Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-02-29
ROOSEVELT WOULD
ACCEPT NOMINATION.
Statement Issued Last Monday Clearly
Sets Forth That Ex-President Roose-
welt Would Accept Nomination.

Will accept the nomination for
President if it is rendered me and |
will adhere to this decision until the
convention has expressed its pref
erence," is Colonel Theodore Roose-
velt's reply to the letter of seven
Republican Governors asking him to
stand for nomination.
The eagerly awaitd reply was given
out Monday night at Colonel Roose-
velt's Offices at New York during his
absence on trip to Boston. 1t was
Unexpectedly brief, but definite 1t
follows:
NEW YORK, Feb. "a, '12.-Gentle-
men: / deeply appreciate your letter
and realize to the full the heavy re-
sponsibility it puts upon me expressing
as it does the carefully considered
convictions of the men elected by pop
ular vote to stand as the heads of
government in their several states.
II absolutely agreee 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 whole.
! will accept the nomination for Presi-
dent if it is rendered TO me and will
adhere to this decision until the con-
yention has expressed it's preference.
'One of the chief principles for
which have stood, and for which |
now stand and which l have always
endeavored 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 people
may be given the chance, through di-
rect primaries, to express their pre-
ference as to who shall be the nomi-
nee of the Republican Presidential
convention. Very truly yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The above letter is addressed to the
following seven governors.
The Hon. William E. Glasscock,
Governor of the state of West vir-
ginia, Charleston, w. Va.
THE Hon. Chester H. Aldrich, Gov
ernor of the state of Nebraska, Lin
coin, Neb.
THE Hon. Robert p. Bass, Cover
nor of the state of New Hampshire,
Concord, N. H.
"The Hon. Joseph M. Carey, Cover
nor of the state of Wyoming, Chey-
enne, Wyo.
The Hon. Chase s. Osborne, Cover
nor of the state of Michigan, Lam
sing, Mich.
The Hon. w. r. Stubs, Cover
of the state Of Kansas, Topeka, Kan.
THE Hon. Herbert S. Hadley Cover
nor of the state of Missouri, Jeffer-
son City. Mo.
This above named Governors as
sembled at Chicago two weeks ago
and drafted letter to Colonel Roose-
welt asserting that there was pop
ular demand for him to be President
again, and urging him to declare
himself as to whether he would accept
the Republican nomination if lit came
unsolicited and unsought."
For two weeks Colonel Roosevelt
considered the letter, indicating plain
ly that he had no intention of making
a hasty reply
Efforts of Colonel Roosevelt's
friends to induce him to make an
earlier declaration of his attitude on
the presidential question had been
unwilling. His laconic remark to a
friend in Cleveland, last Wednesday
night that my hat is in ring-you
will have my answer Monday" was
the first real indication that he had
in mind an affirmative answer to the
Governors letter. Upon promise that
the reply would be given out tonight
a small army of newspaper men gath
cred at the Colonel's offices early in
the evening. Secretary FRANC Harper
met the reporters punctually and
gave out the correspondence without
comment. He said he was in no
position to comment, and in view of
the authors absence in Boston, where
he will spend several days, it was i'm
possible to get an elaboration OF the
statements made in the letter.