Roosevelt Progressives Lose Everywhere in BIS Show
E. W. Pickard reports on Roosevelt's Progressives suffering defeats at the start of the BIS event. Governor Hadley of Missouri shone on the losing side while Chairman Root controlled the gavel furor sparked by Pretty Boomer. Sherman takes second place again with minimal opposition.
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Hadley
Missouri
Root
Pretty Boomer
T. R
Sunny Jim” Sherman
Omaha
Roosevelt
National Committee
Rosewater
Deneen
Taft
Jim Watson
Indiana
West Gallery
Colonel Roosevelt
William A. Davis
Chicago
Teddy
Taft Triumph at Coliseum Nominates Taft Sherman Ticket
The Taft Roosevelts clash over credentials and nominations as the convention records show Taft winning the nomination with 561 votes and Sherman named for vice president. Roosevelt factions protest and cause disorder while Taft forces hold firm through debates and procedural moves.
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Chicago
William Howard Taft
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Mr. Taft
Women Delegates Vote at National Convention for McGovern
California’s two women delegates Florence C. Porter and Isabella W. Blaney cast the first national convention votes by a major party for McGovern. The moment drew cheers from both McGovern and Taft camps as delegates praised the historic event. A disturbance by the Pennsylvania delegation led to threats of ejection as Sergeant at Arms intervened.
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Pennsylvania
Justice Hughes
Cummins
Idaho
la Follette
South Dakota
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Taft
Republican Party
Party of Progress
Theodore Roosevelt
National Committee
Roosevelt
Committee On Credentials
Root
California
Jim Watson
Indiana
Senator Root
Stone
Florence C. Porter
Los Angeles
Isabella W. Blaney
Saratoga
McGovern
Mrs. Porter
Joan of Arc
America
Joan
France
William Flinn
R. R. Quay
Schuettler
Marching Through the Alsies and a Hall Outburst
A political scene surrounds Senator Root as hundreds leave a hall during his address to protest interruptions. Bill Flinn interacts with Root, later Root resumes to a mostly empty rear while the audience shifts to the front. The speech then receives quiet attention with applause when taft era trust prosecutions are mentioned.
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Misuissipp
Jack Johnson
North Dakota
Mississippi
Vermont
Stone
Root
Mr. Root
Senator Root
Bill” Flinn
Advertised Letters and Local Republican Anecdote
List of unclaimed letters at Sullivan Indiana Post Office dated June 26 1912 includes ladies Delila Taylor and Elmer Williams and gentlemen Geo Bonham Lueza Charles Rogers W M Sigmund Sol Wilson David T Wickham Elmer. One cent due per letter. Murdock recounts 1856 first Republican campaign in which Fremont was candidate and a New Lebanon radical speaker claimed Fremont ate a dog prompting a crowd retort from Eaton kin.
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Sullivan, Ind
William T. Murdock
John C. Fremont
Samuel Hamill
New Lebanon
Fremont
Eaton
Louis Eaton
Langs Attend Indiana University Commencement
Mr and Mrs James Lang and their daughter Edith attended the Bloomington Indiana University commencement last week. Bayard Lang was among the graduates.
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James Lang
Edith
Indiana University
Bloomington
Bayard Lang
Notice to Non-Residents in Sullivan Circuit Court
In Sullivan County Indiana a notice to non residents for the May term 1912 of the Sullivan Circuit Court names ETHEL M Hamilton versus ORAM E Hamilton. Plaintiff seeks relief in a domestic matter, with action proceeding in the court.
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State of Indiana
Sullivan County
Sullivan Circuit Court
Ethel M. Hamilton
Notice of Final Settlement in Crawford Estate
John C. Chaney as administrator files final report in Sullivan Circuit Court. Hearing set for July 9, 1912, the 56th judicial day of the May term. Creditors heirs and legatees must appear to show cause why the report should not be approved.
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John C. Chaney
Ida E. Crawford
Sullivan Circuit Court
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