Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-27
UNITED IN
CAMPAIGN TO
DEFEAT WILSON
Roosevelt Openly Commends
Nomination of Charles
Evans Hughes
PROGRESSIVES VOTE TO
SUPPORT NOMINATION
Administration Roundly Scored
for Its Inaction and
Watchful Waiting

Chicago, June 26.-TheodOre ROose.
welt, in a letter read to the Progress
sive National committee in session to-
day, finally declined to accept the
presidential nomination of the party
and urged the Bull Moose organza-
ton to support C. e. Hughes. The
letter read by the secretary Of the
istration as ''havng been guilty of
shortcomings more signal than those
OF the days Of Buchanan"
Progressives EndorseHim.
BY vote of 80 to 6, with men,
bers declining to vote, the national
committee of the Progressive party
today, at the end Of a stormy session,
endorsed Charles e. Hughes for pres
ident, and the Eull Moose party prac-
tically went out of existence as a ma
tional political organization. The
fight in the committee to endorse
Hughes was lead by Senator Perkins
and Mr.. Lowell OF . California. The,
radical element in the committee, rep
resented by Matthew Hale of Mas
sachusetts, cambridge Colby of New
York, Henry F. Cochems of Wiscon-
sin, and John NJ Parker Of Louisiana,
vigorously protested against the en-
dorsement of any candidate for the
presidency, and fought the endorse
ment at every proceeding. The ma
jority insisted on an open meeting Of
the committee. g..
Accept Resignation.
After Secretary 0. X. Davis read
Colonel Roosevelt's letter, in which
he finally declined the presidential
nomination of the party and urged
that Charles Il. Hughes be supported
by the members of the Progressive
party in order to defeat President
Wilson, the committee voted to accept
the Colonel's declination and take a
recess for luncheon.
At the beginning Of the afternoon
session, Chairman Mhtthew Hale rul.
ed that the next order of business
was to fill the vacancy on the ticket
caused by the refusal Of Colonel
Roosevelt to run. cambridge Colby
of New York presented the name Of
Victor Murdock of Kansas, chairman
of the national committee, who is now
on his way to China, as the party's
candidate for president. This led to
clash between Raymond RobbiMs
of Illinois and Mr.. Colby, in which the
":lie" was passed. MIR. Robbins said
Mr.. Murdock had told him he would
not accept the presidential nomination
and the proposition to run third
party ticket was defeated after spir-
tied vote of 81 to Is.
Garfield Peacemaker. ,
James Il. Garfield of Ohio then in
troduced resolution endorsing
Hughes for president and directing
the executive committee of the party
to cooperate with the Republicans in
the campaign.
: Among the states voting for Hughes
on the roll call are: Michigan, Min
nesota, Nebraska New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, North Carroll
ma, Ohio, Oregon and South Dakota.
The resolution adopted endorsing
Hughes, offered by James R. Garfield
of Ohio, reads as follows:
"Whereas, A statement issued by
this committee in January and the
platform adopted by the Progressive
National convention sets forth that,
putting aside all partisan considera-
ton, in view of existing world and ma
tional conditions would work with any
man or party who saw the nations
need and put forth leader fit to
meet 1t, and
Hughes Satisfactory.
'Whereas, We believe with Colonel
that in nominating Charles
E. Hughes of New York, the Repub-
lican party has put forth such a lead !
er, we therefore endorse and concur
in the recommendations of Col. Roose-
velt that we support Mr.. Hughes.
'tResolved, That we hereby direct
the national executive committee to |
cooperate with Mr.. Hughes and take
any steps that they deem proper, ef-
fectively to prosecute the campaign.
"Resolved, That we leave to the
state committee the determination of
action in their respective states and
recommend that whatever action they |!
take be taken after conference with
he national executive committee
Eefore adjournment, the following
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