Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 124, 18 June 1908 — Page 1

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Delegates' Pledged to the Nomination of the War Secretary Throw Choice of the Convention to the Roosevelt Favorite. ,

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Roosevelt Candidate Named to Lead Roosevelt Republican Platform to Victory at Polls Next November-Seven Candidates In All Were In the Field.

Chicago, June 18. Amid the wildest enthusiasm and cries for "Taft, Taft, Taft, Taft," William Howard Taft, or Cincinnati was voted the nominee of the Republican party at 4:45 this afternoon. NAMED BY ACCLAMATION. When the call of the first ballot reached Massachusetts, fthe balloting was suspended and Taft was nominated by acKftunation. ,

" Chicago, ., 111., June 18. Amidst (She wildest .enthusiasm ever, attending a republican nominating convention the vote announcing the selection of William H. Taft as the choice of the party for presidential honors t was greeted by deafening cheers that seemed to rock the very rafters of the auditorium. As Alabama led off and from then on down the list as the vote was announced, there eaXle renewed cheers. Such a demonstration never has been equaled. As ffce list of state pfte;- state was called, and It looked as if the predictions of the Taft managers was to be realized to the ballot, the . thousands of men and women in the vast building be- j came raving maniacs in their demon- J Btration. Flood waves of riotous en-1 thusiasts broke upon the sea of enthu- j siasm and there was pushing and shev- J ing of men in all directions. There was j nothing that it could resemble more ! than a stampeded herd of buffaloes. The expectations o'f ell, who had hoped for the selection of Taft seemed to be 'exemplified In every" movement. Chicago, June 18. It was 10:15 this morning when Senator Henry Cabot Lodge swung the gavel and called the convention to order. AH. around him thousands of fans made an Ineffectual (effort to stir up a little breeze but it was hot, extremely hot. John Wesley Hill, of Brooklyn, X. Y., led the convention In prayer. j "We praise thee," he prayed, "for the story of Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrim fathers and for the Declaration of Independence." May these deljgfctes serve their country with all J their might and brain. Commend thy ' blessing upon the president of the TJnlted States and may intelligence be J wedded to virtue and virtue to piety. Lift up the light of thy countenance his dead world slumbering in Williams, of Oregon, a President Grant's cabinet was invited this morning to sit up on the platform. As soon as he could be heard. Senator A. J. Hopkins, of Illinois, chairman of the resolutions committee, was recognized by the chair. "I am directed to submit the following report from my committee," he said, and immediately broke into the reading of the platform. He was interrupted by .pries of -"louder!- half a dozen time

"T T and the mention of Roosevelt's name 'brought a cheer that lasted for a fev kacanda. t ' -" ',-.. Sultry In Convention Hall. The attention of the visitors at the preceding sesslans had bfpu unflagging and constant but today the heat made them less interested and Chairman Lode was finally forced to hammer down his gavel and announce: "The chair must request visitors in the gallery to cease from conversation so audible as to prevent delegates from Iiearing the resolutions." That brought silence b-.tt not attention and when, a few minutes later the resolution to permit railroads to make traffic agreements among themselves was reached there was not a bit of a demonstration. When the anti-injunction plank was reached there were sporadic cries of "No" intermingled with cheers from the different delegations, but the readies the plan!: d!d not car.se any Half a dozen U-tt ;!v r.-!di". r.-ss intf rru;te;l by thr :i"'s? i:t tho gallery and then as Sc-:v Uv Hv-l;:r.s fi island, it v;:s ;nr.e;:r. "V !:e minority re port would he re;-. I the announcement was grartcd with cheers. Cocper Reads Minority Report. Senator Cooper, of Wisconsin, was introduced as the man who would present the minority report and Chairman Lcdse added, that following the reading, forty minutes would be allowed for debate. All the real enthusiasm that came over the platform was when Senator Cooper began to read. He is an earnest speaker and the chairman didn't have to call the galleries, to order, while he was speaking.. The demand for better supervision of the interstate commerce commission was made. The-minority believes the efficient work of the commission in the regulation of common carriers has been made manifestly absurd by the lack of congressional support. The demand is made that congress support the commission with such laws that will result in reasonable and just railroad rates. This clause was greeted with but mild applause. The policy of the railroads was bitterly attacked. Their . treatment of the public has been that of oppression and it isnow intolerable. The minority want immediate revision of the tariff along lines which will equalize the cost of production here and abroad and on a just and scientific basis. The immediate establishment of a permanent tariff commission composed of experts from civil life was advocated. There was some applause at this. The trusts are condemned because they are in restraint of trade and beLEADERS SURE THAT TAFT WOULD BE NAMED Chicago, June 18. The republican convention leaders were so sure of the fact that a presidential nominee would be chosen and so certain that Secretary Taft would be the man, that a delegation of national committeemen this morning engaged transportation for a trip to Cincinnati tonight and Secretary Taft has arranged to hurry there to meet them and receive his notification.

