themselves, who all sit as
judges on one auolnor'g cases. If
these fraudulent votes had hot thus '
been cast and counted the conven?
tion would have been purged of their
presence. This action makes the con- ?
volition In no proper sense any long?
er a Republican convention represent?
ing the real Republican party. There?
fore, I hope the men elected as Roose?
velt delegatos will now decline to vote
on any matter before tho convention.
1 do not rclcaso any delegates from )
his honorable obligation to vote for
mc If he cotes at all, but under the
actual condition 1 hope that he will
not vote at all.
"Tho convention as now composed has
no right to represent the voters of the
Republican party. It represents noth?
ing but fraud In overriding tho will
of the rank, and file of the party. Any
man nominated by tho convention as
now constituted will bo merely tho
beneficiary of this successful fraud; it
would be deeply discreditable to any
man to accopt the convention's nomi?
nation under these circumstances, and
any party man thus acoepting It would
have no claim to the support of any
party man on party grounds and
would have forfeited the right to ask
the support of any honest man of
any party on moral grounds.
"THEODORli ROOSEVELT."
After the hullabaloo over the Col?
onel's stutcmcnt. and Mr. Allen's ro
marks were over, the regular program
whs taken up.
First came the report of the rules
committee. It was brought in by Sen?
ator Clark, of Wyoming. The Taft
leaders hod decided not to have the
new rules brought up Just then, so
Representative Watson moved to lay
tills report on the table.
Platrorm Is Read.
W. H. Ooloman, of Pennsylvania,
Roosevr.lt member of the rules com?
mittee, presented a minority report.
Tills was also 'aid upon the table upon
motion of Mr. Watson, and then ex
Vice-PreBldent Fairbanks, chairman of
the committee on resolutions, came,
forward to read the platform. The
Taft men cheered him- "Oo get
bottle of buttermilk," said a man In
the gallery'. The temper of some of
the delegates toward the platform
was shown when Mr. Fairbanks read
i the declaration that tho Republican
party believed in gOvernmeqt of the
I people, for the people and by the peo?
ple. Hoots and groans went up from
; the hall.
! After this, however, the delegates of
both factions gave a fair amount of
'attention to the reading of the plot
t form.
, No minority report on the platform
was presented by the Roosevelt men.
' Senator Owen, of Wisconsin, offered
the La Folletto platform containing
1 the. Senator's well known doctrines,
j Fairbanks moved to lay the La
Follotte platform on the table. There
I were cries of "no," but when Senator
j Root asked if two State demanded a
' roll call, there was no response. The
' Porto Rlcan delegates got tholr turn
! then, and Mr. Fairbanks proposed this
j plank as an amendmont to the ma
I Jorlty report, which was agreed to:
"We ratify in all its parts tho plat
I form of 1308 respecting citizenship
L the people of Porto Rico."
Mr. Barnes, of Now York, demanded
a roll call upon tho platform. It was
seconded by Indiana. and Colorado.
When California was reached In the
roll cnll of States Oovornor Johnson
got up and said: "California declines
to vote."
A great cheer came from the Roose?
velt men. and many In tho galleries
applauded. Chairman Root ordered
the delegation to be polled. There
was no anawer as the name.* wore
called until the names of two seated
Taft delegates were called. When
they voted aye, there was a storm of
boos.
When Idaho cast eight votes for
the platform, showing that her dele?
gates had refuged to follow the
Colonel. It was the torn of the Taft
men to cheer. Maine refused to vote.
All the Stst-s whose delegations
were divided demanded a poll of thai*
delegate*. Some of too Maryland men
ariawered "present, but >'ou can't
make me vote." .
Only nine men on the Illinois del
egatlo nfollowed the Coloncl'B wishes
when the vote of 40 to a was an?
nounced the Taft men bowled again,
lief ose? to Vole.
West Virginia's delegates likewise
?refused to vote. Massachusetts was
announced a? eighteen for U?o plat?
form and fourteen not voting, with
four absent. "Put them on record,"
demanded u Tnft delegate from Mas?
sachusetts, so the dcl-'jatlon was
polled. The poll show.* two more
votes for the platform. ,
Before the announcement of the
platform vote Walter U Heuser, Lu
Kollette'e manager, got permission to
make a atatetnent.
Mr. Houaer cald that on behalf of
Senator La Folettu, .who will be prc
' scntcd to this convention as a candi?
date for nomination, he wished to
! state that ' Mr. ' La toilette could not
I consent to accept or support a plat
i form that Is not thoroughly progres
; slve.
j Both sldos cheered when the vote
I was announced. It was <">6G ayes, Hi
; absent. 343 not voting and 53 noes,
i The roll call oh the platform hav
I Ing been completed and announced,
time came for tho presentation or
{candidates for the presidency. It was
j 5;55 o'clock.
j When Iowa was reached there wns
j a hush. Cummins had withdrawn.
