THE- CAUCASIAN.
RALEIGH, C.t THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1012.
No. 24
jAFT AND SHERMAN RENOMINATED
IN COLISEUM AT CHICAGO
Vith 344 Delegates not Voting, the President Receives
a Majority Over Roosevelt, LaFollette and
Cummins of 21 Votes.
Nominations Made Saturday Night after all Contests had been
Settled by Convention Col. Roosevelt's Followers did
not Walk out of Convention, But Most of Them
sat Silent While the Vote for President
and Vice-President Was Being Taken.
Ibidem Taft and Vice President
'iian ere renominated in the
urn at Chicago Saturday night
Jr the contests had all been set-
the convention, ine creaen-
ittee decided the contests
of those who naa Deen
V.s coram
xn favor
on
the temporary roll by the
committee.
This angered
his forces re-
Htatement by President Taft.
Washington, D. C, June 22.
President Taft to-night made the
following statement:
"The National Convention of one
of the great parties is ordinarily Im
portant only as a preliminary to a
national campaign for the election of
a President. The Chicago Conven
tion just ended is much more than
this and is in itself the end of a pre
convention campaign presenting a
crisis more threatening and issues
more important than those of the
election campaign which is to follow
between the two great national par
ties. The question here at stake was
whether the Republican party was to
change Its attitude as the chief con
servator In the nation of constitu
tional guarantees of life, liberty and
property and all other rights de
clared sacred in the Bill of Rights by
abandoning the principle of the abso
lute independence of the judiciary,
essential to the maintenance of those
vention at tne enu ui a lung auu m- j nguis. ine campaign carried on to
Eultuous session tonight renomina-( seize the Republican party and make
ted William Howard Taft of Ohio for it the instrument of reckless ambi
Shrman of New York, for Vice Pres- tion and the unsetting of the funda
mental principles of our government
was so sudden and unexpected that
time was not given closely to show to
the people and the party the dangers
which confronted them. It was
sought to break the wise and valu
able tradition against giving more
than two terms to any one man in
the presidency and the danger from
its breach could not be measured.
The importance of the great victory
which has been achieved can not be
over-estimated. Ail over this coun-
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ra'ionai
r innsevelt and
qufcgTfcl that his name should not
be "placed before the convention. He
as not placed in nomination but
some of his delegates voted for him
hec. their turn came. Following
is the ftory of the convention in the
Coliseum that was sent out from
Chicago Saturday night just after
the nominations were made.
Convention Hall, Chicago, June
22 With nearly 350 of the Roose
velt delegates declining to vote and
hastening away at adjournment time
to tender to Col. Theodore Roosevelt
the nomination of a new party the
fifteenth Republican national con-
ax.
President, and James bcnooicran
ident.
President Taft received 561 of the
LOTS votes in the convention, or
21 more than a majority.
The decision of the Roosevelt peo
ple, under direction of their leader,
to refrain from voting, left no other
candidate. The announcement of the
Ti.'t victory was greeted with cheer
fcs from his adherents and groans
and hisses from the opposition.
When it became absolutely certain
rious menace to our Republican ia
itltations has been averted.
"It ii not necessary to-night to
speak of the result In November and
of the issues which may arise be
tween the Republican and' Democra
tic parties during the Presidential
campaign.
"It will be time enough to do that
after the action of the convention at
Baltimore. It Is enough now to say
that whatever may happen in No
vember, great victory for the Repub
lican party and the United States has
already won. The party remains as
a great powerful organization for
carrying out its patriotic principles
as an agency of real progress In the
development of the nation along the
constitutional lines upon which it
was constructed and has ever been
maintained; and its future opportun
ity for usefulness is as great as its
achievements In the past."
Mr. Taft Favors Hilles to Manage His
Campaign.
Washington, D. C, June 22.
President Taft to-night declared he
was much in favor of having his
secretary. Chas. D. Hilles, for chair
man of the National Republican Com
mittee. He expressed a high appre
ciation of Mr. Hilles' work in the
pre-convention campaign. When ask
ed if he would take the stump this
fall, the President replied he consid
ered it likely that he would. He was
plainly elated at his victory when the
complete results became known.
