Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-01-26
GOVERNOR ISSUES A STATEMENT
CALLING FoA SELECTION or
INSTRUCTED DELEGATES.

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Roosevelt Will Not Show the White
FEATHER Nor Refuse the Cause of
His Countrymen in the Time of
Need, Says governor.
Charleston, w. Va, Jan. 24.-That
the large majority of the Republican
voters in the state of West Virginia
are for Theodore Roosevelt for pres,
dent is the opinion expressed by Gov
ernor E. Glasscock in statement
made public today. The executive
calls upon the Republican voters to
declare their preferences and see to
it that delegates are sent to the Rpub-
hean national convention who will vote
accordingly.
Governor Glasscock is staunch
supporter of the administration of
President Taft, but believes that the
Republicans Of the state want Roose-
welt. As titular head of the party in
the state he believes it his duty to take
the stand he does. He believes Roos-
welt will accept the nomination if it
CONS to him as demand from the
people. While other Republican state
officials do not join with the governor,
they are known to have views coin
Gliding with those expressed in the
statement given out today. An or.
ganized movement for Roosevelt in
structions to delegates to the national
convention will be started within the
next few weeks. ..,.
West Virginia was first to declare for
Taft in 90s. Before the campaign had
fairly started the Republican state
committee held meeting and endors-
ed the Taft candidacy. In 1904 Roose-
welt carried this state by 31,749 plur-
atty. Taft carried it in 1908 by &c.
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Gasscock's Statement.
The statement Of Governor Glass
cock follows:
Il believe it is generally understood
that have a very kindly feeling for
President Taft, but careful canvass
of the situation has thoroughly con-
WINGED me that an overwhelming ma
jority of the Republicans Of West Vir-
ginia are for Roosevelt. I have been
more or less Of a student of politics
and political conditions for many years,
and 1 have never seen people unite on
one man with such practical unanimity
as they are now united on Roosevelt.
Everybody believes in his honesty of
purpose, his fearlessness in the dis.
charge of any duty, public or private,
and his ability to do things for the
public good. ..=
ct am certain Roosevelt will. not
seek the nomination or work for it in
any way, directly or indirectly, and
believe he would not accept it if it
came to him as the result of intrigue
for his personal benefit. But if il
comes to him as the result of genuine
popular movement, because the peo
pie want him to do a job for the PEG.
pie as a whole, because the people as q
whole believe that he is the best man
to do that job, then I am sure he will
accept. He will not do otherwise and
be the patriot that we all believe him
to be. To decline under such circum.
stances would be to shirk public duty
and no man believes Theodore Roose.
welt is afraid of responsibility o,
would show the white feather under
any circumstances. Roosevelt doesn u
want the office, but the people want
Roosevelt, and this is a bad time to
trifle with the honest convictions of the
honest yeomanry of this country. He
can carry West Virginia by more thar
10000 majority, I have heard promi
nent Democrats say that it made nc
difference whom the Democrats nomin
ated if Roosevelt were the Republican
beat the colonel. I think that feeling
is prevalent in the minds Of the most
astute Democrats of this country.
Drafted for Service.
'Let me repeat. Roosevelt will moi
accept simply for the purpose of hold.
ing office for his own sake, but when
he is drafted for service by the free
country he will lay aside his habill.
ment of private citizenship and once
more put on the mantle of public office
and give to this country the greatest
and best administration of laws tina,
our country has ever known. No 9th
er man so well understands the public
needs and no other man is so well
equipped to perform the kind of serv.
ice that the people are demanding.
"We all remember the wondrful
demonstration at Chicago in 1908
when the magic name of our then chief
executive was mentioned; we cannot
forget that for almost an hour the great
multitude there assembled marched
and cheered and shouted until they
were almost exhausted. He was the
idol Of his party and the platform
then and there adopted, from which ]
quote below, expressed the honest con
victions not only of the Republicans
of the country, but Of thousands Of
Democrats NJ wall