The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-16
NAMES HUGHES T0LEAD AGAIN New YSk k Republicans Ch, ,se Governor. oBEyS WILL OF ROOSEVELT HaS $ Fought to Last, But First
 Ballot Did It. Party Platform Pays More Attention to Taft and sherman Than to
 Affairs of the

Evans Hughes of New York. was nomi- mated today by the Republican State 1 Convention by an evorwelming ma l jority, and on the first ballot to sac ceed himself as Governor of tine state of New York.
 He received S2T votes out of a pos sible 1o0s. as against i51 for James w. Wadsworth, Jr., of Livingston 1 County. Speaker of the State Assem- bly, and 3l for former Congressman John K. stewart of Montgomery. | The nomination was made unanimous upon motion of State Committeeman William Barnes. Jr.. of Albany, who has been perhaps. the bitterest and most outspoken opponent of the Gov ernor's renomination.
 The Governors renomination fol- lower the utter failure of desperate struggle on the part of a number of | the county leaders who. for four days. have spared no effort to discover | a candidate upon whom they could | unite to defeat him.
 The balance Of the ticket was made an organization slate" announced an hour. or more before the session of the I convention began by Timothy l.. | Woodruff. chairman of the State Com | mittee. xs4 l Senator White who was chosen as candidate for Lieutenant- Governor, l was "in the running for the Governor I ship until the early afternoon, when he requested his friends not to pre- sent his name. l It was the iss votes of all but one district in New York County that car l ried the Governors total beyond the 1 605. a majority of the convention ro7, | duired to nominate. f l The nine votes of Nassau County had II aauat~k Al. a-s- n A breathless hush. the secretary of l the convention called New York = Herbert Parsons, President Of the l New York County Republican General committes; rose h his place and ssid' I District. gives four for wadswVfth. the balance of the county. 1s3. for l Cherries Evans Hugh es." .t,4 | A. thousand pencils In two second | had footed the Hughes total to 57S. and every person fin the great hall knew that the battle was over. and the place was instantly Bedlam of cheering. l Hardly less sensational had been the moment when State Chairman | Woodruff delivered to Hughes, in. spite of general expectation to the con- trary, the entire vote of Kings County, l l3s. bringing the Governors total to
 
 opposed to the Governors renomina- l tion, It was really the action of Kings which. signalized what might be called the stampede to Hnghes,S and when its 13S votes were cast in a block for the Governor. any remaining doubt of his nomination was swept away.
 The full ticket follows:
 For Governor, Charles D. Hughes of New York (renominated); for Lieuten- ant-Governor. Horace White, Onon- daga; for Secretary of State, Samuel 5. Koenig of New York; for Attorney General, Edward R. O'Malley of Erie: for Comptroller. Charles H. Gaus of Albany; for State Engineer and Sur veyor, Frank M. Williams of Madison; for State Treasurer. Thomas B. Dunn of Monroe; for Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals, Albert Haight of Erie (renominated).
 Con gention's Work.
 With the ironing out of most of the wrinkles which had Threatened 'to turn the second days session of the Republican State Convention Into one of sensational strife. the convention resumed its sessions this afternoon with something resembling real enthu
 siasm.
 When Secretary of State Root. chair man of the convention, entered the hall he wa given an enthusiastic re- ception. The temporary organization was made permanent and the platform
 was reported and cead.
 The reference to President Roosevelt and MT. Taft were receivd with ap- plaus. At the words, We endorse the administration of Governor Hughes
 the convention broke into cheers and applause. Most of the delegates rose. but Albany and Kings Counties dele gates remained seated.
 As read. the platform was adopted.
 It declares as follows.
 We heartily ratify the ticked nom
 mated by the Republican National Convenaion at Chicago and subscribe e
 to the platform there adopted.
 We endorse the declarations Of man In accepting their respective nom nations.
 We cordially approve the interpre- tation and fulhllment of promises made in national platforms. by Repub =
 lican Congresses and by a matchless array of Republican Presidents. from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roose- welt.
 At this critical time in tho commer cial and industrial development of the world. with revision of our tarlff and our banking and currency laws
 impending we urge every believer ip } sound money and in the American pol icy of protection to the wage earner
 the farmer, the manufacturer and the mechanic to support the Republican } candidates. who are pledged to sound r money and a protective tarih.
 Confidence In Courts.
 We believe the courts. Federal and
 State, constitute the citadel of our
 liberties. fol all alike. and that the vacancies In the Supreme Court of the , United States to occur in the next four years should be filled by the trusted | | for the Presidency, rather than by an untried and unstable theorist. We ask all who believe in Republi- can policies, regardless of party af-
 fliations, to unite with us in the sup . port of Taft and sherman and a Re-
 publican Congress, to the end that the peoples work. conducted so splendidly , and successfully under President : Roosevelt's administration may be con- , tinued and extended until all existing g