Taft nominated after chaotic Republican convention roll call
At the convention the crowd clashed with chants and hisses as roll call votes began for the presidential nomination. Taft led early totals, Ohio pushing him to 511 votes—enough for nomination—before Lodge declared him the nominee and the session adjourned.
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Hughes
Taft
Cannon
Pennsylvania
Knox
Theodore Roosevelt
Lodge
Ohio
Vermont
Roosevelt’s Work Dominates Gilded Convention Close
The LaFollette Roosevelt show at the Chicago convention ends with cheers for Theodore Roosevelt, while Sen Burrows and LaFollette are framed as the driving forces. Heat and distraction mar the final session after Hopkins’ platform demonstration and Cooper’s minority resolution remarks.
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Chicago
Burrows
Senator LaFollette
Theodore Roosevelt
Senator Burrows
Hopkins
Cooper
Committee On Resolutions
Republican Convention Notes Show Slow Fleet Progress
A columnist laments the 1912 Republican convention where Taft led with a moderate platform while rivals like La Follette and Cannon stirred debate. The piece portrays the event as a staged, lengthy parade lacking decisive action, likening the party to a fleet slowed by slower vessels and predicting mixed strategic outcomes.
Roosevelt Ran Convention
White criticized the convention proceedings led by Roosevelt, saying the event accomplished little beyond speeches that wore out delegates' patience with useless rhetoric. He urged focus on concrete work rather than grand oratory.
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White
Uproar at Wisconsin La Follette Roosevelt Roll Call
The Chicago crowd erupts as Senator La Follette is named followed by Roosevelt cheers. Lodge declares the roll call will begin immediately amid continuous uproar and a unique scene.
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Chicago
Senator la Follette
Wisconsin
BoMebody
Roosevelt
la Follette
Lodge
President Taft Nomination Backed by Roosevelt News
President Roosevelt plays tennis with Assistant Secretary Bacon as Loeb delivers Taft nomination news for the Republican convention. Roosevelt, reading bulletins, notes no stampede risk while Taft visits the White House and later accompanies Mrs. Roosevelt to Oyster Bay. Secretary Taft visits the White House in the evening.
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Bacon
State Department
Loeb
Taft
Republican Party
Roosevelt
White House
Oyster Bay
Chicago
Roosevelt delays Barbosa third term in Puerto Rico council
President Roosevelt has postponed the reappointment of Dr. J. C. Barbosa to a third term on the executive council in San Juan Porto Rico June 18.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Roosevelt
J. C. Barbosa
Executive Council
Anti Injunction Planks Shape Chicago Resolution Debate
Three anti injunction planks were presented to the Chicago resolutions committee. The Ellis tentative plank favored amendments for proper consideration of restraining orders while the Gompers demand and the final adopted plank urged limits on temporary orders unless immediate danger exists and the defendant may oppose the motion.
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Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
Roosevelt
Taft
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Judicial aim in amending statutes of procedure
Text discusses amendments to procedures in federal courts concerning writs of injunction to prevent hasty orders while preserving court power to enforce its process, ensuring justice for all parties at all times.
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Deral
Labor Men's Demands for Injunctions Law and Contempt Jury
The labor mens group calls for a statute prohibiting injunctions in labor dispute cases where no dispute exists and where ordinary legal remedies suffice. It also seeks jury trials for contempt of court cases not committed in the court's presence.
Lodge Was Man of Hour at Republican Convention
Chicago June 18 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge dominated the Republican national convention. He pushed through the Roosevelt program amid hisses and calls for Roosevelt and La Follette. Taft was nominated as president with Lodge lauded as a potential vice presidential choice.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Roosevelt
Taft
Massachusetts
la Follette
William H. Taft
United States
Great Coliseum
Senator Lodge
Taft Opposition to Lodge as Veep Candidate
Charles P Taft says Senator Lodge would be an admirable running mate but doubts his willingness to be nominated, amid reports he is considered for second place. The remark follows news that Lodge was linked to the vice presidency as a possible running mate.
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Chicago
Senator Lodge
Charles P. Taft
Foraker Praises Taft After Convention Start
Washington June 18. Senator Foraker praises Taft as the convention begins its nomination effort. He declares Republicans have a right to voice support and urges unity as the nominating process proceeds.
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Washington, D. C
The Plane Decided On Rethers Court Policy
The Republican party upholds the authority and integrity of state and federal courts and their processes to protect life liberty and property. They call for federal court procedure on injunctions to be defined by statute and require notice before injunctions or temporary restraining orders, except where irreparable harm would occur and a speedy hearing should follow.
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Republican Party
Boston Guest Orders All Chicago Papers
A Boston visitor in a Chicago hotel had the desk send for every Chicago morning paper. After ten minutes a bellboy delivered the bundles and the clerk admitted confusion at why a Boston man would want to read all Chicago papers.
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Chicago
Boston
Little Lord Fauntleroy Revisited at Chicago Convention
In Chicago at a convention, a lean young man with hat tilted over one ear and a cigar speaks with a hotel clerk amid bustling delegates. A Pennsylvania delegate’s wife recognizes him as Vivien Burnett, once the life subject of his mother’s book Little Lord Fauntleroy, now pursuing newspaper work to live down the past.
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Chicago
Auditorium Annex
Uncle Joe’ Cannon
Pennsylvania
Vivien Burnett
Lord Fauntleroy
Governor Hughes Responds To Taft Nomination
Governor Charles E. Hughes, at the executive chamber in Albany, A. H. Hughes said he would telegram Secretary Taft to heartily congratulate him on the Republican nomination. He praised Taft's future welfare of the country under his administration in the message sent from Washington D. C.
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Foraker
Taft
Albany
N. Y
Hughes
William H. Taft
Washington, D. C
Charles E. Hughes
Speaker Cannon Tenders His Services To Taft
Chicago June 18 Before the roll call on the presidential nomination was finished Speaker Cannon sent a message to Secretary Taft conceding the nomination and offering his services in the campaign. He congratulated Taft and pledged to support his election in November and the Republican ticket.
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Taft
Chicago
Cannon
William H. Taft
Washington
Illinois
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