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Colonel Iloosevelt Severs All Con
nections. After making preliminary arrange
ment for the organization of a new
party, Colonel Roosevelt to-day defi
nitely severed his relations with the
Republican National Convention. In
a statement setting forth his posi
tion In this regard he said that since
the convention had declined to re
move the delegates who he contends
are fraudulent, he could not recog
nize its authority. He urged his
delegates to refrain from voting in
the convention, although stating that
in case they did vote he could not
free them from the obligation to cast
their ballots for him.
MARYLAND LEADERS APPEAL TO
ALL TO JOIN ROOSEVELT
meat and symbol of the law and ov.
ereifnity of Maryland fcarinc. as to
sevea of thera voted oa vital ques
tions ag&l&st Theodore Roosevelt,
now against his wishes voted for bin
la a belated and futile effort to ap
pear to support a primary statute
whose letter and spirit they had
theretofore wilfully and Impudently
violated.
Ilooveveit Is Nomina eL
"That night immediately following
the adjournment of the Taft conven
tion legally elected Roosevelt Repub
lican delegates, both contested and
uncontested from the various States,
without the stolen delegates, gather
ed together and nominated Theodore
Roosevelt to the Presidency.
"We desire to say that our position
nr. s not changed since the people de
clared on May 6 that Maryland Re
publicanism was for Roosevelt. We
do not recognize as binding upon us
as Republicans and citizens the action
of an arbitrary, dishonest, illegal and
revolutionary Republican national
convention which by the aid of four
teen delegates from Alaska, Hawaii,
the Philippines, Porto Rico and the
District of Columbia; of 219 dele
gates ffrom Southern States that do
not go Republican and seventy-five
stolen votes, has forced the nomina
tion of an already beaten candidate
discredited by every primary into
which he has entered.
"We therefore declare it to be our
purpose to do all in our power to
carry out the will of the Republican
party of Maryland as declared In the
May primary by supporting Theodore
Roosevelt, the only legal nominee of
the Republican party, for President
of the United States. We ask ap
proval and support of our actions at
Chicago from all Republicans and
citizens. We invite the assistance
and co-operation of the nominated
Roosevelt Presidential electors of
each and every Republican, of oil
progressive Democrats, and of every
decent and law-abiding citizen, what
ever his political belief, in carrying
the State of Maryland for Theodore
Roosevelt next November in order
that the expressed will of the people
shall be respected and the integrity
of our popular institution preserved."
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COL ROOSEVELT IS J
3Y ME PROGRESSIVE FAC1HMJ
Was Nominated for President in Orchestra Hall
Saturday Night by the Roosevelt Delegates
After Leaving the Coliseum.
CoL Roosevelt was Notified of his Nomination and
Escorted to Hall Where he was Greeted With
Much Enthusiasm He Accepts Nomination
on Condition That Another Convention
be Called Later to Nominate a Pro
gressive Candidate on a Pro
gressive Platform.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.
early today that Mr. Taft would be try patriotic people to-night are
nominated without great difficulty, breathing more freely that a most se-
l&e leaders in control of the conven
tion decided to give him as a run
ning mate his companion on the tick
et in 1908.
AH others dropped from the race
Mr. Sherman was the only can
didate regularly placed before the
Jnvention. A motion from New
fnipshire to make the nomination
b' acclamation was declared out of
rier. There were many scattering
vtes on the roll call that ensued.
The convention amid much confu
Ela adjourned sine die.
At no time was there an indication
1 a walk-out of the Roosevelt dele
sates. They expressed their revolt by
Bilence.
!n the confusion just before ad
journment, a resolution was adopted
g the National Committee pow-
to declare vacant the seat of any
B 11 011 the committee refusing to
PPort the nominees of the regular
invention of 1912.
Sherman's vote was 597.
JAMES S. SHERMAN.
Plan Aggressive Fight to Carry State
For the Colonel.
Baltimore, June 2 5. Col. E. C.
Carrington, Jr., of Montgomery Coun
ty, chairman of the Maryland Roose
velt committee, and Galen L. Tait,
chairman of the Sixth Congressional
District Roosevelt committee, have
made the following statement:
"On behalf of the Roosevelt dele
gates to the Republican National
Convention we deem it proper to ren
der an accounting of our stewardship
to the Republicans of the State of
Maryland that they may judge which
of their delegates have been good
and faithful servants, and which have
been false.
