Republican farmer., 1920-02-20
nIcAdOO Refuses
 To Rum
Will Not Allow His Name Put Up As
 Candidate. GIVES REASONS
 IN A LETTER

New York, Feb. 1S-William Gibbs
 M'Adoo announced today that he would not permit his name to be used on presidential primary, ballots in the various states, and that he advocates the sending of uninstructed delegates to the Democratic national conven. ton. The former secretary of the treasury said he believed the highest constructive leadership can best be obtained if the national interest ''is not submerged in a contest of indi. l viduals' candidates"
 Personally" MT. McAdoo con. 1 tinue5% 'fI would be delighted if the next national convention might actu. ally be great Democratic conference ] where the utmost freedom of action should prevail and where the motive of high service alone should control" 1 The obligations of citizenship in a democracy are supreme, he said, and therefore he should regard is as the :. imerative duty of any man to accept a nomination if it should come to him 1 unsolicited"
 1 T am not seeking the nomination, 9 the letter read, ''and am reluctant to I do anything that would create the ap- pearance Of a candidacy
 i Mir. MdAdoo's views were expressed in letter sent to Miller S. Bell, may or i of Milledgeville, Ga., in response to a 1 telegram saying the citizens of his boyhood home had placed his name on the presidential preferential ticket. "Your telegram informing me that l the citizens of Milledgeville have en- tered my name in the Democratic 1
 president of the United States duly i received. I am deeply moved by this manifestation of confidence of my friends who live in the city of my
 boyhood and in the state of my na- ! tivity. It is indeed an honor to be considered by them worthy of such high station. I feel, however, that l should candidly state my position. l am not seeking the nomination and am reluctant to do anything that would create the appearance of a candidacy. I cannot help feeling that
 this is peculiarly a time when we should fight for principals and not for individuals.
 The momentous years through which we have just gone have brought 1 to the fore great humane problems i which go to the very roots of our so- 1 ~AANN 1 demand settlement. The destiny ot 1 the human race will be profoundly af l fected by the things we do and by the | wisdom we show during the next foul l years. Patriotism and constructive ] leadership of the highest order are l necessary and I am convinced tha | we are most likely to secure them ii the supreme consideration of the ma. ! tional interest is now submerged in { contest of individual candidates fol
 the presidential office. Therefore 1 should like to see the next Demo.
 cratic national convention composed
 of untrammelled men and womer 1 bound to no particular candidate ant
 allowed to express their preference: | freely through the abolition of tn,
 unit rule.
 While realize that under the pri- mary laws instructed delegates from some states are mandatory, neverthe
 less I think it highly desirable tha:
 every effort should be made to sent
 uninstructed delegates from every state where possible. Personally
 should be delighted if the next na
 tona1 convention might actually be {
 great Democratic conference where
 the utmost freedom of action should
 prevail and where the motive of higI service alone should -1troI. If il
 such a convention a platform is adopt
 ed and a candidate is selected repre- senting the great constructive, pro
 gressive and spiritual forces of tn day the favorable opinion of tn
 country would be enlisted at the yer. !. outset. The issue would then b.
 drawn between us and the forces 0
 stand-patism and reaction which ar ! Q " f1pTnSn1VaS n claiming with presur7r@++or-~ conf
 dence the victory in November next.
 Holding these views you can read fly understand why I prefer not to b entered in the Georgia primary am
 why I must beg my good friends t
 withdraw my name. l cannot con
 sistently enter the prirniary in an
 state when it is my earnest convic ton that the delegates from ever state should go to the conventio without instructions save to use thei
 power and opportunity for the bes
 service of their country.
 ''No greater honor than a nomina l ton for the presidency can come t 3 any man short of election to tn 7 presidency itself. In democrac : like ours the obligations of good cit | zenship are supreme and I should
 therefore, regard it as the imperativ 3 du y of any man to accept nomina f ton if it should come to him UT solicited I say this at the risk C being charged with harboring a cand . dacy notwithstanding the explic 4 i statements in this letter but I al
 sure that, on the whole, I shall nc , be misunderstood"
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