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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
7
The crowd endures heat as Taft’s forces push through state roll calls led by Arkansas 18 votes and Pennsylvania 64 votes for Knox with scattered support for Taft and Roosevelt. Lodge maintains order, minority reports spark debate, and Cannon and Fairbanks receive nominations amid lively gallery interruptions.
A piano player famed for responsiveness and sensitivity challenges top intellects with artistic nuance. Pianists pride themselves on extracting high quality musical effects, even from comic opera selections, at Aeolian Hall located at 362 Fifth Ave near 34th Street.
Roosevelt predictedTaft victory on the first ballot as delegates counted votes behind the White House. Taft celebrated with a tennis break and then sped to inspect the Army War College with Root and Bell, while Mrs Taft and others tracked roll call tallies.
The Tribune reports a June 18 conference in Chicago to pick a Vice Presidential candidate. Sherman leads early, with Dolliver and Cummins among others debated. Iowa backs Cummins, New York Illinois and Colorado back Sherman. Borah and Burton oppose Sherman.
Secretary Taft will resign as a Cabinet officer with July 1 as the effective date after a White House conference with President Roosevelt, Secretary Root, and Assistant Secretary Bacon. He plans to settle all War Department matters in about ten days and may attend Yale class of 1878 anniversary in New Haven. He remains noncommittal on his vice presidential choice amid Chicago political activity.
Chicago June 18 delegates from New York divided over the ballot in the presidential contest. Littauer Bardley and Dickey supported Cannon while Taft votes came from Murray Levenson Payn Hunter Barnes Van Vorst Ward Andrus Fancher Jones Gleason noted the corrected roll gave Hughes 67 votes 65 from New York and 2 from Virginia. State Chairman Woodruff said the train back to New York leaves at 5 tomorrow afternoon.
The Young Men's Republican Club in New Haven raised a Taft campaign banner tonight with space left vacant for the Vice-Presidential candidate. The group says it is the first organization to hoist an election standard for the Secretary of War, signaling support for Taft.
Lewis Nixon former Tammany Hall leader spoke at his Staten Island home praising Secretary Taft as favorable for the party. He warned Taft would weaken as campaign heats, adding the Democrats have never had a better chance to carry the country.
Numerous congratulatory messages flood Secretary Taft after the Republican Convention declares him the nominee. Notables including Taft backers, Vice President Fairbanks, and many politicians send well wishes from Chicago to Washington. Messages flow from Cannon Hughes Knox and others as celebrations spread nationwide.
Atlanta June 13 The silk for Mrs Taft's dress would be raised in Georgia by Louis Magid a Tallulah Falls silk grower who telegraphed Alexander Ackerman Republican National Committeeman that he would donate the silk The fabric would be manufactured in America and delivered to Taft's dressmaker to create an all American dress Mr Taft won a golf medal at the St Louis exposition for showcasing silks.
Read about demonstrations of a pain relief device called the Arnold Vibrator at a corner location. It claims a fifteen minute treatment cures lumbago gout backache weak spine and related pain by applying a spot the pain disappears naturally. The ad promises self healing of blood issues and nerves, claims no electric power needed and offers a free booklet.
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