The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-06-16
HUGHES ACCEPTS
The NOMINATION
EVENTS WITH LIGHT
MING LIKE RAPIDITY AT
NEW YORK HOME.
PRINCIPLES OUTLINED
Nominee i'm Ringing Declaration
Leaves No Doubt As To What
He Stands For.

Washington, June 10.-Charles
Evans Hughes stepped down today
from the Supreme bench. and, again
a private citizen, accepted the Re-
publican nomination for President.
In a telegram ringing with denucia-
ton of the Administration foreign
policies and declaring for dominant,
thorough-going Americanism, he gave
his decision to Chairman Harding, of
the Republican National Convention,
and broke the long silence which had
kept the leaders of his party in the
dark as to his attitude toward the
great issues of the day.
81 have not desired the nom
nation" said the telegram. Il
have wished to remain on the
bench But in this critical per-
iod of our national history l rec
ognize that it is your right to sum-
mon and that it is my paramount
duty to respond"
Within an hour after Chairman
Harding had notified him of his nom
nation Mr.. Hughes had accepted the
call. His resignation, a scant two
line letter without a superfuous 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.
Acceptance Brief.
President Wilson accepted the res
ignation in a reply almost as brief.
Apparently Mr.. Hughes letter was
framed so that the President might
be saved the embarrassment of ex-
pressing regret or making more than
a formal reply.
81 hereby resign the Office of
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States" he
wrote. To which the President
replied, 81 am in receipt of your
letter of resignation and feel
constrained to yield to your de-
sire. /, therefore, accept your
resignation as Justice of the Sup
RENE Court of the United States
to take effect at once"
When copies of both the telegram
to Chicago and the letter of resigna-
ton had been made public, Mr..
Hughes left his home for his custom
airy afternoon walk. Soon after his
return Lawrence Green, his private
secretary, told him of Col. Roose-
velts conditional declination of the
Progressive nomination. Mr.. Hughes
sent word to inquirers that he had
nothing to say concerning it. His
friends, however, were outspoken in
their satisfaction over Col Roose-
velt's attitude.
No plans have been made by the
nominee for the summer. The fam
lily had practically dismantled the
Sixteenth-street residence here. with
the intention of returning to Maine
for the hot months, but those plans
have been abandoned. Whether Mr..
Hughes will go on the stump or
whom he will select to manage his
campaign are questions that have not
been given consideration so far.
In his telegram of acceptance
Mr.. Hughes announced his stand
''for the firm and unfiinching
maintenance of all rights of
American citizens on land and
sea-" for IAN Americanism that
knows no Interior purpose, for
patriotism that is single and
complete;" and for prepared
ness, not only entirely adequate
for our defense with respect to
numbers and equipment 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 UNI
der the most competent admin
istratiye heads"
What he thinks of the Admins
tration's foreign policy was told in
part as follows:
Foreign Policies Scored.
81 neither impugn motives
nor underestimate difficulties.
But IT is most regreattably true
that in our foreign relations we
have suffered intellectually from
the weak and violating course
which has been taken with re-
gard to Mexico-a course lamen-
tabely wrong with regard to
both our rights and our duties.
AT the outset of the Ad-
ministration the high respon-
sibilities of our diplomatic in
tercourse with foreign nations
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