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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
5
Colonel personally nominated by his own delegates resumes at the Taft and T. RS convention. The platform runs conservative as Harding’s nomination speech praises the president.
Chicago reports a split in the Republican ranks as Theodore Roosevelt withholds his name from the fifteenth national convention and directs delegates to abstain from voting while supporters push a progressive third party. Taft is renominated with Sherman. Roosevelt’s bolt colors the era’s political drama.
Taft is the twenty seventh U S president aged fifty five elected in 1908 with a large popular vote over Bryan. He was born in Cincinnati and Yale graduate class of 1878. He served as judge in the Sixth Circuit and first civil governor of the Philippines, later secretary of war in Roosevelt's cabinet.
United States Senator Elihu Root named temporary chairman by a 558 to 802 vote over Governor Francia C McGovern in a Roosevelt dominated convention. Roosevelt delegates were asked to be placed on the temporary roll, credentials committee to review contested cases after lengthy debate. No action on credentials until tests show Taft gains strength. Taft and Sherman renominated on Saturday.
Warren G. Harding of Ohio extols William Howard Taft as the finest progressive leader in a speech at the Republican convention. He portrays Taft as embodying justice, law, and steady leadership, while denouncing opposition as expediency and demagogy in the year’s crisis.
Washington Post observes a June lull in suffrage activity as the marriage license column reflects the customary eclipse of the movement during summer.
The Open State Journal notes a playful remark that words like thief robber and har are spared from condemnation as Chicago festivities end. The piece suggests a lighter approach to language amid city celebrations and year end cheer.
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