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Section One
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SIX SECTIONS
VOL. XXXV. NO. 24.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 11, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
HUGHES MID,
QUITS TO ACCEPT
Principles Given Within
Hour of Nomination.
NOMINEES OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION AT CHICAGO.
11CAIIISM PUT
FIRST B HUGHES
Strong Stand Taken for
Rights on Land and Sea.
V
BENCH LEFT RELUCTANTLY
Response Regarded Para
mount Duty, in View of
Critical Period.
T. RS ATTITUDE PLEASES
Friends of Republican Leader
Voice Satisfaction, but
He Is Silent.
WASHINGTON, June 10. Charles
Evans Hughes stepped down today
from the Supreme Bench and, again a
private citizen, accepted the Republi
can nomination for President- In a
telegram ringing -with denunciation of
the Administration's foreign policy
and declaring for a dominating, thor
oughgoing Americanism, he gave his
decision to Chairman Harding, of the
Republican National Convention, and
broke the long silence which had kept
the leaders of his party in the dark
as to his attitude toward the great
issues of the day.
"I have not desired the nomination,"
said the telegram. "I have wished to
remain on the bench. But in this crit
ical period of our National history, I
recognize that it is your right to sum
mon and it is my paramount duty to
respond."
Resignation Follows Quickly.
Within an hour after Chairman
Harding had notified him of his nom
ination Mr. Hughes had accepted the
call. His resignation,' a scant two
line letter without a superfluous word,
was on its way to the White House
from the Hughes home before the
nominee had dispatched the message
of acceptance, and called the waiting
group of newspaper men into his
study to tell them of his decision.
President Wilson accepted the resig
nation in a reply almost as brief. Ap
parently Mr. Hughes' letter was
framed so that the President might
be saved the embarrassment of ex
pressing regret or making more than
a formal reply.
"I hereby resign the office of Asso
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States," he wrote. To
which the President replied: "I am
in receipt of your letter of resignation
and feel constrained to yield to your
desire. I therefore accept your resig
nation as Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States to take ef
fect at once."
Colonel's Attitude Pleases Friends.
When copies of both telegrams to
Chicago and the letter of resignation
had been made public, Mr. Hughes left
his home for his customary afternoon
walk. Soon after his return Lawrence
Green, his private secretary, told him
of Colonel Roosevelt's conditional de
clination of the Progressive nomina
tion. Mr. Hughes sent word to in
quirers that he had nothing to say
concerning it. His friends, however,
were outspoken in their, satisfaction
over Colonel Roosevelt's attitude.
No plans have been made by the
nominee for the Summer The family
had pract-ically dismantled the Six
teenth-street residence here with the
intention of returning to 'Maine for
the hot months, but those plans have
been abandoned. Whether Mr. Hughes
will go on the stump, or whom he
will select to manage his campaign
are questions that have not received
consideration so far.
Events transpired with dramatic
suddenness at the Hughes home to
day as a climax to monotonous weeks
of waiting. It had been thought that
things would move swiftly and that
night would find the Republican con
vention adjourned, its work ended,
but few of the candidate's closest
friends believed that the day's de
velopments would crowd his resigna
tion from the bench, his acceptance
of the nomination and his declaration
of principles into the space of little
more than an hour.
Silence Interpreted as Assent.
Throughout the pre-convention cam
paign, Justice Hughes had insisted
that he would not be nominated. Not
Concluded on rage 7. Column 1.).
COLONEL SAYS NAY
Moose Nomination Is Tenta
tively Refused.
HUGHES STATEMENT READ
Telegram to Progressive Convention
Sent First, However, and Colo
nel Says He Has Nothing
to Add for the Present.
OYSTER BAT. N. T.. June 10.
Colonel Roosevelt summoned the news
paper correspondents to Sagamore Hill
at 6 o'clock tonight to tell them he had
tentatively refused the Progressive
nomination for the Presidency and that
he had nothing to add to what he had
said in his telegram to the convention
at Chicago in regard to his present po
sition. The text of this telegram was
as follows:
"To the Progressive Convention: I
am very grateful for the honor you
confer upon me by nominating me as
President. I cannot accept.it at this
time.
Reference to Committee Suggested.
"I do not know the attitude of the
candidate of the Republican party to
ward the vital questions of the day.
Therefore, if you desire an Immediate
decision I must decline the nomination.
But if you prefer it, I suggest that my
conditional refusal be placed in the
hands of the Progressive National Com
mittee. If Mr. Hughes' statements
when he makes them shall satisfy the
committee that it is for the interest of
the country that he be elected, they can
act accordingly and treat my refusal as
definitely accepted. If they are not
satisfied they can so notify the Pro
gressive party and at the same time
they can confer with me and then de
termine on whatever - action we may
severally deem appropriate to meet the
needs of the country.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT."
