The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-10-26
Former President Declares Him
Singularly Able and Honest
Man. Calamity Not to
Elect Him
He ALSO ENDORSES TOWNSEND
Saws II is Imperative That jackson
Man Be Sent to the Senate. Re-
arets Inability to Come to
Michigan.
Especial to The News.)

Detroit. Mich, oct 26.-State Chair
man Knox today makes public letter
written by Theodore Roosevelt to Cur
tis Guild, Jr., who spoke here last
week for Chase $. Osborn, in which
the strenuous ex-president gives his
unqualified endorsement to the candi-
dacy of Mr.. Osborn for governor and
charles l.. Townsend for United States
senator.
The letter was in reply to telegram
from Governor Guild, urging Col
Roosevelt to give one day of his time
10 Michigan before the election. The
letter follows:
81 thank you for the telegram.
agree with every word you cay in de-
scriblng the situation In Michigan and
| deeply regret that IL is an utter inn
possibility for me to accept the invi-
tation to go to Michigan to take part
in the campaign for the entire repub-
lican ticket as l would gladly do.
thoroughly understand as you say that
in Michigan the Progressives won a
clear-cut victory: that their platform
takes proper stand i'm favor of
tariff commission: conservation of re-
sources; and that my friend, Chase
s. Osborn, the candidate for governor,
Is progressive and a singularly able
and honest man. Moreover / also
agree with you as to the great desir
ability of electing Mr.. Townsend as
senator. Mr. Townsend, as joint auth
or with Mr.. Esch of the first railroad
rate bill while | was i'm the White
House. did excellent work on railway
rate legislation and l heartily wish
his success as senator.
1T is cause of genuine regret to
me that | am not able to go and do all
] can for the entire ticket i'm Michi-
gan. Mr. Osborn is man like
Stimson Of New York who will clean
house from cellar to garret driving
every wrong doer from office. The
effective way to prevent a thorough
cleanup would be not to elect him.
and indeed a failure to elect him
would be geneuine calamity from
the standpoint of good citizenship. Mr..
Townsend's attitude on the railroad
rate legislation is sufficient proof of
the desirability of sending him to the
senate.
Michigan Republicans have nomin-
ated two progressive candidates and
1t Is imperative that they give them
aggressive support at the polls and
this can only be done by voting for
the Republican candidates for the
legislature.
tSigned.) THEORORE ROOSEVELT.
Osborn at Grand Rs~ .ds.
Grand Rapids. Mich, Oc 26.-De-
claiing that he was just as emily in
terested In the success of the entire
r0pujlican state ticket as he is i'm his
own campaign. Chase $. Osborn. re-
publican candidate for governor. closed
highly successful day when hc spoke
to over 1900 persons in Powers the
ater Tuesday night.
In maStcrful manner the candi-
daies di.cu.sed the issues OF the cam
palgh, mixing I'm numerous sugges-
uons for the states future develop
mcnt. In addition, Mr.. Osborn made
strong plea for party harmony or
sanization and success. He repeated
" referred To the democrats as a po-
htical party which fails to pick its
p''t men for service in political Of
Il, 30
what they want. We republicans must
gave them from themselves" he said.
Heman's Record Analysed.
You know when the cherry trees are
W blossom in Japan he said. "the
Whole country is pink and white with
ohe E.ooms. Miles upon miles of the
ro'o'i are lined with the trees until the
"hole country locks like fairy land
put those trees, 80 beautiful i'm their
o'oom, bear neither fruits nor have
thelr blossoms any fragrance. They
remind me Of the principles and the
promises of the democratic party
winch are beautiful as the cherry bios
sons but which have never yet borne
fruit.
"A few days ago was asked to lend
my aid to the fight against tubercu-
'osls' | promised | would. but ask
.u, are you strikingly at the rot OF
.,'S dread disease? Are YOU going to
"e conditions under which our mer
anu women, our boys and girls live and
"'lkG Are you seing to It that oul
children are given properly lighted and
m'perly ventilated rooms? These are
.ne most important considerations
WV ! want In this connection to cal
%,'ention to what my opponent. a mos
snhiod man personally and socially
p'' IN the constitutional convention o'
winch he was a member. In that con
'ention he voted against a clause pro.