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.S7-. V.. RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF NOMINEES OF THE Pj hJ "'' kJ in A III "jHa III CftnrlesE. k J CJinric&QX elv fltyhcs tfUK Fairbanks HOW REPUBLICANS SELECTED HUGHES AND FAIRBANKS Story of the Chicago Convention and Its Numerous Interest ing Twists and Turns. BUT THREE BALLOTS NEEOED Efforts for Harmonious Action Wltn Progressives Amusing 8cenes In tho Coliseum and Among the Boosters In Hotels. By E. W. PICKARD. (Copyright by Wrattra Ncnapaprr Union.) FOR PRE8IDENT CHARLES EVANS HUGHES. FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS. Chicago. As exclusively predicted by 497,865 persons, the Republican party In convention assemblod In Chi cago solected Assoclato Justice Charles E. Hughes as Its standard bearer In the campaign of 1916. Contrary to Uio expectation of al most everybody and to his own de sires, Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana was chosen for the second placo. r If that Is not a safe and sane ticket , (or presentation to tho sovereign ' voters of the nation, the Republican t leaders who dovlscd It don't know how i to mako one. They put It forth In the ' full confidence that it will command the suffrages of a majority of tho elec tors next November and that it would recolvo tho indorsement of Colonel Roosevelt and most of his Progressive followors. At least, thoy assorted that thoy had tho aforesaid full confidence. Tho nomination of Mr. Justice Hughes, which waH accomplished on tho third ballot, was received by the throng In tho Coliseum with a demon stration that was as safo and sano ns tho candidate. Everybody stood up and cheered. Saturday afternoon Mr. Hughes sent a telegram to Chalimnn Harding ac cepting tho nomination, and at tho same tlmo ho resigned from tho Su premo court of tho United States. Justice Hughes' letter of resigna tion, Font to tho White House by mes uouger, contained ono brief sentence. It snld: "I hereby resign tho olllco of asso ciate Justice of the Supremo court of tho United Statos. I am, sir, respect fully yours, "CHARLES K. HUGHES." Tho solcctlon of Mr. Fairbanks for tho position which ho once before tilled with distinction required only one ballot, and soon thereafter the convention adjourned sine die, leaving tho Indiana delegation glued to tho long distance telophono endeavoring to persuade tho Tall Sycamore of Uio Wabash to accept tho honor thus sum marily thruBt upon him. Final Sesilon Was Interesting. The story of the final Besslon of the convention, on Saturday, Is rather In teresting becauso of tho way In which Its devolopmonts wero concerned with tho courso pursued by Theodore Roobo velt und with tho doings of thu Pro gressive convention In the Auditorium. All night long tho conference commit- toes of tho two conventions had been closeted In a room of thu Chicago club, and tho llrst thing Chairman Harding did was to call for a Until report from the Republican committee Mr Smoot of Utah Informed tho convention that his commltteo hud submitted to tho Progressives tho name of Justice HughcB, oven as tho Dull Moosors tho day beforo had submitted that of T. R,; that tho Progressives had then re ceived from tho colonel a long tele gram, which ho read, earnestly plead ing for harmony and united action, and suggesting that thoy offer to unlto with tho Republicans on Senator Hen ry Cabot Lodgo of Massachusetts, REPUBLICAN PARTY whoso character and record ho warmly eulogized. This recommendation, Senator Smoot said, had been received by tho Progressive convention and luld on tho table. Of courso that put nn end nt onco to tho hopes of picking a nominee on whom both conventions could unite, and Chairman Harding directed tho call of tho roll of states for tho third ballot. Friday evening two trial bal lots had been taken for tho purpose of giving the fnvorlto sons their clianco, and no ono of them had shown tho strength necessary to win. Hughes advanced from 253 votes on the llrst ballot to 328 on tho second, and If tho managers of tho favorite sons hnd not forced an adjournment, tho Justlco oould havo been nominated that eve- HKlf. Ballot That Nominated Hughes. So, when tho third ballot was begun Saturday morning, thero was no doubt of the result. Alabama, first on the list, started the flop with Its 16 votos, and the others followed suit with an almost unbroken regularity. Now and then thero was nn Interruption