THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
HOW STATES VOTED ON FIRST BALLOT
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AS LEADER If
REPUBLICANS
Associate Justice Made the
Unanimous Choice of the
G. 0. P. Convention.
FAIRBANKS IS RUNNING MATE
Roosevelt's Suggestion of Lodge as
Compromise Candidate Is Ignored
by Republicans Progressives
Choose Former President as
Their Candldato With John
M. Parker for 8econ'd Place.
Republican Ticket:
CHARLES EVAN8 HUGHE8, for
president
CHARLE8 WARREN FAIRBANKS,
for vice president.
Progressive Ticket: .
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, for pres
ident JOHN M. PARKER, for vice pre
Ident
Chicago. Charloti Evans Hughoq,
associate juatlco of tho United States
Supreme court, Is tho nomlnoo of tho
Republican party for proialdont of tho
United States, and Charles Warren
Fairbanks, vlco president during tho
Roosevolt administration, is his run
ning mate.
' The nomination of Mr. Hughes camo
on the third ballot of tho 191G con
vention. 1 The vote was overwhelmingly
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HUGHES ACCEPTS AND RESIGNS OFFICE
Washington, June 10. Justice Charles Evans HUKhcs accepted tlie
Republican nomination for the nrcttltlonoy, and resinned from tha Su
preme court or the United States. IIu Issued the following statement;
''To tho President!
. "I hereby resltm the oillce of associate justice of the Supreme court
of the United States. ,
"1 am. sir. respectfully yours. CIIAni.RS E. HUCUIES."
Hughes' statement of the acceptance or the Itopubltcan nomination
follows.
"Hon. Warren Q. Harding. Chairman Republican National Committee.
CIltCOKO. 111.
"Mr. Chulrman and Delegates: I have not desired the nomination.
I have wished to remain on the bench, butvin this critical period of our
national history I recognise that It is your rlKht to summon and my
paramount duty to respond. You speak at a time of national exigency,
transcending merely partisan consideration.
"Ynu voice the demand of tho dominant, thoroughgoing American
Ism, with firm, protective, unbuilding policies ensontlul to our peace nnd
security and to that call In this crisis I cannot fall to answer with
the pledge of all that,ls n me to the service of our country. Therefore
1 accept the nomination.
"I stand for tho lirm and unfllnohlng maintenance of all tho rights
of American cltlrens on land and sea. t neither Impugn motives nor
underestimate tllnlcultles.
"But it is more regrettably true that In our foreign relations we
have suffered Incalculably from the weak and vacillating caurno which
hne been taken as regards Mexico a course lamontably wrong with
regard to both our rights and our duties.
"We Interfered without consistency and while soektng to dictate
when we were not concerned, wo utterly failed to appreciate and dis
charge our plain duty to our citizens,
... . At the outset of the administration the high renpunslbtlltloa of our
diplomatic intercourse with foreign nations wore subordinated to a con
ception of partisan requirements, and we prosentcd alio world a humili
ating epectaclo of ineptitude.
"The latest efforts have not availed to recover the Influence and
prestige so unfortunately, sacrificed; and bravo words have been stripped
or their force by Indecision.
"I desiro to see our diplomacy restored to Its best standards, and
to novo these advanced: to have no sacrifices of national Interests to
partisan expediency; to have the first nblllty of the country always at
its command, here and abroad. In diplomatic Intercourse: to maintain
firmly our rights under our laws; Insisting steadfastly upon our rights
ns neutrals and fully performing our international obligations: and by
the clear correctness and Justlco of our position, and our manifest ability
and disposition tit sustain them, to dignify our place among the nations.
"I stand for an Americanism which knows no ulterior purpose, for
a. patriotism which Is single and complete. Whether natlvo or natural
ized, of whatever men or creed, wo, huve but one country, and we do
not for an Instant tolerate any divisions of allegiance.
"1 believe In making prompt provision to asnuro absolutely our
national security. '
"I believe In preparedness, not only, entirely adequate for our de
fense with respect to numbers and equipment in botli army and navy,
but with ail thnroughnens to the end that In each brnnoh of the service
thero may be the utmost eftlelenoy under tho most compotent adminis
trative heads.
"We are devoted to the Ideal of honorable peace. We wish to pro
mote nil wise ond pract cable measure for the Just settlement of Inter
national disputes, In view of our abiding Ideals, there Im no danger of
militarism In this country.
