The Peoples' Voice (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, June 26, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEES
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♦
HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT.
HO IN. JAMES S. SHERMAN.
TAFT AND SHERMAN IS SLAIE
Republican Convention
at Chicago Names
the Ticket.
War Secretary and New York Con-
gressman Selected as Candidates
for President and Vice-Presi-
dent—Proceedings of the Con-
vention--Big Demonstration
for Theodore Roosevelt.
Chicago. — For president of the
United States, William H. Taft of Ohio.
For vice-president of the United
States, James S. Sherman of New
York.
Taft on the first ballot; Taft by 702
votes; Taft by the unanimous choice
ot the convention. Sherman on the
lirst ballot; Sherman by the unani-
mous choice of the convention.
This is the ticket the delegates to the
Republican national convention assem-
bled at Chicago have selected for pre-
sentation to the people at the Novem-
ber election.
The picture within the walls of the
vast amphitheater as the presidential
candidate was named Thursday was
one truly gradiose in its magnitude.
In front, to the right and left, beiow
and above, the billowing sea of hu-
manity, restless after hours of wait-
ing and stirred from one emotion to
another, was in a fever of expectancy
for the culminating vote. The favorite
sons of other states had been named,
save Knox and La Follette, and now
on the roll call came Ohio.
Scene of Wild Enthusiasm.
As the Buckeye state was reached,
the tall, gaunt form of Theodore E.
Tfurton, with student-like face and
severe black clerical garb, advanced to
the platform to nominate Ohio's can-
didate. He spoke fervently, with the
singing voice of an evangelist, which
went ringing through the great build-
ing. The close of his speech of
nomination was the signal for loosing
the long pent-up feeling of the Taft
legions. Instantly the Ohio delegates
were on their feet, other Taft states
following, while the convention hosts.
In gallery and on floor, broke into mad
demonstration.
"Taft, Taft, W. H. Taft," came in
a roar from the Ohioans.
Megaphones seemed to spring from
concealed places and swell the Taft
tumult into thunder. A huge blue silk
banner bearing the familiar features
of the statesman-secretary waa swung
before the delegates, awakening a
fresh whirlwind of enthusiasm.
All semblance of order had been
abandoned and the delegates' arena
was a maelstrom of gesticulating
men; the guidons of the states were
snatched up by the Taft enthusiasts
or borne under by the storm of disor-
der. The band was inaudible—a mere
whisper above the deafening volume
of sound. For ten, 15, 20 minutes,
this uproar continued. At last the
tired voices died down to a hoarse
shout, and subsided.
Seconded by Knight.
This lull now gave the opportunity
for the speech seconding Taft's nom-
ination, by George H. Knight of Cali-
fornia, his big, round face beaming
forth on the sympathetic multitude,
and his splendid baritone voice well-
ing forth like the tones of a great
church organ. California's tribute to
Taft was brief and fervid. Now there
was another lull in the Taft movement,
while the remaining candidates were
placed in nomination.
It was late in the afternoon before
the convention, now literally swelter-
ing with the intense heat and weary
after nearly seven hours of continuous
session, reached the end of the flood
of eloquence and the decks were at
las^cleared for the culminating act.
Demonstration for La Follette.
But, no; just as the last swell of
oratory, the seconding speech for La
Follette, had died away, like a cyclone
from a clear sky burst a La Follette
demonstration which swept the con-
vention from its very bearings. It
was the same deafening wave ot sound
that had greeted Roosevelt Wednesday
and Taft a little while before, Intense
and maddening and with the vital ring
of genuine enthusiasm. It seemed as
though Wisconsin had suddenly peo-
pled every foot of the galleries. The
delegates sat calm and waiting, ex-
cept the frantic Wlsconsins, but the
convention for the time being was In
the possession of the galleries.
Now a singular transformation oc-
curred— gradually the whirlwind
veered from La Follette to Roosevelt.
Hushed by the Roil Call,
Amid this pandemonium, and with
the galleries in full control, Chairman
Lodge decided upon heroic action in
order again to make the convention
master of its affairs. He ordered the
roll call of states to begin for the
vote on president. Such a call, under
such circumstances of Intense con-
fusion, has probably never before oc-
curred in the history of national con-
ventions. The secretary was power-
less to make his call of the states
heard above the deafening clamor.
Seizing a megaphone ho shouted the
roll of states—Alabama, Arkansas—
but his voice was swallowed up In the
mad uproar. Gradually, however, the
curiosity of the multitude conquered
their enthusiasm, and they lapsed into
silenco to hear the result of the roll
call.
A hush of expectancy hung over
the assembly as the call proceeded.
