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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
1
President’s forces firm through the convention as Taft and Sherman are chosen with their names withheld from early reports. Delegates personally nominate the colonel and the platform remains conservative as Harding’s nomination speech lauds the president.
Chicago June 23. Theodore Roosevelt withholds his name from the fifteenth Republican national convention directing delegates to abstain from voting as he favors a third party. Taft renominated with Sherman Roosevelt’s dramatic challenge. questions rise about the party’s future amid divided factions and a Steam roller of delegates.
United States Senator Elihu Root of New York elected temporary chairman 558 to 502 over Governor Francis C. McGovern. Roosevelt supporters push to place 78 Roosevelt delegates on temporary roll. credentials committee to decide contested cases after long debate. Thursday to Saturday show Taft strengthening. Taft and Sherman renominated.
The platform backs no recall of judges but supports easier removal for corruption and calls for anti trust penalties, tariff reductions, and FTC power over interstate matters. It urges farmer loan aid, federal civil service extension with a retirement list, and notes silence on initiative and referendum. Vote tallies show 666 for, 53 against, 343 not voting.
Since 1892 Republican conventions rarely faced tight contests. McKinley won on first ballot in 1896 at St Louis, Roosevelt secured the vice slot in 1900 Philadelphia, Roosevelt’s 1904 nomination was foregone, and Taft’s 1908 nomination proceeded smoothly through coordinated party machinery.
The speaker asserts confidence in re-election and renomination, claiming a steady law and order stance, avoiding hysterical public appeals or delegate coercion, and crediting an honest victory from the start.
The speaker expresses pleasure at being renominated without seeking it and believes level headed Republicans will back the regular ticket. The tone reflects diplomatic assurance and party unity.
Nominations secured by theft, packed jury decisions, and biased committees dominated the contest ed cases. The convention’s rulings reflected these biases, with the national committee and credentials committee swayed by unfair influence.
Rollin H Godding postmaster at Kane and editor of the Kane Republican died last Saturday at Kane hospital from caraemic poisoning after six months of illness. He was born June 27 1860 in Little Valley New York learned printing there and moved to Kane in 1897 as city editor of the Kane Republican. He organized a company to run the paper and served as president and treasurer while remaining editor and manager. He became postmaster three years ago. Survived by a widow three daughters Mabel Gladys Hazel and son Carl. Funeral Tuesday at Congregational church with Kane lodge I O F conducting and Forest Lawn cemetery interment.
James Orr aged 40, married with six children, fled from his wife a week ago and last night hanged himself in a country barn 13 miles north of Bucyrus Q June 27.
In Norristown Pennsylvania a collision between a car carrying W A Reed of Harrisburg and Grover C Ferrell left Reed dead and Ferrell badly injured.
The Warren Mail announces a Home Furnishers Contest offering fifteen prizes and seven hundred dollars in votes to boost circulation across Warren county. Readers are urged to clip nomination blanks, nominate friends, and join as active candidates or supporters as the contest begins.
A contestant praised the contest plan dividing fifteen prizes among Warren County's five districts. Each district offers two prizes, a coach and a set of one hundred dishes, with five grand prizes awarded to top standings. The scheme aims for equal opportunity for rural and city participants.
With every one years subscription, new or renewal, a pair of EVERSHARP SHEARS is given at no extra charge. The patent tension spring and thumb screw keep them from dulling and allow cutting heavy fabric to fine silk. Enclose six cents for mailing if requested by mail. No extra charge when delivered by candidate or from the office.
A notice on page 2 describes a special ballot that, when clipped and with a candidate name written in the blank and a one year subscription paid, grants the candidate five thousand extra votes. The ballot remains valid until July 10.
Quoted lines describe flowers as cherished by ordinary people and children, a cotta ger’s treasure, and a broken rainbow fragment brightening the town windows. The passage ties flowers to the covenant of peace held in workers’ hearts.
A humorous note asserts that people often ask about mood to avoid listening to a long list of symptoms. It suggests the question is more social than diagnostic, focusing on surface emotion rather than medical detail.
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