Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-16
sARnes ASKS FOR uxAl|A|1r
The Albany Boss. Hughes Most Bit
ter and Unre'ent,ng Antagonist.
Which Is Carr,ed-Sensetlonal Ac-
ton Of Kings County.
(By Associated Prcss)

Charles Evans Hughes. of New York.
was nominated today by the R',Dno'''
can state convention by all over
| " helming majority and on the first
ballot. to succeed himself ~ COVER
Lor OF the state Of New York. lie
received S27 votes out of possible
.oU9. as against 81 for James ".
IWadsworth. Jr. of Livingston county.
speaker Of the state assembly. Hnd
81 for former Congressman John X.
Stewart. of Montgomery.
| The nomination was made mani
nous upoE motion of State Commit
tesman William Barnes. Jr., If Al
bany. who has been perhaps the l:t-
itcrcSt and most outspOken ODp"n"nt
of the governGT's reconciliation.
The governors nomination follow
I'd the utter failure of desperate
struggle on the part CT a number OF
the county leaders. who for four days
Ihaye spared no effort to discover Il
candidate upon whom they could
unite to defeat him.
The balance OF tne ticket was mads
as an organization SLATE" announced
an hour or more before the session
of thu convention began by Timofh.
il. Woodruff chairman of the state
CCmmittee
J Senator White OF Onandago. who
was chosen as candidate for lieu-
tenant governor. was IN til" running
for the govcrnorship until tn" earli
Afternoon when he requested his
friends not to present his name.
l. was the 1S3 votes Of al hut on
district in New York county that car
ried the governor total beyond the
SOS. a majority of the convention. re-
,Guirad TO nominate. TIL" nine votes
of Nassau county had brought the
Hughes total to 395.
The Dramatic Feature
Amid GREATNESS hush. the secr"-
itarv OF the conven tiOn called New
York"
Herbert Parsons. president Of the
New York county Republican commit
itee. rose and said dramatically
I"New York county. second assembly
district gives four for Wadsworth: the
balance OF the county. iS3 for Charles
Evans Hughes"
A Thousand pencils in two seconds
had footed the Hughes total to SIS:
and every person in the great hal!
knew that the hattie was over. and
the place was instantly bedlam OF
Cheering.
| Hardly less sensational had been
the moment when STATE Chairman
Woodruff delivered to Hughes. IN
spite of a general expectation to tn"
contrary. the entire vote OF Kings
county. 13S. bringing the governor
total to 342. for Woodruff had been
avowedly opposed to the governor
denomination.
II was really the action Of Kings
county which signalizcd what might
Ibe called the stampede to Hughes.
a block for the governor. any renait'
ling doubt of his nomination was
,swept away.
The convention went fairly wild
with tho first real speech Of tn" roll
lca1 when Saratoga answered. "eievcu
lfor Charles r. Hughes" for Saratoga
lis the famous home Of racing
After the nomination OF Governor
Hughes. the rest Of the work was
trcutinc as far as the majority Of the
lpcople in the hail were concerned.
ITn" remainder Of tho ticket as agreed
lupnn h. the leaders was generally
known. The other nominations wcr"
luuickIy made and at ;: 20 y. m. SC
rc;arv Root declare, |ac CONVENTION
ladjourncd.
The convention mot TO-DAY az ~
I'm. and tho temporary organization
was made permanent ~" D,aiiorm
wa r.poricd and adopted As rad.
tn" pla form ratifics the uAr""~'
liickct endorses the aiional candidate
lr' afFrms allegiance 10 Republican
tp-inciplcs and 'nGors~s the admins
liraiiun Of Hughes in tho following
Language
We cndorsc tho administration ~
IGov"rnur Eu=hrs who has shown his
,c1urag- resolved fp accomplish What
H.. hcIi"ycs 30 10 for the public grSod
lie has approved measures pa-scd bV
l. republican Legislature uphnldiue
Tho integrity 81 the congiiiuii"n. MAIN
iainirg a pgb'ic E'rytc" commission
for III" prny"r regulation "f corprra
tious ard for the protection Of prin-
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