Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 125, 19 June 1908 — Page 1

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H AND SUN-TEL EGRAM. VOL. XXXIII. NO. 123. RICII3IOXD, IND., FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1908. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. S. CITY OFFICIALS TO ATTEND MEETING COUNCIL APPROVES AGREEMENT WITH TRACTION COMPANY WILL PEDDLING Hearty "Hello" of Taft May Rival Roosevelt's -'Dee-Lighted" FINE BE REFUNDED FOR THE VICE-PRESIDENCY Will Go to Laporte Next Week. Question Comes Up in Zutter meister Case.

JAMES

SHERMAN

NAMED

EW YORK MAN, MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND LEADING REPUBLICAN WORKER, CHOSEN BY CONVENTION TO BE RUNNING MATE OF WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.

HHIIUTIOII WAS MADE 1 ACCLAMATION , First Vote So Large That on Motion of Massachusetts Delegation, Nomination Was Recorded as UnanimousFairbanks Is Not Mentioned by Indiana.

"UNCLE JOE" CANNON RENDERS TRIBUTE TP TAFT In Seconding the Nomination of Sherman, Illinois Man Who Was Defeated Yesterday Sounds Note of true RepublicanismConvention Adjourns, Sine Die.

Chicago, June 19. The fourteenth Rational convention of the republican arty adjourned today at 11:47 o'clock after placing Jas. S. Sherman of New '.York, nominated for the vice presidency of the United States, as running date for William Howard Taft. the presidential nominee named yesterday. galled to Order at 10:17. v Chairman Lodge called the convention to order at 10:17 o'clock with but B email attendance of spectators and jiot all the delegates present. Nomin- . Btfons for the vice presidency were the, first business in order. After the opening prayer by Rabbi Bchanfarber, of Chicago, Chairman Lodge ordered the roll of states called tor nominations for vice president. One delegate, having in mind the outburst of ridicule with which Governor Hanly and other nominating speakers were greeted yesterday when their speeches weratoo long to please them, made a motion to limit the speeches to ten minutes. Crowds Cheer Sherman. Delaware was the first state to respond to the roll call and it yielded to New York. Tim Woodruff then took the stand to nominate James S. Sherman, of that state. For several minutes the cheering made it impossible for him to speak. In the New York section the delegates arose as one man cheering and waving banners and bats. ' Promises Electoral VoVte. f Woodruff said he represented the great empire state, foremost .among the industrial commonwealth of the country. ""I am," he said, "on this platform merely for the purpose of bringing to you the name of one of the sons of that state as a candidate for vice president. Having presented unsuccessfully a New York man for the presidency we feel that unless we are given second place on the ticket we will not be able to deliver the electoral vote of our state, but with that place given us there can be no doubt of the success that awaits the republican ticket! We were only once defeated when we had a New York man on the ticket and that was when the Democrats had a New York man on their ticket oppos ed to him." "Fortunately," continued Mr. Wood ruff, "I have to present to you a man who is not only known and respected in every section of his own state, but who is known and respected in every congressional district of the United States." After speaking of the splendid auali locations of Sherman for the office of (vice president, he said: "On behalf of the united and solid delegation of the great Empire state, I present to you one whom we of New York believe Snust receive your favorable consider Btion, Congressman James S. Sher man." f Cannon Seconds Nomination. Then the announcement was made that Speaker Cannon would second the nomination and the convention went wild. Delegates jumped to their Chairs and for a few minutes yelled themselves hoarse. "Uncle Joe" knows how to speak to a crowd and was frequently interrupted by cheers. He said: "I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord thaTrl ttwell in the tent of wickedness." He .then proceded to a tribute fop, .. j.-.. " ... Taft and declared that the republican party would work with the best of loyalty and fidelity for the election of the standard bearer. Pure Republicanism. "The candidate of this convention is tny candidate," he said, "and I congratulate this assembly of delegates on its choice." This expression of pure republicanIsm won a great burst of applause. As the speaker warmed up. his long arms swung loosely, like a flail, and he whirled around to all points of the hall as it standing on a ballbearing platform. When he began his eulogy of Sherman the keenest attention was given him. Eulogizes Sherman. "If anything should happen that the man whose nomination I have honor to second would have to take the

