Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-06-16


whose character and record he warmly
~eulogized. This recommendation,
Senator Smoot said, had been received
by the Progressive convention and laid
on the table.
OF course that put an end at once
to the hopes of picking a nominee on
whom both conventions could unite,
and Chairman Harding directed the
call Of the roll of states for the third
ballot. Friday evening two trial bal
lots had been taken for the purpose
of giving the fayorite sons their
chance, and no one of them had shown
the strength necessary to win. Hughes
advanced from 253k votes on the first
ballot to 328h on the second, and If
the managers Of the favorite sons had
not forced an adjournment, the justice
could have been nominated that eve
ming.
Ballot That Nominated Hughes
So, when the third ballot was begun
Saturday morning, there was no doubt
of the-result. Alabama, first on the
list, started the flop with it's 16~votes,
and the others followed suit with an
almost unbroken regularity. Now and
then there was an interruption as
someone rose to withdraw the name
of a candidate. Sherman, Fairbanks.
Cummins, Root and the rest followed
n another into the discard. Weeks
- coonhv,oo rv4k6 Il ra-y h{-,1A1f
and a Roosevelt delegate from the
Southwest pulled down the name OF
the colonel, speaking for all the Roose
welt men-in the convention.
Before half the states had been
called Mr.. Hughes had the necessary
494 votes. New Jersey giving him ~
that carried him past the mark. Here
and there q recalcitrant was found,
but they were few and far between
AS announced by the chairman, the
ballot stood: Hughes. s49h; La Fol
lette, 3; Lodge, Z; Roosevelt, 1874.
Alexander P. Moore of Pittsburgh
moved that the nomination be made
unanimous, and Senator Lodge, who
had voted for Roosevelt, seconded the
motion. The question being put, there
was a roaring chorus of ayes" and
Chairman Harding smilingly an.
nounced that there were NO noes.
Former Senator Burkett of Nebras.
ka was Mr.. Fairbanks only rival for
second place. Unlike the Indiana
statesman, he had been making an
aornnoA 0oYnnofnn fAp khn hA-o. As,A
the result did not Justify his hopes,
for Mr.. Fairbanks vas given an over
whelmingly large vote.
Moose Nominate Roosevelt.
At the time all this was taking place
in the Coliseum, the Progressfves In
the Auditorium were ,joyfully nominal.
ing Theodore Roosevelt. At the very
moment when the news of Hughes.
nomination by the Republicans was
flashed to the Bull Moose convention,
Chairman Robins was announcing that
the colonel had been unanimously
nominated, by reclamation, as the
standard bearer of the Progressive
party.
4AO OOhfOLtlOA WCnL WIN, huu II
was some time before it could be
Gained down enough to be told what
had been done in the Coliseum.
The ardent admirers Of the Man of
Sycamore Hill did not take kindly to
his suggestion that they combine with
the Republicans to nominate Lodge.
Name Roosevelt today" had been
their shout from the early morning
hours, and when the colonel's appeal
to them to back Lodge was laid before
the convention 1t was met by a storm
of Kisses and cries of mo, no." The
Moosers were determined to nominate
Roosevelt, and nominate him they pro-
ceeded to do, with a mighty shout.
After a recess, the Progressives
nominated John M. Parker Of Louis
ana for the vice presidency, by ac-
clamation. Governor Johnson of Cali
fornia and Raymond Robins were pre-
scented for the nomination, but both
withdrew in favor of Parker.
First Day Deadly Dull.
I'm representing a paper in Tomb
stone, Arizona" said a man at the en-
trance to the press section of the Coli
scum.
Come right In; you will be right at
home." said another man on the in
side.
And there is the nrst day of the
Republican national convention In a
nutshell. 1t had all the aspects Of q
well-conducted funeral. except that In
stead Of flowers there was the pro