Hasty summaries showed that Taft
was far in advance. When New York
was reached the Taft column totaled
427. Ohio carried the Taft total to
511, or 20 more than enough to nom-
inate. Still the call went on until the
final result was announced by Chair-
man Lodge;
"For Theodore Roosevelt, 3 votes;
for Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio 16
votes; for Charles W. Fairbanks of
Indiana, 40 votes; for Joseph Cannon
of Illinois, 61 votes; for Robert La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin, 25 votes; for
Charles E. Hughes of New York, 63
votes; for Philander C. Knox of Penn-
sylvania, 68 votes, and William H. Taft
of Ohio, 702 votes.
Vote in Detail.
Following is tne vote in detail:
pc p |aBp o g
~ ~ * 2
: n ° £ : o -
Vote. States.
x J
Alabama 22
Arkansas Is
1 California ... 20
' Colorado 10
Connecticut .. 14
1 Delaware .... 6
i Florida 10
; Georgia 17
Idaho ti
Illinois 3
' Indiana
I Iowa 2fi
i Kansas 20
I Kentucky 24
Louisiana IS
Maine 12
Maryland — lti
! Massaehu'tts. 32
: Michigan .... 27
! Minnesota ... 22
Mississippi ... 20
Missouri
! Montana (i
I Nebraska 16
i Nevada ti
i N. Ham'shlre 5
! New Jersey.. 15
New York.... 10
N. Carolina.. 24
i South Dakota 8
I Ohio 42
! Oklahoma .... 14
i Oregon H"
S Pennsylvania 1
I Rhode Island S
i S. Carolina... 13
i N'rth Dakota 8
1 Tennessee ... 24
I I'tah l!
I Vermont S
Virginia 21
I Washington.. 10
W. Virginia.. 14
; Wisconsin .... 1
! Wyoming ti
! Alaska 2
I Arizona 2
! D. of C'lum'a 1
1 Hawaii 2
I New Mexico. 2
: Phil'lne I's'ds 2
! Porto Rico 2
980 Total 702 OS 01 40 08 25 18 5
Vote Is Made Unanimous.
A great shout went up as Lodge
concluded his announcement-, and with
one accord the cohorts of Cannon and
Knox and Hughes and the other
heroes, joined in a common tribute for
the candiate of the party.
Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, for Gov.
Hughes, leaping upon a chair, moved
to make the nomination of Taft unani-
mous; Senator Penrose for Knox, and
Boutell for Cannon, and Henry of
Georgia for Foraker, and Wisconsin
for La Follette, seconded the motion
for a unanimous vote to the candidate.
The vote was given with a ringing
cheer, and then with shouts of exulta-
tion over the new candidate, the con-
vention adjourned until ten o'clock
Friday morning, when the nomination
of vice-president was taken up.
It was not until four hours had been
spent over the platform that the con-
vention was ready to proceed with tho
nominating speeches for president.
First came the nomination of Cannon,
by Representative Boutell of Illinois,
seconded by Representative Fordney
of Michigan, which awakened a wel-
coming yell for the "Grand Old Man"
of Illinois.
Earlier in the day the battle over
the platform had occupied the close at
tention of delegates and spectators.
The platform as framed by the commit-
tee on resolutions was read by its
chairman, Senator Hopkins of Illinois,
while a minority report, reflecting the
views of the supporters of Senator
La Follette, was presented by Con-
gressman Cooper of Wisconsin. It
was -on one hand the sledgehammer
blows of the Wisconsin men against
combinations and monopoly, and on
the other hand the warning of Hopkins
against the "socialistic doctrines of
Wisconsin." The platform was adopt-
ed by an overwhelming vote, after
many separate planks in the Wiscon-
sin plan had been burled under ad-
verse votes.
Sherman for Second Place.
The nomination for the vice-presi-
dency was not made until Friday.
When the convention adjourned for
the day Thursday the situation re-
garding second place on the ticket was
decidedly unsettled, but before the del-
egates met Friday an arrangement had
been perfected for the Taft delegates
to i upport Representative James S.
She. man of New York as the running
mate of the secretary of war.
Three names were placed in nomi-
nation when the chairman announced
that nominations were in order. Sher-
man was named as New York's choice
by Tim Woodruff, former lieutenant
governor of the state; Gov. Curtis
Guild of Massachusetts was placed in
nomination by Senator Lodge, and Ex-
Gov. Franklin Murphy of New Jersey
was named by Thomas N. McCarter.
Several brief seconding speeches were
made for each candidate.
When the roll call was begun it was
soon seen that Sherman was the popu-
lar choice of the delegates. When
enough votes had been cast to insure
his nomination Senator Crane of
Massachusetts moved that it be mado
unanimous and it was carried with a
shout of approval.