president's place, which God forbid I know of no man whom I would rath

er see take his place," he said. When Cannon finished there was an other outburst of applause. One delegate got up and moved that (Shernian be nominated by acclamation. They were received by a great cheer from the delegates, who left but little doubt of Sherman's nomination on the first ballot. Lodge Speaks for Guild. Chairman Lodge, however, ruled that this was out of order and the roll call proceeded. When Massachusetts was reached, Chairman Lodge then took the stand to place the Hon. Curtis Guild, of Massachusetts, before the convention. He was rather apologetic at first and his speech can hardly be described as fiery. He spoke of Guild's record and his qualification's for the office and then placed his name before tne convention. Me spoke barely five minutes and there was a lady-like sound of handclapping when he concluded. Charles S. Osborne, chairman of the Michigan delegation, seconded the nomination of Guild. Like Senator Lodge he devoted most of his remarks to the candidate's military record, but he assured the delegates also that Michigan knew the candidate's splendid record as a public servant. Governor Murphy Goes up. When New Jersey was called the name of former Governor Franglin J. Murphy of that state, was placed bafore the convention. The balloting then commenced at once. Nomination Made Unanimous. After the vote had been taken it was found that James S. Sherman of New York, had been nominated by a heavy majority. His total vote was 816; Guild received 75; Murphy 57 and Sheldon 10. On motion of Massachusetts, the nomination was made unanimous. Indiana voted 26 for Sherman and 4 for Murphy. Final Adjournment Taken. When Chairman Lodge announced Sherman's nomination and when the cheers, handvaving, shouts and songs had subsided, the routine resolutions that wound up the business of the convention were read rapidly and at 11:47 it was moved that the convention adjourn sine die. It carried with a whoop and roar. Chairman Lodge, with a final swing of the gavel, sent the announcement through the ranks of the delegates and another whoop marked the end of the big gathering. The cheers died away slowly across the hall as the visitors in the gallery arose and started for the doors. The delegates put on hats and collars, mopped their faces and started for their hotels to make preparations for getting out of the city. National Committee Meets. The national committee convened in the committee rooms at the coliseum annex immediately after adjournment to finish the routine business of the convention and appoint a sub-committee to take up the work. The committee named to notify the presidential and vice presidential candidates of their nomination met at a down town hotel and planned for their work. The men who for months have guid edJ "steamroller" climbed down 1 "u bp1 rest OI ine day receiving Sraimauons or every body who COUld eet tO thfnv Af nnnn flftAA. could get to them. At noon, fifteen minutes after adjournment of the convention, naught but decorations and a few straggling groups outside the coliseum and t,he national committee meeting upstairs in the annex, were left as evidence of the gathering of the last four days. INTENSE HEAT IN CHICAGO. Delegates and Visitors Swelter In the Rising Temperature. Chicago, June 19. The heat was so intense again today that when the convention opened this morning there were few visitors in the galleries 'and not a quarter of the delegates were in their seats.. Colonel Wm. H. Young, of WashingX Continued on Page Two.).

Council last evening appropriated $100 to cover the expenses of the delegation of city officials who will represent Richmond at the meeting of the Indiana Municipal League, which will be held next week at Laporte. It is expected that there will be quite a good sized delegation attend this meeting.

