Show SHELT WILL BE A COME FORMER PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES ANNOUNCE a THAT HE WILL MAKE THE RACE AGAINST TAFT in answer to letter of sven western governor governors colonel declare he will accept nomination if tendered him new vow york I 1 will accept the noral nation for president preel dent it it t is 1 tendered ice wo and will adhere to this decision until the convention has expressed tte its preference la is colonel rh eodore reply to the letter of sev bey en republican governors asking him to eland stand for a nomination the eagerly awaited reply waa was given out sunday night at colonel 1 offices during his absence on a trip to doston boston it w wai expect un edly brief but definite it follows new york feb 21 24 1912 gedale men I 1 deeply appreciate your letter lind I 1 realize to the full lie tho heavy re it puts upon roe me express ing ai as it does the carefully consid ered conviction of the men elected by popular vole vote to stand ai as the heads of government in their several states 1 I absolutely agree with you that this matter ig Is not one to be decided with any reference to ae be personal preferences or Inter interests of any man but purely from the standpoint of the interests of the people an a whole bole I 1 will accept the nomination for prest dent if it is tendered to me and I 1 will adhere to this decision until the con has expressed its preference one of the achl ahm f principles for which I 1 have stood and for which I 1 now stand and which I 1 have always en deavo red to reduce to action is ane genuine rule of the people and there fore I 1 hope that so far as possible the people may be given the chance through direct primaries to express their preference as to who shall hall be khz th nominee of the republican prest convention nery ery truly yours THEODORE ROOSEVELT |