Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-10

COLISEUM. June 9.-On the only two
ballots taken tonight in the Re-
publican National Convention. Justice
Hughes led the field and gained
strength for the presidential nomina-
4tion. His supporters confident that
another ballot would, give him a ma
jority. resisted Adjournment. but the
convention, tired and worn with q; con-
tinuous ten-hour session. WAS deter
mined to rest until omorrow. and ad-
journed until II o'clock tomorrow
morning. II was the first time since
lSSS that "a Republican convention has
taken more than one ballot to chose
a presidential nominee.
On the first ballot Justice Hughes
polled 253lA votes. He got forty-two
from his own State, and. aside from
Oregon and Florida, the remainder
We're largely scattering. On the second
ballot he increased to 32S1s votes. 1t
requires 4e+ votes to nominate.
Colonel Roosevelts topmost strength
in the first days ballotinG was eighty
one votes Besides Justice Hughes. the
Colonel. Charles w. Fairbanks and Cole
man du Pont, seventeen men who re-
ceived votes on the first ballot, alone
made an increase in the second.
ROOSEVELT DEMONSTRATION
LASTS FORTY-ONE MINUTES
The expected demonstration for Colo
mel Roosevelt when he was nominated
by Senator Fall lasted forty-one mi
nutes. All observers agreed that 1t was
largely a gallery demonstration, and
that the participation was scattering
from the delegate section. The Fair
banks dem monstration ran thirty-fve mi
nutes. the Burton demonstration lasted
nI Irt fn,,,
demonstration lasted twenty minutes.
On the first ballot the delegates voted
for favorite sons and primary choices
Senator Weeks got los; Elihu Root.
lo3: Cummins. SIS; Fairbanks. 74h;
sherman. &c: Roosevelt, So. and Knox,
36. Henry Ford got MichiEan's thirty
votes by instruction. Former President
Taft got fourteen from Texas. and the
scattering included complimentary votes
for Borah. Willis and Mccall and the
instructed vote for other candidates
On the second ballot Michigan turned
% over to Hughes and gave Colonel
Roosevelt. .: Mccall, of Massachusetts
turned his vote to the justice amid
great applause; Senator Lodge, who
had nominated Senator Weeks. turned
his vote to Colonel Roosevelt: w.
Murray Crane announced his vote for
of her 36: New Jersey gave him 16.
The New York delegation on the second
ballot stood: Hughes. 43; Root. 42. and
Roosevelt. ,. Pennsylvania's second
ballot was: Knox. SO; Roosevelt, 22;
John Wanamaker, S: Hughes, s.: Du
Font = Root. /. and one not voting.
DRuMBAUGH wTrHDRAvS
AND PROPOSES COLONEL
Before the second ballot was taken
one of the favorite sons. Governor
BrumbauGh, withdrew and proposed
the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt.
The other favorite sons remained
through the balloting. On the second
ballot one vote was east for Major.
General Leonard Wood, and ono for
Chairman Harding.
Tomorrow the Hughes supporters
predict they VIII continue to draw
strength and nominate their candi-
date.
we quit while we were growing.
declared the Hughes people.
An analysis showing where the gains
of Justice Hughes came from on the
second ballot follows:
In all. Justice Hughes gained
seventy-five votes on the second
ballot He gained In Alabama,
In California. 1 In Georgia,
in Kentucky. 2 In Louisiana, q In
Maine. In Massachusetts,. % In SIich-
igan. In Missouri. 2 in Nebraska, 8
In New Hampshire. Z in New Jersey,
In Pennsylvania, Q in South Caro-.
lima, In Texas, IN Utah, 8 Ia vir- 4