FAIRBANKS URGED TO ENTER RACE UP TO LAST MINUTE Friends Made Last Desperate Appeal to Vice President to Gete His Consent to Renomination, But in Vain. CLAIM STATE MACHINE WILL NOT SURVIVE NOW. Indiana Republican Leaders Fear Beveridge Will Lead Younger Element of Party Into Secession. (Special to the Palladium.) Indianapolis. June 19. With the ad journment of the republican national convention at Chicago, yesterday after noon, leaving the selection of the nominee for vice-president until today there was a veritable avalanche of telegrams and long distance telephone calls at the North Meridian street home of Vice President Fairbanks Practically all the messages and calls came from Chicago, where there ap peared to be under way a determined move to force the Indiana man into permitting the use of his name for second place on the ticket Only a few hours before the vice president had made a statement for publication to the effect that he would stand for the presidential nomination and nothing less or else. There were no signs of wavering in what he had to say. There was nothing between the lines. It was simply a frank, out-and-out assertion that he would not consent to the use of his name for any other honor than that which Taft so easily landed. Nobody doubted his sincerity, but the opinion seemed to prevail among the leaders at Chicago that the vice-president must go down under the pressure and satisfy the demands of his friends. It All Sounds Good. "This pressure business sounds good," said a Beveridge man to your correspondent. "As a matter of fact, it is the final effort to save the Fairbanks machine in Indiana. With the exit of Chas. W. Fairbanks from active politics, the disintegration of his ma chine must naturally follow. Of course there will always be those who prefer to follow the fortunes of the tall Hoosier, but the rank and file of his following, appreciating the fact that there is nothing to be gained by staying with the wreck, will jump to the Taft ship and take their chances. Just watch Beveridge and his supporters from now on. The delicate, disguised tactics they have been following will be cast aside and the fight for control of the Indiana machine will be made in the open. Roosevelt is an admirer of the senior senator, who is young and ambitious, and you may put it down that some of those who snickered when Beveridge was thrown "down ruthlessly for the temporary chairmanship will live long enough to learn that he is closely in touch with Taft and the logical recipient of such favors as may be handed out within the borders of Indiana. Don't forget this." Was All For Taft. A number of Indianians who went to Chicago expecting to see a fight, or, ratheOwith a false impression of the strength of one named Taft, have already returned. Oscar Hadley, state treasurer, is one of these, and he was greatly disappointed. "It was all cut and dried for taft," said he, ("and after I found that out beyond a doubt which wasn't hard to do I came home. What was the use of staying?" Mr. Hadley witnessed the Roosevelt demonstration and declares that it was a hummer. It was a noticeable fact, too, that the Taft delegates did not, as a general thing, join in the outbreak or etcourage It. He saw Alice Roosevelt and declares that Jears streamed down her cheeks while the demonstration In honor of her distinguished father was at its height. Mr. Hadley ' thinks that this incident furnished th only real enthusiasm of tbs ooara&Ufla.

Objections Which Were Ex

pected to Be Presented at Special Meeting Strangely Withheld. ) SCHILLINGER DOES N0X.EXPECT TROUBLE. Thinks That Citizens Have No Right to Object to Proposed Freight Route Shippers Are Now Happy. Council in an adjourned meeting last evening, ratified the traction franchise agreement without attempting to amend it in any way. As soon as the measure was adopted, Mayor Schillinger lost no time in signing it. so the agreement will become effec tive as soon as it has been published the required length of time. Despite the fact that some of the councilmen at the meeting last Mon day night expressed objections to the section which authorized the traction company to place a freight line on North Twenty-third street, which is in Glen Miller park, no effort was made last evening to change this sec tion. The councilmen. it is understood, were informed yesterday by the board that North Twenty-third street is located on land which has been deeded to the city but that an investigation of the records did not reveal that at any time this land had been dedicated by the city for park purposes, so North Twenty-third street is not regarded as being located in Glen Miller park. Schillinger's Views. Before the council meeting last ev ening it was remarked to Mayor Schil linger that if an attempt was made by the traction company to place a line on North Twenty-third street it was quite probable several citizens would bring injunction proceedings against the company. The mayor then ex pressed a doubt as to whether the court could issue a restraining order on the grounds specified by the peti tloners, pointing out that North Twen ty-third street was not located in Glen Miller park. "Even if the company does build its line on North Twenty-third street and the court would issue a restraining order, it would be no loss to the city, The traction company was acquainted with the risk it was taking before it signed the agreement. If everything is satisfactory to. the company in this respect then the city should not hesi tate in granting the company the use of North Twenty-third street," stated Mayor Schillinger. He apparently voiced the opinions of the councilmen The question as to who would pay the fee of the associate attorney. Judge Gavin of Indianapolis, for his services in connection with the hear ing of the traction case in the federal court, was settled last evening in a satisfactory manner. Secretary E M. Haas of the Commercial club stat ed that the Commercial club would pay this fee providing it was not in excess of $250. councilman McMahan stated that some months ago he had asked that when the franchise agreement was drawn up that the company be requir ed to stop its limited cars at Earlham college on signal. City Attorney Study stated that Earlham was not within the city limits but that he was certain the traction company would agree to stop the limited cars there, Mr. McMahan was then satisfied. Shippers Jubilant. Local shippers are jubilant todav as the restoration of freight service will be a great benefit to them. It win be impossible for the traction company to have its north end freight line in operation before November 1 but while this route is under construe tlon it is quite probable that the city council will permit the company to operate its freight cars on Main street. However this action has not yet been taken. "Twenty-four Votes for Campbell" Said Deuker Nimrod Johnson, city treasurer, was one of the big Richmond delegation who attended the Chicago republican convention. He witnessed the roofraising demonstration given President Roosevelt and he states that it was the most inspiring scene that he ever wit nessed. T was as crazy as everybody else in the coliseum hollered and yelped like a combination of a Canadian wolf and a Sioux Indian but I was not as bad as Henry Deuker. That man was so overcome with excitement he imagined he was at the district convention where Judge Barnard was nominated. Right in the most exciting part of the excitement Deuker Jumped to his feet and yelled out, 'Wayne county gives twenty-four rotes for Campbell,' stated Johnson last evening at the city WHIri' r - '