The usuai motions of acknowledg-
ment to the officers of the convention
and to the city in which it was held
were then passed.
Judson W. Lyon of Georgia was
recognized to make the motion to ad-
journ without day. It was put Into
effect at 11:47 a. m. The band played
"The Star-Spangled Banner," the del-
egates rapidly left the hall and the
convention of 1908 had made its way
Into history.
Congratulations from Washington.
President Roosevelt as soon as he
reteived news of the nomination of
Representative Sherman sent the fol-
lowing message of congratulation:
"Accept my hearty congratulation and
my earnest good wishes for the suc-
cess of the tickct of Taft and Sher-
man."
Secretary Taft also sent a telegram
to Representative Sherman immediate-
ly upon hearing of the nomination, as
follows:
"I sincerely and cordially congratu-
late you upon your nomination for
vice-president. We welcome you as a
colleague in the contest and look for-
ward with confidence to the result of
the Joint struggle. Will you not meet
me in Cincinnati to-morrow to confer
on matters of importance?"
Secretary Cortelyou sent the follow-
ing telegram of congratulations to Mr.
Sherman:
"Hearty congratulations and best
wishes for the ticket."
ROOSEVELT DEMONSTRATION.
Delegates and Spectators Wildly Cheer
President for 45 Minutes.
The second day of the Republican
national convention brought the long
expected Roosevelt yell, a whirlwind of
enthusiasm which raged within the
vast amphitheater of the Coliseum for
full 45 minutes Wednesday, and for a
time presented to the timid the spec-
ter of a Roosevelt stampede.
This demonstration was decidedly
the feature of a day otherwise notable
for a stirring speech from the perma-
nent chairman of the convention, Sen-
ator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachu-
setts, for much practical procedure
in placing the convention on a smooth
running basis, and for the final defeat
of the plan to reduce the representa-
tion of southern states at future na-
tional conventions.
Probably the most important act of
the day, and the one having greatest
significance, was tne adoption of the
report of the committee on credentials,
seating the Taft delegations practical-
ly In toto. If there had been any-
lingering doubt of the Taft strength It
disappeared before this decisive ac-
tion, which in effect placed upwards of
700 delegates in the Taft column.
Temporary Chairman Burrows
called the convention to order prompt-
ly at 12:20, but the delay of commit-
tees in reporting gave an hour for di-
version before the serious work of the
day was begun. This time was given
over to the visiting clubs, with bands
and vocal choruses, bearing banners
and strange devices of G. O. P. ele-
phants. In front of the delegates par-
aded this motley throng, eliciting
laughter and applause.
For three-quarters of an hour tho
tumult continued, and then Chairman
Lodge finished his speech and the
business of the convention was re-
sumed.
Great Roosevelt Demonstration.
Mr. Lodge early in his address
launched his sentence which electri-
fied the assemblage into its first real
demonstration of wild enthusiasm.
"The president," exclaimed Mr.
Lodge, '"is the best abused and most
popular man in the United States to-
day."
This was the long awaited signal.
Instantly a shout broke from the gal-
leries and was echoed back from the
floor, at first only a tempest of de-
tached yells, and cat-calls, and shouts
of "Teddy," but gradually gathering
force and volume until it swelled to a
whirlwind of sound and motion, as
delegates and spectators rose en
masse, mounting chairs, waving ban-
ners, hats, handkerchiefs, flags, news-
papers, anything which could be seized
upon to add turbulence to the scene.
Sometimes Succeeds.
One-half the world may not know
how tho other half lives, but the femi-
nine half makes a strenuous effort to
find out.—San Luis Obispo Tribune.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM AT A GLANCE
YOU'RETOO THIN,
Even Slight Catarrhal Derangements
of the Stomach Produce Acid fer-
mentation of the Food.
It's Stomach Catarrh
Some people are thin and always re-
main thin, from temperamental rea-
sons. Probably in such cases nothing
can be done to change this personal
peculiarity.
But there are a large number of peo-
ple who get tnin, or remain thin, who
naturally would be plump and fleshy
but for some digestive derangement.
Thin people lack in adipose tissue.
Adipose tissue is chiefly composed of
fat.
Fat is derived from the oily constit-
uents of food.
The fat-making foods are called by
'he physiologist, hydrocarbons. This
class of foods are not digested in tho
stomach at all. They are digested in
tho duodenum, the division of the ali-
mentary canal Just below the stomach.
