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jj FOX. XXXII MOUK1 AIRY, JVORTI1 CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JUXE 27, 1012 TAFT NOMINATED ON FIRST BALLOT. Bacfceveft Delegates Did Walk Out But Refused Take Part in the Vdte. Not t o Chicago, June, 22. With near ly of the Roosevelt delegates declining to vote and hastening away at adjournment tunc to tender to Col. Theodore lioose velt the nomination of a new party the fifteenth Republican national convention, at the end of a long and tumultous session to night re-ncminated William How ard Tnft, of Ohio, for President, and James Schoolcraft Sherman, l New York, for vice-president. President Taft received ."ol of the 1.07S votes in the conven tion, or 21 more than a ma jority. The decision of the Roosevelt people, under direction of their leader, to refrain from voting, left no other candidate near the President. The announcement of the Taft victory was greeted with cheering from his adherents and groans and hisses from th ' opposition. When it became absolutely pertain early today that Mr. Taft would be nominated with out great difficulty, the leaders in control of the convention de luded to give him as a running mate his companion on the ticket in VMM. All others dropped from the race and Mr. Sherman was the only candidate regularly placed before the convention. A mo tion from New Hampshire to make the nomination by acclama tion was declared out- of order. There were many scattered votes on the roll call that ensued. The convention amid much con fusion adjourned sine die. VHA.ua uu'Mrtur JirWe ehainiuuTT The le0 delegates., They expressed their revolt by silence. In the confusion just before ad journment a resolution was adyp ted giving the national com mittee power to declare vacant the seat of any man on the com mittee refusing to support the nominees of the popular conven tion of 1912. Sherman's vote was "!)7. Party Face Crisis. With the party admittedly fac ing the greatest crisis in its his tory William Howard Taft, of Ohio, at 9.2o o'clock tonight was renominated for President of the United States by the Republican national convention. The re-volt of many of Roose velt delegates in the convention was open from the moment the permanent roll containing the names of contested delegates was approved. " Valedieatory," state ment was read in behaif of Col onel Roosevelt asking that his name be not presented and that his delegates sit in mute protest against all further proceedings. A great majority of the Roose velt delegates in the Illinois and all in the Missouri and Idaho delegations declined to follow this advice, but Coloned Roose velt's sway over the delegation from California, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jer sey, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and West Virginia was all but absolute. Most, of the delegates from these states announced their pur pose, of helping to give Mr. Koosevelt an independent nomina tion at another hall later in the evening. The split in the con vention occasioned no surprise. It was but a fulfillment of pre dictions that had been made during the past several days. The closing scenes of the con vention were marked by counter demonstrations for President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt. The first test vote after the announcement of the Roosevelt valedictory came on the adop tion of the party platform. The affirmative vote was (ICO. Roo.sc Velt delegates present and not voting numbered ::. There were f.'l noes. lit! of them from the l.aFolhtte states of Wiscon sin Mid N( nh Dakota. Senator KoVrt M. Lai ollette, ! of Wisconsin. v;us placed before i the convention, hut Colonel ! Roosevelt s widies were earrUI .11,,. . , j out by his followers and they j nuc l ill l iiai ' remained silent during the call of the states for nominations. Many of th;k delegates, how ever, carried out their primary instructions and voted for the colonel. On the voting for President the Roosevelt delegates again as a rule remained silent. The de tailed vote was: Taft, .VJl ; Roosevelt, 107: LaFoIlette, 41; Cummins, 17; Hughes, 2; not vot ing, :M4; absent. 