Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-27

from washington, IN part as follows.
VIII Stand by Friends.
Most emphatcally whatever my
friends do up In Albany | shall stand
by them | have given them, includ-
ing you. my hest judgment
Now If you and those like you
fear that | shall ask you to cut your
throats, your fear is groundless. But
my judgment is that the convention
will nominate Hughes ana that It
would hurt very much more not TO
nominate him than to nominate him,
although it will undoubtedly hurt us
also to nominate him.
on August u, Colonel Roosevelt
wrote to Mr. Parsons who at that
time was a New York congressman,
from the White House In part the
letter follows
you were very strong In your
statements of what the men under
YOU said as to Hughes unpopularity
and ] certainly understood YOU to say
that Bennett felt exactly as you did
When Bennett tells me, as the local
leaders like Strassburger tell me.
that the sentiment is very strong for
the denomination of Hughes, | have
got to take notice of it. | entirely
agree with all you say as to your
just reasons for complaint against
Governor Hughes, and Furthermore,
with all YOU say as to the fact that
many of those who desire his renom-
ination desire it chiefly for the pur-
pose of hurting the republican party |
However my dear Parsons, you can
hardly seriously suppose that, toll
quote your own words, | am trying
to treat you as puppet. .'---- That
is, if you mean when you say those
in charge of the national campaign
which, of course, | am not. on the |
/ have written again and
again to Taft and to Hitchcock, not
70 make any open statement and I
haven't the slightest intention of |
telling YOU what to do and never |
will tell the newspapers that you will |
be told what to do, and never have /
thought of telling them. You wrote /
me requesting to see me and asking |
that / say something until | had |
seen you. We went over the situation |
afterward saw Bennett and various !
others, including sherman, and the /
as they related It was so /
totally different that | felt that ! /
ought to tell you that this, with other
knowledge brought to me had made
me alter my mind as TO what was
the wise thing to do. But surely. my
letter most explicitly disclaims any
intention To dictate to you. Still !
absolutely agree with you that there
tre many currents against Hughes,
but | don't see whom you are going
TO put in his place who won't be
weaker.
run Expression Nanted.
"P. S.-Of course / want the full
sst and most open expression Of pref
erence at the primaries; that III
stand heartily for whatever you Fas-
iett, and the rest of the leaders fin
lily do, and have no intention OF
FORCING the nomination or OF trying
oi but that unless you object,
ihould ike as a good republican ana
I party man and as stauneh be-
leVer IN you, to tell YOU my Judg-
neht Tor Whatever 1t is worth.
ON september l6, Colonel Roose-
'elt wrote this letter to Mr.. Barnes
am very glad you Joined in max
ng the nomination Of Hughes unan-
nous. After the election ! shall want
o see you in Washington and talk
'Ver matters with YOU
on November 4, 1908, election day,
solonel Roosevelt wrote this to Mr.
oafhes IRON the Whlte House:
Dear Mr.. Barnes; Good for you,
Ne are to be heartily congratulated
N the whole business, national and
tate.
olhCtIelS yours
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Colohel kooseVet sald ms faVoring
Governor Hughes was not due to any
reasons.
Mr. lVlns told Judge Andrews he
Wished to put into evidence cores {
that passed between :
'homas G. Platt and Colonel Roose-
cit, between 1898 ana l909.
Telegram to Quiss'
Colonel RooseVet Idehtllled copy !
+ a telegram dated September III i
89S, sent to Lehluei z. Quisg ana
igned by hlmselt. In II Colohei r
roosevelt told Mr. Quigg that he had !
represented the proper |
of AFFAIRS TO senator flatt. =
his telegram was sent by the colonel +
fter he had received the letter from r
Tr Ouigg which was nut into the .
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