The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-11


dereJ the roll Of states to be called on
the nomination for President. A. the
clerk was about TO call the roll Ma
'ional Committeeman Archibald NJ.
stevenson OF Colorado. big Steve who
Id fought col. Roosevelt SO hard in
lrt3 and had advocated him so en-
Enthusiastically IN this convention. an
u"puccd that the Colorado delegates who
had been voting for Colonel Roosevelt
w,shed to withdraw his name so far as
they were concerned.
colorado switches 60 Hughes.
Amen" cried some one. Colorado"
east us votes sclidly for Hughes and
Arizona having given one vote TO Theo-
dor' Roosevelt. recalled II and gave II
20 Justice Hurhcs The States were
beginning TO fall ~ line. Tho move
ment for the Justice . solid and ir-
resistible. There w-r. cries of Amen
as big blocks of votes fell plump into
the Hughes column When Ohio was
Reached Gov Willis. leader OF the dele
cation, informed the CHAIR that he had
been authorized 10 withdraw the name
~ Senator Burton and to thank Mr..
Burton'e friends for supporting him.
AHiIiOolotolN alter WhEu SUAt0 SnAlT-
man Hays Of Indiana withdrew the name
OF Charles Warren Fairbanks as q can
didate for President. But the Indianians
were still cheerful because they had
inside Information that NJ. Fairbanks
was to he Mr.. Huglies's running mate.
Senator Wadsworth Of New York with
drew Elihu Root's name and Gov. Whit
man looked AT the ceiling and smiled
The triumph of the Hughes candidac,
was producing the result which TO-,
whitman may or may not have con-
templated when he attached himself to
the Hughes boom-ii was making Gov.
Whitman master OF the New York State
organization. TIE defeat OF Mr.. Root
meant the defeat OF william Barnes,
Jr.. for national committeeman. The
New Workers. who had been 20 loyal
and enthusiastic In promoting the can
didacy OF Mr.. Root were not happy.
Henry L. Stimson. otto Barnard. state
Senator Elon X. Brown, Senato wads-
worth, Chauncey NJ pepew. Job Hedses
and National Chairman H,lies were
sorely disappointed. They had hoped
Tor better things. They had clune to
the last TO the belief that a convention
palpably cold to the personality Of Jus
tice Hughes might In the end accept Mr..
Zoo: on his Sroat record. OF that Col.
Roosevelt might %nnoun that he
would accept Mr.. Root II the Republi.
can convention should nominate him.
state after State voted solidly for
Justice Hughes until Maryland was
reached. and a single vote for Theodore
Roosevelt was cast. Gov. Mccall OF
Massachusetts asked that Massachusetts
he passed. but there were cries Of
Walt and a voice was heard. lie,
Lodge vote for himself" Gov. Mccall
eYnlatned fhat thA aat.,, L., 49, -
chusetts delegation had been caused by
the interesting communication read by
Mr.. Smoot.
II was the hrst time" said Gov. Nc.
Call. that our delegates knew Of tina,
action. While we are glad to support a
brilliant son OF Massachusetts senate
LODGE. the action OF the convention has
already been registered. and so I repea,
the vote Of Massachusetts Weeks. one
roosevelt, three. and Hughes, thirty.
two" ~
h roll call then proceeded. Mich,.
gan threw It's block OF thirty. so brief,
possessed by Henry Ford. to the Hughe,
column Minnesota piled emit fou,
votes on top Of Michigan. M!ssissipp
gave three and "A half votes IN COL
Roosevelt, and eight and a half votes ,c
Mr.. Hughes.
Then came the call for Missouri. Tn.
Not. was. Hughes. thirty.four. Weeks
two. and the Instant Il Vas announce.
Associate Justice Hughes became th,
nominee of the convention. Missouri,
vote gave him a majority. In sportlns
p~arlance, Justice Hughes was in"
Out Of New JERSEYS t~wenty.e,vh, :
Ion" delegate remained faithful ~ ,.,i
Roosevelt. but his t~wenty-seycn coI
leagues went to Justice Hughes In IN,
New Mexico delegation two of the for
iner Roosevelt votes hanged to the Jus
tic". leaving only the s,eadfas, Sena,o,
Fan as the Roosevelt, cha n,n,or
whitman Casts New York Vote,
When the call .,r
Gov. Whitman .hon,aa ." Ne~ for'
a. POSSIBLE .%II,yb.s - az nnpIesslVe'
Iittlc Ist, pscau ~, WAS 3
tion tho su,i,, ~ 49,. u,''oeu oeiega
,Iustic. Unch.s tn., as ot No,es u
NV YORK; hsd r,isssa "'.'Ia.Io eHec'
Tho credit Nd ~ Ns un''y ah'
state he m. d., -. 1"," .ne sam
from rhann 80, ".te" Eu inc orea'
Democratic co,y"r,, WWnsVn IN th'
wears ago rb.r. S''",oIe ioul
~s,,unor,er s,i,, Ia Us 'NooseveI
nir.,.sn 49, VI oh,anoma, ou
,or Eu,,or -, O,a.o ruInner sena
tic, n.rh.n. - rmo nlsH' IN JUS
Hughes rsp s,nc. 80 ~ Wv orIs'hs
Irstico for m,an,hs . .ousn' TOT TN
n, a. .s"'e 70 >>Hlcds'