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0'CLCI cause they limit their production. This clause got cheers. It was stronger than the majority report. When Roosevelt's name was mentioned in connection with the trust prosecution, the speaker paused a ith' ment, but there was no response. The report continued: "We urge the enactment of such legi&lation as will prevent all such abuse by unlawful combinations and will fester and protect competition and lawful business." There was not any doubt about the. earnestness of the minority in presenting its report and it was all reflected in the voice ci' Senator Cooper as he shouted c-t the resolutions. "I was the only man," declared Cooper at the end of the reading, "that signed that report, and I am in favor of it and never will apologize for it." Conducts Losing Fin ht. Cheers and laughter gresteJ thfa remark and then Senator Cooper began his fight, for his rep'irt. it wn3 a losing fight he fought though. The dolegates were nailed down. They could cheer for him but they couldn't vote for him so they cheered for awhile, then gave way to the heat and sat back and tried to keep cool. Cooper Effective Speaker. Mr. Cooper is a a effective stump speaker and caught the crowd better than any one else who has yet addressed the' convention, except Chairman Ledge. Herman L. Ekorns, of Wisconsin, to whom Mr. Cooper yielded, took up the Question cf the anti-injunction plank aid presented the minority side on this. Calls Report "Socialistic." Senator Hopkins then began his speech in favor of the report of the majority. He denounced the report of the minority as the "socialistic, democratic utterance of Wisconsin." A roll call was demanded on the minority report by Wisconsin. Gov. Hanly, of Indiana, moved that the vote on the resolution regarding the publication of campaign funds be taken separately. South Dakota asked that a separate vote be taken on the amendment regarding the fixing of the physical value of railroads. The roll call was ordered on the minority report with the exception of the. provisions noted above. The report of the minority was lost with the exception of the provisions, already named by a vote of 952 to 28. Campaign Expense Plank. The plank providing for the publishing of campaign contributions on a brief is as follows: "Certain expenses cannot be separated from campaign and these demand large contributions, but In some special instances they are made for corrupt purposes to influence nominations. If they were known it would be condemned by the public. We propose to have a republican congress and a republican president pass a law to compel the publication of contributions including the names of contributors and the amount given." Proposed Plank Defeated. The provision was lost by a big majority, almost as big as the vote by which the preceeding provisions of the minority report had been defeated. Then Chairman Lodge announced that Wisconsin demanded a roll call on the proposition -regarding, a physical valuation of railroads and South Dakota seconded the motion after some hesitation. The roll was called and the motion, like the others,- was overwhelmingly defeated. The total vote on the proposition was 63 "ayes" against 97 "noesy On demand of South Dakota, seconded by Wisconsin a roll call was then had on the proposition providing for the election of senators by direct rote. It was lost too. The report of the resolutions committee was then adopted by acclamation. ; -' Nominations in. Order at 12:45. At 12:43, after the report of credentials committee had been adopted. Chairman Henry Cabot Lodge announced that nominations were in or-

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E OF TAFT GOES BEFORE CONVENTION IN STIRRING SPEECH Theodore C. Burton, of Cincinnati, Places the War Secretary in Nomination for the Presidency. OHIO MAN LIKENED TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Great Burst of Applause as The Speaker Declares Candidate's Acts Will Follow Out the Roosevelt Ideas. Chicago, June IS. When Ohio was reached in the roll-call of states today, Theodore C. Burton, the delegate upon whom fell the honor of placing Taft's name in nomination, arose and said: This convention enters upon the grave" reppoaribtlity of selecting a presidential candidate with the serene assurance that the republican party wiil continue to rule this people. What assembled multitude in any land has ever pointed the way to such beneficent results for home and for the progress of the whole human race, as the recurring conventions of this grand old organization? Yet we do not rely alone upon the record of that which it has accomplished. We emphasize, even more, its supreme qualification to solve the problems of the present. it is especially appropriate that this gathering should be held in this marvelous city of Chicago, whence the steel bands of commerce reach out in every direction, over plain and river and mountain to almost boundless distance, bringing the richest treasures cf a continent to lay them at your feet. Here it was that the righeous uprising against slavery and Bourbonism, sprung from the nation's conscience, raised its first triumphant voice when Abraham Lincoln was nominated. And here, again, with notes of thunderous acclaim, enraptured throngs greeted the naming of Garfield, of Blaine, of Harrison, and of Roosevelt. Again Ohio presents a candidate to the National Republican convention. In sevep stubbornly contested presidential campaigns, sons of her sacred soil have led the embattled republican hosts to victory. The Buckeye State has assuredly contributed her share of statesmen and generals for the upbuilding of the nation. But that of which we are prouder still is her stalwart citizenship the mightiest bulwark of the republic in every commonwealth made up of America's free yeomen, ever ready to respond to the tocsin of alarm in days of peril, or to crush corruption whenever it raises its menacing head. From this citizenship Ohio, in the supreme emergency of the civil war. sent forth more than two hundred thousand soldiers for our country's defense, a formidable array easily passing i-n numbers the world-conquering legions of imperial Caesar, and even larger than any army ever mustered by Britain for the tentei field. But transcendent above all is the fact that Ohio is one of the matchless union of states linked together ,in everlasting bonds of amity and constituting an empire wonderful in power and almost immeasurable in extent. Each sovereign state alone would occupy but a subordinate place in the great current of the world's events, but when represented by one of forty-six bright stars on a field of stainless blue, every one forms part of an emblem of union and of strength more beautiful far than the most brilliant constellation in the heavens. (Continued on Page Six.) THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Showers Thursday night, and on Friday; cooler Friday; fresh southeast to south winds. OHIO Showers Thursday night and probably Friday; cooler Friday; frMh south winds.

