The Alaska citizen., 1916-06-12
REPUBLICANS UNITED
 ROOSEVELT DECLINES
Theodore Roosevelt Declines Nomination by Progressives Hughes Named by Repubicans-Fairbanks, of h. diana, for Vice-Presdent Republicans Reunited Hughes Resigns Judgeshp and Accepts Nomination.

nation ol Hughes by the regular Republicans Therefore it was prac tioally certain that the Progressive convention would nominate Roose welt if Hughes was nominated by the old guard.
 Most oI the time of the RepubIi. can convention on Thursday was l taken up i'll the formation of the platform and the meetings of com- mItteeS of Republicans and Progress siyes for the purpose of harmony. The adoption of d prohibition plank for the platform was rejected by the resolutions committee. but d woman's suffrage plank was approYeI l by vote of 20 to 21 The Pro. gressiye convention in the mean time awaited developments at the Coliseum.
 Friday was nomination day. and 1t was expected that one of the names placed before the conven- tion would get the necessary num- Der of votes The first ballot show ed Justice Hughes in the lead, with 253l2 votes Senator Weeks. Of | Massachusetts, came second. with 1O5 votes, while Elihu Root. of New York had 1O3 votes Roosevelt was accorded 65 votes on the first bal lot. There were 16 other candi- dates who received scattering votes The second ballot showed an iii crease of n for Justice Hughes. and an increase of It for Col Roosevelt. Root lost a few votes. and Weeks went from second to sixth on the list of candidates by a loss of 26 votes. The second ballot showed Roosevelt to be fifth from the top.
 Governor Charles $. Whitman of New York made the Hughes nomi- nation speech. He proclaimed the need of Republican rule in the coun try, and bitterly denounced Presi- dent Wilson's foreign policy His speech was followed by demon stration in favor of the nomination of Hughes lasting for 27 minutes Others nominated during the first four hours ot thc session were Root. Burton Weeks. sherman Cummins Fairbanks and Dupont
 The name of Col Roosevelt was officially placed before the conVen- tion late in the afternoon by Sena- tor Fall. of New Mexico \ demon stration lasting for 35 minutes fol lowed Senator Fall spoke only few minutes
 Friday night the climax came, the Progressives announcing that they intended to nominate Roosevelt im- mediateIy after the opening of their convention Saturday morning. It was at this iun~ture that Rooseyelts message pleadug for harmony was Iracejyed from oyster Bay
 Saturday morning the final vote |came. showing Justice jfnsha7 far iN the lead of all of the other candidates at the Republican convention The | Progressiyes then nominated Roosc- l welt
 In declintDe the nomination for the presidency offered him by the Progressiyes. Col Roosevelt did not absolutely refuse to become tfr nominee of the party. the refusal being conditional The note he is reported to have sent to the con vention best explains his attitude on the subject It k as follows, To the Progressive Convention:
 am very grateful for the honor you have conferred on me by nolni- hating me as President | cannot accept the nomination at thi5 time do not know the attitude of the candidate Of the Republican party toward the vital questions of the day, therefore, if you desire an i'm mediate decision. must decline 1 the nomination.
 But, if you prefer it, l suggest that my conditional refusal be placed in the hands of the Progressive national committee, If Mir, Hughes statements when he makes them shall satisfy the committee that 1T is for the interest of the country that he be elected, they can act accordingly and treat my refusal as definitely accepted. If they are not satisfied, they can so notify the Progressive party and at the same time they can confer with me and then determine on what ever action we may severally deem appropriate to meet the needs of the country.
 Respectfully, THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
 Oyster Bay, N. Y, June 10, 1916.