Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-06-14
JUSTICE HUGHES
FOR PRESIDENT
Named on the Third Ballot Saturday
At NOOn by Republicans in Ma
enal Convention at
p Chicago.
CHARLES 'REN FAIRBANKS
~ VICE PRESIDENT
Hughes Receive Il Votes, and
His NOminatio rs a Re-
united Repub. Party
and Victory 4teXt
November.

Charles Evans Hughes, former
governor of New York and until Sat
urday justice of the supreme court of
the United States, was nominated for
the presidency by the republican ma
tional convention at Chicago Satur-
day afternoon.
Charles Warren Fairbanks of In
diana, elected vice president with
Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, again
was chosen for second place on the
republican ticket.
Both nominations, made by over
whelming majorities were made un-
animous.
The nominating ballot showed this
count:
Hughes, 9491s; Roosevelt, 1872
Lodge, Z; Dupont; ); Weeks, 3; abb
sent. 1. Total, 9S7.
Shortly after the Republicans
nominated Justice Hughes the Pro-
gressives named Theodore Roosevelt
as their standard bearer, by acclama-
ton. Captain John Parker, of Louis
lana, was nominated for vice presi-
dent. Colonel Roosevelt has not ac-
Cepted the nomination as yet, and
sent the following answer to the Pro-
Gressive Convention:
81 am very grateful for the honor
you confer upon me by nominating
me as president. / cannot accept it
at this time. l do not know the atti-
tude of the candidate of the republic
can party toward the vital questions
of the day. Therefore, If you desire
an Immediate decision, l must decline
the nomination. But if you prefer it
/ suggest that my conditional refusal
TO run be placed in the hands of the
progressive national committee. If
Mr.. Hughes's statements, when he
makes them, shall satisfy the COM
mittee that it is for the interest OF
the country that he be elected, they
can act accordingly and treat my re-
fusal as definitely accepted. If they
are not satisfied they can SO notify
tie progressive party and at the same
time they can confer with me and
then determine on whatever action
We may severally deem appropriate to
meet the needs of the country"
Republican success this fall at the
polls was written large by the repub-
lican convention when Hughes and
Fairbanks were named as national
candidates by vote that was prac-
tically unanimous, says Luther
Brewer, of the Cedar Rapids Repub-
lican, who was a delegate to the con-
Nention.
The campaign to follow will not
lie spectacular. 1t will proceed on
orderly lines and will be successful.
Republican success will be almost
as unanimous as defeat was unani-
nous four years ago. The worth of
the candidates is already recognized
and appreciation of their worth and
their strength will increase as elec-
tion day approaches.
The nomination of Hughes did not
come through the manipulations of
the so-called bosses. 1t did not come
thru any campaign made for it by
party leaders. If ever a republican
candidate for the presidency has been
nominated by the people direct,
Hughes was so nominated.
With no special leadership at Chit
cago without headquarters and with
cut organization a candidate has been
named for this great Office in this
crucial year simply by the force o.
public sentiment which believes in
the honesty and the Americanism oi
Mr.. Hughes.
His name will not set the prairies
afire as the mention of it did not
take the roof off the coliseum Satur-
day, but when the votes are counted
they will be largely his. People will
vote for him in November as they
voted for Mckinley twenty years
ago.
In Fairbanks another safe man has
been placed on the ticket. He did
rot seek the place and did not want
it, in fact he has been drafted by the
convention and accepted.
In this respect at least the corven-
tion was unique. 1t is generally
agreed that the delegates on Mon
day wanted neither of these gentle
men nominated, yet Saturday each