Arizona republican., 1916-06-11
THIRD BALLOT
 NAMES HUGHES FORPRES|DENCY
Republican National Con- vention Formally Selects New York Jurist to Head Ticket With Fairbanks as His Running Mate
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 CHICAGO, June 10-Charles Evans Hughes, former governor of New York and until today justice of the supreme court of the United States was today nominated for the presidency by the republican national convention.
 Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indi- ana. elected vice president with Theo- dorc Roosevelt in 1904, again was chosen for second place on the repub- lican ticket.
 Both nominations, made by over Whelming majorities on the first bal lot of the day-the third ballot of the convention-were by exclamation made unanimous.
 Senator Lodge of Massachusetts presented by Roosevelt as a compro- mise candidate. received several votes Colonel Roosevelt himself re- ceived IS and one-half scattered over F states.
 The nominating ballot showed this count
 Hughes, 94O1A; Roosevelt 1872; Lodge. [: Du Pont, 3; LaFollette. 3; Weeks 3; Absent 1. Total, 9S7.
 Despite the fact that Frank H. Hitchcock, leader of the Hughes sup porters. let it be known while the presidential balloting was in progress that the Hughes men wanted Burton for second place. Ohio withdrew Bur tons name leaving the field to Mir. Fairbanks and former Senator Bur kett of Nebraska.
 The ballot for vice president shoWeN this count:
 Fairbanks, S63; Burkett, 1OS; Borah, s: Burton. 1 Johnson, l; absent, scattering and not voting. 6. Total, 9S7.
 Mir. Hughes will be notified of his nomination officially at a date to be fixed later by a committee headed by Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio, chairman of the convention.
 MT Fairbanks will be notified by committee headed by Senator William F. Borah of Idaho.
 At 2:O1 D. m. the convention ad- iourned There wer expressions of harmony from all the leaders among the delegates.
 The nomination of MT Hughes was made possible so soon by an overnight breakup of the allied favorite sons combination which early this morn ing released its delegates.
 When the convention began business shortly before noon the withdrawal of the favorite sons was announced from the platform one after another as votes began Hopping into the Hughes column in solid blocks so rapidly that the nomination plainly was assured before the roll call had gone five states. When it got to Colorado the drift was so apparent that proposal to make it unanimous or nominate him by exclamation was made, but Chairman Harding ruled the balloting should take it's regular course. The votes piled up until New Jersey car ried it passed the required 494.
 In rapid succession as the voting went on Du Pont was withdrawn by Delaware, Illinois withdrew Sherman Ohio withdrew Burton, Iowa withdrew Cummins New York withdrew Root Massachusetts withdrew Weeks.
 Then Senator Weeks and Senator Lodge spledged loyalty to the nominee
 At the final analysis of the nomin- atine ballot showed that Hughes had drawn his votes from every state il the union and every territory, that Roosevelt's had heen scattered ovel twelve states: that Du Fonts five ha( come from South Carolina; Lodges seven from North Carolina and the final three for Senator Weeks ha( come from Massachusetts and Missou ri Although the convention when i nominated Mr Hughes had no wort that lie would accept and no state ment of his position, one came aloni after the convention had adjourned The former justice had kept to hi determination to utter no word in hi own behalf, to make no new an nourcement of his position on issue and to say nothing which might b construed as becoming candidat while he wore the robe of a justice i the worlds greatest court.
 Before the ballot was taken toda Senator Shoot of Utah announced tn report of the latest meeting of tn republican conferees with the con ferees of the progressive convention disclosing that the republicans ha permitted the name of MT. Hughe for their consideration as a candidat on which both conventions cOul unite. He also read the reply of tt progressive conferees which merel was an acknowledgement of receil of the proposal. Then he read Colon Roosevelts telegram to the progre: sive convention which had bee brought to the Coliseum by John M, Grath, the coloners secretary, sugges ing Senator Lodge
 Before he had finished the readir word came and was announced in u Coliseum that the progressive conver ton itself had not only tabled the r'
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