Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-06-30
HURHEs IS ENDORSED.
Thirty-two Bull Moose Committeeman
Vote in Favor of Supporting Him -
Roosevelt's Action Formally Upheld.

The Progressive party swung in be-
hind Charles Evans Hughes for presi
dent through the action of large ma.
iority of the party's national commit.
tee in Chicago Monday.
With minority fighting to the last
moment, but reduced on the vote in.
dorsing Hughes to six negatives and
nine rcfusals to vote, against 30 in fla.
vor of the Republican candidate. the
committee took action, plcdging the
party to Hughes.
The resolutions mapping the party s
course in the campaign were drawn I'M
and submitted by James r. Garfield
of Ohio. They were as follows:
Whereas the statement issued by this
committee in January and the platform
adopted by the Progressive national
convention set forth that. putting
aside all partisan considerations in
view of existing world and national
conditions, we would work with anv
man or party who saw the nation s end
and put forth leader fit to meet it,
and
Whereas we believe with Col. Roose-
welt that in the nomination of Charles
f. Hughes of New York the Republi
can party has put forth such leader.
we indOrse and concur in the recon
mendation of Col. Roosevelt that we
support Mr.. Hughes.
Resolved, That we hereby direct the
national executive committee TO co.
operate with Mr.. Hughes and take any
steps which they deem proper effective.
~ to prosecute the campaign.
Resolved, That we leave to the state
committees the determination of action
in their respective states and recon-
mend that whatever action they take
be taken after conference with the ma
tiCnal executive committee
The states and territories through the
committeeman lined up as follows on
the resolution:
Ycas-Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Connecticut. Dis
trict of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois. In
diana, Kansas, Louisiana. Maine, Mary
land, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska,
Nevada New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Ore
gon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tex
as, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming, Ha-
wall. Total, 30.
Nays - Idaho, Kentucky. Montana,
North Carolina, Rhode Island, Utah.
Total, 6.
Declining to Votc-Florida, Massa
Mississippi, Wisconsin, Mis-
souri,, Oklahoma, South Carolina,
West Virginia. Total, 9.
The resolutions had to pass the hur.
lie of a ruling by Vice Chairman Mat
thew Hale of Massachusetts, who pre-
sided over the meeting of the full com
mittee and who was one of the ir-
'oconsilablcs, that the national commit
tee had no power to indorse the candi-
late of any other party. The commit
zee overrulcd the chair by vote of
y to 10, however, and the defeated
contingent was reduced to statements
or the record and demands for roll |
alls on every suggestion made from
hat point to the end of the meeting.
Hon. Charles T.. Hughes in New
York city gratifcd at the letter of in
.orsemcnt sent to the Progressive ma
elt de sp..d' by rom 'f the
Iotel Astor for Oyster BaN Monday
vening carrying a letter of thanks to
he colonel.
''No one is more sensible than | of
he lasting indebtedness of the nation
o you for the quickening of the ma
lGnal spirit, for the demand for an
ut and ont 100 per cent American
I'm, wrote the Republican prcsiden-
al nominee to the man who had de-
lined the nomination of the Progress
ives, Another phase was: 81 want
on to feel that ! wish to have all the
ID Won are able and willing to give
Mr. Hughes also sent that night to O.
=. Davis, secretary of the Progressive
1tional committee, long telegram in
Inch he thanked the ProgrcSsivcs for
ieir Endorsement and gave expression
, the most extended statement Of his
lcws which he has made since his
The telegram left no doubt of the
'ct that the Republican candidate is l
n1ualiiiedly for adequate national
and that the hvphcnates !
ncd expect no quarter from him. 1t !
'iticized the Wilson administration in ,
nphatic terms and gave Endorsement {
} some of the measures which the (
rogrcssives have advocated most Wig s
'ously. |