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VOL XIV.
COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY JUNE 25, 190&.
NO. 8.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
NOMINATES TAFT AND SHERMAN
! For President: William Howard Taft, of Ohio j
i For Vice-President: James 8. Sherman, of New York 1
the resolutions was by a viva voce
vote, no voice being raised in the neg
ative. It was 12.45 when the platform
had finally been disposed of. Senator
Lodge announced the next business
pn hand to be the call of States for
the nomination of candidates for the
Presidency and the cheering was re
sumed. The hall was jammed now
with 20,000 persons in a grand swel
ter. Delegates bsd removed their
coats and, vigorously plying fans,
were mopping the perspiration trom
their brows. The orators began to
limber up. The supreme moment
was at hand.
Alabama headed the list of States.
It had been expected that Alabama,
having no favorite son to present,
would yield to Ohio That is the
general custom. To the surprise of
everybody, Alabama did not yield
and the call went on to Illinois, and
Congressman H. S. Boutell took the
platform amid cheering to place
Speaker "Uncle Joe" Cannon in nom
ination. Mr. Boutell concluded at
1.13 o'clock, and two minutes later
the applause had subsided.
J. ;W. Fordney, of Michigan, sec
onded the Cannon nomination. Mr.
Fordney took only five minutes.
Indiana sent Governor J. Frank
Hanly to the platform to name Fair
banks. The Hoosier delegation gave
him a one-minute send-off and the
galleries helped a little.
When Governor Hanly, after thirty-
Secretary of War there occurred
the real demonstration of the day
The galleries caught from the
Ghioans the refrain, "Taft, Taft, Big
Bill Taft," and marked time with it
It was not until the delegates had
exhausted their energy by twentyfive
minutes of continued cheering thai
Chairman Lodge succeeded in restor
ing comparative order, a task in
which he was materially assisted by
the extraordinarily powerful voice oi
George A. Knight, of California, who
had taken the platforjp. to second the
nomination of Mr. Taft, and whs
spoke with his customary force and
eloquence.
The Taft demonstration lasted just
a fraction less than twenty-five min
utes, but it had registered itself 'as
possessing greater and steadier vol
ume than the uproarious tribute ac
corded President Roosevelt just
twenty-four hours previously. More
people yelled themselves hoarse for
the Ohioan than did for Roosevelt,
and the cheers rang with greater
spontaneity and genuineness.
When the cheers following th
speech of Mr. Knight were finished,
Chairman Lodge introduced C. B.
McCoy, of Coshocton, Ohio, to plac
in nomination the name of Senatoi
Joseph B. Foraker.
W. O. Emery, of Macon, Ga., a ne
gro, made the seconding speech foi
Senator Foraker.
Lieutenant-Governor Murphy, thi
silver haired and silver tongued ora
LEADING PLATFORM FEATURES
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Republican National Convention
Hall, Coliseum, Chicago. James
Schoolcraft Sherman, of Utica, N. Y.,
Representative in Congress, was nom
inated for Vice-President on the first
ballot.
The Ticket.
Republican national ticket
-William Howard
The
therefore is
For President
Taft.
For Vice-President James S.Sher
man. The fourth and final session of the
convention got under way slowly.
The day was hot and made the Coli
eum a sweltering box of listless and
uncomfortable humanity.
When Chase Osborne, of Michigan,
noved that nominating speeches be
Ihhlfc. " ten minutes and second
ing spccues to "five minutea.th'ere was
an outburst of genuine ar ' uoe. The
motion was carried by a roar of a"'
The convention was called to order
at 10.18, and after. prayer had been
offered by Rabbi Schonfaber nomina
tions for the Vice-Presidency were
called for by Chairman Lodge.
The New York delegation marched
into the hall bearing banners of Rep
resentative Sherman and preceded by
a band. Their entry aroused consid
erable enthusiasm. State Chairman
Timothy L. Woodruff nominated
Sherman and seconding speeches were
made by Dennis Flyn, of Oklahoma,
and Speaker Cannon.
Governor Willson, of Kentucky,
seconded the nomination of Sherman.
Frank E. Dennison, of Illinois,
took the chair, and Senator Lodge
walked to the platform and nomin
ated Governor Guild, of Massachu
setts. Chase Osborne, of Michigan, sec
onded Guild's nomination.
Mississippi seconded Sherman's
nomination.
T. N. McCarter, of New Jersey,
nominated ex-Governor Franklin
Murphy, of New Jersey.
There were so many States "eager
to second the nomination of Sherman
that finally Chairman Lodge cut the
scramble short by ordering the call
ins of the roll.
Sherman had 66 votes when Con
necr.icut gave Its 14 to Murphy. The
New Yorker,' s tally was 291 to 12 for
Guild and 31 for Murphy when Mas
sachusetts gave its Governor its solid
32 votes.
Sherman had 420, Guild 48 and
Murphy 32 when New Jersey gave its
ex-Governor Its whole 24.
