The Detroit times., 1908-09-16
HUGHES WINS ON
FIRST BALLOT BY
STAMPEDE
UNANIMOUSLY CHOSEN TO HEAD
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET
SPECTACLE OF ONCE BITTER
OPPONENTS WILDLY CHEERING.

SARATOGA, N. Y. Sept. 16.-Chas
Evans Hughes yesterday was renom
mated for governor before the roll
call on the first ballot was half com
pleted. At the close OF the balloting
the governor had 827 votes, Speaker
James w. Wadsworth ISL. and John
X. Stewart 81. The motion to make
the nomination unanimous was made
by VIM. Barnes. Jr.. OF Albany county
who. only few minutes before In q
speech had bitterly assailed the gov
ernors political attitude. The Hughes
faction Is jubilant and even the gov.
ernor Is quietly and thoughtfully
pleased.
The rest OF the state ticket went
through as follows, without contest:
For Acknowledgements, Horace
White, Of Onondaga; for secretary OF
state. Samuel s. Koenfg, of New York
for state treasurer Thomas B. Dunn
OF Monroe; for comptroller, Charles II
Gaus, OF Albany; for attorney-general
Edward r. OMalley, OF Erie; for state
engineer and surveyor, Frank M. vii.
liams, OF Madison; for associate Judge
OF the court Of appeals. Albert Haight
OF Erie.
After the failure OF the anti-Hughes
forces to unite upon a candidate to
beat Hughes. everybody knew that
the governors victory was absolutely
assured.
Secretary of State Elihu Root,
chairman of the convention. announc-
ed at 4:25 p. m: "Chas. +. Hughes is
the Republican candidate for COVER.
nor OF the state OF New York"
Then the 5000 people In the con.
vention hall shouted themselves
hoarse. Even some OF the governors
loudest opponents joined in the cheer.
ing.
1t was the 1873 votes of all but one
district In New York county that car
ried the governors total beyond sos
majority of the convention, required
TO nominate.
New York Co. Turns Trick.
Herbert Parsons, president of the
New York county Republican general
committee, rose and said:
New York county, second assembly
district, gives four for Wadsworth (;
the balance OF the county, 1873, for
Chas. Evans Hughes
A thousand pencils In two seconds
had footed the Hughes total to SIS
Then loud cheers arose amid sharp
handclapping, as It was realized the
struggle was over.
State Chairman Woodruff delivered
TO Hughes, in spite of a general expec-
tation to the contrary, the entire vote
of Kings county, 1873, bringing the
governors total to 342. for Woodruff
had been avowedly opposed TO the
governors denomination. 1t was real
ly the action of Kings which signal
lied what might be called the STAN
pede to Hughes" and when It's 1873
votes were cast in a block for the
governor, any remaining doubt or MS
nomination was swept away.
Once the governorship question had
been disposed OF the state machine
leaders OF the Roosevelt persuasion
took a grip on the situation again ana
put through a slate which had Deen
agreed upon at the final conference
this morning. Now and then as nom
nations were called for upstate ora
tors appealed for the recognition or
their own county favorites. but when
II came to voting Parsons. OF New
York, Woodruff, of Kings, and Grier,
OF Erie. hurled great blocks of votes
for the machine candidates. who won
hands down.
CHICAGO, Sept 16.-Rcpublican
leaders from IA central and western
states. in conference here with Chair
man Hitchcock, of the Republican ma
tional committee, expressed their graft
Ification at the nomination OF Hughes
for governor. Of New York Without
execution these western leaders de-
clared that the action Of the New
York convention will and the Repub-
licans in their campaigns In all the
debatable states OF the west.
Requests that Gov. Hughes be sent
into western states to make campaign
sneeches have been received in great
numbers and many OF the chairmen or
state central committees have been
insistent in their demands. The ma
tional committee refrained from ask
ing Gov. Hughes to take part In the
campaign because II was not deemed
wise to do anything that would look
like interference in the contest be-
tween New York organization leaders
and Hughes supporters over the guber
material situation There Is no longer
any reason why an invitation to speak
should be withheld from Gov. Hughes
and he will be asked to visit as many
states as he can in the time he has to