"By a primary vote of several
thousand majority the Republicans
of Maryland declared that their six
teen delegates should follow the man
datory provisions of a statute delib
erately passed by the Legislature and
solemnly signed by the governor, di
recting the entire sixteen to vote as
a unit in support of the candidacy
of Theodore Roosevelt for Republi
can nominee for President.
"Eight of our number considered
that the mandate of a sovereign State
was not subject to quibble, evasion,
or technical subterfuge. We there
fore loyally supported Theodore
Roosevelt upon the several questions
vital to his candidacy which arose
prior to the organization of the con
vention. The most important was.
Shall the contested delegates sit and
vote upon their own cases? Shall
one accused sit in "judgment in his
own suit? On this great moral ques
tion seven of the opposing eight, in
cluding the governor of Maryland,
but not including the honorable ex
ception of Robert Garrett, voted with
those who held in effect that a jury
should be packed with men all under
separate indictment, and that they
should thus be eligible to sit upon
and decide one another's cases.
Through this vital vote in which the
seventy-five stolen delegates joined,
the convention was organized and
the stolen delegates controlled the
nomination for President by the slen
der majority of twenty-one.
"When this great National larceny,
aided by Maryland votes, was accom
plished, Theodore Roosevelt declined
to have his name presented to a taint
ed convention and requested his dele
gates to refrain from voting. There
fore six of his delegates, namely E.
C. Carrington, Jr., Galen T. Tait, A.
A. Moreland, Lewis E. Melis, J. P
Evan, colored, and Theodore W
Weis, represented by William G. Al-
brecht as alternate, respected Theo
dore Roosevelt's request and upon
the call of the convention for the
nomination of President answered
Presented and not voting:' one dele
gate voted for Taft; while nine, in
cluding the governor, the embodi
The Lie That Was Told About the
Steerage Passengers of the. Titanic.
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In an editorial in the JulyAmeri
can Magazine on the Titanic disaster,
F. P. Dunne says, In part:
"Of all the criminal things pub
lished after the sinking of the Titan
ic, by far the worst was the story of
the riot of the steerage passengers.
We can't get this abomination out of
our mind. As the truth ha3 come
out, we can see these poor things
huddled together hoping against all
possibility that they may be saved;
then we can see them trooping up
in silent procession through the mys
terious passages of the great ship
young Irish boys and girls whisper
ing their 'pater-an-aves' as they j
walk, women hooded by their shawls
like the mother of the Saviour
some carrying children In their arms,
others helping along the old and in
firm; meek Russian peasants bent
with toil; poor, tired and hopeless
creatures all. They find their way
to the upper decks not without a cer
tain feeling of apology for venturing
on this hitherto prohibited territory,
but there is no need of this now. And
no need is there for the brave officers
to dispatch them with bullets. 'No
bullet wounds were found on the
bodies,' reports the captain of the ca
ble ship. The officers are either in
the small boats paddling to safety
or they are with the others patiently
awaiting the inevitable.
"And these poor people are the
very same who in tne papers ana
the gossip of the New York clubs
were reported to be raging, blood
thirsty madmen! What writer who
penned such a monstrous falsehood
must not hang his head ni shame
forever? How incredible the coarse
surmise that a man will not meet
death with dignity because his hands
are stained with work? Is there in
the minds of many of us the disas
trous belief that different standards
of personal honor in the supreme
tests of life exist with the rich and
with the poor?"
Chicago, III., June 22. Former
President Theodore Roovlt u
nominated for Preiident on an Inde
pendent ticket to-night in the dying
hours of the Republican National
Convention in which he had met de
feat. The followers of Colonel Roosevelt
gathered In Orchestra Hall, less than
a mile from the Coliseum and pledg
ed their support to the former Presi
dent. In accepting the nomination, Col
onel Roosevelt appealed to the peo
ple of all sections, regardless of par
ty affiliations to stand with the foun
ders of the new party, one of whose
cardinal principles, he said, was to
be, "Thou shalt not steal."
The informal nomination of Col
onel Roosevelt was said to be chief
ly for the purpose of organizing a
temporary organization.
Beginning to-morrow when a call
is to be issued for a State Conven
tion in Illinois the work of organiza
tion will be pushed forward rapidly.
State by State. At a later time, prob
ably early in August, it is intended
that a National Convention shall be
held. Colonel Roosevelt accepted the
nomination and said to-night he had
an understanding that be would will
ingly step aside if It should be the
desire of the party when organized.
to select another stand-bearer.
