The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-06-26
Rough Rider, in Lengthy State
ment, Sets Forth Reasons for
Supporting Hughes and Declin.
ing Bull Moose Nomination.
MANY DELEGATES LEAVE
WHEN PUBLIC Is EXCLUDED
Statement Of Perkins That He
Has Confidential Information
from Republican Candidate on
Attitude Secures Privacy.

tBy Evening Herald Leased WireI
chicago, June &c. Thoodurc Roosc-
Welt, IN a letter read tu the Procrcs-
sivc national committee Iu session
here today. finally declined TO accept
the presidential nomination of tho
party aud strongly urged ia, uul
moose ORGANIZATION TO support Charles
T. Hughes The ,oluucIs letter was
rcud by oscar King Davis. secretary
Of the committee.
The meeting Of the national com
mite. of the Progressive party Was
called To- order by Matthew Hale OF
Massachusetts vice chairman, Iva tho
absence of Chairman Victor Murdoch
of Kansas The message from coll
onei Roosevelt was given close attcn-
ton.
questions which confronted the
committee were.
shall a third party ticket bee put in
the Held
shall Hughes bc substituted for
Roosevelt on the Progressive ticket,
or shall Hughes bc endorsed
Shall the committee refuse To en-
dorsc any candidate
shall the Progressive party organ
ilatiun be- continued
The committee dcciacd against
opening the session to ncwspapcrmon
los u vote uf 80 go 10.
John ". Parker lcd the nsh, tor an
open session
George ". pcrNius advocated -
closed session az least FOR a time. Mr.
Perkins said he had confidential lu-
formation for the committee from
Mr. Hughes outlining the position
which the Republican nominee takes
on various questions
when 70 was voted 10 keep the door
shut number Of the committeeman
walked out Amons them was John
VI Parker
At the executive session Chester n.
Rowcll Of California. Raymond Rob
lns of Illinois and James A. Garfield
uf ohio related 10 the committee the
impr, s~iuus they had formcd AZ "A
conference with M. Hughes iu New
York
Tho committee then decided Ia
make the meeting an open one and
the niteen members who Withdrew
when the report on Mr. Hughes views
was started returned.
The reading Of the Roosevelt letter
was greeted with applause and AZ IT,
conclusion william Flinu OF Pennsyl-
vauia moved that Colonel RuoeeNclts
doclination be- accepted. The motion
was carried hy dcclamduon without
an ohJecting voice.
George " Perkins said that the
only reason Tor the closed session was
that conversations between thc Re
publican candidate aifd other gen tie
men had been related and u Was not
thought the proper thing tu make
those conversations public they hav-
irg been given IN private,
The text of the letter follows.
To the Progressive National COM
mite.
Gontlcmen.- In accordance with
the message lseut to the Progressive
Datioual convention as soon az | had
received the notification that II had
nominated me Tor president. nov
communicate tu Nuu my reasons Tor
deCIining tho honor which I 80 deeply
appreciate. Sincc the Adjournment OF
the convention have received be-
tween two and three thousand letters
and telcgrams from men who had
supported IN" Tor the nomination the
majority expressing the desire thti /
would refuse tu run, while a minority
urged that | should accept the nOm.-
nation. As n ia q physical impossible
ny 10 answer th"s. letter and tcle-
grams Individually, / beg of the cour.
tesy OF the scndcrs that they viii ac-
copt this pubic statement In neu uf
such answers.
Before speaking OF anything elise. /
wish 10 express my heartiest and most
unstiuted admiration Tor the charao-
men who made up the Progrcssi, ma
tlonhl convention IN l9l6. can give
them no higher praise than 10 say
that m al RESPECTS they stood lcyol
with the men and women who iu 1919
joined AT Chicago 90 found the Pro-
2ressiNc party These two cuuNcu-
tions Ia character. IA disirtcrcslcd
ness, ia vision. IN insight in high
purpose. and u desire 90 render praC.
iital ser,ic" To the people, tSpined tx.
actly what such bodies ought to be-
IN great -eif.go, o,erning democracy
They represented the spirit which
moved Abraham Lincoln ana h,s po-
lNca associates during the decade
preceding the close of IA" Cnil war
The platform put forth IN 1919 was
much the most important public doc
ument promulgated ia this country