The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1912-02-29
THE COLONEL DECLARES HE
WILL ADHERE TO DECISION
UNTIL CONVENTION.
REPLIES TO Z GOVERNORS
Former Executive Reiterates Desire
to Have People Of Each State Sig
nifty by a Primary Election
Their Choice of President.
'
EIGHT YEARS AGO.

!" EIGHT YEARS AGO. $
: Nov. 8, 19o8.-'On the fourth of .
March next, shall have served .
: three and a half years and this .
> three and half years constitute :
my first term. The wise custom $.
: which limits the president to two >
= terms regards the substance and :
no the form and under no cir $
: cumstances will be a candidate =
: for or accept another nomina- g
= ton" =
New York, Feb. Ell will accept
the nomination for president if it is
offered me and 1 will adhere to this
decision until the convention has ex-
pressed its preference" is Colonel
R%oosevelt's reply to. the letter of sew
en- Republican governors asking him
to stand for nominations.
The eagerly awaited reply, was un-
expectedly brief, but definite. 1t fol-
lows:
New York, Feb. "a, 1912.
Gentlemen: l deeply appreciate
your letter and l realize to the full
the. heavy responsibility it puts upon
ME, expressing as it does the care
fully considered convictions of the
men elected by popular vote to stand
as the heads of government in their
several states.
: Il absolutely agree with you that
this matter is not one. to be decided
with any reference to the personal
preferences or interests of any man,
but purely from the standpoint of the
interests OF the people as a whole. 1
will accept the nomination for presi-
dent If 1t is rendered to me and 1
will adhere to this decision until the
convention has expressed it's prefer
ence. ).
"One of the chief principles for
which | have stood, for which l now
stand and which l have always en-
deavored and always shall endeavor
to reduce to action, is the genuine
rule of the people; and therefore l
hope that SO far as possible the peo-
pie may be given the chance, through
direct primaries to express their pref.
erence as to who shall be the nominee
of the Republican presidential con-
ventiOn.
Very truly yours,
Theodore Roosevelt.
The Hon. VIM. e. GIasscock. gov
ernOr of The state OF West Virginia.
Charleston, w. Va.
The Hon. Chester III. Aldrich, gov
ernor OF the state OF Nebraska. Lin.
coin, Neb.
The Hon. Robert Fl. Bass, gov.
ernor of the state Of New Hampshire.
Concord, N. Fl.
The Hon. Joseph . Carey, COVER.
mol of the state of Wyoming, Chey.
enne, Wyo.
"The HON. Joseph NJ. Carey, COVER
MOI of the state of Michigan, Lansing,
Mich.
THE Hon. W. r. Stubbs, governor
OF the state OF Kansas, Topeka, Kan.
The Hon. Herbert S. Hadley, gov.
of the state OF Missouri. Jeffer.
son City, Mo-"
1SSSSt OIoIIcO 10 HCOSeveIt.
The above named governors assem-.
Dled at Chicago 1--we weeks and
drafted a letter to Colonel Roosevelt.
asserting that there was a POPULAR
ema for him to be president
again, and urging him TO declare him
self as TO whether he would accent
the Republican nomination if lit
came unsolicited and %unsought.' For
two weeks Colonel Roosevelt consid.
cred the letter.
Chicago Comments.
Chicago. - Definite announcement
from Colonel Roosevelt that he will
accept the presidential nomination IL
offered him without mis- becoming an
active candidate Caught no one nan.
ping in Chicago and took no one by
surprise.
At the Roosevelt Headquarters
where foreword OF the Colonel's an
nouncement had sped, the leaders
only smiled. At tile Taft headuuar.
tiers there were smiles. too, SMILES be.
cause the suspense had ended, al.
though there were nor who doubted
the outcome Of the appeal OF the sew.
en- western governors addressed to the
former president,