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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1912
Page
1
Taft and Sherman named by the K P as presidential nominees while Roosevelt supporters split their votes. The divided stance leaves the president a candidate for a second term.
The roll call shows Hughes two votes Cummins seventeen La Follette forty one Roosevelt one hundred seven not voting three hundred forty five Taft five hundred sixty one.
The 1912 Republican National Convention at Chicago ended with William Howard Taft named presidential candidate after a riotous roll call. Roosevelt supporters split while Taft’s camp pressed to seat delegates amid clashes. vice presidential balloting yielded no clear winner. The convention adjourned sine die at 10 36 o'clock.
The Roosevelt faction resisted seating delegations while southern and regional groups led singing and catcalls. Taft and Fairbanks figures sparked interruptions as Bryan planned to depart Baltimore. The platform reading resumed after the disruptions and Fairbanks moved to adopt the platform.
A Louisville post office superscription warns of a letter moving toward Nashville. It references feds and confeds and a 3 cent stamp to uncover truth about a wife recovering and a baby, naming Sophia Yost and postmasters north or south.
Colonel Roosevelt accepts a tentative nomination from the Roosevelt Republicans at Orchestra Hall amid a vast crowd. Governor Johnson of California chairs the meeting and announces a national committee representing twenty one states.
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