New York's solid 78 votes then
nominated Sherman and there was
great cheering. His vote ran up
steadily to 816 out of the total 980.
The official vote was as follows:
Fairbanks, 1: Sherman, 816;
Guild, 75; Murphy, 77; 8heldon, of
Nebraska, 10.
Senator Lodge was appointed
chairman of the committee to notify
Taft and Senator Burrows headed
the committee to notify Sherman.
Chairman Lodge, who is going
abroad during the summer, requested
that Senator William Warner, of Mis
souri, past commander-in-chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic, be
substituted in his place. The resolu
te '.fr -,!mousJyi adopted.
...oi.rt". Je- Ail7 a.
m., adjourned without day.
At 10.19 a. m.. Senator Lodge, the
permanent chairman, let fall his
gavel and called the third session ox
the fourteenth Republican National
Convention to order. The hall was
filled. The vast crowd which had
gathered to witness the proceedings
of the convention's most important
dav was intersDersed with many
brightly gowned women, and almost
all of the spectators carried flags.
Senator Lodge introduced the Rev.
John Wesley Hill, of the Metropolitan
Temple, New York, who delivered the
opening prayer, the delegates stand
ing. Then after a" few minutes' delay,
while the late delegates found their
seats, Senator Fulton, of Oregon,
made a motion to the effect that
George H. Williams, the last surviv
ing member of Grant's Cabinet, have
a seat on the speakers' platform, and
this was done.
Senator Lodge at 10.30 exactly in
troduced Senator Hopkins, of Illinois,
the chairman of the Committee on
Resolutions, who at once, having been
greeted with applause, read . the plat
form. "The question now is," said Chair
man Lodge, "on the adoption of the
majority report." The adoption of
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Leading Declarations of Republican
Belief From the Platform.
The platform lands Roosevelt, de
claring his administration an epoch
in American history and that the
highest aspirations of the Ameriean
people have found a voice, and as
serting that American manhood has
been lifted to a nobler sense ofduty
and obligation.
It then goes on to praise what the
party has done, and proceeds to de
clare for certain things, chief among
which are the following:
Tariff revision by a special session
of Congress, immediately following J
the next inauguration; modified by
the principle of protection, with max
imum and minimum rates.
Development of a permanent cur
rency system, to be at onee elastic
and automatic.
A postal savings bank system.
Greater control over and publicity
in corporations doing interstate bus
iness.
Permission to railroads to make
traffic agreements when competition
is preserved, and the prevention of
stockwatenng.
Further protection to railroad and
government employes.
Modification and definition of in
junction proceedings, to require no
tice before the issuance of tempro
rary restraining orders.
Enforcement of the rights of the
negro.
Conservation of timber and- the
other natural resources, and improve
ment of waterways.
Maintenance of an adequate army
and navy.
Protection of Ameriean citizens
abroad.
Generous administration of pen
sion laws.
Establishment of a Bureau of
Mines and Mining.
Encouragement of American shipping.
Statehood fpr New Mexico and
Arizona.
It would be difficult to find a mors
modest man in high, places than M.
Fallieres, the French President.
Former United States Senator Will
iam A. Clark, of Montana, was oper
ated on in Los Angeles on account of
a growth on his neck.
At Birmingham, Ala., General
Clement. A. Evans, of Georgia, was
elected Commander-in-Chief of the
United Confederate Veterans.
Brigadier-General Godfrey (re
tired) has the distinction of being
one of the last of the high commis
sioned officers who saw service in the
Civil War.
Lieutenant-Genera! Nelson A. Miles
(retired) is living in Boston with his
daughter, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel
Samuel Reber. General Miles is
writing a book.
The Rev. Thomas Smirsreon. th
famous English clergyman, is now la
Venice, but is so much better that he
will probably within the next year
entirely regain his health.
W. N. McMillan, a young American
millionaire', and the son of the lata
Senator from Michigan, has a 2 0,000
acre farm in British East Africa on
which he lives now. He hopes to
make it one of the beat farms in the
world.
David B. Hill sailed on the steam
ship Baltic for his first visit to Eng
land and the Continent. He expects
to spend six weeks in traveling in
England, France and Germany, and
to return to this country about Au
gust 1.
H. H. Harriman has gone Into resi
dence for the summer at Arden. That
is the only place in the world where
the people can call him Uncle Hank
with impunity, and where the chil
dren dare to "catch behind" his mo
tor car.
The Rev. J)r. P. S. Henson
signed as pastor of Tremont Temple,
in Boston. . , L
JAMES S. SHERMAN
AT HIS DESK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, WASHINGTON.
James Schoolcraft Sherman, of Utica, N. Y., was born in Utica, October 24, 185
and graduated from Hamilton College. He was admitted to the bar in 1880. He i
jreident of the Utica Trust Co., and the New Hartford Canning Co., president of I
ocal ice company, and director in many corporations. He is rated as the richest mat
in Utica. He was Mayor of Utica in 1884, and then was elected to the 50th, 51st, 53d
54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th and 60th Congresses.
