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Story of the Great Gathering at the Republican Convention
Chicago report notes a long day of speeches and horse-trading as Taft secures the nomination with Knight of California and McGee backing La Follette, while Abner Handy chronicles reform mood and Knox and Cannon fade from contention. Roosevelt sentiment fills crowds as Lodge earns praise before Sherman is named VP pick.
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Knight
California
Taft
Burton
Ohio
Kwokaloo
Cochem
Wisconsin
la Follette
Mr. McGee
Roosevelt
Ture
Towa
Cannon
Knox
Fairbanks
Foraker
Mr. Handy
St. Louis
Indiana
Ade
Ninth District
Annex
Hitchcock
Vorya
New York
Hughes
Jim Sherman
Harn-Kirl
Tim Woodruff
Abner Handy
Kansas
Ske
Old Grant
Serge Sulta
Republic
Gompers
Iandy
J. G. Cannon
Dinville
Blaine
Col
Anadoneran J. Halderson
England
Cleveland
Coliseum
Committee On Credentiala
Iteree
Senator Lodge
America
Theodore Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
James 8. Sherman
William Allen White
Geo. Matthew Adama