I When Ohio wns reached W. G
, Harding, defeated candidate for Go*
i ernor of .Ohio. Jfc'cume forward and
j placed Taft's name In nomination.
The first mention of Mr. Taft's name
i was the signal for the Taft demon
j filiation, and the Talt men Jumped
i u|!on their chairs, but the Roosevelt
j men sat silent- There was practically
I no cheering among the spectators.
I Llcutenant-Governor Hauling, ol Ohio,
I sot hold of the Taft banner and wav
I eu It. Just then the big convention hall
I was lighted up. It bad been pretty
? gloomy. Chairman Boot began rap
! ping for order before the howling for
j Taft had been under way more than
ten mlnutjs. The Taft men still parad
! Ing and burling Invidious remarks at
i the Roosevelt men Bitting In their
seats. They provoked only smiles In
return.
Mrs. John A. Logan, widow of Sen?
ator John A. Logan, whose husband
was a candidate for VIce-l'resldent In
the convention of 18S4, came forward
and seized the Taft bannet and waved
it over tho heads of Ihr yelling dele?
gates. That kept things going; a few
minutes longer. The Taft demonstra-,
t'on lasted sixteen minutes.
How In Started.
Then Mr. Harding resumed his
speech, and when he told a moment;
later that President Taft "was the'!
greatest progressive ri his lime,",
there was a storm of "boos." The i>o- j
lice had to get busy in several places.'
Thero was great confusion for a few
moments. A row started when a South'
Dakota delegate "booed" and a Taft
delegate sitting near hit him. The po-i
lice rushed to stop the light, but the'
<:t mmotlon lasted nulle a whole, and j
Mr. Harding could, not go on until I
policemen, who were scattered all
about tho delegates by this time, had]
pulled them down Into their chairs.
Matthew B. MacFai'lane. of Tampa.
Fla, lead'ng lawyer, and collector of
customs, and James Smith, of Missouri,
Mont., were tho men In the tight.
Smith gouged McFarlano's check.
The Interruption of Mr. Holding's
speech grew more frequent. There
were "toot, and toots" all over tho
place, and whistles in Imitation of tiie
steam-roller. Mr. Root came forward
and said: "I beg the delegations who !
have announced their Intention to sit j
mute In this assemblage to preserve
th self-reBpect for whatever cause
they follow: In this party, or any
pt.rty, only tho dignity that befits the
represontat'ves of those whom they
claim to be representatives of, can j
commend Itself."
A man In the New Tork delegation
asked the police to put out one of Bill
Fllnn's men, who he said started tho
whistling. Fllnn got up and appealed
to hla men to keep orderly.
When Mr. Harding managed to got
through his speech finally. It was 7
o'clock.
Seconded by Wonnsuiikcr.
Mr. Root Introduced John Wanna
maker, of Pennsylvania, Postmastcr
Qeneral In Harrison's Cabinet, Who
seconded Taft's nomination.
Mr. Wannamakcr sold: "Brethren of
the mother country, I am proud to
stand among you to-day, and It Is well!
worth a B.OOo mile Journey to comej
close to the enthusiasm and splendid I
spirit that nftcr everything Is snld
and done Is here In this oonventlon. l!
have sat !n the convention and tried'
to bo n good juryman, ready to vote]
for what I believe to be right and
best. I come to second the nomination!
of Prealdent William Howard Taft, be-j
cause we entered at the same time
the government service, and In our
four years together I learned to know
that he was a man to have confidence
In. that he would not abuse the con?
fidence, that he was by birth perfect?
ly fitted for the w< of that office,
that he was faithful in every point.
"I am not at all blind to the fact
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I that every great man hae hlo fault?.
1 I think that the few fault* of William
! Howard Taft are trifling In comparl
i aon with his splendid qualities.
'?1 believe as a business man, .that
! the platform that has' been presented
to us will bo a prosperity-restoring
' one. provided wo llvo up to It.
"1 come to second tho nomination of
William Howard Taft, ns one who de
servos it because he is the best man
iii sight to safeguard tho prosperity of
our country."
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, also
seconded Taft's nomlnat'on. Dr. But
; ler said that he had no word of bitter?
ness or criticism of any Republican
end added:
Wo gladly gave a renomtnatton to
, Mr. Taft's predecessor. We ask a re
: nomination for tho man who is now
I our leader.