as someono rose to withdraw tho namo of a candidate. Sherman, Fairbanks. Cummins, Root and the rest followed ono another Into tho discard. Weeks of Massachusetts withdrew himself, and a Roosovolt delegate from the Southwest pulled down the name of the colonel, speaking for all theRoose volt men In tho convention. Hofore half the states bad been called Mr. Hughes had the necessary 494 votes, Now Jersey giving him 27 that carried him past tho mark. Hero and thero a recalcitrant was found, but they wore few and far between. As announced by the chairman, the ballot stood: Hughes, 949; La Fol letto, 3; Lodgo, 7; Roosovelt, 18. Alexander P. Moore of Pittsburgh moved that the nomination be made unanimous, and Senator Lodgo, who had voted for Roosevelt, seconded the motion. Tho quostlon being put, thero waB a roaring chorus of "ayes," and Chairman Harding smilingly an nounced that thero wero no "noes." Former Sonator llurkctt of Nebras ka was Mr. Fairbanks' only rival for second place. Unliko tho Indiana stntesman, he had been making an earnest campaign for tho honor, but tho result did not Justify his hopes, for Mr. Fairbanks was given an over whelmingly largo vote. Moose Nominate Roosevelt. At tho tlmo all this was taking placo In the Coliseum, tho Progressives In tho Auditorium wero Joyfully nominat ing Theodore Roosevelt. At tho very moment when thu news of Hughes' nomination by tho Republicans was Hashed to tho Hull Mooao convention. Chairman Robins was announcing that tho colonel had been unanimously nominated, by acclamation, as the standard bearer of tho Progressive party. Tho convention wont wild, nnd it was some tlmo before It could bo calmed down enough to be told what bad been dono In tho Coliseum. Tho ardent ndmlrors of tho Man of Sagamoro Hill did not tako kindly to his suggestion that thoy comblno with tho Republicans to nominate Lodgo. "Namo Roosovelt today," had been their shout from the early morning hours, and when tho colonol's appeal to them to back Lodgo was laid beforo tho convention It was mot by a storm of hisses and cries of "No, no." The Moosors wero determined to nomlnato Roosovolt, and nomlnato him thoy pro ceeded to do, with a mighty shout. After a recess, tho Progressives nominated John M. Parker of Umia lana for tho vlco presidency, by ac clamation. Govornor Johnson of Cali fornia and Raymond Robins wero pro sented for tho nomination, but both withdrew In favor of Parker. First Day Deadly Dull, "I'm representing a paper In Tomb stone, Arlonu," eald a man at tho en trance to tho press section of tho Coli seum. "Como right In; you will bo right at homo," said another man on tho in aldo. And thero is tho llrst day of tho Republican nntlonul convention in a nutshell. It had all tho uspectB of a well-conducted funoral, except that In stead of llowera thero was tho pro- fitflc decoration of tho grcta building with llngH and bunting No marked enthusiasm, no lively processions of delegations seeking thulr seats, no spontaneous demonstrations when tho notabilities of the party entered. Senator Warron 0. Harding, selected an tho temporary chairman, evoked up plauso when ho stepped forth to uc cept the gavel. Mr Harding had been chosen to sound tho keynotes, and of courso tin did sound several for tho party at large, notably on adequate national preparedness, protective tariff and straight AmorlcanlHin. Hut llrst and foremost ho sounded what was meant to be tho keynoto for the party In con vention assembled and for the Hull Moosurs Bovcrul blocks north In tho Auditorium. That koynoto was liar mony. I Hurmony fairly radiated from Mr. Hnrdlng's countenance; It oocd from his outstretched lunula; It Mowed In a stream down among tho delegates hut thero It seemed to stop, lie spoku no harsh words of tho "erring broth ers" of 101", but exuded enough har mony to tnuku It perfectly easy for them to slip back into tho party with-I out u bit of friction. Ho didn't swat Hut flnll Mfincu ii'IMi n ntnli ir unnlil ' It, but stioked Its ears and sought to remove painlessly Its horns and mas-1 sago Its snout Into the semblance of ( ture of story, Joko and old time patrl nn elephant's trunk. How well ho sue- f otlsm. Then Senator Iloiah was In reeded tho closing events of tho two troduccd, and some real fireworks convontlons demonstrated. Truth to tell, thero vas every ovldenco that Senator Harding had no dcslro to stir' uti anything much witli his nildress, for tho old-lino