At the council meeting last evening

Councilman Von Pein, chairman of the claims committee, asked for information concerning the claim for refund ing the fine assessed to Henry Zuttermeister for a violation of the old peddling ordinance. Mr. Zuttermeister was arrested under this ordinance just before council was brought to the realization of the unjustness of its provisions and suspended its enforcement pending its amendment. ASSURED THAT FACTOR! WILL Not Within Power of Commer cial Organizations to Hold Westcott Carriage Company in the City. CLUBS HAD NOTHING TO OFFER OTHER THAN LOT. Also Impossible to Raise Enough Money in Short Length of Time, to Meet Anderson's Big Offer. It is now an assured fact that the Westcott Carriage company will trans fer its plant from this city to Ander son, Ind.. where the business men's club of that city have offered the com pany a bonus of $45,000, a factory site and lots valued at $5,000. H. L. Ashley, secretary and treas urer of the company, went to An derson this morning and before he returns from there this evening it is expected that he will have closed the deal to locate the plant in that city, If the deal is closed work on erecting the factory building in Anderson will start a week from Monday as it will be necessary for the company to va cate its quarters in this city by the first of October, when the American Seeding Machine company takes over the factory building to be used as quarters for the Shortsville, N. Y., branch, which is to be consolidated with the local branch. As soon as the Westcott Carriage company closes the deal with the An derson parties, it is expected that it will close the deal for the sale of its local plant to the American Seeding Machine company. It is stated that the Westcott company will receive for this building and site in the neigh borhood of $100,000. Give up Efforts. All efforts of the local business or ganizations to keep the Westcott Car riage company in this city has been abandoned because they were in no position to offer any inducements to remain here. It is probable that factory site could have been offered the company but it would have been absolutely impossible to raise in short length of time a large enough subsidy to induce the company to re main here. Burton J. Westcott of Springfield O., and formerly of this city has oc cupied a peculiar position during the negotiations between the Westcott Carriage company and the American Seeding Machine company for the purchase by the latter company of the plant of the former company. Mr. Westcott has been obliged to take no part in these negotiations as he is president of the Westcott Carriage company and treasurer of the Ameri can Seeding Machine company. Has Large Property. With the purchase of the Westcott plant the American Seeding Machine company now owns the entire block from North Thirteenth street to North Fifteenth street and from North street to the railroad, with the exception of a small lot at the corner of North Fifteenth and E street. The company greatly desires to secure this property, it is understood, to be used in. the event it is ever desired to enlarge the main factory building but the owners of the property, despite the big offer that has been made them, ab solutely refuse to sell. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Showers Friday and cooler tonight and Saturday, except fal in extreme southeast portions fresh to brisk southwest winds. becoming northwest Saturday. OHIO Fair Friday night; showers and cooler Saturday or Saturday night; fresh to brisk south to southwest winds..

