Roosevelt Blocked Move To Amend Temporary Roll At Chicago Convention
At Chicago on June 18 the convention hall heard a tense clash over the temporary roll. Governor Halley and Roosevelt backers pressed to substitute Roosevelt delegates for Taft in contested states. Rosewater ruled the move out of order and named Elihu Root as New York’s temporary chairman amid cheers and protests.
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Madden Named To Notify Nominations In Chicago
Chicago June 18 Members of the committee to notify the candidate for president include Illinois Martin B Madden Iowa L A Brewer Michigan John E Walker Wisconsin Alvin Klettach The committee to notify the vice presidential candidate include Illinois C J Hawbaker Iowa H G Brown Michigan John D Haggerty Wisconsin Theodore Kronshage The committee on permanent organization includes Morois Ira C Copley Iowa W S Lewis The committee on rules includes Illinois John L Hamilton Iowa B F Carroll The committee on platform and resolutions includes Illinois W B R Bundy Iowa G D Perkins Michigan William Judson Wisconsin Walter Co Owens Roosevelt mentioned sparking cheers Hedges said he cheered Roosevelt for seven years but is taking a day off.
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Prayer by a Priest Opens Convention
Reverend J F Callaghan of St Malachys Chicago offers the opening prayer at the Republican National Convention. He asks for divine guidance to direct actions and prayers, invoking the Our Father and the Holy Spirit for protection, forgiveness, and deliverance from temptation.
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Roosevelt Delegates Threaten Bolt At Republican Convention
Roosevelt delegates in Chicago caucus declare that fewer than 540 uncontested delegates cannot bind the national convention. They adopt a telegram to President Taft urging disavowal of the national committee defeat of Roosevelt contests and pledge to bolt if needed. The Illinois crowd suggests 540 as the needed majority.
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Investigation Ordered of Rates for Hard Coal Trust Roads
Maspington June 18 The commerce commission has ordered an investigation of rates practices and regulations applying to railroad transportation of all roads in the hard coal trust.
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Wisconsin Split on a Chairman
Chicago June 18 Senator Borah announced Governor McGovern of Wisconsin would be Roosevelt candidate for temporary chairman The Wisconsin delegation after a caucus decided 15 to 11 not to present a candidate for temporary chairman and said it would support Governor McGovern Cochems announced the decision noting past actions and minority dissent within the delegation technical and political tensions mark the split
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Moderate Roosevelt Faction Protests Taft Contested Delegates Vote
A mass meeting of Roosevelt delegates endorses a thousand word protest to President Taft against Victor Rosewater’s plan to let contested delegates vote on their own seats. About 75 contested delegates are cited as not honestly entitled to vote, with the protest claiming such action violates justice and parliamentary law.
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Taft Gains Pennsylvania Delegate Amid Roosevelt Illness
Chicago June 18 Taft unexpectedly picked up a delegate from the Pennsylvania delegation due to Delegate Cooper Roosevelt aligned who was too ill to attend His alternate Newcomer is a Taft supporter Roosevelt hopes to replace Cooper with a Roosevelt alternate but Newcomer declines
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Accused seeress denied bail in Chicago
In Chicago on June 18 Mrs Louisa G J Lindloff a spiritualist accused of poisoning five relatives was held without bail by Municipal Judge Gemuinill on the murder charge of her son Arthur. A preliminary hearing was set for June 27 as police await chemical analysis results.
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La Follette Platform Guarded In Private
Mrs J F Dolliver of Fort Dodge Iowa widow of Senator Dolliver is a leading La Follette supporter. Anti suffragists are organized and will oppose a suffrage plank. Dale Hayes recently joined Frontier Mining as superintendent of the Baxter mine Cuba City Wisconsin, rich in zinc, to reopen after years idle after his graduation from Missouri School of Mines Rolla. He left today to begin duties.
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Local Boy to Become Mine Superintendent
Chicago reports Mrs. Cecil Clark Davis, wife of author Richard Harding Davis, was granted a divorce today. In Sterling DL a 26 year old woman named Mrs Harry Weaver killed herself by drinking carbolic acid after her husband refused to take her fishing.
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City Marshal Slays in Tamms Shooting
Cairo Il June 18 City Marshal Thomas D Wilson of Tamms shot and killed James Hopkins at Tamms Sunday night Hopkins had shot Wilson in the breast last April during an attempted arrest and the latest shooting follows that prior trouble The incident concludes a long running feud between the two men and ends with the marshal the survivor.
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Roosevelt blasts Taft in Chicago convention opener
Theodore Roosevelt denounces Taft and his circle in a fiery address at the Coliseum, portraying himself as defender of decency against political disharmony. He claims he saved the progressive cause by entering the race and predicts a fierce battle as delegates from Illinois and nearby states rally behind him amid widespread press coverage and mobilization of national figures.
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Three affidavits allege Roosevelt bribery attempts in Taft race
Chicago June 18 three affidavits accuse Roosevelt forces of bribery aimed at shifting delegates from Taft to Roosevelt. Names include Charles Banks from Mississippi and witnesses Jamis W. Shumpert A Buckley and C W Sherrod. Offers cited range up to 100 dollars per vote and two separate approaches to Buckley and Shumpert with payments proposed.
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Illinois Fathers a Resolution to Eliminate Delegates
The Taft Roosevelt rift opened at the Chicago Coliseum as 1,078 delegates arrived for the Republican National Convention. Roosevelt supporters urged changing roll call for temporary chairman by individuals, challenging precedent, while Taft managers resisted. Police lined entrances as tension built, with gates opening at 10 and crowds pressing in for the day’s proceedings.
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