leaders had not yet discovered Just how they could save tho party by accomplishing tho defeat ' of tho Democrats next November. An Undercurrent of Fear. Beneath the smooth surfaco of events In tho Coliseum wns ainmrcnt to tho I close observer u distinct undercurrent invitation was accepted gladly by tho of fear-fear of what tho Progressives I Republicans, for they earnestly de would nnd would not do. Tho latter h'"-''1 I,eaco nni1 ""ltv- Somo wiseacres had gono Into convention with tho , frankly and loudly expressed Intention , of nominating Colonel Roosevelt and no ono else. Moreover, they intended to forco his nomination on tho Repub licans Tho Republicans wero split , Into two great enmps. One, tho "al lies," was mado up of tho forceB sup-1 porting tho dozen or more "favorite sons." Tho other Included tho sea soned men whoso purpose seemingly, , was tho prevention of Roosevelt's nomination. To bring this about, they wero willing to support Charles E. Hughes. The "alllos" wero ready to give oach of their candidates a fair chance, and then proposod to comblno on ono but which ono they couldn't determine. Meanwhile, in tho Auditorium, the radical Progressives were clamoring to nomlnato the colonel at once and let the Republicans Indorse him or go through the exporlenco of four years ago, and only the strenuous efforts of George W. Perkins and a fow other wise ones held them In check to await tho peace negotiations that were to come later, and como in vain. No wonder that fear ruled. It looked as though tho man down at Oyster Bay held In tho hollow of his hand the fato of both parties, and ho sat there nearly as silent as the associate Jus tlco. To bo sure he did send word that ho would bo pleased to come and address tho Republican convention if It desired to hear him, but no such de sire was manifested. So the first session moved quietly to its conclusion, and tho only really spontaneous burst of enthusiasm was that which greeted tho announcement by Sergeant at Arms Stone that u thousand automobiles, provided by Mayor Thompson's commltteo, wero waiting nutsido to convoy the Uc le gates to their hotels. What the Women Won. On Thursday, though tho rain con tinued unabated, tho convention added a touch of color to Its mourning gurb stnto of mind, In recognition of tho progressive platform that was pre sented by tho scholarly Senator Lodgo In behalf of tho commltteo on resolu tions. To bo suro thero was nothing startling In that platform, nor any thing very unexpected, If you except tho plank on woman suffrage. And thero was where Senator Lodgo de veloped nn unoxpected vein of sar donic humor "Tho Ropubllcan party," he read, with somo nourishes inserted, "faors woman suffrage" ho puimcd, and many of his hearers, especially tho womon, cheered loudly for a mln uto "but recognizes tho right of each state to settle this question for Itself," concluded tho senator. Louder than ever was tho shouting that greeted this, but It was doriBive, and all clut tered up with laughter. And yet tho women had won a gen ulno victory in obtaining even this qualified Indorsement of their causo, and felt well rewarded for their effort of tho day boforo. That effort, their parade down Michigan boulevard, was an exhibition of nerve unequaled dur ing the week, unless ono except thu candidacy of certain of tho presidential aspirants Tho rain iuuI wind swept across tho boulevard until tho march - orB could scarcely keep their feet, to say nothing of carrying their numerous banners, and yc. they marched un daunted, over ilvo thousand strong, leaving a trull of wrecked umbrellas and banners nil tho way to the Coli seum. It was u much moro Impres sive exhibition of tholr faith than If ten times ub many had mudu tho march on a fair day. Strong Platform Adopted. Returning to tho convention nud Its platform, it should bo noted that tho plunk devoted to preparedness called for nearly all thu moBt ardent ndvo cato of national protection could nsk a navy strong nud ready, an adequate army and a systom of military training for reserves and this plank was re- u 'I veil with manifest approval, no too, wob tho reference to tho Demo eratlc plan to relinquish tho I'hlllp pines. Altogether, It seemed the plat form should enlist tho support of al most any Republican, however pro gressive ho may be. Senator I.odgo concluding, forth camo a bravo young man from Wis consin, of the name of Cross, and pre sented a