LEAVE RICHMOND

WM. H. Here Is the man whose personality is to become as familiar to all his countrymen as that of Theodore Roosevelt. William Howard Taft during the last year has been presented to the people by the pen of almost every one of our writers who are best able to estimate men. Yet the people's denv ocratic wish to know and know inti mately the individual character of a nominee for the presidency makes them anxious and eager for more knowledge of him. The way to get it is to see and talk to the man himself. Each one of hia estimators has called Taft simple, sincere and strong. Each has given him modesty and self-restraint. Each has spoken of his approachableness, of his big hearty laugh and his great heart. These are hard characteristics to write on without producing an impres sion that the writer is overdoing it a bit. Yet a meeting with Mr. Taft is convincing proof that the error has not been on the side of exaggeration! Mr. Taft. does not elve one the in stantaneous impression of himself that Mr. Roosevelt does. The effect comes more slowly. First, you are surprised to find that this man wno is canea 10 so exceDtional a place, is so like so many other people that you know. There is no Olympian abstraction about him. He is not thinking of Cu ba or the Philippines when he is shaking hands with you. On the contrary, there is the same free direct relationship as that which accompanies an introduction to a man in your own office. If you have known Mr. Taft before, you get a sounding "Hel-lo" that bids fair to become as well known as the more familiar "de-lighted." If not. your welcome is more gentle, but you feel that you will be sure to get tne 'Hel lo" next time. The fact that you occupy the entire attention of the man makes you certain of it. For there is a solid substratum of honesty beneath the whole proceeding that removes it utterly from the routine political hand-shaking. You like him and you can't help it. It is a thousand to one that you will be surprised at the physique of William Howard Taft. Not only the cartoons, but the photographers, have made us all believe that Taft is fat. The same phenomenon is true of Roosevelt, and in a lesser degree of the kaiser and King Edward, for it is a survival of the heroic tradition to add nhysical size to our idea of the great ones of the earth. The man who seems Burely destined to enter the white house next March is not fat. He Is of large build, but his movements are exact and certain. He does not hoist himself from one foot to the other as he walks, but swings steadily forward like a battle MEREDITH PROPHET Said Fairbanks Would Not Be Nominated If Hanly Spoke for Him. HOME FROM CONVENTION. It could not have been otherwise how could it? Linus P. Meredith, the original Fairbanks man of Wayne county gave up his old favorite and repudiated him at the convention yesterday. A year ago Meredith made the statement he was for Charles Warren Fairbanks for president. He added one qualifying phrase, however, and that, brought about his. desertion from his allegiance. That qualifying clause was;. "But if Frank Hanly.

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ship that knows where It wants to gt and intends to get there. In fact his frame gives you your first sense of bis power and his eyes back it up and drive it home. There is a great deal in those eyes. There is not only the frankness and kindness that goes with their deep blue, but there is settled purpose and wisdom and a wonderful "trustworthiness." They begin to make you understand why the republic has come to hold the man morally and mentally capable of performing the high duties of Its chief executive. This understanding gains force as you talk with Mr. Taft. Hi voice has a good masculine rumble to it, and his words are not slouched or slurred over. Each sounds as if it meant something, and when you think it over afterward you find that each does its part In the exact expression of an idea. Not that Mr. Taft's diction is stilted; it is far from that, falling easily into the vigorous and picturesque terms which we Americans have ereated for our.own particular use. But the coming president shows in hia speech the intelligent mind that knows word value as a scholar, a jurist and a stateman must know them. You will find, too. as the talk progresses that the kindliness and gentleness In Mr. Taft's character is not weakness. He will not be hard or bitter, nor will he fly out at you and try to cram his opinions down your throat. On the other hand, he will tell you bravely and squarely what he thinks, and he will not permit for a moment any misconception of his views or any slight, however easy to pass over, upon the principles which he believes to be the most Important, thing in his life. This trait Mr. Taft showed us all at the Boston banquet, where he refused to sft silent, as a lesser man would have done, under the tactless Insinuations which a New York Jester sought to make against Theodore Roosevelt and the moral awakening of the American people. His uncompromising courage in this direction Taft never fails to display, and your assurance of this characteristic, together with your consciousness of his undoubted ability are the most Important Impressions that you will take away with you. For after all what the people want la a president who will see to it that there is no turning back In the policies which the nation has marked out for itself. A talk with William Howard Taft must convince any open-minded American that here is a man firm enough to prevent any recession and mentally able in behalf of the people to meet on an equal ground the master minds of politics, of business and of the world of finance. places his name in nomination he will get beat. Just how true he was speaking the sheriff did not realize at the time. Hanly did place Fairbanks' name before the convention and nothing that he could say won any favors for the vice president Meredith was asked his opinion of the attitude of the Indiana delegation. He said: "Well the Indiana ship of state went down in a beautiful dive exhibiting splendid form and the last thing to be seen above the waters as she sank was Frank Hanly's flowing; locks. The sheriff said he had a great time bat could not stand the pace. He asserted It was evident everywhere that Taft was the choice oi the party. CURME INJURED. While at work in the basement of the Feltman shoe store yesterday afternoon, Arthur Curme, Jr.. a clerk, struck his head against a beam and sustained a severe scalp injury. A deep gash was cut and he was rendered unconscious for a short time.