The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-10
I'm NOT IN RACE"
7. RS FINAL WORD
Requests That His Name BE
Kept Out Of Primaries
i'm All states.
TAKES RAP At WILSON

COL. Theodore Roosevelt. in a short
article written for Henry l.. Stoddard Of
the New York Ercnino Mail and
cabled 10 that Newspaper yesterday from
Port OF Spain. Trinidad. says he will not
permit the use Of his name in the Presi-
dental primaries In any state OF the
Union.
That part Of his statement was due
to the movement in Massachusetts TO
put him on The primary ballot. But
the suggestion does not appeal TO the
Colonel. and this year, unlike 1912. "his
hat is not in the ring unless" as the
Colonel puts 1t in his statement. the
country has IN its mood something OF the
~heroic-unless It feels not only devotion
to ideals, but the purpose mcasurably
TO realize those Ideals in action"
The statement reads:
II am deeply sensible 81 the honor
conferred on me and Of the good will
shown me by the gentlemen who have
announced themselves AS delegates TO be
elected In my interest IN the Massachu-
sets Presidential primary. Neverthe-
.ess I must request. and I now do re-
ques; aud insist. hat my name be not
brought into the Massachusetts, pri-
uarics. and I emphatically ,,cline 10 be
a candidate In the primaries OF that or
of any Other state. Months ago | for
maIly notified the authorities OF Ne
braskl. Minnesota and Michigan to this
effect.
Il do M, wish the nomination
Il am not IN the least interested In
the political fortunes either Of myself
o. any other a
II am interested IN awakening my
fellow country men to tn" need Of fac
ING unpleasant facts. | am Interested in
triumph OF IT.. great principles FOR which
with all my heart and soul I have
strNen and shall continue to strive.
II will not enter into any iigh, for
the nomination and | will not permit
any fIstiousl ight 10 h. mad" IN my
behalf Indeed. ! will go further and
SAY that IL would be- q mistake TO nomi-
nate me- unless the country has in its
mood Somc;hu s 1T ihc h~srolc-uuless II
feels not only devotion to ideals but the
purpose m"aSurably to ralize those
IDEALS ~ action
This * one ~ those rare times which
oon" only a, long intervals IN y nations
history Nhrr" the action taken deter
miur~ the basis II the III. OF the genera
tious mat follow Such times we're those
from 1855 to l,NH. IN the days Of WASH
F .ug'ou. and from 1885 TO 1865. In the
days uf Lincoln
Present Ndn,inists IN ton Hopeless.
II L. for Us OF to-day 20 crapple with
the tremendous national and lHtcrna.
! tloual problems Of our owu hour IN the
spirit AND with the ability how nv
those who upheld the hands of Wash
iur,on ard Lincoln Whether We do or
do NOT accomplish this feat Will largely
! lci''d ON th. action taken At the Re-
publican and Progressive national con-
Nentons next June.
Nothing is 10 be hoped from the
present administration. and the struR-
giles between the President and his PARTY
! leaders IN Congress are to-day merely
struggles as to whether tho nation shall
So" ~ gov ernineutal representatives
ABORT an attitude OF a little more or "A
little less hypocrisy II folio" . policy
Of slightly greater or slightly less base
ness. All tina they offer Ms is a choice
between degrees II hypocrisy and de.
egccs Of intAmN
"Rut disgust with tho uumauly fail
3 mr." If tn" present administration ] be-
/ lc,c. does not. and | huDw ought not
20 mean that The American people will
vote IN o. spirit OF mere protest. They
I ough, not To. and ! h'licye they will not.
hc content merely TO change the presen,
! Administration for one equally mid,
equally vacIiiating. equally lack ny in
vision. in moral integrity and IN hlgl
/ resolve They should desire. and | be-
lievc they do desire, public servants and
/ public policies S!guifying more tina"
adro.t Cleveruess IN escaping action tc-
hind clouds Of iiur words, IN refusal 10
face real inteAlal needs, ana in complete
/ ABSORPTION of every faculty ~ dev!sine
constantly shifting hand to mouth and
Dis to day measures for escape from
our international duty by the abandon
mcNt OF our national honor-meAsures
due To sheer dread of various foreign
Powers. tempered by a sometimes har-
WuuiZlng and sometimes gontictIne
dread OF various classes Of voters. es-
Is',ially hy~ph"uttod voters ~ home.
We must clarity and drtin" our poll
cies. we must show that our belief in on,
governmental ideas - 50 real that VI
wish 20 make them count IN the world a
large and to MAX" the necessary sacri'
B iic. ~ order that hey shall count. SUI ell,
We Of his great republic hay" a cou,li
hutton to make To- the cause of hum,nit!
and we ctuno. make il unless We mrs
show that We can secure prosperity and
fair dealing among our own men an
hcll,y" that iu q crisjs -
grave y is impossible too greatly tC
magnify the needs of the c9uutry or ;oC
strongly TO dwell on the necessity Of
minimizing and suhordiniting the d..
sircs of individuals