minority report. It contained tho well-known views tt Senator La Folletto on economic and social ques tions, and especially did It contain a plank calling for an embargo on the shipment of munitions to the warring nations of Europe Mr. dross was plucky, but didn't get very far. for his report received only a few scattering votes from his own Wisconsin delega tion. Closo under tho leo of the speak er's roBtrum all this time sat one Wil liam .Jennings Hryan of Nebraska, and at each strong point mado by the sen ator from Massachusetts ho would crane his neck around for a good look at that gentleman, and sink bark In his chair with a grim grin. Just what ho thought ho refused to say out loud. During n pause In tho proceedings "I'nclo .Too" Cannon and Chaunccy Do pew wero brought forward, one at a time, to entertain tho audience, and they did It with a characteristic mix- wero expected, but while he spoke well and Insplrlngly, ho held himself well In command. "What aro tho Progressives doing and going to do?" was tho question heard continually, and now It was an swered In part by tho reading of tho invitation from tho convention In tho Auditorium for tho appointment of a conferenco commltteo to meet ono to ' nppolnted by tho Progressives. Tho snook their heads when tho chair op- pointed four gentlemen who had been clusscd ns ultra conservatives, but tho namo of Borah was looked on ns a saving grace, nnd tho commltteo went to Its delicate task, tho conven tion adjourning until Friday. Hopefully assembling again next morning, tho dclegutes wero told Uint the Progressive commltteo had been ablo to suggest llttlo more than the nomination of Colonel Roosevelt by both conventions, becauso the leaders && 72 Mf-mmMfin.mK4k4kM Mrs. Charlr.s E. Hughes. could not deliver nnythlng llko tholr full strength It any other man wero named. To this tho Republican comt mltteo mado no response, only asking that It be continued. Candidates Are Named. Time wp.a growing short, nnd tho leaders now proceeded to tho presenta tion of candidates. Mr Hughes was first on tho list, because Arizona yield ed to New York, and Root followed. The demonstration for neither was up to expectations, und Weeks received no moro applause. Illinois and Ohio und Indiana woke things up a lot for Sherman, Hurton and Fairbanks, re spectively, but tho nudlenco wns wait lug, becauso tho word had gono around that Senator Fall of New Mexico was to placo Roosovolt in nomination, and ovoryouo wns eager to seo what would happen then. Fall mado a stirring speech, and tho galleries roso to tho occasion, though most of tho delcgntca 1 merely looked on curiously. It really was tho big noise of tho convention to date. Hack In 1912 when tho handsome Mrs Dnvls acted as cheermastor for tho Roosovelt demonstration sho sot n fashion which every candldato seemed to think It necessary to follow this year. Each of them hud a lady yell leader In ono of tho galleries. Some of thorn wero pretty and somo of them wero only energetic. Mr. Root's checrmnster Just opened her mouth nt frequent Intervals In fact, when she got tho signal from Job Hedges and let out u series of piercing shrloka. Later sho "changed her voto on tho Bccond ballot," for thon sho was found to bo emitting similar screams in be half of Colonel Roosevelt. V vrasipv K?rr j3?W .anaBBBBBl 'LV aBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSMf t aBBBsWvBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSC 'Cia '' ' ' ,j&, Vj3a &&' v v1.Si? , A WP i l 1 '? " ' A, i t r- ' Y I a f .' - . -l '- '" -ia - V ', -jf ,- y"( -? , mmdWr -Jmm ' J G.V.BUCK I Mr. Fairbanks ha.J, perhaps, tho handsomest of these In.ly shoutern In tho pcreon of Mrs English of Indian apolis, daughter-in-law of W. II, Eng lish, who was Hancock's running mato long years ago Wrapped In ono Amer ican Mag, nnd waving another, tie mnde a striking llguro, nnd her early stage training stood her In good stead. Among the Boosters. To ono who had frequented the Michigan boulevard hotels during tho evenings of tho convention week It was not surprising that thero was not an enthusiastic demonstration nt tho Coliseum when Hughes wns plnced In nomination. Never beforo was thero so llttlo boosting of n leading candl dnto on the surfuco. "Thero comes tho man with the Hughes badge," said ono onlooker, nnd thero was llttlo exag geration In tho remark. Everyone else had headquarters, bands, gleo clubs, bndgo distributors, and