. I n Follette Named.
! Senator Da Follette was put in
nomination by Michael B. Olbrich, of
i Wisconsin. He paid high tribute to
: the Wisconsin Senator.
1 He spoke so long at the outset of
'his speech without mystloning his
candidate's name thak there were
j cries all over the hall of "Who Is he?"
! When he did name Da Follette, the
i Wisconsin men und some of their
j sympathizers raised quite a racket
(crying "We want Bob." Robert Pol
llack. of North Dakota, seconded this
n mlntition.
The delegates had now missed lunch
nnd d'nnnr. They began sending out
for sandw'ches for their evening meal,
and munched them while they listen?
ed to the speeches and waited for the
j vote.
The roll began at 8:25 P. M. (central
! time). Thero were the cheers from
; the Roosevelt men when the Call
| fornln delegates refused to vote. (,
i When Illinois rose up and laid,
j "Under the provisions of our primary
la / some of us feel that we have no
j option, but to cast our votes for
: Theodore Roosevelt," Mr. Roosevolt
had not been in nomination.
I Idaho gave seven votes to Cummins,
I who had not been put In nomination,
j The ten Cummins men In Iowa, also
I voted for Sonajor Cummins, though
I he had not been placed in nomination.
When Maryland was reached the
chairman explained that as they had
u State-wide primary, some of tho
delegates folt they were obliged to
vote for Mr. Roosevelt.
Lawrence Y. Sherman, of the Illi?
nois delegation during the afternoon
had been In the hospital attached to
the convention hall, all day after be?
ing seized with illness in the hull.
He was brought In long enough to
I yote for Roosevelt and then taken
i,back to the hospital.
When Massachusetts' turn came *
poll was demanded by the Roosovelt
'men refusing to vote.
"Call the alternates," said Chairman
Root Thero were cries of "No"
"Massachusetts is a law-abiding State
and refused to have its vote stolen," 1
said Frederick Fosdlck. a Massachu
setti delegate.
Mr. Root said: "If any delegate sent 1
to tills convention from the Stato of
Massachusetts refuses to perform the
duly of a delegate, his alternate will
be called and will have an oppor?
tunity to do it."
Alternate Causes Humpa?.
The Massachusetts rumpus was
caused by tho alternute of a delcgato
Betting up and saying, "If this man
refuses to do his duty. 1 will."
Chairman Root had not followed
this rule before, and It caused a howl.
The chief of police had to go down
to the Massachusetts men and pull
them down in their chairs. Delegate
Fosdlck wanted to know from Mr.
Root if he must cast the vote, adding
"If I say 'Present' isn't that .sum
clont 7*
Mr. Root: "The chair doesn't think
that is suftlclent."
After_a'fow minutes of disorder, the
delegates were Induced to be quiet.
When Mr. FoBdlck could be again
heard he said, "I appeal from the de?
cision of the chair."
Chairman Root: "You will receive a
decision on this appoal, but it cannot
bo passed on during tho roll call, but
at the close of tho roll call the. appeal
can be passed upon by the convention
before the roll call is announced."
Mr. Fosdlck: "I defy the convention
to make me vote for any man."
Mr. Flinn went down and whispered
to Mr. Fosdlck. "I appeal from the
decision of the chair," said Mr. Fos?
dlck immediately. "I defy the con?
vention to make roe vote for any
man."
There was great confusion duo to
the polling of the Massachusetts vote.
Every delegate and alternate who
refused to vote was cheered by many
in the convention hull.
Taft got twenty votes, a gain of two
votes, by calling the alternates In
the Massachusetts delegation. Min?
nesota refused to vot-j. So did the
Kcosevelt delugates on the Missouri
delegation.
".We do sp at Roosevelt's request,"
Ihey explained.
Nebraska joined the revolting dele?
gates of two of tho New Jersey dele?
gates, who cast votes for Ruoscvclt,
tho others refusing to vote.
Now Yorks' vote was Taft, 76;
Roosovelt. 8; not voting. 6. The Taft
men cheered.
When tho thirty-four Roosevelt men
refused to vote In Ohio, the Prosldent'a
own State, the galleries rocked with
the cheering. The vote of Oregon was
challenged.
"I refuse to vote, whero the cards
are stacked," said Charles W. Acker
son, of Portland. "Yo-i can't compel
me to vote." sold tho next man.
Pennsylvania gave two votes for
Charles E. Hughes, two for Roosevelt,
nine for Taft, and sixty-two not vot?
ing. There was a great cheer from
the Roosevelt people. The Taft votes
<iid not draw any cheers to speak of.
