Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-11
ROGERS OUT OF
GOVERNOR RACE
Physical Condition Will Not
Permit Tulsan to Make
Campaign.
CONSERVES FOR WAR WORK
Goes to Excelsior Springs for
Course of Medical
Treatments.
CADE OR EMBRY MAY RUN
Republican Leaders Thanked
for Honor and Advised
! - of Decision.

Forbidden by his physicians from
doing any active work for a year.
Harry H Rogers Of Tulsa, nominee
vi the recent Republican preferen-
tial convention for governor, yester-
day withdrew from the race defi-
npitely and asked that his name not
De filed as a candidate.
Mr.. Rogers has gone to Excelsior
Springs, Mo, under advice of his
doctor. for a course Of treatments.
The heavy strain he has been under
for many months as a result of try
ing to attend to his own affairs and
taking care of the vast amount OF
work in connection with his position
as secretary of the district draft
board has undermined his health
and absolute rest will be necessary
for the next several months.
His physical condition and his de-
sire to conserve all OF his resources
for war work are his sole reasons
for this step, he says. and he has
=" made up his mind only after due
deliberaton.
Cade or Embry May Run.
Local Republican leaders did not
know last night who would Ire the
choice of the party to fill the va
cancy caused by Mr.. Rogers with
drawaL That Cash Cade or John
Embry might get into the race was
considered probable.
Mr.. Rogers decision was given in
a letter. TO John D. Appleby, secre-
tary of the state committee, a copy
of which follows:
Tulsa, Okla. Jv.le 10, 1913. Mr..
John ID. Appleby, SECRETARY Republi-
can State Committee, Oklahoma
City, Okla. My Dear Sir--I appre-
ciate beyond the power of words to
express the distinguished honor con-
ferred upon me by the recent Repub-
iican preferential convention. 1t is
4 a matter of supreme satisfaction to
have had the endorsement of a con-
vention made up of such high class
representative Republicans, and all
the more so becagAe 1t was unso-
licited.
"'The matter has been weighed
carefully because l realize that for
tunate opportunity seldom knocks at
the door of any man. Politically
they are knocking at my door for
the first and probably the last time.
However, after due and careful
consideration / must decline to enter
the gubernatorial race for two rea-
sons.
First: My. physical strength is
not sufficient to withstand the strain
of such a campaign as will be neces-
sary to succeed and / cannot ac-
cept an obligation from the party,
knowing my Inability to discharge 1t
fully.
Country's Need First.
Second: The country's needs in
this hour are greater than ever be-
fore and while / have contributed
practically all of my time to the
government since war was declared,
l feel that a greater demand will be
made upon each one as the days so
by and whatever of strength and
ability I have should be devoted to
the solution of the country's prob
lens in these trying hours.
with an ancestry patriotic to the
core, with training anG experience
calculated to inspire love of country
and with three brothers in the SER
vice / crave nothing more than an
opportunity to serve my country and
strength to make that service ef-
fective.
Thanking the delegates of the
convention individually for their en-
dorsement and regretting my ina
bility to comply with their request,
am, Yours very truly,
HARRY II. ROGERS.