The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-10
THE TWO BALLOTS.
Hughes Jumped from ASIA to szs1z
votes-Weeks Was Second.

| NoteS-WeekS was second.
Chicago. June l0--0n the two anC
only ballots taken yesterday in the Re
publican national convention, Justice
Hughes led the field and gained strength
His supporters. confident that another
ballot would give him a majority, re-
! sisted adjournment, but the convention
| tired and worn with continuous ten
hour session, was determined to rest till
this morning at II o'clock and adjourned
until that hour. II was the first time
since 1883 that Republican convention
has taken more than one ballot to choose
presidential nominee.
On the first ballot, Justice Hughes
polled 2531a votes, He got ~ from his
own state and aside from Oregon and
Florida the remainder were largely scat
tering. On the second ballot, he in
creased to 32s1s votes. 1t required 494
votes to nominate.
Colonel Roosevelt's topmost strength in
the first days balloting was 81 votes.
Beside Governor Hughes, the colonel and
Charles w. Fairbanks of all the Is men
who had votes on the first ballot, alone
made an increase on the second.
The expected demonstration for Colo
mel Roosevelt when he was nominated by
Senator Fall of New Mexico lasted Al
minutes and broke the record for this
convention. All observers agreed that it
was largely gallery demonstration and
that the participation was scattering
from the delegate section. The Fair
banks demonstration ran next with 35
minutes, the Burton demonstration last
ed "a minutes, and the Hughes demon
stration lasted 20 minutes.
On the first ballot, the delegates fol.
lowed their instructions, voting for favor.
lite sons and primary choices. Senator
Weeks got los, Elihu Root l03. Cummins
s5, Fairbanks 74R, Sherman 66. Roose-
welt 65 and Knox 80. Henry Ford got
80 votes by instructions. For !
and the scattering included compliment |
airy votes for Borah, Willis and Mccall. |
and the instructed vote for other candi- |
dates.
On the second ballot, Michigan turned 1
30 over to Hughes and gave Colonel |
Roosevelt 2; Mccall of Massachusetts
turned his vote to the Justice amid great
applause; Senator Lodge, who had nomi-
mated Senator Weeks, turned his vote /
'ver to Colonel Roosevelt; W. Murray
frame announced his vote for Hughes:
Missouri gave the justice % Of her 36:
New Jersey gave him l6. The New York
delegation vote on the second ballot
stood; Hughes 43. Root - and Roose.
-elt ,. Pennsylvania second ballot was.
Knox 36, Roosevelt p, John Wanamakef
!, Hughes s, DUPONT ., Root !. and 1
lot voting.
Vermont cast its entire eight for JUS
ice Hughes on both ballots.
Before the second ballot was taken. one
4 the favorite sons. Governor BrlIm-
augh. withdrew and proposed the nomi-
alton Of Colonel Roosevelt The other
avorite sons remained through the bal.
1ting. On the second ballot. one vote :
-as cast for Maior-Cenersl Leonard
Vood and one for Chairman Harding. ~
An analysis showing where the gains
Justice Hughes came from on the sec
nd ballot follows.
IN al, Justice Hughes gained Is votes :
q the second ballot. He gained in Al.
osms, in California. ! in Georgia. in
entucky. in Louisiana. , IN Maine. :
Massachusetts,. = in Michigan, IN 1