Taft in Saddle Crushes Roosevelt Forces at Convention
Chicago June 18 Roosevelt asserts strength in a rapid series of secret caucuses and radio style briefings from his hotel room. He directs delegates and orders are issued to keep communications private as the convention fights over credential reports. Roosevelt vows to test Hadley led opposition and rallies supporters while crowd controls fail amid dense tension.
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Convention at Coliseum Opens Amid Boisterous Delegates
Chicago June 18 crowds fill the Coliseum as the convention opens. Delegates from New York Kentucky and California enter to applause. Rev Father Callahan delivers invocation and Chairman Rosewater calls the meeting to order amid chants of Teddy and Rooseveltv.
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St. Maleachys
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Glasscock
National Committee
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Hadley
Missouri
Taft Backers Elect Root Temporary Chairman Amid Roosevelts Barbs
In Chicago on June 18 Taft supporters in the Republican National Convention chose Senator Root of New York as temporary chairman amid Roosevelt faction hostility. Victor Rosewater, head of the national committee, was repeatedly ruled out of order as motions were set aside.
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Committee Chooses Platform and Resolutions Panel
Chicago June 18 Members from state delegations elected to the platform and resolutions committee. Names include Curtis, Williams Jr, Rowell, Parrish, Clark, Dupont, Lee, Martin, Hagenbarth, Bundy, Fairbanks, Perkins, Warmoth, Stearns, Warburton, Hart, Judson, Jackson, Atwood, Hadley, Baggs, Kine, Moorehouse, W W Ferris, Record, Bursum, Barnes Jr, Thompson, Thorson, Weber, Eckels, Lewis, Hogue, Evans, McDonald, Sutherland. The Roosevelt and Taft camps battled for chair. Root won chair 568 to 502 over Molovern with 14 scattering votes and four not voting.
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New York
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Ohio
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Oklahoma
J. RR. Eckels
Pennsylvania
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South Dakota
Allan Hogue
Tennessee
H. C. Evans
Texas
W. M.mcdonald
Utah
George Sutherland
Taft Roosevelt Leaders Scrutinize First Convention Vote
Chicago June 18 Taft and Roosevelt leaders studied the first convention vote on the temporary chairman. Leaders kept bedrock figures secret. Taft managers admitted the vote was too close for comfort but said they could control the convention.
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Roosevelt and Taft Delegates Face Ruling Over Conventions
Chicago June 18. An eleventh hour bid sought to avert chaos at the Republican national convention. The finals delegation proposed a peaceful solution after extended talks, aiming to stop factional warfare between Taft and Roosevelt forces. President Taft’s decision awaited.
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Root addresses Republican national convention in Chicago
Senator Lillia Root speaks to the temporary chairmanship at the Republican national convention in Convention Hall Chicago June 15. He praises American institutions pledges faith in free government and national progress while crowds react with eyerh and order is restored by sergeant at arms.
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City Council Orders Demolition Of Faulty Buildings
The council moved to demolish the Whitehead block and adjacent unsafe structures on Eddy Street, with health and police committees coordinating with the city attorney. Officials expect a building boom in Chevy-Cane as owners push for modern fireproof replacement. A plan to set aside fines from prostitutes toward hospital treatment was adopted amid broader moves including sidewalk delinquency collections and property purchases.
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