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ANTI-INJUNCTION FIGHT SETTLED BY COMPROMISE Republican Leaders Capitulate to Demands of Convention Lobbyists and Make Over Plank.

GOMPERS DECLARES HE WAS TREATED UNFAIRLY. Leader of Federation of Labor Accuses Sub-Committee on Resolutions of Bad Faith Says It Was Programmed. Chicago, June 18. The resolutions committee of the republican national convention just before daylight this morninig, after working since yesterday afternoon, adopted the following plank, dealing with the writ of injunction which will be incorporated in the platform to be adopted by the convention: "The republican party will uphold at all times the authority and integrity of the courts, state and federal, and will ever insist that their powers to enforce their process and to protect life, liberty and property shall be preserved inviolate. We believe, however, that the rules of proceedure in federal courts with respect to the issuance of a writ of injunction, should be more accurately defined by statute, and that no injunction or temporary restraining order should be issued without notice, except when irreparable injury would result from delay, in which case a speedy hearing thereafter should be granted." Agreement Is a Compromise. This plank was virtually adopted by the full committee on resolutions, after being unanimously reputed by the sub-committee. In the full committee the following states voted in the negative: California, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Montana. Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, New Jersey, Oregon Utah, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. Louisiana was not represented on the committee. "This is a compromise between the demands of labor and the capitalists' demands, and while not satisfactory to either, ends a great deal of the opposition which has been stirred up in the last few days. It is considered by the leaders of the convention as a happy solution. The latter half of the resolution, requiring notice except in emergencies, is merely a plea for the return to the former practice in fedtral courts." The committee on resolutions adjourned shortly before 3 o'colck after appointing Senator Hopkins, of Illi nois, Wade H. Ellis, of Ohio, Senator Long, of Kansas, and John Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, on a sub-committee to prepare a revised draft of the platform. A plank granting collective citizenship to the people of Porto Rico was adopted, as was the Panama canal plank, immigration plank .and negro plank. The committee voted down the resolution requiring candidates to make a public statement as to their campaign funds. Gompers Is Opposed. President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, expressed himself emphatically as opposed to the compromise plank on injunction, adopted by the resolutions committee. "I have every reason to believe that the plank was prepared and. that its passage was certain nefore I appeared before the committee yesterday," said Mr. Gompers. "I was heard as a matter of courtesy and that was all. If the convention as a whole adopts this meaningless, unsatisfactory platform, I shall have something to say." "It will be something that will not aid the republican party in its next election. We shall go to the democrats and see what attitude they will take toward labor and the laboring man." No Opposition in Convention. There was little belief, despite the Gompers attack, that the convention would not pass the plank. There (Continued on Page Two.)

RICHMOND MAY LOSE ONE OF HEHWG FACTORIES WESTCOTT CARRIAGE COMPANY CONSIDERS FAVORABLE OFFER MADE BY ANDERSON TO LOCATE LARGE PLANT IN THAT CITY AND IT MAY BE ACCEPTED BY

HOOSIER DRILL GETS ADDITIONAL SHOP

Shortsville, New York, Division

Here and the Company Will Probably Buy Property Now Occupied by Westcott Carriage Company as It Is Needed

WILL FIGHT TO HOLD

Members of Various Commercial Bodies Realize the Great Benefit That Would Accrue by Keeping Concern in City, Particularly Since New Hoosier Addition Is Announced.

