A history of the American nation . with existing party conditions. The Republican partymeeting in June in Chicago was a scene of strenuous conflict,for one element of the party supported Mr. Taft for renomi-nation, the other, Mr. Roosevelt, who represented the progres-sive tendencies of the party. The convention, after long andbitter debate, chose Mr. Taft, amid charges from the supportersof Mr. Roosevelt that the whole proceeding was—to use a milderword than the one commonly used—unfair. Mr. Shermanwas again nominated for the vice-presidency. The Rooseveltdelegates refused to vote at all on t
A history of the American nation . with existing party conditions. The Republican partymeeting in June in Chicago was a scene of strenuous conflict,for one element of the party supported Mr. Taft for renomi-nation, the other, Mr. Roosevelt, who represented the progres-sive tendencies of the party. The convention, after long andbitter debate, chose Mr. Taft, amid charges from the supportersof Mr. Roosevelt that the whole proceeding was—to use a milderword than the one commonly used—unfair. Mr. Shermanwas again nominated for the vice-presidency. The Rooseveltdelegates refused to vote at all on the final ballot for nomina- TKE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY—1900-1913 549 tion, and immediately, meeting by themselves, announcedtheir intention of forming a Progressive party and nominatinga candidate for the presidency. In August Mr. Rooseveltand Mr. Hiram W. Johnson of California were put in nomina-tion by the new party. The Democratic convention at Baltimore had its ownstormy time, but the party did not break apart. Governor. yw/vm Democratic U35Progressive SSRepublican 8 The Election of 1912 Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey was nominated after a long,hard struggle and with him as candidate for the vice-presi-dency, Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana; both of whom areheld to belong to what was called the progressive element of theparty. The Socialists ^ and the Prohibitionists also nominated ^ It is impossible in a few words to give the position of the Socialistsor to define Socialism. They demand the giving up of the whole capitalisticregime. The program of the Socialist party should be known by thecareful student of American politics. Many of the things in the Progressiveplatform were called socialistic because they advocated more extensivegovernmental control of industry than we have been accustomed to. Thoseare the questions which are now in the air and we must make up our mindshow to answer them or how much to accept. The Socialist platform of1912 asked for collective ownersh
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