6. At times during the balloting the convention was in great con fusion. How States Voted. Here Ls the way the stat-s voted: Alabama, taft 22, not voting 2. Arizona Taft f. Arkansas Taft 17, not voting 1. California Taft 2, not voting 24. Colorado Taft 12. Connecticut Taft 14. Delaware Taft fi. Florida Taft 12. Ceorgia aft 12. Illinois Taft 2. Roosevelt M ; absent 1, not voting 2. Indiana Taft 20, Roosevelt :!, not voting 7. Idaho Taft 1. Cummins 7. Iowa, Taft lb, Cummins 10. Kansas Taft2, not voting IS. Kent nek v Taft 24, Roosevelt Louisiana Taft 20. Maine Not voting 12. The Massachusetts men stood their ground and answered "Present," but not voting. Massachusetts was challenged. When the delegates refused to vote Root ruled that the alter nates' names should be called. ThU awakened the wildest dis order in the hall. The Roosevelt men among the Massachusetts delegates atood,. on their chairs lb--!? ?)t -HTwl .V er of tl le uoosevelt men snout ed :" Massachusetts is a law abid ing State ami will stand for no such stealing." (Juiet was finally restored. Massachusetts Taft 20, not voting Hi. Maryland Taft 1, Roosevelt !, absent 1, not voting ". Michigan Taft 20, Roosevelt 9, not voting 1. Minnesota Not voting 24. Mississippi Taft 17, not vot ing j. Missouri Taft 16, not voting 20. Montana Taft 8. Nebraska Roosevelt 2, not vot ing 14. Nevada- Taft 6. Now Hampshire Taft 8. New Jersey Roosevelt 2, not voting 26. New Mexico Taft 7, Roose velt 1. New York Taft 76, Roosevelt 8, not voting 6. North Carolina Tnft 1, Roose velt 1, not voting 22. North Dakota LaFoIlette 10. Ohio Taft 14. not votimr IU. Oklahoma Taft 4, Roosevelt 1, not. voting J. j. Oregon ing 2. Roosevelt 8, not vot- Pennsylvania Taft 9, Roose velt 2, Hughes 2, not voting 62, absent 1. Rhode Island Taft 10. South Carolina Taft 16, absent 1, not voting 1. .- I South Dakota Roosevelt 5, La Follette o. Tennessee Taft 2:5, Roosevelt 1. Texas Taft 81, absent 1, not voting 8. Utah Taft 8. Vermont Taft 6. Virginia Taft 22, not voting 1, absent 1. "Washington Taft 14. 16St 'r?'n'a N'ot'nf? voting Wisconsin La Follette 26. Wyoming Taft 6. Alaska Taft 2. District of Columbia Taft 2. Hawaii Taft 6. Porto RieoTaft 2. Uitea or 8linK8 of jjoUotious Insects . ; - bwvii BMiiuiu; Pa;. IA,Un S I'ROPHY-! i.ALnc M.LID. It counteracts the X0l8On. rtwtitroe ttunl!!i .nlL.K. eases pain. It Is equally aa valuable i wllf"n "lU'Hed to fle.-h wounds, burns. Jral,5s - ruta or bruises. It rausos the i. w 111111 . r ana ,pave9 no d i "S""" oi.ni. t ru e ,u CIS. tie. SoU Ly All Dealers. f;,,,i n.i... r. per DANCE STARTS BY SHOOT ING OF THE PISTOL Hew They Do in "Old Vigtrmj" at a Party. The Grayson county Virginia Gazette contains the following story : "Mud'' Stissler, a middle aged man, was struck on the head with what was supposed to havf been a black-jack w hile attend - mg a d-ince at the home ot ill Hodges, near Park postoffice, in he west end of this county, Saturday night, June 1st. and fatally injured, dying from the ef fuels ;.f the blow on Monday morning of this week about " a. in. We interviewed Hedges, who was brought to jail at this place Tuesday afternoon, and from his statements the facts are about as follows; A party of twelve or more h id gathered at the home of Hodges to have a dance. Light or ten gallcns of liquor had been gotten for the occasion and after several had imbibed free - ly or ine mountain iew an was in readiness for the dance to begin. It seems that Sessler opened the ball by firing two or three shots from his pistol at the feet of the participants. Jlodjges says he ordered him to leave the house but he refused to go, saying it would "take a d d good man to put hi,ni out." About this time he was struck on the luuck of the head by one of the dancers and knocked to the floor. He was picked Up and carried to a point alumt one hundred yards from the house, Hodges says, and left. This was during the early part of the evening and he lay at the place until he was moved Sunday af 1 . t . 