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Roosevelt Walks Out as Taft Delegates Dominate Convention
Delegates in the Florentine Room clash as Roosevelt bolters threaten a walkout. Theodore Roosevelt appears amid uproar, urging delays until facts are reviewed while Taft forces claim a decisive edge as the convention votes 564 to 510 for Taft on the contested delegations.
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Florentine
Roosevelt
Taft
Flinn
Pennsylvania
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
National Committee
Col. Carrington
Maryland
Credentials Committee
King
Nebraska
Col. Roosevelt
Senator Flinn
Gov. Hadley
Republican Party
Washington
Arizona
William L. Ward
New York
Prendergast
Deneen
Illinois
Hadley
Missouri
Senator Borah
Idaho
McKinley
Burton
Ohio
National Republican Committee
la Follette
Cummins
Committee On Credentials
Solomon
Col
Republican
Tay
Committee On
Gov
Chicago
Dresed
Root
William B. McKinley
National
Taft Bureau
William Barnes, Jr
Mr. Barnes
Repubblican Party
Mr. Roosevelt
Senator Root
Barnes