Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1908 — No Second Place for Hughes. [ARTICLE]

No Second Place for Hughes.

New York, May 13. Governor Hughes would not accept the nomination for the vice presidency. This announcement is made in a letter from the governor to General Stewart L. Woodford. In his letter the governor says: “For reasons which are controlling and which leave no room for discussion, and though I would l>e deeply sensible of the honor thereby conferred, I should not be able to accept and would not In any contingency accept a nomination for the vice presidency, and even were I elected, could not serve.” ,