1 I . .! ternoon when he recovered con h-Mne and lived until Monday af- ttrnoon of this week. Other par ties say that Sessler Avas carried to n bridge, some distance from the house, and after being eon cealed was left for dead. Hodges and others were arres ted and after a hearing before F.sj. Win. Paldwin, Hodges and his wit" ewas sent to jail at this place, the former to wait the action of the grand jury at the iext term of Court on the charge o" muni- r. 1 Lis wile was con victed of disorderly conduct and give a jail sentence of thirty days and fined $25. Tom ltlevins, one of the par- ticiimnts and the man who is believed to have struck the fa tal blow, has escajx'd but the of ficers think liis capture will soon be effected. Hodges is said to have struck Sessler with a knife after he had been knock ed to the floor. After Sessler's death Drs. J. S. Hopkins and Tom Jones held a post-mortem examination and found his skull fracture!, this fracture causing his death. Hodge's wife, after being brought to jail at this place, em ployed Attorney J. M. Parsons, who took an appeal from the magistrate's decision, and idle was relea-sed on bail. Sessler was a married man and had a large family of chil dren. Three Stingy Men. It Is said that three of the stingiest men in the state were in town yesterday. One of them will not drink as much water as he. wants unless it be from an other man's well. The second for bids any of his family from writ ing anything but a "small hand, as it is a waste of ink to make large letters. The third stops his clock at night in order to save wear and tear on the ma chinery. All of them decline to take their county paper on the ground that is a terrible strain on their spectacles to read news papers, even in the- day time. Mocksville Herald. Maket The Nation Gatp. me awiiii ust or injuries on a Fourth of July ethers humn.iit v.Set ! lover against it, however. Is the won- A, r.. i ..... Salve, of thouBan.lt. who .suffered from burns, cuts, bruises, buret wounds or explosions. Its the quick Healer of boils, ulcers, eczema, sore bot-jlips or piles. 25 cts at E. II. Henimis Drug Co. BY Colonel's Delegates, Represent irg Nearly All States, Hold Inde pendent Convtntion and Make Him Standard Bearer. Clijcago, June 22. Former President Theodore Rocsevelt wa nominated for President on an in dependent ticket tonight in the i dying hours of the Republican, national convention in which he had met defeat. Tlu followers of Col. RooseveP. gathered in Orchestra Hall. le, than a mile from the Coliseum and pledged their support to tl -fornu-r President. In accepting the nomination Col. Roosevelt appealed to the pie of all sections, regardless party affiliations to stand wiC the founders of the new party one of whose cardinal princrpl he said, was to be "Thou Shalt Not Steal." The informal nomination of Col. Roosevelt was said to be ! eh it-fly for the purivose of effect ing a temporary organization. He ginning tomorrow, when a call is to be issued for a state conven tion in Illinois the work of organi zatioti will be pushed forward' rapidly state by state. At a lat ter time- probably early in Au gust, it is intended that a nat ional convention shall be held. Col. Roosevelt, in accepting the nomination, tonight said he did so understanding that he would willingly step aside if it should be the desir cof the new party, when organized, to svlect another standerd bearer. Twmty-Two States Represented Representatives of 22 states composed tjhe notification 'com mittee which informed Col. Roost sense stood as sponsors for the movement. When the doors were opened the surging crowd held in check by the police were ushered first to the balconv an 1 galeries. Th see- were quickly filled and the police had dUTieultv in handling the throng. The crowd extended for blocks in a I in efour deep. When the hall had Wen pack ed the entire audience rose and joined in singing "America," af ter which the Roosevelt delegates greeted (iov. Johnson at he open ed the formal part of the meeting The govrcnor's speech was in terrupted with a wild burst cf cheering. "We came here with the man date of the people of California. You came here with the like de sign to carry out not the will of a rotten boss in Pennsylvania or a crooked one in New York or any United States senator in Massachusetts but to carry out the mandate of the people to nominate Theodore Roosevelt. "Hy a fraud h cha-s been rob bed of that which was his. We, the delegates, free and untramel led, have come heree to nominate him." These words brought the great audience to its feet with a shout and for some time there was an uproar of applause. "The time has passed when men