The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-06-16
Select Hughes & Fairbanks
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| o~J -" oCHOOi, nOlOinB the pr1zt
Fellowship from 1884 to 1887.
After . short experience as an edu
Gator and ~ law clerk, Mr.. Hughes
entered the practice of law, gaining 8
reputation which brought him the of
Ter OF the nomination for mayor O.
New York. which he declined. HI
was later elected governor of New
York and resigned his office, in his
second term. when appointed to the
supreme court bench by President
Taft.
| Mr.. Hughes was married in New
York City, December S, 1888, to An.
toinnette, daughter of Walter s. Car.
Ter, and had four children. Charles
Evans Hughes. Jr., Helen, Catherine
and Elizabeth Hughes.
Though in official life Hughes has
been known as hard worker, in pri.
Vate life he Is buoyant, fond of books
OF all kinds, music and golf, besides
being mountain climber who has
been over most OF Switzerland on foot
Charles Warren Fairbanks, who was
vice-president during the administra-
ton of Theodore Roosevelt. was not
candidate for the vice-presidency.
but has accepted the nomination and
sent the following telegram to Mr..
Hughes:
Il most heartily congratulate you
upon your selection as the leader OF
The Republican party in the present
national contest
Friends OF the nominee say he Is
dred with enthusiasm to get into the
contest now that the convention has
spoken.
Members of the Hughes family ap-
Feared in public Sunday for the first
line since the nomination. He and
lis daughter Miss Catherine left home
Ut 10:30 Sunday morning to walk two
niles to the Calvary Baptist church.
Their way was blocked by a squad of
moving picture men who kept pace
With them for two squares. At the
church entrance they were met by
Mrs. Hughes and Little Miss Eliza
beth Hughes, who had driven there.
The moving picture men had made
he family late for services AS the
fingered outside the closed doors
awaiting the end of the invocation,
10Th Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes were cen
.ers of friends pressing forward Il
shake hands.
Hughes Greed.
In a declaration of principles Char
es E. Hughes, presidential nominee,
said:
i stand for the firm and unfiinchins
maintenance of all the rights of
American citizens on land and sea.
IN our foreign relations we have
suffered intellectually from the weak
md facilitating course which has been
AIKEN with regard to Mexico.
Il desire to see our diplomacy re-
stored to its best standards and have
;hese advanced; to have the first
ability of the country always at Its
command here and abroad in diplo-
matte intercourse; to maintain firmly
our rights under international law.
Il stand for an Americanism that
Knows no Interior purpose for a pat
riotism that is single and complete.
Il believe in making prompt provi-
sion to secure absolutely our national
security.
1 believe in preparedness, not only
entirely adequate for our defense, but
to the end that in each branch of the
service there may be the utmost eff
cheney.
Our preparation must be industrial
Our severest tests will come after the
war is over.
We must make fair and wise re-
adjustment OF the tariff in accordance
with sound protective principles to
insure our economic independence and
to maintain American standards OF
living.
i stand for the principle OF our |
civil service laws. In every depart. |
nent of government the highest meas. |
are OF efficiency must be insisted |
upon.
or the candidates before the Re
publican convention, Fairbanks, Root.
Weeks, Cummins, Burton and Knox
sent kilograms of support and con-
Six delegates from Col
orado who supported Colonel Roose-
1elt assured him OF their support. Mr..
Hughes replied only to the messages
rom Mr.. Fairbanks, conveying to the
nominee his cou-
ordinations. He send word to the
newspaper men that he wished to ex-
press through them his appreciation
II the food of congratulatory mes
Iages.