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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
5
At the Republican National Convention in Chicago the nomination goes to Taft with Vice President Sherman named as running mate. Nearly 330 Roosevelt delegates abstained, hastening adjournment as Taft secures the nomination by a broad margin.
Regulars nominate William Howard Taft of Ohio for president with James Sherman of New York for vice president. Taft secures 61 of 107 votes, a narrow majority, as Roosevelt delegates abstain. The hall fills with cheers and groans while New York’s Keundergast acts amid tension. A closing call adjourns sine die as Taft’s renomination is confirmed and Roosevelt pledges an independent bid.
Report from the Woliseum describes a chaotic scene outside politics with a large cat sighting. Colonel Stone and Sergeant Staring are involved as the animal moves among the crowd and officers. The account mixes erratic actions and unclear dialogue amid the melee.
Chicago hotel managers estimate delegates and visitors spent more than 5 million dollars in the last few days. About 3.5 million was used for food and drink, with remaining funds allotted to theaters amusement parks and retail stores. Organizers estimate substantial entertainment value from the convention.
The Taft convention endorses a sixteen year Republican record and reaffirms protective tariffs, seeks peace and scientific inquiry into a high cost of living, supports a less costly court system, opposes special privileges, backs a Federal trade commission, and favors conservation, a strong navy, mail and mail service reforms, flood protection, maritime safety, and condemns lynching.
Delegates at an informal convention pledged support to Theodore Roosevelt for a new party. Roosevelt accepted with willingness to step aside if the movement chooses another standard bearer later. A notification committee of 22 states informed Roosevelt of the nomination and outlined initial organizational steps.
Hadley Sticks to Talk from Jefferson City Missouri reports Governor Lindley declares he will not join Roosevelt's third party movement. He says he prefers serving as a Republican and cannot support a party based on unfair authority.
Mrs J H Bourland of Saba Texas endured 23 years of chronic catarrh distress with burning head mucus coughing bilious pain and hemorrhagic bowels. After trying many remedies she used Peruna and within days relief arrived and after five bottles complete cure followed.
DUTCHESSORD Telephone & telegraph Co offers a reward of twenty five dollars for evidence leading to conviction of anyone maliciously tampering with telephone lines to interfere with service. Reward paid immediately upon conviction. Dutheshord Telephone & Telegraph Co. May 9, 1912.
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