The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-11
ReSigning as a Supreme Court
Justice and Acceptance
Letter is Short Too.

Evans Hughes stepped down today
from the supreme bench and. again a
private citizen, accepted the RCpuh-
lican nomination for president.
In q telegram ringing with dcnunCia-
ton Of the Administrations foreign
policies and declaring for dominant,
thorough going Amcricanism. 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 Rs TO his attitude towards the
great issues NJ the day.
II have not desired the nomination"
said the Telegram 4 have wished to
remain ON the bench Hut In this crit,
icOl period Of Our national history
recognize that II il your right TO sum
mon and that II Is my paramount duty
TO respond"
4 Quickly Accepts Cnll.
d within an hour after Chairman
Harding had notified him of HIS MONT
nation. Mr. Hughes had accepted tho
call. His resignation. a scant two limo
4 letter without a supcriluouR word. was
on its way 10 the White House from
the Hughes home before the nominee
had dispatched the message Of accept
anCc. and called the waiting group Of
newspaper men into his study to toll
them Of his decision. President Wi
son accepted the resignation In reply
almost az brief Apparently Mir.
I HughNs's letter was framed so that
the president might he saved the cm-
bRrassment Of expressing regret or
making more than II formal reply.
IL hereby resign the Office Of nSsO-
ciatc justice Of the Supreme Court Of
4 the United States" he wrote to which
the president replied:
Wilson's Letter.
Il am in receipt Of your letter of
resignation and feel constrained to
I yield to your desire |. therefore. &C
ccpt your resignation az Justice of the
Supreme Court Of the United States to
take effect at once"
When copies Of both the telegram to
Chicago and the letter OF resignation
had been made public. Mr. Hughes left
his home for his customary afternoon
walk. Soon after his return Lawrence
Green. his private secretary, told him
OF Colonel ROosovclts conditional de-
ClinatiOn of the Progressive nOmlnH-
ton. Mr. Hughes sent word to in
Qulrcrs that he had nothing to say
concerning II, His friends were out
spoken in their satisfaction over Col
one Rooscvclts attitude.
No Summer Plans.
No plans have been made by tho
nominee for the summer. The family
had practically dismantled the SIX
tecnth street residence here with tho
intention Of returning to Maine for the
hot months, hut those plans have 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 considGra-
ton so far
In his telegram Of acceptance, Mr..
Hughes announced his stand for the
firm and unninchIng maintenance OF
all the rights Of American citizens on
land and sea; for an Amcricanism
that knows no Interior purpose; for
patriotism that Is single and COM
plcte; and for preparedness. not only
entirely adequate for our defense but
with respect to numbers and equip
mcnt in both army and navy. but with
all thorOughncsS to the end that in
each branch OF the service there may
be the utmost efficiency under the
most competent administrative heads"
What Hughes Thinks.
What he thinks OF the administra-
tons foreign policy was told in part
AZ follows:
II neither impugn motives nor un-
dorestimato difficulties. But 1t is most
regrettably true that In our foreign
relations we have suffered intellectually
from the weak and vacillatinR course
which has been taken with regard to
Mexico-a course lamontably wrong
both with regard to our rights and our
duties.
IIUmIllating Spectacle.
at the outset OF the administration
the high responsibilities OF our dlplo-
matte intercourse with foreign nations
were subordiHated to a conception OF
partisan requirements and We present
cd to the world humilintinB spectacle
Of inaptItude,
"Belated efforts have not awaited to
recover the influence and prestige thus
unfortunately sacrificed, and brave
words have been stripped OF their force
by INDIGESTION"
Events trnnspired with dramatic
| audiences at the Hughes home to-
day. US a climax to monotonous weeks
; Of waiting. It had been thought that
things would move swiftly and that
night would find the Republican con-
vention adjourned. its work ended.
But few Of the candidates friends be-
lieved that the days developments
would crowd his resignation from the
bench. his acceptance OF the nomina-
ton and his declaration OF principles
into the space Of little more than an
hour.
No idea Of Being Named.
Throughout the pre-convention
campaign. Justice Hughes had insist
ed that no would not be nominated.
, Not until last night after the ballot
, ing began did he admit to his intimRtes
= that he might be drafted to lead his
party. Even then. no made no state
r ment as 10 what action he would take,
! but his silence was interpreted as
meaning he would aRNaRf ear4olV1y,