River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-02-29

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New York, N. Y. - 81 will accept
the nomination for president it it is
offered me and 1 will adhere to this
decision until the convention has ex-
pressed it's preference" is Colonel
Roosevelt's reply to the letter of sew
en- Republican governors asking him
to stand for nomination.
The eagerly awaited reply was IN
expectedly brief, but definite. 1t fol-
lows:
New York, Feb. "a, 1912.
Gentlemen: 1 deeply appreciate
your letter and I 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.
81 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. l
will accept the nomination for presi-
dent If it is rendered to me and
will adhere to this decision until the
convention has expressed it's prefer
ence.
Zone of the chief principles for
which i have stood, for which I now
stand and which l have always en-
deayored and always shall endeavor
to reduce to action, is the genuine
rule of the people; and therefore
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.
1.-THE Hon. VIM. e. Glasscock, gov
ernor of the state of West Virginia,
Charleston, w. Va.
1.-The Hon. Chester H. Aldrich, gov
ernor of the state of Nebraska, Lin
coin, Neb.
'The Hon. Robert HI. Bass, gov
ernor of the state of New Hampshire,
Concord, N. HI.
"The Hon. Joseph Carey, COVER
nor of the state Of Wyoming, Chey-
enne, Wyo.
"The Hon. Joseph M. Carey, COVER
nor of the state of Michigan, Lansing.
Mich.
'The Hon. w. R. Stubs, governor
of the state of Kansas, Topeka, Kan.
"The Hon. Herbert S. Hadley, gov
ernor of the state of Missouri, Jeffer-
son City, Mo-
Letter Drafted to Roosevelt.
The above named governors assem-
bled at Chicago two weeks ago and
drafted letter to Colonel Roosevelt,
asserting that there was a popular
demand for him to be president
again, and urging him to declare him
self as to whether he would accept
the Republican nomination if cit
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 if
offered him without his becoming an
active candidate caught no one nap
ping in Chicago and took no one by
surprise.
At the Roosevelt headquarters
where foreword of the ColoneIs an
nouncement had sped, the leaders
only smiled. At the Taft headquar-
tiers there were smiles, too, smiles be-
cause the suspense had ended, al
though there were none who doubted
the outcome of the appeal of the sew
en- western governors addressed to the
former president.
Democrats interviewed all united in
declaring that in their opinion Roose-
veIt's nomination will make for a GER
tain Democratic victory. Practically
all of them voiced the same views as
did Mayor Carter H. Harrison.