Colonel Roosevelt told to correspond
ents, however, of the steps which led
ud to his message earlier in the day
suggesting that the Republicans and
Progressives unite on Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge as a compromise candi
date. At 4 o'clock this morning. h
said, one Republican and two Progres
sive conferees on the joint conference
committee called him over the long
distance telephone to explain the situ
ation as it then stood.
Lodge Suggested to Conferees.
Colonel Roosevelt informed them at
that time that he intended to suggest
the Joint nomination of Senator Lodge.
All three conferees, he said, seemed at
that time to be agreed that such a step
would be satisfactory. He declined to
name the Republican member of the
Concluded on Page , Column L)
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES FOR PRESlDE.Vf AMU CHARLES WARKE.M FAIRBANKS FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
Result of Third and Decisive
Republican Ballot.
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' STATE . jf 2 f 5 g S. !
! ; ' r 2.
. ?
Alabama i I. ..I
Arizona .......... 6 - ..... ...
Arkansas ......... IS .... ... ... ... - - -
California 29 -.
Colorado 12
Connecticut ....... 34 ... ...
Delaware ......... 6 .... ... ... ... ...
Florida 8
Georgia .......... 17
Idaho 8
Illinois 58
Indiana 30
Iowa 28
Kansas ........... 20 .... ... ... ...
Kentucky ......... lid .... ... ... ... ...
Louisiana ......... 12 .... ... ... ... ...
Maine 12
Maryland 15- 1...... ......
Massachusetts 32 3 1
Michigan 30
Minnesota ......... 24 ... ...
Mississippi 8 3tt
Missouri 34 .... 2
Montana .......... 7 1 ... ... ... ...
Nebraska 16
Nevada 6 .... ... ... ... ...
New Hampshire .... 8 . ..... ... ... ... ...
New Jersey ....... 27 1. ........ ...
New Mexico 5 1 ...
New York 87
North Carolina 14 7
North Dakota ..... 10
Ohl. '. 48
Oklahoma 19 1
Oreicoa ....... . 10 .... ... ... ... ...
Pennsylvania ..... 72 3 ... ... ... ...
Rhode Island 10
South Carolina .... 6 B...
South Dakota .... 10
Tennessee ......... 18 3...... ......
Texas 28
I'tah 7 1
Vermont .......... 8 ................
Virginia 15
Washington ....... 14 ................
West Virginia 14
Wisconsin 23 -3
Wyoming ......... 6 .... ... ... ... ...
Alaska' 2
Hawaii 2
Philippines 2
Totals 94918Hl 8 7 s- 3
Absent Pennsylvania 1.
ROOT PREDICTS ELECTION
Hughes Commanded as Capable of
Coping With Gravo Conditions.
UTICA, X. T.. June 10. Elihu Root,
commenting tonight on the nomination
of Mr. Hughes, said:
"It -is plain that Mr. Hughes has been
nominated because a great mass of the
rank and file of the Republican party
the constituents of the delegates
considered him the best man and
wanted him for their candidate. He
is able, experienced, courageous, high
minded and American to the core. He
will be loyal to the platform on which
he has been nominated, and with which
I am sure he agrees. I am confident
that he will . be elected and wilt be
a President of high 'quality, competent
to deal with the serious conditions
confronting the Government of our
country."
FAIRBANKS GREETS HUGHES
Running Mate Congratulates Presi
dential Nominee.
INDIANAPOLIS. June 10. Mr. Fair
banks today sent the following tele
gram to Mr. Hughes:
"I most heartily congratulate you
upon your selection as the leader of
the Republican party in the present Na
tional contes-"
IS
Fairbanks Is Running Mate,
Single Ballot Deciding.
TASK SPEEDILY FINISHED
Favorite Sons Withdraw, One After
Another; Barton Men Refuse Sec
ond Place, Despite Reported
Preference for Mr. Hughes.
COLISEUM. Chicago, June 10.
Charles Evans Hughes, ex-Governor of
New Tork and until today Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States,
was today nominated for the Presi
dency by the 'Republican National Con
vention. .
Charles Warren traTrtanlcs, of Indi
ana,' elected Vice-President with Theo
dore Roosevelt in 1904. - again .was
chosen for second place on the Repub
lican ticket.
Both' .nominations, made ty over
whelming majorities, were by acclama
tion made unanimous.
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, pre
sented by Roosevelt 8" a compromise
candidate, received seven votes for
President today. Colonel Roosevelt
himself received 18, scattered over 12
states.
