Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-18
In Letter to ]. B. Heating Reiter.
ates "lrrevocabIe Determin-
alton Not to be Candidate.
CASE OF GOVERNOR CUMMINS
Sccs. Loeb Says President Has Not EN-
pressed Desire TO See His
Name on the Ticket.

Chicago. June lz.--The PRONUNCIATION
Of letter from Vice President FAIR
banks reiterating his "irrevocdpie de-
termination" not to again be canui-
date for the Office he now holds, was
the most important development OF the
day In connection with the vice pres
idential nomination. The letter was add
dressed to MIR. Fairbanks manager,
Joseph B. Heating, and the full text
follows:
indianapolis. June 16, 1908.
MY Dear Mr.. Keating--I appreciate
fully the compliment paid me by my
friends in their insistence that ! shall
accept a. denomination for vice presi-
dent, yet my determination not to be
candidate again, as announced before
the close of the last session of Congress
through you. is absolutely lrrevocable.
My conclusion does not grow cut
of any want of appreciation of the
honor, for the vice presidency is an
honor which any man may well covet,
No one is obliged TO step down to It.
II have enjoyed the great honor
which came to me unsought and by the
undivided voice of my party. for all
of which 1 am profoundly grateful
This renewed expression of the con-
fidence of my friends touches me most
deeply. They need no assurance that
have come to the conclusion / have
reached deliberately, and / trust that
the personal considerations which
have advanced will commend them
selves to their approval. l am tho
more confirmed In the wisdom of my
conclusion because of the fact that
there is no party or public exigency
which would seem to suggest a contra
~ course.
friends my grateful appreciation of
your generous unfailing and loyal sup
port. / remain. faithfully your friend,
CHARLES w. FAIRBANKS.
similar letter was written by the
vice president to Senator Hemenway.
CASE OF CUMMINs.
La Fayette Young. delegate at large
from Iowa, today received teleera m
from secy. Loeb which stated thai
president Roosevelt had not expressed
desire to see Gov. Cummins' name on
Ihe ticket or that of any other party.
secy. Loeb's telegram was in re-
Spouse to telegram from Mr.. Young
IN which the latter asked for an ex-
PLANTATION of the presidents attitude
on the vice-presidental nomination.
Mr.. Young, who has heretofore been
classed among the opponents of Gov.
Cummins. said tonight that he would
do nothing to prevent the latter's nom
nation
The developments OF the day did not
materially alter the vice presidential
situation, and the opinion tonight is
as II was this morning, that the nomi-
nation Will go either to vice President
Fairbanks or to Gov. Cummins
The only possibility of New York's
getting the second place on the ticket
lay in unanimous movement for some
man. The last possibility OF such unan-
unity apparently vanished today, and
Chairman Woodruff announced that the
delegation would not caucus at all. Ii
was said today that a telegram to Ed
ward Glines, who is regarded as Gov.
ernor Guilds personal representative IA
the Massachusetts delegation, expressed
the governors intention to stand by his
vice-presidential boom until the last
gun was fired. The lines have beer,
drawn substantially between east and
west in the situation, and New York
being practically out of 1t. 1t became
an Interesting question whether the
east could unite upon any man who
could rally also support from ives,
and south. In this connection the