The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-10
REPUBLICANS FAIL
 ID NOMINATE ON
 FIRST TWO BALLOTS
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1 tCOnttnued from rage One1 The demonstrations as candidates were | nominated were the usual cheering,
 roaring, marching affairs. 1 During the uproar that greeted the ! nomination of Colonel Roosevelt the 1 police had to be sent to the galleries | to stop women tearing bunting from 1 the railings Otherwise the demonstra- ! tions, although noisy and prolonged, | were good natured and orderly. 1 Tomorrow the convention leaders 1 expect to dispose of both presidential
 and vice presidential nominations. | When the delegates take their seat | at II o'clock for the third ballot it will | be Hughes against the field. l The total vote of the convention l fixed by the credentials committee at
 9S9 was reduced to 9S7 because the two Porto Rican delegates failed to qual- 1 fly. This reduced the number neces- | sary for nomination to 494 instead of
 495, as previously had been announced WOMEN FIRST TO ARRIVE 1 A party of women were the first wis., | itors to arrive when the doors were opened at 9:3o o'clock today. The early contingent of ticket holders, however was the smallest since the convention opened.
 1 Although the rain had ceased the vast ] hall was still heavy with dampness | A sound-magnifying contrvance was l installed for the benefit of Alfred l. Du- 1 Pont and the Delaware delegation. Mr. I DuPont explained to Sergeant-at-Arms Stone it was rather monotonous to sit | iu his chair hour after hour with only l the motion of lips to entertain him and Mir. Stone permitted the installation "as l a courtesy" and not as a precedent, he | said.
 1 The Colorado delegation of 12 caucused and lined up, Roosevelt 6. Root 5. and | Fairbanks l, for the first ballot. It was | understood that a third or fourth ballot would show the delegation going for | Fairbanks. At 11:33 a. m. Chairman | Harding began rapping for order and po- | lice began clearing the aisles. | The hall was more crowded than it had | been at that hour on any previous day. | The delegates from the favorite son states came prepared for the demonstra- | tions.
 RESPONSE IS SLOW l Chairman Harding kept on banging the gavel and Colonel Stone urged the dele gates to hurry to their seats. The re- | sponse was slow. Finally at 11:17 Chair | man Harding got order and Bishop Will
 liam F. Mcdowell offered prayer. A na- | tional committee contest from Kentucky was considered by unanimous consent | It was referred to the national commit l tee
 1 l of J. w. Tolbert, South Carolina, and Chester A. Condon. Minnesota. as na- 1 tional committeeman
 1 Senator Shoot then read the report of 1 the peace conference
 | To the republican national convention:
 Your committee appointed pursuant to the resolution adopted at yesterdays ses-
 sion met in conference with committee
 representing the national progressive 1 convention last evening. That the pro- l gressive committee on conference con sisted of Messrs. Perkins of New York,
 Johnson of California, Bonaparte of
 Maryland, Wilkinson of New York, and
 Parker of Louisiana.
 The conference was frank, free and m st friendly.
 1 "The conferees were of one accord, be- l lieving that the good of the country and | perhaps it's reputation and influence for years to come depends upon the complete defeat of the present democratic admin l istration and the restoration of the con- | trol of the executive and legislative ! branches of the government to the hands of those who firmly believe in and will execute the policies that are so heartily supported by the republican and the pro- l gressive parties alike
 "The progressive conferees were unani- nous in urging with tempera teness and fairness the opinion that Theodore Roose- welt of New York had so large personal | following and such a close personal re- lation to the issues of the coming cam paign as to make him the most desira ble candidate upon which to unite. Tt was agreed that your conferees would report these facts to this conven- ton. Respectfully submitted. Reed Smoot, w. Murray Crane, w. E. Borah, Nicholas Murray Butler, A. R Johnson"
 When MT Shoot came to the announce ment that the progressives had urged that Colonel Roosevelt had the attributes of ''the most desirable candidate upon which to unite,' there was applause and cheers and some misses. There were cries of Roosevelt" a dangling of cowbells and more cheers. Chairman Harding banged the gavel and the noise subsided.
 Scattering applause and some laughter
 marked the close of the reading. Applause and cheers marked the an- nouncement that the conferees would continue their work.
 NOMINATIONS BEGIN Then came the nomination of candi- dates
 On the roll of states, Alabama and Alaska passed Arizona yielded to New York. An Arizona member challenged the yielding, and the delegation was boiled All voted yea A man who voted in the place of Delegate Wright because he said he had Wrights "badge and creden- tials' was put out and the alternate who replaced Wright voted No" The ayes" had it, however, and Governor Whitman of New York took the platform to nomi- nate Justice Hughes. The demonstra- ton subsided while he was introduced, His declaration that we are here to choose the next President was ap- plauded.
 Governor Whitman denounced President Wilson's foreign policy. and declared the prosperity of the country was dependent wholly upon the war. For the years to come. he declared, the nation called for "our greatest statesmen and the re- publican party"
 "No man living" he shouted, "can claim a monopoly of the American spirit in his heart or in his ma ture. The republi- can party is full of them.'' 1 There was an outburst of handclapping and another when he declared the na. ton sn, ..d always be prepared and proud to fight
 There was demonstration when Gov ernor Whitman mentioned the name Of William Howard Taft. The delegates rose cheering and waving their hats and for the first time q whole body was on 1 it's feet.
 The band struck up and rolled the cheers along. The cheering for Taft lasted six minutes. It was the longest demonstra- l ton of the convention so far QUOTES HUGHES SPEECH When MT. Whitman quoted from an 1 eight-year-old speech of Justice Hughes, declaring for adequate provision for our | defense and maintenance of the efficiency 1 of the army and navy there was more