Connecticut western news., 1916-06-15
Hughes and Fair banks Acceptable.
ONLY THREE BALLOTS.
Platform For kmeriCaniSm ! and Preparedness.
EAVORITE SONS WITHDREW.

Sketches of the Candidates For
 President and Vice President.
 MT. Hughes Letter of ACCert- ance-0ther Details of the Re-
 publican Gathering.
 Chicago, June 10. - Charles Evans Hughes of New York for president and Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana for vice president. the men nominated By the Republican convention here. are greeted with approval by party mem bers throughout the country. Each Uan has held high office. the former as governor of New York and associate 1tsaice of the United States supreme eogrt and the latter as senator from Efsdiana and vice president of the Unit cd States. The latter held his former hign office in the second administra- kion of President Roosevelt. from 1905 fu 1909.
 From the time the first ballot was cast in the Republican convention and if was seen that Hughes had more votes than any of his rivals his selec- taon was freely predicted. The end of the heated but not unduly prolonged light came on the third ballot. when the New York man was chosen by vose of 9491h. 494 being necessary for a choice
 x Twenty Candidates Voted For. He had obtained 253b votes on the first ballot, taken in the evening of June 9, and on the second ballot. taken Immediately thereafter. he gained 75. wfaike Theodore Roosevelt. who had been feared by the Hughes men as his strongest opponent. mounted from 65 to 81. Besides these two, eighteen oth- CT candidates received votes on the second ballot, the total, twenty, being greater probably than ever before known in a national convention. Root Burton, Cummins, Weeks and Fair banks were the strongest of the twen- fyx besides the two leaders, and of these Root and Fairbanks polled each a greater vote than the former presi- dent
 The nomination of Justice Hughes bp the Republicans came on June 10 after "a night of conference and debate &nas suggested compromise. Just be- fore the naming of Hughes by the Re puFsiicans and the nomination of Roose ve8t by the Progressives the name of Senator Lodge was suggested by Colo ne3 Roosevelt as a compromise candi- date. bW the Republicans were then dctsernfGGd to have Hughes, and the pFogressives could see only one candi- dafe, Theodore Roosevelt, whom they named
 EH his address as temporary chair naaA of the convention Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio outlined the Re publican view of the issues and plead ed for healing of the differences which split the party in 1912. He referred to tfte policy of the present administra- h0a as one of "watchful waiting and waDbling warfare
 Career of Charles Evans Hughes.
 Justice Charles Evans Hughes. as- socsate justice of the United States su. prezne court, nominated by the Repub- ltcans for president, was born in Glens Falls, N. T., April II, 1862.
 He was nominated for mayor of New York city by the Republicans in 1905 but declined the nomination. He was elected governor of New York for two terms, from Jan. 1, 1907, to Dec. 31 1ssS, and from Jan. 1, 1909, to Dec. 31 Eaf0. He was appointed by President Taft to be an associate justice of the sErpreme court of the United States an( eoHfirmed by the senate on the 2d day ef May, 1910. He resigned the office Gf governor of the state of New York Gn the 9th day of October. 1910, an( t9ol1 his seat on the bench on the 1Otl dzy of October. 1910.
 FHrmer Vice President Charles War Fen Fairbanks of Indiana, nominat eA by the Republicans, was born o1 x farm near Unionville Center, Uniol eosz1rty, O., May II, 1852.
 On Jan 20, 1S97 he was elected t the United States senate to succeed D w Voorhees,, Democrat. He was re eiGaeted from 1903 until 1909. He wa mentioned for the vice presidency fou years ago. His family consists of fiv children, four sons and one daughter Mrs Fairbanks died on Oct. A, 1913 The daughter is the wife of Lieuten a1as Commander John w. Timmons o the navy The eldest son is Warren C. tale second Frederic C., the third Rich a1sf, the youngest Robert.