nil the rest of tho machinery of boosting, but not so Hughes Tho work for him was being done quietly behind closed doors. All soits of devices wero resorted to by supporters of favorite sons In tho Fairbanks region nt tho Congress hotel women Bold carnations Tor that tall sycamore. "Can't I sell you n (lower for n dime?" one of them afked n husky negio. "What for?" "Why. for Fairbanks." "I should say not; ho ain't worth a dlmo to mo," wns the reply. Thoso negroes wero among tho amusing features of tho hotel lobbies, for they were forever getting Into acrimonious dispute with ono another. "Don't you try to tell mo nothln'," snld n big colored Indlanian to ono from n Southern state. "You darkles from down there are on tho market us soon ns you get here, every time." "Is that so?" was the sharp re sponse. "Well, you toll inn when did Indiana over send a colored dele gate?" "Lots of times." "Hut when, I nsts you?" "Lots of times, I tells you." "Hut, I nsts you, when?" And so It would go on Interminably. Wednesday night was tho liveliest In tho hotels, for the boosters wero out In all tholr glory and as yet uncurbed. In tho Congress n swarm of cowboy hatted Sherman shoutors took pos session of tho lobby and at lntervnls tho T. R. paradora would undertake to march through them, cnrrylng largo "Teddy" signs. Every such attempt was tho signal for n near riot, and thoso signs wero soon smashed by umbrolln-handle blows. Thon tho Sherman boys produced a baby elephant and a gont labeled "Teddy's." Tho llttlo pachyderm wob as onco banished to the baggage room, whero Its trunk was checked and Its manager ordered half a ton of hay from tho Pompetlan room. As for the goat, it was run out in a hurry, nnd tho hotel management Issued an edict that no more live stock should be brought Into the placo. So thereafter the crowds were content to go "mill ing" about the various rooms, here watching movies of Roosevelt parades, thero listening to speakers tell of tho virtues of Burton or Fairbanks, and elsewhere collecting badges and buttons. "For tho Lord's sake tako them," the boosters would urge. "They won't be worth a dnrn next week." Which was necessarily true of all but one variety, then unknown. Black Mark for Chicago. Mention has been made above of Mayor Thompson's committee, and credit must bo given it for doing much to entertain the delegates and other convention visitors. In addition to big flocks of free automobiles, thero were many and varied forms of entertain ment, parades of firemen, fireworks, and tho llko, so far as tho wretched weather permitted, and on Thursday night thero wero dances In a dozen of the loading hotels to which all were Invited. So far, so good Hut a big blnck mark must bo placed ngaliiBt tho mayor and his political friends for the outrage of Friday afternoon. At that tlmo, just as things wero getting in teresting, nn Immenso swarm of ward heelers and political henchmen swept down on tho Collsoum. armed with green tickets or sergeant at arms badges, and so thronged tho building that tho pollco and firemen finally closed nil tho doors Tho doorkeepers wero given orders to honor no tickets whatever, and hundreds of newspaper correspondents nnd men and women who hnd paid as high as $2.r0 for ad mission tickets wero rudely thrust aside. Tho order enmo when a great many wero outsldo tho hall for lunch nnd they were unablo to got back to their seats. To mako a bad matter worse, while holders of proper credentials argued and battled with tho pollco In vnin, shouting tholr Indignation and trying futlloly to send word to Sergeant nt Arms Stono, tho ward workers were slipping In by tho hundred, cntorlng through tho emergency hospital door, whero Doctor Robertson, tho city health commissioner, and his aids were stationed. Mayor Thompson appeared nt the Coliseum shortly after the doors were closed. "Who ordered tho doors barred?" ho was asked. "Sergeant at Arms Stono," ho re plied. "How docs tho flro department fig ure In this outrage?" tho inquirer X askod. "Mr. Stono asked for protection. Ho said thoro wero 3,000 too mony people In tho building already." "What do you know about tho green tickets?" The mayor walked away. From n casual Inspection of tho crowds in tho building Friday It IHueiueu imu uiuro xuusi ue inousanus of men wcnrlng tho badges of ser goanta at armB, and at noon one alder man wns standing In tho alley handing them out to his constituents by the