can foist by ehianery or un fair means a candidate upon the people whom they don't want," declared (Jov. Johnson. "So we have come here tonight to right a wrong and just, as certain as wes are here tonight the people will rule." (Jov. Johnson describe! the campaign of Col. Roosevelt again the bosses and declared that the delegates assembled proposed to see that Mr. oRosevelt got his reward. Senator Claa,p. of Minn., then read the resolution nominating Col. Roosevelt IT was adopted with a cheer The resolutions follows : The Delg-ates Resclvo We, delegates and alternates to the Republican national con- vendon. representing a clear ma - bonty ot the voters of the Kepnb-; lican partv of the nation, and' J reprint ing a clear majority of the delegates and alternates leg-j ally elected to the convention, j j in meeting assembled, make the j I following declaration: I We are delegated by a majri- ty of the Republican voters of ou ROOSEVELT NOMINATED PROGRESSIVES. respective districts and states to nominate Theodore Roosevelt in the Republican national eonven- tion a the candidate of our party lor l reswient uiwl tlierHiy carry out the will of the voters as ex pressed at the primaries. We have earnestly and conscientious ly striven to execute tint com mission entrusted to us by the party voters. For five days we have been denied justice in the national convention. This result ha been accomplished by the action of the now- defunct national com mittee in placing upon the pre liminary roll of the convention, and thereby seating ujxm th" floor of the convention, a suffi cient, number of fraudulently se lected delegates to contnl the proceedings of tlli' convention. These fraudulent deleglt'-S once seated ,havc bv concerted action within one another, pu themsel - ves upon th epernianeiit. roll, where they constitute an infill - ence sufficient to control the convention and d -feat the will of the part as expressed at the primaries. We have exausted every known means to head off this conspiracy and to prevent Hi is i e i .i. . . i .. -ii i upon me popular win, oui wirnoui .success. We were s nt to this conven tion bearing the most sjM'cific in structions to plave TheodoreRoose velt in nomination as the candi date of our party for President and we theretore deem it to be our duty to carry out these in structions in the only practically and feasible way remaining open to us. Therefore, be it resolved, that we, representing the majority of the voters of the Republican "par ty ,and (fi the delegates and al ternates legally elected, to the in compliance with our instruc tions from the party voters, here by nominate Theodore Roosevelt as the candidate of our party for the ottice of President of the lrn- it. si States, and we call upon. hLnij'1' we It,'r'it a small gorup ofun- ' to accept such nomination in com pliance with the will of the partv voters. Cclcnd Rcpsevelt Accepts Col. lutosevelt accepted nomination tendered him the a ud sai I : ( 'entlemen : I thank you for your nomina tion and in you I recognize the lawfully elected delegates to the Republican convention who rejv resent the overwhelming majori ty of the voters who took jvart in the Republican primaries prior to the convention and who repre sent the wishes of the majority oX the lawfully elected members of the convention. I atvont the nomination subject to but one condition. This has now become a con test which cannot U settled mer ely along the ok! party lines. The principles that are at stake are as broad ami as deep as the foundations of our democracy it self. They are in no sense sec tional. They should appeal to all honest citizens, east ami west north and south; they should ap peal to all right thinking people whether Republicans or Demo crats without regard to their prev ions party affiliations. 