The digestion of fat Is mainly, if not
Wholly, tho work of the pancreatio
juice. This juice is of alkaline reac-
tion, and is rendered inert by tho addi-
tion of acid. A hyperacidity of tho
digestive fluids of the stomach passing
dowu into the duodenum, destroys
the pancreatic fluid for digestive pur-
poses. Thoroforo, the fats are not di-
gested or emulsified, and the system is
deprived of its due proportion of oily
constituents. Hence, the patient grows
thin.
The beginning of tho trouble is a ca-
tarrhal condition of the stomach which
causes hyperacidity of the gastrin
juices. This hyperacidity is caused by
fermentation of food in the stomach.
When the food is taken into the stom-
ach, if the process of digestion does
not begin immediately, acid fermenta-
tion will take place. This creates a
hyperacidity of the stomach juices
which in their turn prevent the pan-
creatic digestion of the oils, and the
emaciation results.
A dose of IVruna before each meal
hastens tho stomach digestion. By
hurrying digestion, Peruna prevents
formentation of the contents of the
stomach, and the pancreatic juice is thus
preserved in its normal state. It then
only remains for the patient to eat a
sulliclout amount of fat-forming foods,
and the thinness disappears and plump-
ness takes its place.
TOO GOOD FOR THIS EARTH.
Type of Office Boy a Creature of
Funny Man's Brain.
"So you have come in answer to my
idvertisement for office boy?" said the
>ld broker briskly. "Do you smoka
cigarettes?"
"No, sir," replied the saintly young-
iter in the doorway.
"Chew or read novels?"
"Never, sir."
"Play juggler with the paper
weights or talk nonsense through the
:e!ephone when your employer is ab-
lent?"
"No, sir."
"Ever go to the circus?"
"Never saw a circus in my life, sir."
"How about baseball? Do you take
two or three afternoons a week to sea
the game?"
"Don't like baseball, sir."
The old broker bit the end off his
cigar.
"My boy," he said, quietly, "this is
the twenty-ninth story, isn't it?"
"I think so, Bir."
"Well, it is not high enough for
you."
"Not high enough for me, sir?"
"No, you belong up in paradise."—
Chicago News.
TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND III 11,11 I T THE SVSTKU
Tako tho Old Standard GROVM'd TASTE LKSS
( JllLl, TONIC. Y« u know what you aro taking
The formula is plainly prtnt«>d on nvory foottln,
nhowiiiK It is simply Quintan and Iron in a tastHluH-i
form, and tho most <'fTHctual form Kur grown
peoplo and children. 60o.
He who mixes with unclean things
becomes unclean himself; he whoso
associations are pure becomes purer
each day.—Talmud.
Innocence is better than repent-
ance; an unsullied life is better than
pardon.—Scholes.
ROOSEVELT—
Tho abuso of wealth, the tyranny of power, anrl tho evils of privilege and
favoritism have been put to scorn by bis simple, manly virtues of Justice and
fair play. Wo pledge a continuance of the Roosevelt policies.
ANTI-INJUNCTION—
The Republican party will uphold the authority of the courts, but believes
the rules of procedure in federal courts with respect to injunctions should be
inoro accurately defined by statute, and that no injunction should be issued
without notice
LABOR—
The same wise policy . . . will bo pursued in every legitimate direction
within federal authority to lighten the burdens and increase the happiness and
advancement of all who toll.
THE TARIFF—
The Republican party declares for a revision of tariff by a special session
of congress immediately following the inauguration of the next president. We
favor the establishment of maximum and minimum rates to be administered by
the president.
MONEY—
An expanding commerce . . and increasing crop movements disclose
the need of a more elastic and adaptable system.
TRUSTS—
The federal government should have greater supervision and control over
corporations engaged in interstate commerce having the power to create
monopolies.
INLAND WATERWAYS—
Guar*
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NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASES.
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"ANAKESIS"
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We call for a large and comprehensive plan, just to all portlo
country, to improve the waterways, harbors, and great lakes.
ARMY AND NAVY- Dri\!CIA^^
While the American people do not desire and will not provoke a war with V* fif* g«|
any other country, we nevertheless declare our devotion to a policy which ■ 1 ^ a
will keep this republic ready at all times to defend her traditional doctrines.
GOOD ROADS—
Wo approve the efforts of the argicultural department to make clear to the
public the best method^ of good road construction.
NEGROES—
We demand equal Justice for all nu n. without regard to raco or color, and
condemn all devices for tho disfranchisement of th> ~ •
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REPUBLICAN POLICY.
The difference between Democracy and Republicanism Is that one stands for
vacillation and timidity In governmmt. the other for strength and purpose.
Democracy would have the nation own the people, while Republicanism would
have tho people own the nation.
LAW obtained
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