The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-06-14
Way Was Cleared for Hughes
When Other Candidates With
drew. Fairbanks is Named
as Candidate for Vice-Presi-
dent. Hughes Issues: Clear
Cut Statement.
ROOSEVELT NOMINATED
BY PROGRESSIVE PARTY
Roosevelt Tentatively Refuses, Await
ing More Explicit Declaration of
Views on Vital Issues by Hughes
Before Final Decision.-Prosres-
siyes Name John Nj. Parke. OF
Louisiana For Vice President.

Before Final Deeision.-Prosres-
sives Name John Nj. Parker OF
Louisiana For Vice President.
Chicago-Charles E. Hughes and
Theodore Roosevelt, both Of New
York, were nominated for President
by the Republican and Progressive
conventions at 12:4s and 12:47 o'clock
Saturday. respectively. the Roosevelt
nomination beating the Hughes nomi-
nation by exactly two minutes.
Charles Warren Fairbanks Of Indiana
was nominated for Vice President On
the Republican ticket and John NJ.
Parker of Louisiana on the Progress
sive. The Hughes nomination was
made on the third ballot Of the con.
vention, the Roosevelt nomination by
acclamation.
Colonel Roosevelt sent a tentative
6eclination Of the nomination, with
the understanding that it was to stand
II Hughes turned out to be sound on
the issues Of AmericaniSm and pre-
pare6ness, and that if Hughes turned
out to be pactihstic, pussy-footed, or
pro-German he would accept and
make the race as the Progressive can
didate.
Justice Hughes broke all records by
acceptingthe nomination by telegraph,
without waiting for a formal notifca'
ton by the regularly appointed COM
mittee, and declared mis- position not
only on the issues regarded by Col.
onel Roosevelt as the test issues, but
also on the other principal questions
raised by the Republican platform.
For long time third telegram, this
one from Mr. Fairbanks declining the
Vice Presidential nomination, was an.
ticipated. because he already had sent
q private one 70 that effect, but, IN.
stead. he accepted over the telephone
The Conference Committee scheme
failed because the Republicans would
name no candidate. At the last minute,
after every effort to induce them to do
so had proved Ineffective, Colonel
Roosevelt himself proposed union On
Henry Cabot Lodge Of Massachusetts.
The two Conference Committees sc
reported, but the Progressive Conven-
ton laid the telegram on the table
and the Republicans paid no attention
to It.
The nominating ballot showed this
count:
Hughes 949 1-2; Roosevelt is IL;
Lodge Z; Du Pont 5; Weeks 3; La
Toilette 8; absent !. Total sS7.
Although Frank H. Hitchcock let
It be known that the Hughes men
wanted Burton for second place,
Ohio withdrew Burton's name, !eav-
ing the field to Mr.. Fairbanks and
former Secretary Burkett Of Nebraska.
The ballot for Vice President show.
ed this count:
Fairbanks S63; Eurkett 10S; Bcrsh
8; Burton l; Johnson l, absent. scat
tering and not voting S. Total 9S7.
Leaders Seen Satisfied.
At 2:01 ,. N. the convention ao-
tourned. There were expressions OF
harmony from all the leaders and
among the delegates. The delegations
which on the final ballot had cast
votes for others than Mr.. Hughes
made statements declaring their 10y
atty to the nominees
"Six months ago." said Chairman
Hilles OF the National Committee, i
said a nominee would be born in the
convention, and he was"
II am very much pleased, of course,
said Mr.. Hitchcock. ut means re-
united Republican party and victory
IN November"
Fayorlte Sons Withdrew.
When the convention began ousl-
ness shortly before noon the with
drawal Of the favorite sons was an
nounced one after another and the
votes began Topping into the Hughes
column in solid blocks so rapidly that
the nomination plainly was assured
before the roll call had gone five
states. When it got to Colorado the
drift was so apparent that proposal
70 make it unanimous was made, but
Chairman Harding ruled that the bal
loting should take its regular course.
Greeted BY Yells.
Each addition to the Hughes COL
umn was greeted by yells of exulta-
tioa from the rapidly accumulatlng
Hughes delegates and steadily state oy
state the votes piled up unit! New
Jersey carried it past the required
as4 and the remainder was only
sormaiity.
In rapid succession as the vote went
on Du Pont was withdrawn by Del
aware and his solid block was cast
for Hughes; Illinois withdre" onef'
man; Ohio withdrew Burton; iowa
withdrew Cummins; New York WIFE
drew Root; Massachusetts, Wlthore"
Weeks. Practically all of these ne"
votes we're cast for Hughes only
few remaining in compliment to the