The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-06-10
REPUBLICANS
Take Two Frultless BallOts-Hughes
Leads and His Backers Say
He'll BE Nominee.

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Chicago, ILL.,, julie 9-As this is writ
ten the nominating speeches are being
delivered. Governor Whitman present
ed the name of Justice Hughes. His
casual mention Of William Howard
Taft called forth a more sincere and
prolonged demonstration than was
given by the convention to the name
of Hughes, after Whitman's perora-
ton.
President Nicholas Murray Butler,
Of Columbia University, made a good
speech presenting Roots name. Root
received the appreciation of the dele
gates.
The Republican members of the Re-
publcan-Progressive conference re-
ported back to the convention the
progress of the conference. Senator
Borah made a profound impression
by going over to the Progressive con-
vention and making a concillatory
speech, in which he commended Roose-
welt as a patriot and a statesman.
It is absolutely apparent that there
is an entire absence of enthusiasm
in the Republican convention for
Hughes, Root or anybody else except
Roosevelt. Whether there is real en-
thusiasm for him remains to be seen.
Three of the five Republican MEM
bers of the peace conference, Smoot,
Crane and Butler, are as inimical to
Roosevelt as can be, but they are clear
sighted, hard headed men and may see
that the only hope Of victory lies in
burying the Ratchet elsewhere than I'm
the head of the Sage of Oyster Bay.
HENRY BRECKINRIDGE.
Chicago, June 9-On the two only
ballots taken today in the Republican
National convention Justice Hughes
led the field and gained strength. His
supporters, confident that another bal
lot would give him a majority, resisted
adjournment, but the convention, tired
and worn with a continuous ten-hour
session, was determined to rest and
adjourned until IL O'Clock tomorrow
morning.
On the first ballot Justice Hughes
polled 2531a votes. He got forty-two
from his own state and aside from
Oregon and Florida the remainder
were largely scattering. On the sec
ond ballot he received 32S12 votes 1t
requires 494 votes to nominate.
Col Roosevelt's topmost strength
in the first days balloting was 81
votes. Beside Governor Hughes the
Colonel and Charles w. Fairbanks of
all the seventeen men who had votes
on the first ballot, alone made an in
crease on the second.
The expected demonstration for Col
onel Roosevelt, when he was nomi-
mated by Senator Fall, OF New Mexi-
co, lasted forty-one minutes and broke
the record for the convention. All OBJ
servers agreed that it was largely a
gallery demonstration and the partici-
patton was scattering from the dele
gates sections. The Fairbanks dem
onstration ran next with thirty-five
minutes, the Burton demonstration
lasted thirty-four minutes and the
Hughes demonstration lasted twenty
minutes.
On the first BALLOT the delegates fol-
lowed their instructions, voting for
favorite sons and primary choices.
On the second ballot Michigan gave
Hughes % votes and Colonel Roose-
welt two; Mccall, of Massachusetts
turned his vote to the Justice amid
great applause; Senator Lodge, who
had nominated Senator Weeks, turned
his vote to Colonel Roosevelt; w. Muir
ray Crane announced his vote for
Hughes. Missouri gave the Justice 22
out of So; New Jersey gave him 16;
the New York delegations vote on the
second ballot stood: Hughes, AZ; Root
AZ, and Roosevelt 2. Pennsylvania, on
the second balboa, gave Knox 81,
Roosevelt 22, John Wanamaker s.,
Hughes s, DUPONT 2, Root l and did
not vote.
BrumDaugh Backs the Colonel
Before the second ballot was taken
of the favorite sons, Governor Brum-
baugh, withdrew and proposed the
nomination of Colonel Roosevelt. The
other favorite sons remained through
the balloting. On the second ballot
one vote was cast for Major General
Leonard Wood and one for Chairman
Harding.
Tomorrow, the Hughes supporters
predict, they will continue to draw
strength and nominate their candi-
date.
1--WE quit while We were going" de-
clared the Hughes people.
In all Justice Hughes gained rs
votes on the second ballot. Roosevelt
gained 16 vote on the second ballot.
Eleven Nominating Speeches
For ten continuous hours the dele
gates today sat through eleven nomi-
mating speeches, which presented JUS
tice Hughes, Elihu Root, former Sena-
tor Theodore Burton, Senator ]. w.
Weeks, T, Coleman DUPONT, Senator
Sherman, former Senator Fairbanks,
Senator Cummins, Colonel Roosevelt,
Senator La Toilette and Governor
Brumbaugh.
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