Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-12
HUGHES WILL GO
TO new YORK TO
meet LEADERS
Newly Chosen Candidate Will Make
Trip Today to Hold Conference
Regarding Conduct Of the
Campaign.
ANNOUNCEMENT AT CAPITAL
Denounces Wilson Administration
for Its Handling Of 1nterna.
tional Affairs.
FOR GENUINE AMERICANISM
ANNOUNCEMENT AT CAPITAL
FOR GENUINE AMERICANISM

Washington, ID. I, June IL
Charles E. Hughes and his secretary
will leave Washington tomorrow for
New York for series Of conferences
there, presumably with party leaders.
1t is understood that George Wicker
sham will participate in the confer
ence.
Washington, June ll.--Charles Evans
Hughes stepped down yesterday
from the supreme bench and again
private citizen, accepted the repub-
lican nomination for president. In
telegram ringing with denunciation Of
the administrations foreign policy and
declaring for a dominant, thorough
going Americanism, he gave his de-
cision to Chairman Harding Of the re-
publican national convention and
broke the long silence which he has
kept.
Il have not desired the nomination."
said the telegram.
II have wished to remain on the
bench, but in this critical period of
our national history, recognize that
it is your right to summon and that
It is my paramount duty to respond"
Resignation is Brief.
Within an hour after Chairman
Harding had notified him of his nomi-'
nation, Mr.. Hughes had accepted the
call. His resignation, a scant two
line letter without superfluous word
was on its way to the White House
from the Hughes home before the
nominee had dispatched the message
of acceptance, and called the waiting
group of newspaper men into his
study to tell them Of his decision.
President Wilson accepted the resig-
nation in a reply almost as brief. Ap-
parently Mr.. Hughes letter was
framed so that the president might be
saved the embarrassment OF expressing
regret or making more than formal
reply.
81 hereby resign the office of as
sociate justice Of the supreme court of
1 the United States" he, wrote. TO
which the. president replied: Il am in
receipt of your letter of resignation
and feel constrained to yield to your
desire. therefore accept your resig-
nation as justice OF the supreme court
of the United States to take effect at
once"
Takes Customary Walk.
| When copies to both kilograms to
Chicago and the letter of resignation
had been made public, Mr.. Hughes
left his home for his customary after
noon walk. Soon after his return
Lawrence Green, his private secretary,
told him Of Colonel Roosevelt's con-
ditional declination of the progressive
nomination. Mr.. Hughes sent word
to inquirers that he had nothing to
say concerning it. His friends, how
ever, were outspoken in their satis-
factition over Colonel Roosevelts at
titude.
No plans have been made by the
nominee for the summer. The family
had practically dismantled the Six
teenth street residence here with the
intention of returning to Maine for the
hot months, but those plans had been
abandoned. Whether Mr.. Hughes
will go on the stump or who he will
select to manage his campaign are
questions that have not been given
consideration SO far.
| For American Rights.
In his telegram Of acceptance Mr..
Hughes announced his stand "for the
firm and unfinching maintenance OF
all the rights of American citizens on
land and sea-" For an Americanism
that knows no ulterior purpose, for a
patriotism that is single and COM
plete;" and for preparedness, not
only entirely adequate for our defense
with respect to numbers and equip
ment in both army and navy, but with
all thoroughness to the end that in
each branch of the service there may
be the utmost efficiency under the
most competent administrative heads. ;
What he thinks of the administra.
tion's foreign policy was told in part
as follows:
Il neither impugn motives nor un.
derestimate difficulties. But it is most
regrettably true that IN our foreign
relations we have suffered incalcuia,
bly, from the weak and vacillatinp
course which has been taken with
regard to Mexico--a course lament.
ably wrong with regard to both ou,
rights and our duties.
; 1ndecision Weakens Brave Words.
AT the outset of the administration
the high responsibilities of our diplo.
matte intercourse with foreign nation:
were subordinated to a conception ol
partisan requirements and we pre-.
sented to the world a humiliatinp
spectacle Of inaptitude. Belated ef,
forts have not availed to recover the
influence and prestige thus unfortun,
,, ately sacrificed and brave words have
been stripped of their force by inde,
; cision."
Events transpired with dramatic sud.
denness at the Hughes home yester,
day as climax to monotonous week.