"We have no policy of aggressiveness; no lurt for territory: no seal
for strife. H is In this spirit that we demand adequate provision for
notional defense and we condemn the Inexcusable neglect that has been
shown, In this matter of first national Importance
"We must buy the strcniftli which self-respect demands, the
strength of an etllclrnt nation ready for orery emergency"
Hughes from tho moment tho first
stato Alabama was called upon. Ho
was glvon 949'; Roosovolt, 18: Du
Pont. 5: Wooka, 3; Lodge, 7, and La
Folletto, 3.
Tho nomination of Hughes crimo
aftor tho Republicans had turned
down tho proposal of Col. Theodore
Roonovolt that United 8tatcs Senator
Henry Cabot Lodgo bo named as a
compromlso candldato.
It preceded by a few minutes tho
tho nomination of Roosevelt by tho
I'rogrcsnlvo party national convention
In tho Auditorium theater.
John M. Parker of Louisiana was
named by the- Progressives ns tholr
candldato tor vlco president.
lly tho tlnio Now Jersey was called
on tho roll of states, Hughes had
pollod a majority of the votes of tho
convention.
Tho nomination of tho Now York
man wnB tho signal for a wild out
burst In tho Coliseum tho scono of
many wild outbursts In tho last fow
days. (
Choice Made Unanimous.
Chairman Harding announced tho
nomination of Hughos, and Alox. P.
Mooro of Pittsburgh and Senator
Lodgo, who voted for Thoodoro Rooso
volt, moved to mnko It unanimous.
Tho nomination was made unani
mous with a roaring chorus of "Ayes" i
and not a slnglo "No," !
Senator Lodgo mndo an eloquent np
peal for Hughes In seconding tho
motion for unnnlmlty.
Now Mexico nominated Fairbanks
for vlco presldont. Governor Willis
of Ohio soconded Fulrbanks.
Nebraska was tho noxt stato to ro
apdnd and H. II. Dnldridgo nominated
formor Senator Ilurkott.
Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indl-1
mm was nominated on tho first bal-1
lot ns tho vlco preBldontlal candidate
of tho Republican party.
Tho fact that Roosovolt had boon
nominated by tho rival convontlon, In
no wise dampened tho ardor or tho
enthusiasm of tho Republican dele
gates. As soon as tho presidential nomlna-
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tAlabnma .18
Arizona 8
Arkansas IS
California 24
Colorado .........12
Connecticut 14
Delawaro C
Florida 8
Georgia 17
Idaho S
Illinois in
Indiana 20
Iowa .. .20
Kansas ' 25
Kentucky 55
l.oulMuna 12
Maine 12
Maryland US
Massachusetts ...34
Michigan 30
Minnesota 24
MtHHlKttlppI 12
Missouri 3S
Montana 8
Nebraska 16
Nevada 0
New Hampshire. 8
NcHv Jersey S
New Mexico 6
New York f7
N. Cnroltna 21
N. Dakota 10
Ohio 45
Oklahoma 20
Oregon 10
tl'nnnnylvnnln ...7(1
Hhode Island 10
3. Carolina 11
S. Dakota 10
tTcnnesscu '.21
tToxna 24
Utah ft
Vermont
Virginia 15
Washington 14
West Virginia... .1H
Wisconsin 23
Wyoming 0
Alaska 2
Hawaii 2
Philippines 2
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MlBSOurl gavo Prank n, Willis 3 vote; one Missouri vote recorded absent.
tOno absent for Pennsylvania. Tennessee 14 voto absent.
JTexas gave MeCnll 1 vote, Franlc II. Willis 1. William IL Taft 14 and Borah t
Alabama gave Bornh 1 voto.
Hon was out of tho way, conferences
wore begun to fix upon tho running
mato of tho Supremo court Justlco.
Roosevelt Offers Lodge.
Tho Roosovolt proposal to select
his frlond, Henry Cabot Lodgo. as a
compromlso candldato was novor tak
en sorlously by tho Republicans.
Lodge's nnmo was liot oven for
mally placed In nomination boforo tho
Republican convontlon.
Tho report of tho "pcaco" confor
onco commlttoes showing that tho
Progressive "peace committee" had
ngreod to put the nnmo of Hughes
boforo thnt convontlon hardly caused
n stir, nor did tho nows that carao a
faw minutes later that tho report had
boon tabled by tho Progressives.