1 feel that the time has come when not only all men who believe in progressive principles but hII men who believe in those elementary maxims of public and private morality whidi must underlie ev ery form of successful governmen should join in one movement. Therefore I ask you to go to your several homes to find out the sentiment of the people at home and then again to come together, I suggest by mass con vention to nominate for the pres idency a progressive candidate on a progressive platform, a candi-' date and a platform that will en able us to apjcal to northerner land southerner, ' easterner and u-ft.T)i..r i;..i.i,i.i .. i - rat alike, in the name of our ,mmiln1 American citicudu,, Wl11 Make the Fight, If you wish me to make the fight 1 w ill make it even if onlv one state should support inc. The onlv condition 1 mm,. U tbnt you shall feel entirely free vlnn you come together to substitute ' any other man in my place if you deem it better for the movement i and in such case I will give my heartiest support. Wherever in any state the Re publican party is true to the principles f its founders ami is genuinely the party of justice ami of progress, I expect to see it come bodily into the new move ment, for the convention that has just sat in thw city is in no proper sense of the word a Re publican convention at all. It does not re J i resent the masses of the Republican, party. It Wits organized in cynical de fiance of their wishes and it has served the purpose only of a group of sinister political bosses who have not one shadow of sympathy with the spirit and purpose ot the kr'pu'iheaii partv of the R, i of oO years ago and many of wlnmi j have used the party merely as j an adjunct to inriicy making, efth j er for themselves or for the great crooked financial interests which they serve. Put we an- more fortunate in one rcsptft than our predecessors for avc who now stand for the progressive cause, the progressive movement, have done, forever with all sectionalism and we makt our ap-peal equally to the sons of the men who fought under Crant and to the sons of the men who fought under Lee for the i-ause wc champion is as emphatically the cause of the synth as it is the cause of the north. "Thou Shalt Not Steal." I am in this fight for certain principles and the first and moat important goes back to Sinai and is embodied in the commandment "Thou slmnot steal." Thou shalt not a nomination.thou .a Dusiness. thou snalt not steal from the people the birthright of the. people to rule themselves. There is no use in holding pri maries, no use in holding elections scrupulous politicians, seme of whom ate certainly acting in the interests of big crooked business to exercise the veto jxuver over these primaries and elections by upsetting the results at their own pleasure. The convention which today closes its discreditable career here in Chicago represents anegligible minimum of the rank and file of the Republican party. Put what it hits done ami what it has pro vided for the future offer mater ial for very serious consideration. Vicious Circle Must Be Broken. The vicious circle must be brok en. The powerful crooked bosses have ami ought to have no feel- i wntempt for the honent men who submit to their violent and unscrupulous dishonesty. If we jH-rnut lraud of this kuid to trinui'ph we do a, shameful thing ami show either that we are faint at heart or dull of conscience. 1 hold that we are performing a duty in inaugurating this move ment, for the permanent succcks of practices such as have obtain ed in the fraudulent contest that has just closed its sittings would mean the downfall of this repub lic, ami we are performing the most patriotic of duties when we set our faces like flint against such wrong. When Col. Roosevelt concluded there was a wild rush for the plat form and a score of men .scramb led for the leaves of the colon el's manuscript where he had dropped them. The cheers almost drowned out the blare of the band which valorously continued to play, "There'll be a hot time in the oid town tonight." Man Coughs) an? Breaks Rlba. AAfter a frlKl-iful coughing spell a nina In Neenah, Wis., felt terrible U'aln In bis side ami his doctor found two ribs had been broken. j What aRony Dr. King's New DU (coery would have saved him. A j few teaspoonsful ends a late rough, j while persistent use roust obstinate I coughs, expels stubborn colds or h&l j weak, sore luns. "I feel sure Its a God-send to humanity," writes Mrs. Kffie Moront. Columbia, Mo., "for I I believe I would have constipation j to-day. If I had not used this frreat remedy." Its guaranteed to satisfy, and you can et & fre trial bot!t or f.0-ent or II. io sixe at E. II. Hen ma Drug Co.
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