acoro. When tho doors wero closed somo G.000 wearers of theso badges BtlU on tho outside sot up a mighty roar. That let many of them In whllo ticket holders still wero walling In tho rain. Even "Jim" Preston Locked Out, Tho nowspaper men hnd a good laugh at "Jim" Preston, superintend ent of tho press gallery of tho senate and In chargo of tho correspondents quarters nt the convention, for ho wns ono of thoso caught on tho outsldo, nnd howled for half nn hour beforo tho pollco would recognize his right to enter. Jim Is a favorite with tho correspondents, but his plight mndo lighter that In which many of them found themselves By the way, somo of tho aforesaid correspondents wero national llgureB nud attracted almost ns much atten tion ns did tho notnblo men on tho platform and nmong tho delegations. One of them, of course, wns William J. Ilrynn. representing the Commoner lor himself; Sam Illythe was there, too, nnd so was Arthur Brisbane, and William Allen White, and AngUB Mc Sween, nnd many unother whoso names nro perhaps more familiar ti the geneial public than their faces, but who aro usually to bo seen when any thing big like a national convention in going on They do not wax especially enthusiastic over tho usually factitious demonstrations In conventions, but nothing gets away from them, and It Is noticeable that tho statesmen nro. always glad of a chat with them. Theso coricspondcnts nro not es pecially patient when important mat ters are browing. Often they nre Im portunate, und It fell to the lot of Jim Preston to placato them and look nftcr their needs. This ho did as no other known Individual could do It. Alwnya k Chairman W. G. Harding. ready to glvo assistance and Informa tion, he permeated tho press section, and earned tho blessings of the news paper boys as he has done before on like occasions. Downtown In the hotels muslo played a large part in tho efforts of tho various clans of boosters. Nearly every headquarters had Its band or orchestra and tho Burtonites brought a big gleo club from Columbus. Ohio. Sherman also had a largo band ot singers, and "Marching Through. Georgia" becamo his official song. Tho Fairbanks men, naturally, adopted "On tho Banks of tho Wabash," and its strains could bo heard far Into the night. Ono Individual appeared carrying on his chest a small organ on which an other played popular airs, und as thoy proceeded through tho crowds they soon collected a Btrlng of suako dan cers. Citizens Were Hospitable. Tho citizens ot Chicago tried hard to uphold tho reputation ot tho city ns the convention city of tho country and to make up for thu rough deal handed out by tho weather man. Thero wero numerous fetes of ono kind or an other planned for tho pleasure of both, man and woman visitors, and though tho continuous rain caused tho aban donment of somo of theso, most ot thorn wero highly successful. Notnblo among tho entertainers was tho Ham ilton club, which kept virtual opon house throughout tho week, with fieo refreshments and tho services of fa mous singers and vaudeville artists. On Wednesday night tho Hamlltonlans Invited all visiting newspaper men to pnrtako of their hospitality, nnd the snmo night tho Press club gave a mid night dinner nnd cntortnlnmcnt fot tho correspondents. Tho Progressives oven more than tho Republicans Indulged In social pleasures, partly becauso thero wore a good many women among tholr dele gates. And tho women's party conven tion and gatherings ot suffragists all contributed to tho society aspect ot tho week. Before tho convention opened there was tho greatest doraand for tickets over known on a like occasion. The prices soared until $300 for a sot looked cheap and ofton was retusoa. The opening day wns so lacking in popular interest that tho prlco began rapidly to drop and tickets for the Thursday session could bo had for $1,130 each. Then things livened up, and on tho expectation that a candi date would bo nominated Friday tho prlco of the pasteboards jumped up again. Tho shameful flooding of tho hall with green tickets by tho local politicians rathur discouraged thoso who had paid out consldurnhlo sums for genuine admission cards, but on Saturday morning t o trado was brisk and tho prices good. It did not tako I ng for tho poople to find out that thero were livelier scenes In tho Auditorium than In the Coliseum, tho early days of tho conw vontlon, nnd tho demand for MoosiH tickets was large. 1 I " i i
