Roosevelt Scene Ignites Convention Floor in Taft Rally
At the Republican convention in Chicago on June 17 Senator Lodge praised the president amid a wild 45 minute demonstration. Ohio delegates sat silent as a Teddy bear was tossed among press seats and bands failed to quiet the crowd. Frank Hitchcock said the uproar showed Roosevelt’s popularity and would aid Taft’s cause.
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Chicago
Lodge
United States
Roosevelt
N. H. Fairbanks
Hitchcock
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
Fight of the Day in Deliberations of Platform Committee
Chicago reports detail heated debates over the anti injunction plank as Taft Roosevelt factions clash in the resolutions committee. Sub committee adjourns for lunch with prospects of delays and strategic moves shaping the platform and vice presidency implications.
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Platform Committee
Washington
Jon
Cummins
Iowa
Resolutions Committee
Credentials Row Settled After Meeting
The credentials fight in the Taft allied delegation ended at last with a decision not to pursue further action. The credentials committee in Chicago finished after an 13 hour session deciding most cases for Taft and seating allied delegates as instructed by the national committee. A minority report was anticipated as anti Taft leaders declared the process a farce and demanded justice at the convention.
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William O. Waters
Chicago
Harry Daughterty
Ohio
Committee On Credentials
Bookwalter
Indianapolis
Subcommittee On Resolutions
Resolutions Committee
Taft
Burke
Pittsburg
George T. Buckingham
Cannon Managers
Menarg
McHarg
National Committee
Allies
George T. Bucklingham
Illinois
Cannon
W. C. Bradley
Kentucky
Fairbanks
Arthur N. Sager
St. Louis
Hughes
F. C. Bryan
Washington
Florida
Cummins or Fairbanks Slogan of the Iowa Men
Iowa delegates push Cummins for vice president asserting Fairbanks would not accept a nomination and the administration would reject him. Iowa leaders hold talks on harmony if Dolliver or Cummins are chosen, with Borah backing Cummins and White House signs of cautious approval.
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Cummins
Fairbanks
Iowa
Indiana
Chicago
Sbanks
Taft
White House
Dolliver
George D. Roberts
Mint
Washington
Roberts
Senate
Perkins
George D. Perkins
Illinois
Cumming
Bryan
Efforts to secure a reduction of delegates from South fail
Chicago June 17 The rules committee rejected Brake's plan to cut southern delegates by 24 to 17 and tabled Parsons substitute. Brake and 16 supporters pledge a minority report as southern states opposed. Alaska DC insular territories unchanged. New Mexico Arizona Hawaii results 6 to 2 not reduced. National committee will decide primary or convention method for electing delegates.
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Chicago
Committee On Rules
Brake
Parsons
Alaska
District of Columbia
Insular
New Mexico
Arizona
Hawaii
National Committee
Blake asks Bryan to withdraw from race for 1912 nomination
George McDuffie Blake, a personal friend of Bryan, writes to the Nebraskan urging withdrawal from the presidency race and pledging Bryan a 1912 nomination. He seeks Bryan’s help in nominating Johnson for president and Douglas of Massachusetts for vice president. In Philadelphia, more than 600 graduates complete the 152nd annual commencement at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Richmond
George McDuffie Blake
Bryan
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Knotty Planks in the Platform
The platform presents proposals urged by President Roosevelt to limit injunctions in labor cases and to supervise future railroad securities. It also calls for federal oversight of interstate commerce, postal savings banks, and restricting convention representations to reduce Southern delegations by seventy five percent.
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Roosevelt
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Credentials Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Tabor
American Federation of Labor
Ilinois Manufacturers’ Association
Samuel Gompers
Keefe Duncan
Len
Henry Cabot Lodge
Illinois Ans
Shelby M. Cullom
A. J. Hopkins
Yanx
Allison
Borah
Associated Press
Arm Wincreeesy
Penn
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