Moanwhllo Hughes was In tho air,
on ovory tonguo. Delegates woro Im
patient to got to balloting. Tho fool
ing was evorywhoro that tho third bal
lot of tho convention for presldont
would bo tho Inst and it was.
Harding Is Chairman.
Tho Republican convontlon oponcd
nt tho Coliseum nt 11 a. m.. Juno 7.
Senator Warron G. Harding of Ohio
was eloctod temporary chairman, and
ho delivered a speech, setting forth
conservative Republican principles.
Following this tho regular committees
woro appointed and organized and rou
tlno convontlon business wont for
ward. There was only modorato ex
pression of onthustasm at any time,
With tho hopo of agreeing an a presi
dential candldato whom both parties
might support, tho Progressives, In
convention at tho Auditorium, nnd the
Republicans appolntod a joint confer
ence committee Thursday, and this
commlttoo mot at tho Chicago club.
Shortly after midnight It wna nn
nounced that no progress had boon
mndo toward fusion of tho two parties.
Tho Republican members of this
commlttoo woro Senator Reed Smoot
of Utah, W. Murray Crano, ox-senator
from Massachusetts; Senator William
13. Borah of Idaho. Nicholas Murray
Butler of Now York, president of Co
lumbia university; A. R. Johnson of
Ohio, a formor congressman, Tho Pro
groBslvo members woro Gov, Hiram
Johnson of California, Horace S. Wil
kinson of Now York, Charles J. Dona
parto of Maryland, former attomoy
general, John M. Parker of Louisiana,
Goorgo W, Perkins of Now York.
Nominating Bpoochos began In the
Republican convention about three
o'clock Friday afternoon, nnd nomina
tions wero closed boforo olght o'clock.
Hallotlng began at onco. Two ballots
woro taken boforo adjournment for the
night
Progressives In Session,
Tho Progressive convention opened
nt oxnetly tho samo ttmo the Republi
cans started tholr mooting. Tempo
rary Chairman Raymond Robins deliv
ered tho Progressive policy spooch.
Routlno business folio wod but It
wasn't routlno In the samo way as the
Republican session was, Tho Progres
sives, with such mou as William Allen
Whlto, Victor Murdock and Hiram
Johnson, wero loudly enthusiastic.
This convention was really un explo
sive affair cheers, tnblo pounding,
radical talk and all that
It Is nald, that Goorgo W. Perkins
and somo others of tho Progressive
group had a hard ttmo keeping tho
radical element from nominating
Colonel Roosovolt shortly after the
show started. Tho conservatives lived
In tho hopu of a fusion with tho Re
publicans. Tho radicals said they
didn't caro what tho Republicans did.
Thoy wanted "Toddy," and they want
ed him quick. Thero was no dicker
ing spirit In those follows.
Most of the entertainment during
tho wuek was furnished by fnvortto
sons delegations and boomlots around
the httol lobbies and on the streets.
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Fairbanks, Durton, Weeks, Root, Sher
man, La Follotte, Cummins and ono or
two others wero advertised by noisy
suppqrtors. Roosovolt mon Progres
sives and progressive Republicans
woro nt It eat '7 and lato. They prob
ably mado tho greatest racket. Mr.
Hughes was unrepresented by merry
makers. Career of Justice Hughes.
Charles Evans Hughes' fnmo rests
principally on his conduct of tho In
surance Investigation and his career
as governor of Now York stato.
An Iron will, incorruptible charac
ter nnd remarkablo reasoning ability
aro characteristics commonly attrib
uted to him.
Mr. Hughes was born at Glens Falls,
N. Y., April 11, 1862, tho son of a
Welshman who had como to this coun
try In 1855.
Ho graduated from Drown unlvor
slty In 1881.
In 1882 ho entered Columbia Law
school, Now York city. Ho was grad
uated two years later at the head of
his class and boenme u member of the
New York bar.
In 1888 ho entered tho lav firm' of
Carter, Hughes & Cravath, and about
Charles Warren Falrbanko.
tho same tlmo married Miss Antoi
nette Carter, daughter of Waltor S.
Carter, senior member of tho firm.
First Attracts Attention.
Ho first attracted newspaper atten
tion In 1905, when he becamo counsel
for tho Stephons gas Investigating
commltteo. Mr. HughcB uncovered
tho ramifications of the gas and elec
trio light monopoly of tho metropolis
and tutor assisted In framing sovoral
legislative bills to bring roltet to bud
conditions ho had discovered.
