[2] By a wide margin,[a] the convention adopted two planks calling for the continuation of disenfranchisement of black voters and segregation of train cars.

[3] The Republican Party of West Virginia's nomination process in this period was a patchwork of indirect primaries and conventions, all taking place over several months.

On July 7, the state party's executive committee ruled in favor of Hearne, leading Scherr's supporters to bolt the convention.

[8] Scherr's supporters, going by the title "Lincoln Republicans", adopted a platform demanding primary elections and nominated a separate set of candidates for statewide office.

[10] Scherr, Swisher, and presidential nominee William Howard Taft, among other party leaders, held a conference in Hot Springs, Virginia for several days in August.