White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-06-30
TEDDY COMES OUT
FOR JUDGE HUGHES
IN LETTER TO PROGRESSIVE MA.
TIoNAL COMMITTEE MAKES
CLEAR HIS MIND.
REFUSES TO BE A CANDIDATE
Colonel Finally Declines Progressive
Nomination and Calls on Loyal
Members of Party to Rally to
Support of Republicans.

Chicago, June 27.-Theodore Roose-
welt, in a letter read to the progress
i've national committee in session
here Monday, finally declined to ac-
cept the presidential nomination of
the party and strongly urged the bull
moose organization to support Chas.
E. Hughes. The colonePs letter was
read by Oscar King Davis, secretary
of the committee.
Questions Before Committee.
The meeting of the national COM
mittee was called to order by Mat
thew Hale of Massachusetts, vice
chairman, in the absence of Victor
Murdoch of Kansas, chairman of the
committee. The message from Colo
mel Roosevelt was given close at
tention by the committee.
Questions which confronted the
committee were:
Shall third party ticket be put in
the field?
Shall Hughes be substituted for
Roosevelt on the progressive ticket
or shall Hughes be indorsed?
Shall the committee refuse to in
dorse any candidate?
Shall the progressive party organi
cation be continued?
Among those who favored the in
dorsement of Hughes were George w.
Perkins Of New York, Chester H.
Rowell Of California and William
Finn of Pennsylvania.
Opposed to such Endorsement were
John M. Parker of Louisiana, vice
presidential candidate of the party;
Matthew Hale of Massachusetts and
others.
Reports Hughes Views.
The committee decided against the
opening Of the session to newspaper
men by vote of IS to Is. John M.
Parker led the fight for an open ses-
sion and George w. Perkins advocat-
ed closed session, at least for
time. Mr.. Perkins said he had con-
fidential information for the commit
tee from Mr.. Hughes outlining the
position which the republican nomi-
nee takes on various questions.
When it was voted to keep the door
shut number of the committeeman
walked out.
At the executive session Chester H.
Powell Of California, Raymond Rob-
ms of Illinois and James r. Garfield
Of Ohio related to the committee the
Impressions they had formed at
conference with Mr.. Hughes in New
York.
The committee then decided to
make the meeting an open one and
the Is members who withdrew re-
turned.
The remainder of the Roosevelt
letter was greeted with applause and
at it's conclusion William Finn of
Pennsylvania moved that Col Roose-
velt's declination be accepted. The
motion was carried by reclamation
without an objecting voice.
National Progresslves Dead.
BY a vote of 80 to 6, with men,
bers declining to vote, the national
committee of the progressive party
Monday, at the end of a stormy ses-
sion, Endorsed Charles e. Hughes for
president, and the Bull Moose party
practically went out Of existence as
a national political organization.
The fight in the committee to in
dorse Hughes was led by George w.
Perkins Of New York., James r. Gar
field of Ohio, and Chester H. Rowell
of California.
Hughes Declares Ideals Same.
New York.-Charles e. Hughes, re-
publican nominee for president, sent
a telegram to o. K. Davis, secretary
of the national progressive commit
tee welcoming the support of the
progressive party and arraigning the
present administration for its weak
ness and incertitude."
In making public the contents of
the telegram Mr.. Hughes also gave
out letter he had written to Colonel
in which he declared that
the nation was indebted to the colo
mel "for the quickening of the ma
tional spirit and for the demand for
an out-and-out, 100 per cent Ameri-
canism."
Would Meet Colonel.
The candidate told Colonel Roose-
welt that he had sounded forth the
trumpet that shall never call retreat
and / want you to feel that l wish to
have all the aid you are able and
willing to give"
The letter closed with an express
sion of wish by Mr.. Hughes to see
the colonel soon.
The telegram to Secretary Davis |
was in response to telegram from