The South Dakota delegation, elect?
ed in the primaries as Roosevelt men,
split, five for La Follette and five for
P.'oosevelt.
The President was nominated when
Washington was reached. All of the
WeBt Virginia delegates refused to
veto. This was at 9:30 o'clock, and
there were no other refusals after
that The Taft men got up and cheer?
ed. The band began to play, and an
attempt was made to ktep the cheer?
ing going, but it fell cbsolutely flat.
The result was reached at 9:35 o'clock.
It was Taft, 661; no; voting, 344;
Roosovelt, 107; Hughes, 2; Cummins,
17; La Follette, 41; 6 absent.
Not Made Unanimous.
Tiho cheering lasted only a second.
"Wlllloim IL Taft, having received
a majority of the votes, is declared
renomirwUed -for President of the
United State*?," said Chairman Root.
Thore was no motion to make the
(President'? nomination u-nanlBiwus. Tttls
ia unprecedented.
I 'Mr Root proceeded at once to call
(for the nominations for Vice-PTesldont.
The (band strr-uck up "My Country, 'Tis
of Thee." Everybody in the hoill, oven
the Roosevelt men, -ot up and sang.
On the roll call for candidates for
V'toe-Prcsldent. Alabama yielded to
Xow York. E*-Representative J. Van
Vechten Olcott, In presenting the name
of vice-President Sherman for xe
nomlnatlcn, wpoka in eulogast<o towns
of Mr. Shormarv's services. Arka-neroo
seconded'tho nomination.
There were no otnec normna/t'.or.s.
New Hampshire moved to make Sher?
man's ?noml'na'?on V aoolaimatton. wt
tTiere were tforo* errles of '^.o. The
MvywiJ. Pecsplo bejfaji to pour out ?t
the hall, and dclcg-at-es mho (had eat for
nearly eleven hour* oould not stay any
longer. The (ballot for Vttcs-Prosldont
was as follows:
Vice-Prostdoat Jumna 6. Sherman, 697.
Governor Herbert S. Had ley, H.
Senator William CB. Borah. 24.
Charles G> Mowlam, 20.
?Senator Albert J. Berverldae. 2.
Present, but not voting, 302.
Absent. 71.
BMhu Boot Tree nomed. as chairman
of the contention, to notify President
Taft, and Thomas Dovine, of Colorad-o.
chairman of the committee, to notify
tho Vlce-iProsldent.
Tho now national ooanmlbtee 'will
moot at 10 o'clock Monday morning at
tho Coliseum.
There waa a great deal of disorder
In the last few minutes. The polio*
had to bHt aground lively.
The seloctlon of the commUteome?
from Oklahoma was left to the ntfw
national committee.
The convontlon adjourned sine die
at 10:30 P. M.
STOP SPEEDING IN
CAPITOL SQUARE
/Warrants to Be Issued for Law
Breakers?Will Protect
Children.
warrants will hereafter be sworn
out for the arrest of all persons driv?
ing automobiles in the Capitol Square
at a speed greater than that per?
mitted by law. Aroused by excessive
speed and recklcBs driving on the
part of some cnauffcurs and owners,
especially when the safety of the
hundreds of children who dally play
In the square Is considered. State
omclals have determined upon posl
tl.j action. The following notice has
been postod at the Grace Street en?
trance to the grounds:
"The law regulating the speed or
all vohlolcs Will be strlcty enforced In
the Capitol Grounds.
"JOHN W. RICHARDSON,
"Register and Superintendent.
"Approved:
"WIL.L.1AM HODGES MANN,
?'Governor."
Policemen on duty In the square
have orders from tho RcgtBior of the
Daud Office to Keep a watch on all
venlclefl, especially automobiles, en?
tering tho grounds, and get num?
bers and Issue warrants for every
case of driving In excess of the legal
speed limit.
Will Head Medical Papers.
Assistant Secretary E. H. Terroll
has issued notioca of a meeting of tho
Richmond Academy of Medicine and
.Surgery, to bo held Tuesday evening
at S:3u o'clock. The following papers
will be read and discussed: "Diag?
nosis of abdominal surgical conditions
In children," by Dr. J. McCaw Tomp
ktns; "Suturing of blood vessels, wjth
exhibition of specimen," by J>r. J.
Ubelton Horsley.
HE FEIGNS ILLNESS
liut Prisoner Quickly Itecorcn When
lie tieU WbJlX of Am on la.
