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Show ROOSEVELT WILL " BE AJM01IE FORMER PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES. THAT HE WILL MAKE THE RACE AGAINST TAFT. In Answer to Letter of Seven Western Governors, Colonel Roosevelt Declares De-clares He Will Accept Nomination Nomina-tion If Tendered Him. New York. "I wilt accept the nomination nomi-nation for president If it Is tendered me and will adhere to this decision until the convention has expressed Its preference," Is Colonel Theodora Roosevelt's reply to the letter of sev en Republican governors asking blni to stand for a nomination. The eagerly awaited reply wag given out Sunday night at Colonel Roosevelt's offices during his absence on a trip to Hoston. It was unexpect edly brief, but definite. It follows: . "New York. Feb. 24, 1912. Gentlemen: Gentle-men: I deeply appreciate your letter and I realize the full the heavy re-sensibility re-sensibility It puts upon me, express Ing as It does the carefully considered consid-ered convictions of the men elected by popular vote to stand as the heads of government In their several states. "I absolutely agree with you that this matter Is not one to be decided with any reference to the personal preferences or Interests of any man, but purely from the standpoint of the Interests of the people as a whole. I will accept the nomination for presl-lent presl-lent If It Is tendered to me and I will id here to this decision until the con- Theodore Roosevelt 'entlon has expressed Its preference. )ne of the chief principles for which have stood and for which I now land and which I have always en leavored to reduce to action Is the enulne rule of the people; and there-ore there-ore I hope that so far as possible tho leople may be given the chance, ( h rough direct primaries, to express ( belr preference as to who shall be , he nominee of the Republican presl-lentlal presl-lentlal convention. Very truly yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." |