In tho samo year started tho fa
mous Ilfo Insurance Investigation.
When asked to tako up the work of
counsol to tho Investigating commit
too Mr. Hughes declined, excopt on
condition that ho bo given freo rein
nnd. allowed to handle tho probe
thoroughly.
Tho Investigation lasted tour months
and resulted In a revolution In Insur
ance methods.
In tho autumn of 190S Mr. Hughes
was elected governor of Now York
state by the Republicans. In 1910
President Taft appolntod Mr. Hughes
an associate Justice of the Supremo
court, and he took office on October 1
of that year.
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REFUSES TITLE
DECLINES NOMINATION OFFERED
BY THE PROGRESSIVES.
SAYS HE IS OUT OF POLITICS
Ultimate Decision of Colonel Depends
Upon Attitude of Republican Can
didateProgressive National
Committee to Determine Fu
ture Action of Party
Oyster Bny, N." Y. Colonel Roose
velt Informed newspaper correspond
ents to Sagamore Hill that ho had ten
tatively refused tho progrceslvo nomi
nation for tho presidency and that
ho had notilng to add to what ho had
hald In his telegram to the convention
at Chicago In regard to his present
position.
Ho told something, however, of tho
steps which led up to his mcsBago
earlier hi tho suggestion that progres
sives and republicans unlto on Senator
Honry Cabot Lodgo ns a compromlso
candidate.
Colonel Roosevelt Informed them
at that tlmo that ho Intended to sug
gest tho Joint nomination of Senator
Lodgo. All three conferees, ho said,
BOemed at that tlmo to bo agreed that
Buch a step would bo satisfactory.
Ho declined to name the republican
member of the commltteo other than
to say he had been a supporter of
Justice Hughes.
Colonel Roosevelt sent hla telegram
of refusal to tho progressives beforo
lio had read Justlco Hughes' statement.
Later, when asked if ho had any com-
Colonel Roosevelt
ment to mako on tho Hughes state
ment, ho replied that ho probably
would have no further statement to
mako until tho progressive national
commltteo gets together tho .last of
tho month to dotonjilne what attitude
It will assume In regard to Justlco
Hughes' candidacy or learns something
further In regard to tho republican
nominee's position. On the republican
nominees attitude Roosevelt considers
tho most Important now beforo tho
country.
After ho had ended his talk with tho
correspondents Colonel RooBevelt was
asked by a photographer to step out
on tho lawn that a now picture might
bo taken of him.
"No picture, tho colonel' Stated em
phatically. "I am out of politics."
Roosevelt's Statement
Roosevelt's statement to tho pro
gressive convention wns as follows:
"I am very grateful for tho honor
you confer upon mo by nominating mo
as president. I cannot accept it at this
tlmo. I do not know tho attitude of
tho candidate of tho republican party
toward tho vital questions of the day.
Therefore, If you desiro an immediate
decision, I must decline tho nomina
tion. Dut If you prefer It, I suggest
tlmt my conditional refusal to run bo
placed In tho hands of the progressive
national committee. If Mr. Hughes'
statements, when ho makes them, shall
satisfy tho committee that It Is 'for
tho Interest of tho country that ho bo
elected, they can act accordingly and
treat my refusal as definitely accepted.
If they aro not satisfied thoy can so
notify tho progressive party and at
tho same tlmo they can confer with
mo. and then determinoon whatever
action wo may severally deem appro
priate to meet tho needs of tho coun
try. (Signed.)
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
Child Drowns In Irrigating Ditch.
Spoarflsh, S. D. Stooping to pick
a llowor, :i-year-old Cozetto Brower
of this place fell Into tho Irrigating
ditch and was drownod beforo help
could reach her. The child was ono
of tho most popular In the town. Tho
body wns recovered later.
American Aviator Killed.
Pensacola, Fla. Lieutenant Richard
C. Sautley, tho navy aviator, was
killed Just recently, when his machine
fell on Hank Rosa Island from a great
height.
GOVERNOR MOREHEAD CREATES
OFFICERS IN NEBRASKA
RESERVE MILITIA.
EXPENSES LOWER THIS YEAR:
Items of General Interest Gathered'
from Reliable Sources Around
the State House.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Governor Morehead has Issued com
missions to tho following university
cadet ' officers, all of whom become
second lieutenants In tho Nebraska
reserve mllitla:
Majors Archer Lowell Bumham,
Stanton county; William Calvin.