' Hughes Has 949 Vi Votes.
The nominating ballot showed this
count: . Hughes. 949 Vi; Roosevelt, 18;
Lodge, 7; Du Pont. 6; La Follette. 3;
Weeks, 3; absent. 1. Total,. 987.
Despite the fact that Frank H. Hitch
cock let it be known while the Presi
dential balloting was in progress that
the Hughes men wanted Burton for
second place, Ohio withdrew Burton's
name, leaving the field to Mr. Fair
banks and ex-Senator Burkett, of Ne
braska. The ballot for Vice-President showed
this count: Fairbanks, 863; Burkett,
108; Borah. 8; Webster, 25; Burton. 1;
Johnson, 1; absent and not voting, 4.
Total, 987.
Mr. Hughes 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,
chairman of the convention.
Mr. Fairbanks will be notified by a
CoacIuded on Page 10. Column 2.)
I ROSE FESTIVAL PICTURES,
t The Oregonian today prints a
I pictorial review of the Rose Fes-
! tlval that surpasses Festival II-
lustrations of previous ye;s.
t Six full pages of photographic
f reproductions portray the events
t of beauty and gayety that Port-
I land, together with her thousands
4 of guests, has Just enjoyed. These
pictures will be found in section
Y 5 of today's issue.
HUGHES
CHOSEN
Republican Ballot for Vice
v President in Detail.
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.STATE 5 f S
. .....
Alabama ............. ir 1 ... ... ... ...
Arizona ... ...
Arkansas 14 1
California 2
Colorado 12 ... ...
Connecticut . 14 ... ... ... ... ...
Delaware ............ 6
Florida 8
Georgia .............. 17
Idaho 7 1
Illinois ... r.6 1 1 . ..
Indiana 30 ... ... ... ... ...
Iowa 28
Kansas .............. 20 ... ... ... ... ...
Kentucky ............ 26... ...
Louisiana ............ 12 ... ...
Maine ................ 12 ... ... ... ... ...
Maryland 18
Massachusetts 84 1 1
Michigan 30
Minnesota ......... 12 5 D ... ... ...
Mississippi ........... 12 ... ... ... ... ...
Missouri 38
Montana 1 7 ...
Nebraska 16. ...........
Nevada 6
New Hampshire ..... 8............ ...
New Jersey .......... 2H. ...... ........
New Mexico ......... 8 . ... ...
New York 7 11
North Carolina 10 2
North Dakota 10
Ohio 48
Oklahoma 10 1 -.-
Oregon Ji ! 1 2
Pennsylvania ......... 74 1
Rhode Island 10
South Carolina 8 2
South Dakota - 10
Tennessee ............ 21 ... ... ... ... ...
Texas 28 ...
Utah 8
Vermont ............. 8 ... ... ... ... ...
Virginia 1?
Washington 14
West Virginia 1 ...
Wisconsin 11 12 -
Wyoming -- -
Alaska 2
Hawaii
Philippines
Totals S83I108 8 2 1 1
Not voting Minnesota 2. Wisconsin 1. To
tal n. ...
Absent Pennsylvania 1.
TAFT INDORSES TICKET
Ex-President Expresses Hope Colo
nel Will Support Nominees.
PHILADELPHIA. June 10. Ex
President Taft. who was the principal
orator at the commencement exercises
of Temple University here tonight, is
sued a statement indorsing Charles E.
Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks, the
Republican nominees for President and
Vice-President, and expressing the
hope that Colonel Roosevelt would sup
port them.
He approved the platform adopted
by the Republicans and predicted that
eventually the Progressives would
unite with the parent party and work
for the election of Hughes and Fair
banks next November.
NATIVE CITYJIS JUBILANT
Glens Falls, N. Y., Celebrates Nomi
nation of Mr. Hughes.
GLENS FALLS. N. T.. June 10. The
residents of this city today celebrated
the nomination of Supreme Court Jus
tice Hughes as Republican candidate
for President.
Glens Falls claims the honor of being
the birthplace of Justice Hughes.
News Index will be (nil m Page 2,
of this aectlon-
T.t
MOOSE
CHOICE
Colonel Parker, of Louisiana,
Is Running Mate.
DELEGATES ARE TRIED OUT
Significance of Colonel's Tentative
Declining of Nomination Does
Xot Dawn on Followers Un
til After Adjournment.
AUDITORIUM. Chicago. June 10.
Colonel Roosevelt was nominated to
day by the Progressive National Con
vention after four days of uproar and
tumult, in which the delegates never
wavered in allegiance or cast a passing
glance on another man.