It was announced today that the Shortsville, N. Y., plant of the American Seeding Machine company would be combined with the local plant of that corporation, the Hoosier Drill works, but with this good news came an announcement of bad news which will be heard with genuine regret by the people of this city. This bad news was that the .Westcott Carriage company will probably sell its factory building to make room for the additional plant to be located here) by the American Seeding Machine company, and that the big carriage concern will probably locate at Anderson, Ind. Young Men's Club Active. When the Young Men's Business Club of this city was informed of the contemplated moving of the Westcott Carriage company the officers of the organization immediately got busy and is now workingeui a plan to offer the carriage concern an inducement to remain here which will equal the inducement the company has received from the Anderson Commercial Club. This morning the ofTicers of the Young Men's Business Club met with representatives of the Commercial Club and the South Side Improvement Association for the purpose of devising some plan to keep the big carriage company in the city. What the outcome of this conference was has not been announced, but it Is certain that the three commercial organizations will do everything possible to keep Anderson from getting the big factory. Gets Flattering Offer. H. L. Ashley, secretary and treasurer of the Westcott Carriage company, stated this morning that his company had received a most flattering offer to locate In Anderson and that there was a possibility of the offer being accepted, but that as yet no action had been taken on the matter. Mr. Ashley stated that when the American Seeding Machine company decided to locate its Shortsville branch here, it was found that the present quarters of the Hoosier drill were not large enough to accommodate an additional branch. The American Seeding Machine company then made an offer to the Westcott Carriage company for its plant, which is located at the corner of North Fifteenth street and the railroad. Mr. Ashley states that this offer was so good that it was given favorable consideration, although no deal has yet been closed, and the carriage company officers then began to look around for a new location. Mr. Ashley states that one of the reasons why the carriage company considered the offer for its plant was because it was necessary to enlarge the plant, the company having decided to engage in the manufacture of motor .carriages, but that there-was no room to expand, as the American Seeding Machine company owns all the property between the railroad and North E street, and from Thirteenth street to North Fifteenth street, witb the exception of a small lot at the corner of Fifteenth and North E streets, and the Westcott plant. - He stated that the Seeding Machine company also owned all of the property between the railroad and North F street, from North Fourteenth to North Fifteenth street, except that section which is occupied , by the Quaker City Machine company. Learning of the situation here, representative business men of Indianapolis called upon the officers of the Westcott Carriage company and made inducements to locate the plant in Indianapolis. Anderson then heard of the situation and at once offered the company a liberal bonus and factory site to locate there. So good Is the An

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COMPANY IN derson inducement that the officers of' the company feel that it should not be turned down unless they can be made as good an offer to remain here. Mr.' Ashley has assured the repre-, sentatlves of the Young Men's Busineas club that no deal will be closed with the Anderson people until the local, commercial organizations have had an opportunity to take some action. The company could locate in the . old .-plant Yf . the Richmond carriage company on North E street, which would be large enough to accommodate the plant even when it is increased by the addition of the motor! carriage branch, but the Westcott estate values this property at $25,000 and if purchased considerable amount of money would have to be expended on it in remodeling. The Westcott Carriage company now employs 175 men and when the motor carriage business 'is added the working force will be increased to'250i men. This company has always been! among the most substantial industries in the city and the prospect of its removal to Anderson bas brought the business men of this city for the flrstj time, face to face, with the necessity of following the example of bustling; Indiana cities who bare factory funds' to be used in inducing the location b these cities of substantial factories, i With the combination of the Shorts ville branch with the Hoosier Drill branch tbe working foroe at that factory will be increased from five buod red to seven hundred and fifty. About two hundred and fifty of tbe employe of the Shortsville plant will be brought to this city. The manager of this, plant is Burt Marshall, a former Richmond young man. This plant will Jbm located here by the first of October,' Several weeks ago the Louisvin branch of the concern wa mergel with the local plant. To Act Independently. , At the meeting held by the directors of the Young Men's Business club, the Commercial club and the South, Sid Improvement association, relative to devising a plan to retain tbe Westcott Carriage company In this city, no action was taken, because the Commer cial club stated that it would be impos sible for that organization to consider any project until Monday evening as several of its officers were out of the city. As Monday will be too late to take action on the matter, it Is quite probable that the Young Men's Business club and the South Side Improvement association will take tbe matter in hand and will hold a joint meeting tomorrow evening. The "wait a few days" tactics advised by the Commercial club, and generally adopted by that organization, did not meet with favor in the eyes of the representatives of the Young Men's Business club and the South Side Improvement association, so they will act Independent of the older organization. VICE PRESIDENT TO BE NOMINATED FRIDAY. Chicago, June 18. There Is no hope of reaching the vice-presidential nominations today, according to leaders at the Republican convention. Interest in the contest for second place has been in the shadow of other matters today but with the Presidential nominations out of the way, talk will be rife on the situation tonight. Senator Lodge, Chairman of the Convention, said this afternoon that a vice president would be nominated tomorrow.

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