The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 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
Or 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 favorite sons their
chance. and no one of them had shown
the strength necessary to win. Hughes
advanced from 1854 votes on the first
ballot to 32sh on the second, and il
the managers of the favorite sons had
not forced an adjournment, the justice
could have been nominated that eve
ming.
Ballot That Nominated Huahes-
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 its 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
one another into the discard Weeks
OF Massachusetts withdrew himself.
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
494 votes, New Jersey giving him 27
that carried him past the mark. Here
and there a recalcitrant was found.
but they were few and far between.
AS announced by the chairman, the
ballot stood: Hughes, 949h; La Fol-
lette. 3; Lodge, z; Roosevelt. 1871.
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
earnest campaign for the honor. but
the result did not justify his hopes,
for Mr.. Fairbanks was given an over
whelmingly large vote.
Moose Nominate Roosevelt.
At the time all this was taking place
in the Coliseum, the Progressives 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
by reclamation, as the
standard bearer OF the Progressive
party.
The convention went wild, and 1t
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
and nominate him they pro-
ceeded to do. with mighty shout.
After recess, the Progressives
John M. Parker of Louis
lana for the vice presidency. by &C.
Governor Johnson of Cali
fornia and Raymond Robins were pre-
scented for the nomination, but both
in favor Of Parker.
First Day Deadly Dull.
I'm representing paper in Tomb
stone, Arizona" said 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 first day of the
national convention in n
nutshell. 1t had all the aspects of a
funeral, except that In.
stead Of flowers there was the pro.