The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-19
HUGHES'S NAME OFF,
BUT MAY RUN YET
Washington Not Ready to
Call Him Out Of the
Race
PRIMARY ACTION FOUGHT
National Party Leaders Ex.
pect a Convention Stampede
for the Jurist.

WASHINGTON. Nov. ls.--Justice
charles f.. Hughes OF the Supreme Court
made II clear to-day that he Is not going
to permit his friends to go out in the
primaries to bag delegates for him for
the Republican Presidential nomination.
Representatives OF the press were
summoned to the home OF Justice
Hughes soon after noon and received
copies of correspondence which passed
between him and the Secretary of state
OF Nebraska, This correspondence can
he construed only one way. and it is
that Justice Hughes will not permit his
name TO be used on the Presidential
primary ballot In any State.
The statement issued at Justice
Hughess residence follows:
Justice Charles +. Hughes received
this morning from the Secretary of
state of Nebraska a copy OF the Pc
tition filed on November 13, 1915,
requesting that the name of Justice
Hughes be placed upon the official prl-
mary ballot Of the Republican party
FOR the primary election TO be held
In Nebraska ON April Is. 1916 AZ u
candidate for the office OF President
of the copy of tn. peiition Justice
Hughes sent to-day TO the Secretary
Of state his dec,Ination.
The D-clination.
The text Of the declination follows:
To the Secretary of stat, Of Ne
brdska.
n petition having been filed with
you on November l3. 1915, request
ing that my name he placed upon the
official primary ballot OF the Republi-
can party FOR III. primary election to
be held in Nebraska on April ~. 1916
as candidate for the office of Presi-
dent OF the United States, | hereby
notify you that 7 decline the nomina-
tion mad. by this petition. or similar
petitions. and request that my name
shall not he placed upon the ballot
Tor such primary election
Dated Washington. D. G., this eirh-
teenth day Of November. 1915.
CHARLES T.. HrGHEs
The declination was sworn to by
Justice Hughes before Clarence Dodge.
IA Hotary public in the District OF
Columbia.
Unofficial advices received from
Tonight said that the Secretary
of state of Nebraska will withhold
Justice Hughes's name from the ballot
and that he will not he dssuaded
by the advice Of the Attorney General
of the state. who Is said to hay.
given an informal opinion to the effect
that Justice Hughes could not withdraw
his name. IL IL known that IN case nf
the Secretary Of states refusal to act
Justice Hughes would have appealed to
the courts.
Altogethcr the Hughes case presents
u feature OF the direct primary system
that had not been foreseen In many
states.
While the action on the part of JUS
'ice Hughes is intended to remove his
name from the ballot In Nebraska and
TO insuI. against his being voted for in
Presidential primaries in other States. Il
is 10y no means certain that he is clint
mated from IN. list Of mer who aill he
seriously considered FOR tn. nomination
In the Republican national convention.
The Nebras ska movement which placed
Justice fiughcS's rHiuc on the ballot was
spontaneous u does not seem to have
been part OF an organized nationwide
10 draft the jurist foy service
as party leader. II would cause no sur
prise here however. II the Nebraska in
rident brought forth manifestations of
HUGHES sentiment in Other States.
Natloiial leaders OF the Republican
party have realized from the first that II
was impossible to consider Mr.. Hughes
In the primary contests. The more for
nidahle movement 10 make the jurist a /
candidate has not contemplated electing
telegatcs for him in the prima rics or
him 10 the test of the Presi-
lential primary.
Republicans who are looking forward
hopefully TO the possibility Of nominat-
ng Justice Hughes believe that their
,niy chance TO bring this about is
through spontaneous action after the
itself has been called In SEES
'ion. They contend that nothing Justice |
Hughes has said thus far would prevent |
l!m from accepting the nomination !
endered under those conditions,