When ho was arrested early last
night by Sergeant Kraft and Officers
Wniilock and Jacoblnl as a suspicious
character, suspected of having com?
mitted larcony, a young white mau
lelgncd a violent attack of heart
trouble. When he was placed In the
automobile patrol he became violent
and it was with difficulty that he was
restrained by Bicycle Officer Andrews.
At the Second Police Station he grew
more vicious and fought Andrews and
Mounted Oflicer Small wood' when thsy
undertook to lake him before the Desk
Sergeant.
With a shriek he suddenly oollaps
ed to the tloor of the cell room. Ho
uttered shriek after uhrlek. and hla
apparent hysteria caused Dr. H. T.
Hawkins, ambulance surgeon of tho
City Hospital, to be summoned. The
patient was carefully examined by
the physician, but nothing could be
found wrong with his physical condi?
tion. Tho doctor pronounced him an
unusually healthy and vigorous young?
ster. However, he continued his cries
of pain, and not until he had been
given a whiff of strong ammonia did
he desist. Then he refused to give
his name. He was locked up, and
some time later he said that he ?vu.s
Eddie Guthrow, eighteen years old.
Alleged Deserters From Navy.
Thomas U. Miller and George B.
Wallace wore arrosrted yesterday by
Officer Wills and locked up at the
Second Police Station as deserters
from the United States Navy. They
will be taken to tue Norfolk navy
yard.
Huckster'* Cart nobbed.
James Wallace, a negro huckster, of
Roxbury, yesterday reported that h's
cart, while standing In Eighteenth
Street, near Franklin, was robbed of
twelve dozen oggs, twenty quarts of
huckleberries and ? a letter containing
several negotiable cheeks.
rflrestonei
Non-Skid Tires
Supreme by test of
hardest service, are
the one positive security
against skidding on any
kind of road, at all seasons
of the year.
Sold By All Dealers
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Quality
STABBED IN NECK
WHILE HE SLEEPS
Edgar Trice,' Colored, Is. Cap*
tured and Accused of Viciously
Brutal Crime.
White asleep last .night at his homi\
304 Soubh Sooond Stroit, Donnlo Blddle,
colored, twenty-one years old, was
dangerously ?tabtoed In tbo nock by
Edgoj- Trlco, colored, twenty-four year*j
old. TrlOe escaped lollowmg tho cut?
ting, but wau ?u-pturod about an hour/
afturwards by .Sergeant Kraft and OfU-J
j cto-s Voltz and Jennings, who wcic do-'
talled on the o&so. Though they had.
meagre clues on which to work, they
traced Trice and captured him on UlSM
Marshall fstreot viaduct whll,- he was
making his way to bis home, SOh'j
North Thirty-first Street.
The cutting wa.s said to bo the result'
of a quarrel between the two men yes?
terday morning. Tr'co is accused of
having cajrofuliy plauned to kill Biddle.
while the latter was asleep, lie la al-,
leged to have quietly sllvped Into the.
room occupied 'by his victim, viciously
stoibbed h'Jii. and made off.
Nothing was known oi the cutting
until Bldd'.e, leaving a tmck of blood,
for nearly two blocks, ran Into tho
arms of Policeman Jennings, who, with
Officer Voltz, was in Second Street n'a
Canal. Tho negro wan dazed and un?
able lo give an account of what had
liMppeficd. Dr. H. T. Hawkins, ambu- >
lance surgeon of the City Hospital,
iresponded to an emergency call and
hurried the man to the hospital. Ills
condition Is regarded aw critical.
The officers ofbta'.ned a descrlplloi?
o-f Trice, and at once b'-pan * hunt
for htm. Believing that he would
to his home. Sergeant Kraft and tho
two officers summoned an automobile,
and were rushing to h!a home In iho
Kas-t Rnd. They overtook him on tho
viaduct. He win arrrst.wl and taken
to tho Second Police Station
Death of Jnmm SI. Woody.
James M Wood v. sIxty-Mx years old.
died at 7 o'clock last nlntti at his
residence. 702 North Twenty-fifth
Street. The funeral will take place
at i:30 o'clock to-morrow nfternoon.
with burial in Oakwood.
?. _. _-?--a
Grass Widowers' Train
Staunton to RichmomI
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Commencing Mcnday. July 1. and con?
tinuing eich Monday fheroaifter during
the season, Grass Widowers' train will
leave Stauntcm 0:tfi A. M . arriving
Richmond 9:55 A. it, stopping at In?
termediate stations to take on pas?
se ngera
Grass Widowers' tickets sold at re?
duced ra>tv on Saturdn-yn, good until tho
Momdiy following.
Spend the summer on the C. A O
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