| Show SELECT SE HUGHES AND FAIRBANKS republicans IN NATIONAL convention 40 NEW ANS ANO INDIA IIAN selection of charlea charles evana evans hughes hughe for Pre presidency sideney came on an third ballot wit t while charlea charles W fairbanks fall bank was chosen on first cahot chicago june 10 charlea charles evane evans hushes former fornier or of new york tork and justice of 0 the supreme court of the united state states was nominated for the presidency by the republican batla national rial convention charles charlos warren of indi ana elected vice president with theo dore ROO roosevelt evelt in 1904 again was cho een 1 en for second place on the republican C an ticket made by overwhelming wb elming major wes on the first ballot of the day the third ballot of the convention were by acclamation made unanimous senator lodge of massachusetts prec by roosevelt as a comptom com prom yield d to your desire destro 1 I therefore accept your resignation as of the supreme court of 0 th the Tru rait ltv states state to take effect at once in hie his telegram of acceptance dr 1 hughes announced his stand for the firm and unflinching maintenance of all tho the rights of american citizens on land and sea for an americanism that knows no ulterior purpose for a patriotism that Is single ringle and corn com and for preparedness abot ot only entirely adequate for our dafena niia with respect to numbers and quid ment in both army and navy but with all to the ond end that in each IT lirsch zb ft of the service there may b be a tho the utmost efficiency under the most competent administrative heads what he thinks of the tlona forel foreign aga policy was told in part as follows 1 I neither impugn motives nor underestimate der estimate difficulties but it la is most regrettably true that in our foreign ro ot we have suii suffered ered incalculably from the weak and vacillating ting course which has been taken with regard to mexico a course lamentably wang with regard to both our right righta and our dilt duties les 11 it t the outset of the administration the high responsibilities of our diplomatic j intercourse with the foreign eions were subordinated to a concep tion of marusan requirements and wo presented to the world a humiliating k 31 3 1 0 1 rl I 1 at 1 va jj e av 4 A v 4 at CHARLES 2 EVANS HUGHES at 1 candidate received even seven tott colonel Roosa roosavelt himself received 18 19 over bevc al states the nomination ballot allowed showed this count hughes II roosevelt 18 bodge ledge 7 dupont 15 la fol lette 3 weeks 3 absent 1 total the ballot for vice president shoved showed this count fairbanks burkett dorah borab 8 burton 1 johnson 1 scattering and not voting 6 total mr will bo be notified of his officially at a date to be hied later by a committee headed by senator venator warren 0 harding 0 of ohio chairman of the convention mr fairbanks trill vill be notified by a headed by senator william 13 borah bomb 0 of idaho at p m tale convention ad journea Jour ned there expression of harmony from frow all tho leaders and unions tho delegates dele eates the delegas alons which on the final ballot had cast votes tor for others than mr air hughes II made statements declaring their loyalty to the nominees within an hour after chairman liar har ding had notified tin imn of hie his nomina stion mr hughes had accepted the call ills resignation a scant two line letter without a superfluous word was on its way to the white house from the hashes home before tho the nominee had dispatched the message of acceptance wl w l called the waiting group of or newspapermen into hia his study ho 0 tell them of his decision lent ent wilson accepted the resignation n a reply almost as brief apparently fr hughess Hug hest letter was as framed so that the president nil ht be saed the embarrassment of regret or making more than a formal reply 1 I hereby resign the cinc ic of asso justice of the supreme court of aitho ho united states bo he wrote to which alch the president preel dent replied 1 I am in receipt of your letter of catenation and feel constrained to spectacle of ineptitude belated efforts have not availed to recover the influence and prestige thus unfortunately sacrificed bac clcil fl cil and brave words wards have been stripped of their force by indecision charels evans hurshe t s born in glen glens falls new york april 11 1862 1812 making him four bearr younger than ex president roosevelt Roos evolt and six years younger than president ident wilson ills father was a dabu minister and hie his mother was a devout woman who shaped his early education with the idea of preparing him for the min isert the family moved to newark N J when ho he was a boy and during his young manhood it settled in new york city brilliant Drill lant always alays as a student young hughes was graduated from a new YOK YO K high school at the head at 0 his hi class at the age ot of