William McKinley, 25th president; born at Niles, Ohio., January 29, 1843; lawyer; served in civil war; prosecuting attorney, Stark County, Ohio, 1869-71; member of congress, 1877 to 1884, 1885-1891; governor of Ohio, 1892-1896; elected president, 1896; reëlected 1900; assassinated while attending the PanAmerican Exposition at Buffalo and died in that city on September 14, 1901. Other Parties Prohibition Party.-Convention held in Columbus, Ohio, July 15-16, 1908. For President, Eugene W. Chafin, of Illinois; for Vice-President, Aaron S. Watkins, of Ohio. People's Party.-Convention held in St. Louis, April 2-3, 1908. For President, Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia; for Vice-President, Samuel W. Williams, of Indiana. Independence Party.-Convention held in Chicago, July 28-29, 1908. For President, Thomas L. Hisgen, of Massachusetts; for Vice-President, John Temple Graves, of Georgia. This organization was developed from the Independence League; it represented the views of William R. Hearst in favor of public ownership of public utilities, etc. Socialist Party.-Convention held in Chicago, May 10-17, 1908. For President, Eugene V. Debs, of Indiana; for Vice-President, Benjamin Hanford, of New York. Socialist Labor Party.-Convention met in New York and on July 6 nominated for President Martin R. Preston, a prisoner in the Nevada State Prison, who was serving a twenty-five years' sentence for murder.1 He declined, and August Gillhaus, of New York, was substituted. For Vice-President, Donald Munro, of Virginia. 1New International Year Book, 1908, p. 586. HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK The Election Electoral vote for President and Vice-President: William H. Taft and James S. Sherman, Republicans:-California, 10; Connecticut, 7; Delaware, 3; Idaho, 3; Illinois, 27; Indiana, 15; Iowa, 13; Kansas, 10; Maine, 6; Maryland, 2; Massachusetts, 16; Michigan, 14; Minnesota, 11; Missouri, 18; Montana, 3; New Hampshire, 4; New Jersey, 12; New York, 39; North Dakota, 4; Ohio, 23; Oregon, 4; Pennsylvania, 34; Rhode Island, 4; South Dakota, 4; Utah, 3; Vermont, 4; Washington, 5; West Virginia, 7; Wisconsin, 13; Wyoming, 3. Total, 321. Elected. William J. Bryan and John W. Kern, Democrats:-Alabama, 11; Arkansas, 9; Colorado, 5; Florida, 5; Georgia, 13; Kentucky, 13; Louisiana, 9; Maryland, 6; Mississippi, 10; Nebraska, 8; Nevada, 3; North Carolina, 12; Oklahoma, 7; South Carolina, 9; Tennessee, 12; Texas, 18; Virginia, 12. Total, 162. Popular vote: Taft, 7,679,006; Bryan, 6,409,106; Debs, 420,820; Chafin, 252,683; Hisgen, 83,562; Watson, 28,131; Gillhaus, 13,825. 1912 Republican Party Convention held in Chicago, June 18-22. The great contest for the Presidential nomination between the supporters of President Taft and those of former President Roosevelt was ushered in by a disputation concerning the national committee's temporary roll of delegates and refusal on the part of the Roosevelt men to accept the committee's nomination of Elihu Root as temporary chairman of the convention. Francis E. McGovern, of Wisconsin, was proposed for the temporary chairmanship by the opposition. The roll-call resulted: Root, 558; McGovern, 501; scattering and not voting, 19. It was not until the fifth and last day that the proceedings as to contested seats were concluded. These proceedings resulted in establishing the Taft forces in full control of the permanent organization, and Mr. Root was continued in the chairmanship. Thereupon Henry J. Allen, of Kansas, read a message from Mr. Roosevelt to his supporters in the convention, in which the action taken regarding the contests was severely condemned and the following advice was given: "I hope the men elected as Roosevelt delegates will now decline to vote on any matter before the convention. I do not release any delegate from his honor |