The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-13
HITCHCOCK NOT
SURE AS LEADER
Hughes May Reject Man Who
Gathered His Delegates.
TAFT IN FAVOR OF HILLES

He Resigns Position on Supreme
Court Bench-Accepts Nomination
in Statement Urging Preparedness
Washington, June 12.-Charles f
Hughes, Republican nominee for pres
ident, kept the Sabbath with accus
toned care. Accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Catherine, he walked
to his regular place Of worship, Cal
vary Baptist Church. where his friend
and pastor, the Reverend DR.. S. H
Green, preached from the text $50
run that you may obtain"
Mr.. Hughes is expected in New
York for a series of conferences re
garding his campaign
Frank II. Hitchcock. who managed
Hughes pre-convention campaign, is
looked on as the logical selection foI
the. post, but there are rumors here
that Hitchcock is being actively op
posed by the Taft forces, who sup
ported Hughes for the nomination
and as a result Charles d. Hilles may
of the fall campaign.
There is much speculation here as
to the character of the campaign
While there will be headquarters il
New York and in Chicago, it is init
mated that Mr.. Hughes may deter
mine to keep up his hcme here ant
general headquarters may be esta6
lished in this city.
Nomination of Hughes.
Chicago, June 12.-Charles Evans
Hughes, associate justice of the Unit
ed States supreme court, was nominal
ed for president by practically q
unanimous vote in the Republican
convention, although he persisted tc
the last in his policy of silence and
refusal to seek the office, and although
it was not known when he was named
whether he would accept or decline
the honor.
Charles w. Fairbanks of Indiana
running mate of Roosevelt in the land
slide of 1904, was named for vice pres
ident. Mr.. Fairbanks, had already
sent message asking his friends tC
withhold his name for the vice-presi
dency, but the unanimity of the con
vention's demand caused the with
drawal to be withheld, and after
the convention named him Mr. Fair
banks yielded and accepted.
Theodore Roosevelt, refusing to ac
cept Hughes as the fusion nominee
of the two parties, was nominated fol
president by the Progressive nationa
convention, which selected as its nom
inee for the vice presidency John NJ
Parker of New Orleans.
Instantly on receipt of telegraphiC
notice of his nomination Justice
Hughes in Washington sent his resig
nation from the supreme court t.
President Wilson, and the presiden
quite as promptly accepted it.
At the same time Justice Hughe,
dispatched to the Republican conven
ton a telegram of acceptance, il
which for the first time he broke hi!
silence and set forth his attitude OF
the issues of the hour. The accept
ance was communicated to the con
vention before it adjourned
Hughes Gives His Creed.
In his letter of acceptance Justice
Hughes said, among other things:
1T stand for the firm and unfiinch
ing maintenance of all the rights o
American citizens on land and sea
| neither impugn motives nor under
estimate difficulties But it is mos
regrettably true that in our foreign
relations we have suffered incalcula
bly from weak and vacilating course
which has been taken with regard tt
Mexico, a course lamentably wrons
with regard to both our rights and ou
duties. We interfered without con
sistency, and while seeking to dictat,
when We were not concerned, we ut
terlv failed to appreciate and dis
charge our plain duty to our owl
citizens.
"At the outset of the administrator
the high responsibilities OF our dlplc
matte intercourse with foreign na
tions were subordinated to a conceI
ton of partisan requirements an
presented to the world humlllat1n
spectacle of ineptitude
"Belated efforts have not availe
to recover the influence and prestig
so unfortunately sacrificed, and brav
words have been stripped Of thel
force by indecision.
81 desire to see our diplomacy re
stored to its best standards, and {
have these advance; to have no sacr
fees of national interests to partisan
expediency; to have the first abilit
of the country always at its command
81 stand for an Americanism tha
knows no ulterior purpose, for a pa
sriotism that is single and complete
Whether native or naturalized, @
whatever race or creed, we have bu
one country, and we do not for an il
slant tolerate any division of ALE
glance.
Believes in Preparedness.
81 believe in making prompt prov
sion to assure absolutely our nationa
security. ! believe in preparedness
not only entirely adequate for our d.
feuse with respect to numbers an