The speech nominating Colonel
Roosevelt was made by William A.
Prendergast, of New York, who was
to have presented the Colonel's name
to the Convention. Dean William
of Louisiana; Lornso flow, of Wasa
infton; Walter Clyd Jen, of tlU
no!; Frank Frant. of Oklahoma,
Among others present mho claim
to have felt the cruih of ths "sttam
roller" were Robert C. Ntrto. of
Clvland. Ohio, who pall4 th
portrait of Roosevelt which wos sus
pended In the rear of the state;
Frank Knox, of Michigan, secretary
of the State Comtaitte; Harry A.
March and D. C. Henderson, of Ohio;
William Fllnn. of Pittsburg recently
resigned from the Republican Na
tlonal Committee; Francis J. Hesey.
of California; Governor Stubbi. of
Kansas; Governor Glatsock. of West
Virginia; Alexander P. Moore, of
Pennsylvania; James R. Garfield, of
Ohio; and Senator Dixon, of Mon
tana, Mr. Roosevelt's manager In tbs
pre-convention campaign.
When the doors were opened ths
surging crowd held In check by the
police were ushered first to the bal
cony and galleries. These were quick
ly filled and the police had difficulty
In handling the throng. The crowd
extended for blocks In a line four
deep.
Governor Hiram Johnson, of Cali
fornia, who presided at the conven
tion, arrived early with Glfford Pin
chot. former Chief Forester; Amos
Pinchot and Governor Robert F. Bass
of New Hampshire. Governor John
son, the most belligerent of all the
antl-Taft leaders, was the first to
leave the Republican Convention today.
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GOBBLER STOLE TURKEY HEN'S
NEST.
Roxboro Courier.
Squire Coleman, of Hurdle Mills,
tells us the following turkey story
and vouches for the truth of same:
Mr. Tug. Obriant has a trukey hen
which laid 50 eggs, and .while laying
an old Tom stole a part of the eggs
and proceeded to set on them in due
and regular form, hatching them all.
But the old hen, nothing daunted,
picked out another nest and Is now
setting.
THE EIGHT HOUR RULE FOR THE
FAR3IERS.
Monroe Enquirer.
The folks who are growing crops
are working eight hour rule now
eight hours before dinner and eight
hours after dinner.
Draper, of the University of Penn
sylvania Law School, who was to
make one of the seconding speeches.
delivered to-night the adress which
prepared for the Republican Conven
tion.
Representatives of 21 States com
posed the notification committee
which informed Colonel Roosevelt of
his nomination and in a sense stood
as sponsors for the movement.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
A Rousing Demonstration.
Mr. Prendergast then made the
nominating speech.
"I second the resolution presented
by the courageous Senator from Min
nesota. . This was a signal for a rousing
demonstration for Senator Clapp.
"We place him in nomination to
night we, the people of the United
States the sovereign voters of this
The committee consisted of Comp-Jland. will elect him In November
troller William A- Pendergast. of 'Mr. Prendergast concluded.
New York; Imyer Lissner, of Cali
fornia; former Congressman Rich
mond Pearson, of North Carolina;
Frank Knox, of Michigan; Matthew
Hale, of Massachusetts; A. D. Gaford,
of Ohio; David Browning, of Ken
tucky; Everard Bier, Jr., of Utah;
Walter Thompson of Vermont; Judge
Oscar R. Hundley, of Alabama; Judge
Ben B. Lindsey, of Colorado; Andrew
Rahn, of Minnesota; Judge Stephens,
of Iowa; Judge , Lowder. of North
Dakota; William Allen White, of
Kansas; John C. Cregway, of Ari
zona; ex-Oovernor John Franklin
Fort, of New Jersey; Col. E. C. Car
rington, of Maryland; Pearl Wight,
Dean Lewis followed Mr. Prender
gast, seconding the nomination of
Colonel Roosevelt.
Colonel Roosevelt was escorted to
the ball by the notification commit
tee, accompanied by Senator Dixon
and Governor Stubbs, of Kansas. As
the Colonel entered the hall there
was a storm of applause. The peo
ple leaped to their feet with a shout
and for five minutes there was pan
demonium. Colonel Roosevelt mounted the
platform and waved his hands, smil
ing with delight at the reception.
(Continued on page 2.)