Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-06-15

slves Name John M. Parker Of
Louisiana For Vice President.
Chicago.-Charles E. Hughes and
Theodore Roosevelt, both Of New
York, were nominated for President
by the Republican and Progressive
conventions at 12:49 and 12:E o'clock
Saturday, respectively, the Roosevelt
nomination beating the Hughes nomi-
nation by exactly two minutes.
Charles Warren Fairbanks Of Indiana
was nominated for Vice President on
the Republican ticket and John M.
Parker of Louisiana on the Progress.
sive. The Hughes nomination was
made on the third ballot Of the con.
vention, the Roosevelt nomination by
acclamation.
Colonel Roosevelt sent tentative
declination of the nomination, with
the understanding that it was to stand
II Hughes turned out to be sound on
the issues Of Americanism and pre-.
paredness, and that if Hughes turned
out to be pactiflstic, pussy-footed, or
pro-German he would accept and
make the race as the Progressive can
didate.
Justice Hughes broke all records by
accepting the nomination by telegraph
without waiting for a formal notifica.
ton by the regularly appointed com.
mittee, and declared his position not
only on the issues regarded by Col
onel Roosevelt as the test issues, but
also on the other principal questions
raised by the Republican platform.
. For q long time third telegram, this
ff1ne rrsnN declrIling the
Vice PREF I-----N nomination, was an.
ticipated, because he already had sent
q private one to that effect, but, in.
stead, he accepted over the telephone.
The Conference Committee scheme
failed because the Republicans would
name no candidate. At the last minute,
after every effort to induce them to do
80 had proved ineffective, Colonel
Roosevelt himself proposed union on
Henry Cabot Lodge Of Massachusetts,.
The two Conference Committees so
reported, but the Progressive Conven'
ton laid the telegram on the table
and the Republicans paid no attention
to 1t.
The nominating ballot showed this
count:
Hughes 949 1-2; Roosevelt Is IL;
Lodge Z; Du Pont 5; Weeks 3; La.
Toilette 8; absent /. Total 9S7.
Although Frank H. Hitchcock let
1t be known that the Hughes men
wanted Burton for second place,
Ohio withdrew Burton's name, leav.
ing the field to Mr.. Fairbanks and
former Secretary Burkett Of Nebraska.
The ballot for Vice President show
ed this count:
Fairbanks S63; Burkett 10S; Borah
8; Burton 1; Johnson 1, absent, scat
tering and not voting 6. Total 9S7.
Leaders Seen Satisfied.
At POI p. m. the convention ad-
journed. There were expressions OF
harmony from all the leaders and
among the delegates. The delegations
which on the final ballot had cast
votes for others than Mr.. Hughes
made statements declaring their 10y
atty to the nominees.
six months ago." said Chairman
Hilles Of the National Committee, Il
said q nominee would be born in the
convention, and he was"
81 am very much pleased, Of course y
said Mr.. Hitchcock. 1T means re-
united Republican party and victory
In November"
Favorite Sons Withdrew.
When the convention began busi'
ness shortly before noon the with
drawal of the faS orite sons was an
nounced one after another and the
votes began Topping 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 a proposal
to make 1t unanimous was made, but
Chairman Harding ruled that the bal
loting should take its regular course.
Greeted BY Yells.
Each addition to the Hughes col
umn was greeted by yells of exulta.
ton from the rapidly accommodating
Hughes delegates and steadily state by
state the votes piled up until New
Jersey carried it past the required
494 and the remainder was only a
formality.
In rapid succession as the vote went
on Du Pont was withdrawn by Del
aware and his solid block was cast
for Hughes; Illinois withdrew Sher-
man; Ohio withdrew Burton; Iowa
withdrew Cummins; New York with
drew Root; Massachusetts withdrew
Weeks. Practically all Of these new
votes were cast for Hughes, cnly a
few remaining in compliment tc Hhe
hrOuUht thorn