fifteen lie was graduated from drown brown university in 1881 one of the five phi beta kappa honor men of his year finally he attended the columbia aa 1 k i k k a charlea CHAR LEj law school holding the prize fellowship from 1884 to after a short experience as an edu cator t and nd as is a law clerk mr duehea entered the proc practice tice of law gaining a reputation which brought him the of for fer of the nomination for mayor of new york which he declined he lie was later elected governor cf of new york and resigned his 1 office in bis his second term when hen appointed to the supreme court bench by president tut taft mr hughes was married in new fork york city december 6 to an to lunette daughter of walter S 8 car ter and had four children charles evana evans hughea hughes jr helen catherine and elizabeth hughes though in official life hughes has been known as a hard worker in vate life he Is buoyant fond of books bools of all kinds music and golf besides boing being a mountain climber who has been over most of switzerland on toot fool charles warren fairbanks who was vice president alu during ing the ad tion of theodore roosevelt was via not i t candidate for the vice presidency but has bas accepted the nomination and sprit the following telegram to mr hughes 1 I most heartily congratulate you upon your selection as the leader ot 0 the republican party in the present national contest friends of the nominee say he be la is fired with enthusiasm to get got into the content contest now that the convention has spoken members of the hughes family appeared in public sunday for the first jimb since the nomination lie ile and his daughter miss bliss catherine left borne home at 1030 sunday morning to walk two miles to the calvary baptist church their way was blocked by a squad of moving picture men ft ho kept pace with them for two squares at the church entrance they were abet by mrs hughes hughea and little misa bliss elizabeth hughe hughes who had driven there the moving picture men bad had made the family late lor for beryle cervices z As s they lingered outside the closed doors d awaiting the end of the invocation both mr and mrs hughes were centeri of friends pressing forward to shake bands hands hughes creed in a declaration of principles charles charlea 1 E hughes presidential nominee bald 1 I stand for the arm firm and aid unflinching maintenance of all the rights of american citizens on land and sea in our forelli relations we have buffered suffered incalculably from the weak and course which has been taken with regard to mexico 1 I asare to eee see our diplomacy re stored to its best standards and have these advanced to have the first ability of the country always alas at its command here and abroad in diplomatic intercourse to maintain firmly our rights under international law 1 I stand for an americanism that knows no ulterior purpose for a pat that is single and complete 1 I believe in making prompt provi sion to secure absolutely our national security 1 I believe in preparedness not only entirely adequate for our defense but to the end that in each branch of the service there may be the utmost clency our preparation must be industrial and economic as well ell as military nili tary our sev severest it v ate will come after the th avar ar is over we must make a fair and wise readjustment of the tariff in accordance with sound protective principles to insure our 1 independence and to maintain american n standards san darda dards of living ving 1 I for the principle 0 of our civil service laws laas in every department af t government the tiao highest meas jure 1 ure of efficiency must be insisted upon of tho the candidates before the tile R republican Pub lioan convention fairbanks root weeke cummins Cummin rs burton and knox K nox sent talents tal egTs of support and on con biz delegates from col orado who ho supported colonel ramse velt assured him of their support mr hughes replied only lo 10 the messages messages from mr fairbanks FaJr banks conveying onvey ying ing to to tie tle vice presidential nominee his congratulations iba abend word to the r men that he wished to ex press through them his appreciation app t ton of the flood of congratulatory messages wires acceptance indianapolis Indana polls ind charles warren faira inks in a statement ghan gi 1 I out here saturday batur day night ight accepted the nomination domination for vice president made at the republican national convention in chicago ills statement follows follow 1 1 I was as not a candidate for the vice providential P nomination and request ed the chairman 0 of the indiana delegation to withdraw Alth draw my name if pre dented the nomination was made and the convention adjourned before my iny dispatch was received 1 I feel it duty under the circumstances my to accept the commission corm mission which the party haa has so generously and placed in my bands |
