Show hughes T ff ug es and a d F fairbanks al rb an s chosen by republicans domination oi of justice hughes came on the third ballot fairbanks being chosen on first ballot chicago june 1077 10 charles evans brans 11 hughes former governor of new york and justice ot of the supreme court of the united states was nominated tor or the presidency by the Me republican publican national convention charles warren fairbanks of indiana elected vice president with theodore roosevelt in 1904 again agai afi was chosen for second place on the republican ticket both nominations made by overwhelming wh elming majorities on the first ballot of the day tha third ballot ot of the convention bention were by acclamation made unanimous senator lodge loabe of massachusetts presented by roosevelt as a comptom x Z 07 1 ck CHARLES EVANS HUGHES ise candidate received seven votes voies colonel roosevelt himself received 18 19 scattered over several states the nomination nation ballot showed this count hughes roosevelt 18 lodge 7 dupont 5 la follette 3 weeks 3 absent 11 1 total the ballot for vice president showed this count fairbanks burkett borah 8 burton 1 johnson 1 absent scattering and not voting 6 total I 1 I 1 mr will be notified of his nomination officially at a date to be fixed later by a committee headed by senator warren G harding of ohio chair chairman manof of the convention mr fairbanks will be noti notified fled bya by a committee headed by senator william E borah of idaho at p m the convention adjourned lou Jour rued ned there were expressions of harmony from all the leaders and among the delegates the delaga alons irions which on the final ballot had cast votes tor for others than mr 11 hughea made statements declaring their loyalty to the nominees within an hour hour after Cha chairman irma n harding ding had notified him of his nomination mr H hughea aggeo had accept accepted ed die the call his resignation a scant two line letter without a superfluous word wab on its war to the white house lious e from the hughes home before the nol ninee had dispatched the message of acceptance and called the waiting group of 0 newspapermen into his study to tell them of af his decision president wilson accepted accept ad the resignation ou ln a reply almost as brief apparently M mr r hughess HuR heas letter was framed so that oat the president might be saved the embarrassment of expressing regret pr making more than a formal reply 1 I hereby resign the office of associate justice of the supreme c ourt court of the united states he be wrote to which the president replied 1 I am in receipt of your letter of pre resignation and feel constrained to yield to your desire 1 I therefore accept icett your resignation as justice of the supreme court of the united states 40 take effect at once in his telegram of acceptance mr hughes announced his stand for the firm and un unflinching flinch ing maintenance of all aleth the e rights of A american citizens on land laid and sea for an americanism that bat knows no ul ulterior perlor purpose tor for t patriotism that Js jo single and complete and for preparedness not only entirely adequate tor for our defense with respect Oct ton to numbers limbers and equip both army and navy but with an thoroughness to the end that in paci branch 0 the service there anay be the utmost efficiency under the most competent administrative heads what he be thinks of the administrations foreign policy was was told in part as follows 1 I neither impugn motives nor underestimate der difficulties but it Is most regrettably true that in our foreign relations we have suffered ibcal incalculably curably from the weak and vacillating course which has been taken with regard to mexico a coursed course lamentably wrong with regard to both our rights and our duties at the outset ot of the administration the high responsibilities ot of our diplomatic intercourse with the foreign na eions were subordinated to a conception of partisan requirements require mente and we we presented to the world a humiliating spectacle of ineptitude belated efforts have not availed to recover the influence ance and prestige thus unfortunately sacrificed and brave aravs words have been stripped of their force by indecision charels evans hughes was born in glens falls jew york april 11 1862 making hi him m tour four years younger than ex president roosevelt and six years younger than president wilson his father was a baptist minister aid anchia hio mother was a devout woman who shaped his early education with the idea of preparing him for the ministry the family moved to newark N J when lie he was a boy and during his young manhood it settled in new york city brilliant always as a stu onnrie was from a new york high school at the head of his class at the age of fifteen lie he was gra graduated from brown university in 1881 one of the five phi beta kappa honor men of his year finally he be attended the columbia university law school holding the prize fellowship from 1884 1834 to 1887 after a short experience as an educator and as a law clerk mr hughes hughea en entered the practice of law gaining a reputation which brought him the offer of the nomination for ma mayor of 0 new york chich ne he declined atie was later elected governor of new york and resigned ids bis office in his bis seco second nd term when appointed to the supreme court bench b by y president taft hafl mr air hughes was married in new york city december 5 1888 to an toinnette daug daughter ahter of walter falter S carter and had four children charles charlea evans hughes jr helen catherine and elizabeth hughes though in offIcial 1116 e hughes has been known as a hard bard worker arf arl vate life he be Is buoyant fond of books of all kinds music and golf besides being a mountain climber who has been over most of switzerland on foot charles warren fairbanks who was vice president during the administration of the theodore odore roosevelt was not a candidate tor for tile the vice Tice presidency but has accepted the nomination and sent the following telegram to mr hughes 1 I most heartily congratulate you upon your selection as the leader ot of tho the republican party in the present national contest friends of the nominee say he Is fired with enthusiasm to get into the contest now that the convention has spoken members of the hughes I 1 family ap feared in public sunday forthe for tha first farst time since the nomination he ha and his bis daughter bliss catherine left home at 10 1030 30 sunday morning lo 10 walk two miles to the calvary baptist church their way aas was blocked by a squad of moving picture men who kept pace with them thera for or two squares at the church entrance they were met by mrs hughes and alte miss fiss elizabeth hughes who had driven there the moving picture men had ad made the family late lale for services vices As they hey lingered outside the closed doors awaiting the end of the invocation both ar mr and mrs H hughea were centers of 0 friends pressing forward to shake hands hughes hughei creed in a declaration of principles charles E U hughes presidential nominee said bald I 1 1 I stand aland tor for the arm and unflinching maintenance of all tile the rights of american cit citizens fiens on land and sea in our foreign relations we have suffered buffered incalculably from the weak and course which has been taken with regard to mexico 1 I desire to see our diplomacy restored to its ita best standards and have these advanced to have the first ability of the country always 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 kilous no ulterior purpose tor for a patriotism that Is single and complete 1 I believe in making prompt provision to secure absolutely our national security 1 I believe in preparedness not only entirely adequate for our defense but to the end that thai in each branch of the service ervice there may be the utmost efficiency our preparation mastbe must be industrial and economic as well as milli military ary our severest tests testa will vill come aft after er the war Is over we must make a fat fair r and wise readjustment of the tarlis in accordance with sound prote protective ct ive principles to insure our economic independence and to maintain american knie rican standards of hylus 1 I 1 stand for the principle olour of our civil service laws in every department of government the highest measure of efficiency must be insisted upon ulion of the candidates before the republican pub publican lioan convention fairbanks root weeks cummins burton and knox sent telegrams of support and congratulations six delegates from colorado who supported colonel acon Rc ose veli velt assured him of th their ir support mr hughes replied only to the messages from clr fairbanks anks conveying to the vice presidential nominee his congratulations rio he send word t to 0 trie newspaper men that he ha wished to express through the them in his appreciation n of the flood ot of congratulatory messages |