Convention Hootenanny Dims Lodge Speech at the Taft Rally
The second day of the convention blends chaos and cheers as Senator Lodge resumes amid a roaring gallery. Taft allies surge in strength after credentials adopt the delegation, while Mrs. Longworth watches from a raised platform and a giant teddy bear sowed comic chaos among delegations.
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Iowa
California
Oklahoma
Rita’ McGuire
Metiuire
Mr. Metiuire
Texas
Cecil Lyon
Senator Lodge
Reason
Roosevelt
Democrats
Repubican Congress
Lodge
Theodore E. Burton
Scott
Carver
Curtis
Hemenway
Fulton
Penrose
Speech curtailment agreed for presidential nominating acts
An agreement by all candidates limits nominating and seconding speeches to one each, abandoning a long list of seconding speakers. Taft’s nomination will be by Theodore E. Burton with George A. Knight seconding. several former seconders retire. Foraker will be nominated by Bb. McCoy and seconded by W. O. Emery. Stevenson predicts support from many delegates.
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Committee On Credentials
Taft
Toto
Chicago
Theodore E. Burton
Cleveland
George A. Knight
California
Dulliver
Iowa
Burkett
Nebraska
Borah
Idaho
George H. Williams
Oregon
Grant
Henry Lincoln Johnson
Georgia
United States
J. B. Foraker
Ohio
Bb. McCoy
Coshocton
W. O. Emery
Macon
Stevenson
Foraker
President Roosevelt Listens To Chicago Convention Echoes
Report from Chicago says President Roosevelt sat in on the convention and heard the crowd’s cheers through a combined telephone and phonograph system. A wire was cut to the White House, and he reportedly reacted with pleasure before leaving to drive.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
White House
Lodge
Governor Guild to Stick to End in Vice Presidential Boom
A telegram to Edward Glines, Governor Guild’s Massachusetts representative, signals Guild will back his Vice Presidential bid until the last gun. The East West split in the race leaves New York largely out, with Guild and former New Jersey Governor Murphy as the main discussed candidates.
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Chicago
Edward Glines
Guild
Massachusetts
New York
Murphy
New Jersey
State G A R Ticket Decided for Election
Buffalo June 17 nominating committees of the state Grand Army of the Republic meet and choose a ticket to be elected tomorrow with State Commander William H. Daniels Ogdensburg senior vice commander William A. Boyd New York junior vice commander Robert P. Rush Horseheads chaplain Henry Clay Woods Bath
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Buffalo
Grand Army of the Republic
William H. Daniels
Ogdensburg
William A. Boyd
New York
Robert P. Rush
Horseheads
Henry Clay Woods
Bath
Anti Injunction Plank Battles at Convention
The anti injunction plank dominates debate as Taft allies and opponents clash over its inclusion in the platform. Confidential telegrams from Theodore Roosevelt and pressure on committee members reveal high stakes. Sub committee votes and adjournments show both sides maneuvering to sway the full convention.
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Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Plank
Friends of the
Arizona
New Mexico
Washington
Taft Contingent Sees Murphy as Possible VP Pick
Delegates discuss Vice President hopes amid Taft Lodge push and Hughes tensions. Murphy's backers claim a path to the nomination as Fairbanks withdraws, with New Jersey and Connecticut signals favoring Murphy on the first ballot.
Employers Protest Antiinjunction Plank at National Convention
Telegrams from city employers and trade associations oppose a proposed antiinjunction plank. Walter Drew of the National Erectors' Association warns against curbing court powers in labor cases and attacks the move as injudicious to business and American institutions. Alfred Iron Associations of New York also relay their opposition to Congressman Sereno E. Payne.
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Association
Taft
United States Circuit Court
Thefreo
Walter Drew
National Erectors’ Association
Sereno E. Payne
New York
Co. BE. Cheney
Allied Iron Associations
Mr. Payne
Cummins Backers Push for Vice Presidential Nomination
In Chicago June V Cummins men push for Fairbanks to be renominated The Iowa bloc grows while some Cummins supporters resist The article notes Borah watching Iowa moves and the likelihood of pressure on Fairbanks to accept the nomination.
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Chicago
Cummins
Fairbanks
Iown
Borah
Iowa
Burke Loses Fight as North Keeps Delegates for Four Years
At the Republican National Convention battle in Chicago, 471 delegates voted to cut Southern representation, 506 to keep it. Ohio pivotal, sparking a bitter clash. Burke of Pittsburgh led a minority report urging reduction to aid party unity in the South.
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Tribune
Chicago
Ohio
South
Texas “Rangers
Georgia
Tennessee
Louisiana
Missouri
Committee On Rules
Warren
James Francis Burke
Pittsburg
Minority Report
Burke
South Carolina
Keifer
James Watson
Indiana
J. W. Wadsworth, Jr
New York
Willson
Myron T. Herrick
H. C. Yarmouth
James Johnson
T. B. Reid
Virginia
Territorial representation unchanged by rules committee
The rules and order committee of boxi fies reports no change in territorial representation including the District of Columbia and insular possessions. An attempt to reduce New Mexico Arizona and Etowali delegates failed, keeping two delegates each. The national committee is empowered to decide whether elections occur by primaries or conventions.
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Committee On Rules and Order of
Boxifies
Territories
District of Columbia
Insular
New Mexico
Arizona
Etowali
National Committee
Californians Back George A Knight for Vice President
California delegates in executive session unanimously pledge to vote for George A Knight of San Francisco for vice president. Western states are expected to follow, with hopes for Southern support in exchange for opposition to the EB rke resolution.
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George A. Knight
Chicago
California
San Francisco
Mr. Knight
Brewer Opposed to Injunction Law Change
Associate Justice David J. Brewer of the U S Supreme Court arrived in Worcester for Clark College commencement. He said he is opposed to the injunction law modification proposed for the Republican platform in Chicago and will discuss the issues in his Clark College address tomorrow.
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Worcester
Mass
David J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Clark College
Chicago
Brewer
Gompers Proposes Labor Friendly Plank For Gop Platform
Chicago June delegates hear Samuel Gompers and aides push a Republican labor plank. They urge laws shielding labor from unlawful restraint of trade and expanding eight hour protections, creating a labor department, mine safety, and federal workers rights.
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Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Lawer
Vet
Congress
Cheer Department of Labor
Fife
United Government
Savin Hanks
No Statehood Plank Narrowly Fails Chicago Plan
A sub committee meeting on June 17 did not accept a resolution to admit Chicago and New Mexico as states. The panel decided against including a statehood plank in the platform.
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Chicago
New Mexico
Sister of delegate 4 commits suicide in Ozark
Mrs Sallie Theeson Steagall wife of Loltester Henry B of the 24th Circuit shot and killed herself at Ozark this morning. She had been despairing after leaving five small children. Mrs Steagall was sister of Joseph O Thompson a former Internal Revenue official for Alabama and head of the Republican State Executive Committee and a delegate to the Chicago convention.
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Tribune
Montgomery
Abl
Sallie Theeson Steagall
Loltester Henry B
Ozark
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