Arizona republican., 1912-04-21
HEARD MAKES STATEMENT REGARDING THE
 PROBABLE RESULT OF POLITICAL CON TEST

Hon. Dwight 5. Heard, the Arizona member of the national Roosevelt committee. and who as a member Of the national committee is closely iu touch with the political situation, expresses his views as follows:
 The present political situation is naturally very gratifying to the friends of Colonel Roosevelt In those states where the actual feeling of the people has been obtained as to their presidential preference by a just method of primaries, such as held in Illinois and Penusylvania. an over WhelminG demand for Roosevclts progressive leadership has been shown. Final returns from Illinois show that Roosevelt received over a quarter million vitcs in that state, receiving 140.31S votes more than President Taft and securing 56 out .of the 5S delegates from this great republican state. In Pennsylvania the demand Of the people for Theodore Roosevelt, and their endorsement of thv cicar cut principles in the interest .of human welfare for which he islands. was equally emphatic, Roose- Vclt carrying the state by over one hundred thousand majority and se- curing e out of 76 delegates to tho national convention.
 Tt is a well known saving in the political history of this nation, As goes Maine so goes the nation, and last week the voters of Maine elected 'thcir entire delegation of twelve for Roosevelt. North Carolina has just given Roosevelt It out of her 24 votes and l think it is generally rec ognized hy the supporters of Presi- dent Taft that his nomination at Chicago is now practically out of the .Cuestion
 The real issue before the people or this country have been presented bv Roosevelt in a series of what even lis enemies admit are masterly ad- dresses. These tssues.-the right of the people to rule, and industrial jus tice. are recognized by the thoughtful people of this country as the vital is sues that must be promptly and just Iy decided if rNe are tc continue as Ia great republic. Roosevelt in his .rccent Carnegie hall speech presented these issues with characteristic clear mess of vision in the following words:
 We. here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years: and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light resolve is dimmend. If we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men.
 " If on this new continent we mere Iv build another country of great but unjustIy divided material prosperity We shall have done nothing and we shall do as little if we merely set the greed of envy against the greed of arrogance. and thereby destroy l~-the material well being of all of us
 To turn this government either into government by ct plutocracy or government bv a mob would be to repeat on a larger scale the lament able failures of the world that is dead We stand against all tyranny by the few or by the many.
 We stand for the rule of the many in the interest of all of us, for the rule of the many in the spirit of courage of common sense. of high spirit of courage, of common sense. purpose; above ajI in spirit of kindly justice toward every man and woman
 ''Our opponents pay lip-loEalty to this doctrine: but they show their real beliefs by the way in which they |! champion every device to make the nominal rule of the people a sham
 The spirit of Bunker Hill IS abroad in the land and from one end of the nation to the other the people by their votes are vigorously protest ing against the continuance of that alliance between political bosses and special interests which has been so serious d menace to the progress and welfare of this country These same clear minded voters, in no uncertain terms. demand the nomination ot