Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1915 — PRESIDENT DENIES [ARTICLE]

PRESIDENT DENIES

He Announced His Candidacy in His Indianapolis Speech. Washington, January 12. —President Wilson declared today that he was not thinking of announcing his candidacy for 1916 when he made the statement in his Indianapolis speech recently that the people of the United States might have a chance to judge his acts. , His utterance was interpreted by the audience and by others at the time as a hint that he might be a candidate • for reuomination. The president explained to callers today that what he had in mind was that future generations would pass upon his acts as president. The president refused today to “discuss the question of being a candidate,” Efforts were made to get an expression of opinion from him on the one-term plank of the Baltimore platform, but Wilson shook: his head and refused.to answer questions. He said that he could not talk about himself.