SECRETARY AND MRS. TAFT IN PRIVATE LIFE.
(Born at Cincinnati, September 15, lg57; son of the Hon. Alphonso Taft, Attor
ney General in President Grant's Cabinet; graduated at Yale, 1878: married at Cin
cinnati, June, 1886, Helen Herron; assistant prosecuting atterney of Hamilton County,
Ohio, 1881-2; collector of internal revenue, nrst district of Ohio, 1882-3; assistant
county solicitor, Hamilton County, 1885-7; judge of the Superior Court of K)hio,
1887-90; Solicitor-General of the United States, 1890-2; United States Circuit Judge,
sixth circuit, 1892-1900; president of the United States Philippine Cknimission March
13, 1900-February 1, 1904; first civil Governor of the Philippine Islands, July 4,
lyW-February 1, 1904; Secretary of War of the United States since February 1, 1904.)
five minutes of stormy going, closed
his addree3 by naming Mr. Fairbanks
and declaring:, "Nominate him and
victory in November will be ours,"
there was a demonstration in the In
diana delegation, in which several of
the Ohio delegates generously took
part.
Mayor Bookwalter, of Indianapolis,
then made his way to the stage and
seconded the Fairbanks nomination.
Hp snoke extemDore.
When Mr. Bookwaltei had finished
the call of the States was resumed,
and there was no response until New
York was reached.
Then General Stewart L. Woodford
rose to nominate Governor Hughes.
He was cheered lustily by members
of the New York delegation, in which
several other sections of the hall
joined.
The conclusion of General wooa
ford's address was the signal for the
unfurling in the New York delegation
of a great silken banner bearing the
likeness of Governor Hughes. Flags
blossomed out in waving color and
scattered delegates of a half dozen
other States sided the noise batteries
of the New York men. In less than
three minutes, however, quiet reigned
again and the call of States contin
ued. "Ohio," shouted John R. Mattbie
in his finest megaphone voice at 2.17
o'clock. In an instant most of the
delegates were on their feet. In
diana, Illinois and most of New York
sat still, but even Wisconsin took up
the Taft cry. The galleries did their
share, but they were not so demon
strative that Theodore E. Burton, the
Taft nominator, did not have perfect
silence in three minutes.
whan PanrAftAntative Burton end-
w wa m " - . -
rA Vita anfiorh nominating tU6
Suspected of Early Frivolity.
A young Harvard man, through fam
ily influence, obtained a position as
oonfidenttial clerk in the office of a
well-known railroad .president. The
first morning he got down to the of
fice at 9 o'clock. He found the presi
dent hard at work.
On the second mo raring he present
ed himself at 8.30 o'clock. Again he
fiound his chief there ahead of him,
working diligently. The third day he
managed to make the office at 8
o'clock. There was the president, aJ
ready buried in business.
That night on his , way home the
young man took counsel with him
self and determined to be ahead of
his boss at any cost. Accordingly he
set his alarm clock for 6.30, and by
great exercise of will power managed
to show up at the office before 7.30
o'clock. But there was his chief
working away as if he had not left
his desk at all.
As the clerk entered the president
looked up at him with a quizzical air.
"Young man," said he, "what use do
you make of your forenoons?" Phila
delphia Ledger.
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tor of Pennsylvania, placed in nomin
ation Philander C. Knox. Mr. Mur
phy and his candidate, got one minut
of applause. James Scarlet, of Dan
ville, Pa,, used three minutes to sec
ond the Knox nomination.
Continuing the call of the roll from
Rhode Island down, there came no re
sponding voice until Wisconsin wai
reached, and Henry F. Cochems, ol
Milwaukee, came forward to nomin
ate Senator La Follette.
The nomination of La Follette wai
seconded by C A. A. McGee, of Wis
consin. A wild cheer greeted him ai
he closed, and the demonstration thai
followed exceeded in intensity thaj
which had greeted the presentation
of any other candidate, except Tart.
Chairman Lodge abandoning al:
effort to still the crowd, ordered Sec
retary Malloy to continue the call oi
the delegations. This was done is
the midst of a terrific uproar. Th
chairman then announced in a ton
which, althoagh strained to the ut
most, could be heard only a few feei
away:
"That completes the roll of th
States and the roll call will now b
had for the vote. We will not wait t
mfnnta Innerav "
The call was completed at 5.101
and at 5.16 Senator Lodge announced
that William!. Taft had received 702
votes. At 5.23, on the motion o)
General Stewart L. Woodford, 01
New York, the nomination was mad
unanimous.
Senator Penrose and Senator Bev
eridge and William O. Emery, o:
Georgia, the colored delegate whe
seconded the nomination of Foraker
seconded the motion, and the nomin
ation was made unanimous.
The convention then adjourned
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