Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-23
HUGHES is NAMED
Gets Nomination For a Second
Term as Governor of N. Y.
He GOES in BY ACCLAMATI0N
After the Utter Failure of the
County Leaders to Discover An
other Candidate Upon Whom They
Could Unite, the Republicans of
New York Nominate Governor
Hughes to Succeed Himself.

Saratoga, N. Y, Special.-Charles
Evans Hughes, of New York, was
nominated by the Republican State
convention by an overwhelming ma.
iority and on the first ballot, to sue
ceed himself as Governor of the State
of New York. He received S27
votes out of a possible 1000, as
against ISL for James W. Wadsworth
Jr., of Livingstone county, Speaker
of the State Assembly, and 81 fo"
former Congressman John K. Stew
art, Of Montgomery.
The nomination was made unani-
nous upon motion Of State Com
mitteeman William Barnes, Jr., Of
Albany, who has been perhaps the
bitterest and most outspoken op-
ponent of the Governors renomina-
tion.
The Governors denomination fol-
lowed the utter failure Of a desperate
struggle on the part of number Of
the county leaders, who for four
days have spared no effort to dis
cover candidate upon whom they
could unite to defeat him.
The balance of: the ticket was
made as an organization estate" an
nounced an hour or more before t
session of the convention began,
Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of
the State committee.
Senator White, who was chosen as
a candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
was in the running" for the Gov
ernorship until the early afternoon,
when he requested his friends not to
present his name.
1t was the 1S3 votes of all but one
district in New York county that
carried the Governors total beyond
the sos, majority of the convention
required to nominate.
The nine votes Of Nassau county
had brought the Hughes total to 395.
Amid the brethless hush the secre-
tary of the convention called "New
York" ..
Herbert Parsons, president of the
New York county Republican general
convention, rose in his. place and said
dramatically:
"New York county, second as
sembly district, gives four for Wads-
worth, the balance of the county, 1S3
for Charles Evans Hughes. !"
A thousand pencils in two seconds
had footed the Hughes total to 57S.
and every person in the great hall
knew that the battle 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 general expectation to the
contrary, the entire vote for Kings
county, 1873, bringing the Governors
total to 342, for Woodruff had been
avowedly opposed to the Governors
denomination. 1t was really the
action of Kings which signalized
what might be called "the stampede
to Hughes" and when its 13S votes
were cast in block for the Governor
any remaining doubt of his nomina-
tion was swept away.
Governor Hughes Expresses His Ap-
probation.
Rochester, N. Y, Special.-"I am
deeply sensible of the honor con-
ferred upon me. I wish to express
my appreciation Of the confidence
reposed in me by the Republican
party"
Thus did Governor Hughes make
his first public statement after his
notification of denomination for Gov
ernor of New York State. Beyond
that the Governor would say nothing.
either as to his running mate on the
Republican ticket or his policies for
the second term. should he be elected.
Governor Hughes passed through
Rochester early that night bound
from Warsaw to Albany.