For his running mate. John M. Par
ker, of Louisiana, wan nominated,
after Governor Hiram W. Johnson, of
California, had declined to let his name
go before the convention. Both Roose
velt and Parker were nominated by ac
clamation. Three minutes before the convention
adjourned until another time. Chair
man Robins read to them a brief mes
sage from Oyster Bay In which Mr.
Roosevelt declined to accept the nomi
nation at this time. Few of the thou
sands in the vast auditorium, some of
whom had seen the Colonel named in
an even wilder burst of enthusiasm
four years ago, realized when Robins
rapped his gavel at 4:58 and declared
the convention adjourned sine die that
in a" few hours or a few weeks they
might be a party without the one
leader to whom they had come to Chi
cago to pledge loyalty and faith.
Crowd Misses Significance.
The significance of Colonel Roose
velt's message with announcement that
If the Progressive National Committee
found the subsequent statements of
Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican
standard-bearer, to its liking, his non
acceptance of the Progressive nomina
tlon should stand as his last word, was
lost in that tired throng, worn out by
its own enthusiasm, by long delays
over peace parleys with the Republi
cans and by the discussion of a plat
form on which it must go into the field.
If at all. against both the forces of
Democracy and Republicanism.
None of the 'ee.ing that some of them
later betrayed when they bad oppor
tunity to digest the Colonel's statement
had time to flare out when the gavel
fell. They trooped out into Chicago
streets for home while the band played
faintly and the flags that had flaunted
so proudly through all the stormy ses
sions were folded and the banners put
away.
S.SO.OOO Pledged for Fight.
Before they left the hall the dele
gates remembered one of the essentials
of a campaign. In response to the spur
iCuiicludcd on I'sko S, Column
VIGOROUS POLICY DEWED
Nominee for Full Preparedness
and Strength That Self
Respect Demands.
TRADE EXPANSION URGED
Pride Should Be Taken in Pro
motion of Honorable En
terprise Abroad.
POINTS MADE BY HUGHES IX
TELEGRAM OK ACCEPTANCE.
Firm stand taken for American
rights on land and sea.
Foreign relations In past de
clared to have suffered from
weak and vacillating course pur
sued. Desire expressed to see Amer
ican diplomacy restored to Its
best standards.
Letter demands Americanism
that knows no ulterior purpose,
for patriotism single and com
plete. Preparedness demanded not
only entirely adequate for defense,
not only in respect to numbers
and equipment of both Army and
Navy, but with all thoroughness
in every branch of service.
Peace Ideals placed first. Dan
ger of militarism denied. Nat. on
has no policy of. aggression, but
must have strength which self
respect demands.
Fair readjustment of tariff fa
vored as preparation for test to
com after war.
Expansion of foreign trade
sought. "We must not throttle
American enterprise here or
abroad, but rather promote it and
take pride In honorable achieve
ments." Party platform fully indorsed.
WASHINGTON, June 10. Charles
E. Hughes' telegram accepting the
Republican nomination for President
makes a strong issue of American re
lations with foreign rations, which he
declares have "Buffered incalculably
from the weak and vacillating course
taken in the past.
He favors an undivided American
ism on the part of all citizens.
Full Preparedness Favored.
On the subject of preparedness the
telegram, says, in part:
"I believe in preparedness, not only
entirely adequate for our defense with
respect to numbers and equipment in
both Army and Navy, but with all
thoroughness, to the end that in each
branch of the service there may be the
utmost efficiency under competent ad
ministrative heads."
Nevertheless, says Mr. Hughes, the
Nation is devoted to the ideals of aa
honorable peace.
Economic Development Essential.
Mr. Hughes also speaks of the ne
cessity for economic development and
particularly the extension of foreign
trade. He regards a fair tariff re
adjustment on protective lines as es
sential to the preservation of Amer
ican standards of living, particularly
after the European war ends.
The full text of the telegram is:
"Mr. Chairman and delegates I
have not desired the nomination. I
have wished to remain on the bench.
But in this critical period of our Na
tional history I recognize that it is
your right to summon and that it is
my paramount duty to respond.
Demand for Americanism Voiced.
"You speak at a time of National
exigency, transcending merely parti
san considerations. You voice the de
mand for a dominant, thorough-going.
Americanism, with firm, protective,
upbuilding policies essential to our
peace and security, and to that call, in
this crisis, I cannot fail to answer
with the pledge of all that is in me to
the service of the country. Therefore,
I accept the nomination.
"I stand for the firm and unflinch
ing maintenance of all th rights of
American citizens on land and sea. I
neither impugn motives nor underes
timate difficulties. But it is most re
grettably true that in our foreign re
lations we have suffered incalculably
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