Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-06-12

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| Mr.. Hughes will be notified Of his
nomination officially at date to be
fixed later by a committee headed by
Senator Warren G. Harding Of Ohio.
chairman Of the convention.
Mr.. Fairbanks will be notified by a
committee headed by Senator William
e. Borah of Idaho.
Adjournment
At 201 P. NJ. the convention ad
Journed. There were expressions of
relief from all the leaders and among
the delegates. The delegations which
on the final ballot had cast votes for
others than Mr.. Hughes made state
ments declaring their loyalty to the
nominees.
| Six months ago. said Chairman
Charles D. Hilles of the Republican
national committee, Il said the nomi-
nee would be born in the convention;
and he was"
Reunited Party, Says Hitchcock
Il am very much pleased, Of
course" said Mr.. Hitchcock. 1T means
reunited Republican party and VIC
tory in November"
| The nomination of Mr. Hughes was
made possible so soon by an over
night breakup of the allied favorite
sons combination which early this
morning released its delegates, prac-
tically all of whom were known to
favor Mr.. Hughes, when freed from
their instructions.
When the convention began bust
ness shortly before noon the with
drawal of the favorite sons was an
nounced from the platform one after
another and the votes began Hopping
into the Hughes column in soil
blocks so rapidly that the nomination
practically was assured before the
roll call had gone five states. When
it got to Colorado the drift was so
apparent that a proposal to make it
unanimous or to nominate Hughes by
reclamation was made, but Chairman
Harding ruled that the balloting
should take it's regular course.
Each addition to the Hughes column
was greeted by yells Of exultaticn
from the rapidly accommodating
Hughes delegates and steadily state
by state the votes piled up until New
Jersey carried it past the required 494
and the remainder was only a formal
ity
In rapid succession, as the voting went
on, Du Pont was Withdrawn by Delaware
and his solid block was cast for Hughes;
| Illinois withdrew Sherman; Ohio with
drew Burton; Iowa withdrew Cummins
New York withdrew Root; Massachusetts,
withdrew Weeks. Practically all these
new votes were cast for Hughes, only a
few remaining In compliment to the IA
vorite sons who brought them.
Lodge and Weeks Pledge Loyalty
Then one after another Senator Weeks
| and Senator Lodge took the platform,
pledged loyalty to the nominee and asked
all their supporters to do likewise.
Similar announcements were made from
all the favorite son delegations.
| The final analysis of the nominating
ballot showed that Hughes had drawn his
votes from every state in the union and
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scattered over IL states; that Du Pont 5
five had come from South Carolina
Lodges seven from North Carolina, and
the final three for Senator Weeks had
come from Massachusetts, and Missouri
| Although the convention when 1t nomi-
mated Mr.. Hughes had no word that he
would accept and no statement Of his po-
sition. one came along soon afterward
but not until the convention had adj
| journed The former justice had kept to
his determination to utter no word in his
own behalf, to make no new announce
ment of his position on issues. and to
say nothing which might be construed
as becoming a candidate while he wore
the robe of a Justice of the worlds great
est court
Before the final ballot was taken SEN
ator Smoot of Utah announced the report
Of the latest meeting of the Republican
conferees with the conferees of the Pro
gressve convention, disclosing that the
Republicans had presented the name OF
Mr.. Hughes as a candidate on whom both
conventions could unite. He also read
the reply of the Progressive conferees
which merely was an Acknowledgement OF
the receipt Of the proposal
Then he read Col. Roosevelt's telegram
to the Progressive convention which had
| been brought to the Coliseum by John
McGrath, the colonels secretary, sug-
/ costing Senator Lodge.
| Before he had finished the reading word
came and was announced in the Coliseum
that the Progressive convention itself had
not only tabled the Republican proposal
of Mr.. Hughes, but had tabled Col
Roosevelts own proposal Of Senator
Lodge as we'll.
No one in the Republican convention
really expected Col. Roosevelt's compro-
mise to be accepted. neither did they
feel the Progressives would accept Mr.
| Hughes
There was gallery demonstration, not
so long as yesterdays at the announce
ment of Col. Roosevelt's proposition, but
the delegate section by its silence plainly
showed it's Indifference, and if any of the
Republican leaders retained the least fear
Of a stampede % Col. Roosevelt 1t was
dissipated at once by every outward in
! dication that about the only message
from Col. Roosevelt that could have rous-
ed the delegates to any great degree of
enthusiasm would have been his accept
ance Of Hughes