Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-03-02
SAYS HE WILL ACCEPT The
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
If 1T Is rendered.
81 Will Adhere to This Decision Until
Convention Has Expressed Prefer
ence Reply to Seven Governors
Views Republican Nomination Purely
from Standpoint of Peoples Interests


nation for the presidency if it is ten
dered me, and will adhere to this de-
cision until the convention has ex-
pressed its preference, " is Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt IS reply to the letter of
seven republican governors asking him
to stand for a nomination.
The eagerly awaited reply was given
out Sunday night at Colonel Roose-
welt S offices here. He is absent on a
trip to Boston. 1t was unexpectedly
brief, but definite 1t follows:
New York.-Gentlemen L deeply APP
preciate your letter, and realize to the
full the heavy responsibility it puts
upon me, expressing as it does the care
fully considered convictions of men
elected by the popular vote to stand
as heads of government in their several
states.
l absolutely agree with you that this
matter is not one to be decided with
any reference to the personal prefer
ence or interests of any man, but pure
ly from the standpoint of the interests
of the people as a whole. 1 will accept
the nomination for president if it is
rendered to me, and L will adhere to
this decision until the convention has
expressed its preference.
One of the chief principles for which
1 have stood and for which l now stand
and which l have alweays Endorsed and
always shall endeavor to reduce to ac-
tion, is the genuine rule of the people;
and, therefore, L hope that, so far as
possible, the people may be given the
choice through direct primaries to ex-
press their preference as to who shall
be the nominee of the republican con
! vention.
/ THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The Hon. William +. Glasscock, gov
ernor of the state of West Virginia
9 Charleston, w. Va.
, The Hon. Chester Aldrich, governor Of
: the state of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.
: The Hon. Robert p Bass, governor O.
the state of New Hampshire, Concord
N. H.
The Hon. Joseph NJ. Carey, governo
t of the state of Wyoming, Cheyenne
e Wyo.
/ The Hon. Charles s. Osborne, Cover
t nor of the state of Michigan, Lansing
e Mich.
e The Hon w. R. Stubs, governor o
the state of Kansas, Topeka.
+ The Hon. Herbert S. Hadley, gov
v ernor of the state of Missouri, Jeffer
s son City, Mo.
a Considers Letter Two Weeks.
Z The aforementioned governors as
X sembled at Chicago, two weeks ago AM
drafted a letter to Colonel Roosevelt
J. asserting there was a popular deman
Il for him to be president again and urg
i ing him to declare himself as to wheth
r er he would accept the republican nom
r, ination elf it came unsolicited and I'm
d sought.
IS For two weeks Colonel Roosevelt
considered the letter, indicating plainl
= that he had no intention of making
! hasty reply.
IS Taft Grieved.
e Mr.. Taft was, hurt deeply to knoN
o that from now on he must engage in a
d open contest against the man unde
e whom he had served for many year.
became known soon after the Roosevelt
letter was made public.
- The relations between Colonel Roos'
! welt and President Taft when the lat
ter served as secretary of war were e'
: ceptionally close.