Chapln, Lancaster county; Charles.
Albert Hauptmun, Dodgo county;
Leon Aichlbnld Hickman, Seward
county.
Captain Willurd Miller Folsomr
Lancaster county; Irving Karl A.
Frost, Dodgo county; Vincent Colum
bus George, Custer county; Raymond
Clifton Leach Grocr, Hamilton coun
ty; Howard Haaley, Lancastor coun
to; Walter Hall, Johnson county;
Clinton fiteole Holcombo, Llncola
county; Richard Vitus Koupal, Lanr
caster county; Darrell Thomas Lane,
Thomas ctfunty; James Lloyd McMas
ter, Lincoln county; Leon Martin
Palmer, Lancaster county; Franz.
Honry Paustaln, Douglas county;
Molvln Henry Schlesinger, Lancaster
county; Paul Nathaniel Temple, Daw
son county.
First lieutenants Walter Elsworth,
Butler county; Ulysses Severln Hark
son, Lancaster county; Glenn Eugene
Miller, Buffalo county; Harold Jacob
Schwab, Red Willow county; Wllmer
LaVern Wright, Hamilton county;
Geno Forest Llebendorfer, Pawnee
county; Louis Frederick Sanmann,
Jefferson county; C. H. Epperson,
Clay county.
Second lieutenant John Fred Nel
son, Scottsbluff county.
Expenses Were Le6s This Year
In the first five months of 1916, the
state government and Institutions or
Nebraska wero administered for $217,
000 less than In tho same period a
year ago. Tho 1915 period Included
tho outgo for legislative salaries and
expenses, but does not account for all
of the" difference.
Tho policy pursued by stato officlala
In holding down expenditures and giv
ing the people tho benefit In tho way
of reduced Btato taxes has cut down
tho disbursements of tho state treas
ury about ? J.2,000 to $15,000 per month.
In addition to tho money saved by not
having a session of the legislature this
year.
Stato Auditor Smith's statement for
May shows that In that month this
year the warrants Issued by his office
totaled $370,481, while In May a year
ago tho amount was $455,775, being a
difference of $85,000 In favor of this
year.
For tho first five months of 1915
tho warrants Issued camo to a total
of $2,28G,013. In tho first live months
of the current year, tho outgo has been,
hejd down to $2,009,340.
Report on Fiscal Agency Fund3
Stato Treasurer Hall has given out
a summary of the funds In his hands
on May 29, under the fiscal agency law
of 1913, showing a total of $8,721.92,
which includes $381.80 accrued as In
terest on such funds during his term of
office so far. This money is all de
posited In tho Lincoln State bank. 11
Is drawing 3 per cent Interest, tho
same as stato moneys placed In deposi
tory banks.
Fiscal agency funds are funds sent
to tho stato treasurer by officials of
counties, cities, villages, school dis
tricts and other stnte subdivisions, to
be used In paying tho principal and
Interest on bonds as thoy como due.
Tho legislature provided that tho state
treasurer's office should bo a legal
place for the payment of these obli
gations'. Stato Treasurer Hall's method of
handling tho funds Is to doposlt money
received from each county, municipal
ity or other division In a separate ac
count. Interest Is not figured In
dividually but on tho entire amount.'
Stato Treasurer Hall says tho Interest
will be turned Into somo stato funds,
but he has not yet decided which
funds.
Distribution of Harvest Hands.
Tho Btato dopartment of labor is
sending out blanks to wheat raisers
and thoso In a position to make a
fairly accurate estimate of tho con
dition of grain. Theso blanks nro sent
to each county In tho state. Informa
tion la requested as to condition of
grain as compared with last year dur
ing the month of June, tho number of.
harvest field workers used last year,
the probablo number of extra me'it
needed this year, tho prevailing wage
last year and the probablo wage this
year.
Treasurer Hall Defendant In Suit.
Food Commissioner Harman, whoso
department has charge of the Inspec
tion of weights and measures all over
tho state excopt In tho argpr cities,
believes that, as a general tiling, tho
measuring pumps by which oil firms
Boll gasoline to automobile owners and
users give purchasor the full amount'
that he pays for. These pumps, says
Harman, have been under Inspection
right along. Occasionally one Is founo
that runs short measure, and In every
such Instance Jt Is olthcr corrected or
condemned.