The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-12

States. We are doing this because
we know from Information gathered
from all quarters of the country that
he is the only progressive that can
republican that can be elected by the
people in November. He fatty re-
fused to enter the. field until 1t be.
came obvious that no other progress
sive could command sufficient strength
In the middle west and the east to
have even a fighting chance for the
nomination. know this Of my own
personal knowledge.
To-day the progressive forces In
every state from Illinois to the At
lanttc seaboard have combined in
their effort to nominate Roosevelt and
all have now come. to feel that there
Is no hope for any other progressive
candidate. Theodore Roosevelt is in
this fight for principles. He has been
driven into the arena because of the
failure Of his successor to carry out
with any vigor those measures to
which Mr.. Roosevelt himself was COM
mitted and for which he struggled 80
earnestly.
ITO permit factional splits within
tho party to draw support from the
only man that can carry the country
is to play into the hands of the reac-
tionaries in national politics. such az
Lorimer and Mckinley in Illinois, the
latter being Joe. Cannon's right hand
man In Illinois. Aldrich In Rhode
Island. Penrose In Pennsylvania,.
Bafnes IN New York. and SO on
through the list Of the TAFT campaign
1T should be the earnest purpose OF
every republican in this state who
stands for progressive principles to
focus all his strength and enthusiasm
in carrying this state for Mr.. Roose-
velt. Already the undertow IL setting
strongly in favor of the nomination Of
your former fellow citizen and deputy
sheriff. The much vaunted solid south
which the Taft managers have been
oklahoma has already shown that
there is no fetish for Taft in the
south. The Texas state central com.
mtttee by a vote Of % to 1 declared
for Roosevelt. while the latest re-
ports that are coming into us indicate
that We will carry portions Of Ten
nessee. Louisiana and North and South
Carolina. The west will be almost
solid for Roosevelt. while in the great
the demand Of the people is so under
mining the machinery of the poll
ttcian for the roping and tying Of the
delegates to the national convention
for the man In the saddle that we
have the most encouraging assur-
ances that we shall split both Penn
sylvania and New York, while more
than two-thirds Of Ohio will be for
Roosevelt. The same promises to be
true Of Indiana and Illinois. You of
North Dakota are the first ones to
show your hands in statewide pres
tdenttal preference primary. You
should send solid Roosevelt delega-
tion to Chicago. The moral effect of
such action by you will be far greater
than you can imagine. The whole
country Is watching you today. shall
open Roosevelt headquarters at the
Waldorf hotel and would urge any re-
publican that believes in progressive
principles to come in and talk matters
over with me. This is a fight Of the
people. It is the bitterest struggle
that We have had in many years. The
Taft forces are using every available
means to confuse the issue and de-
stroy the hopes Of the progressive
candidate in the republican party. In
this fight President Roosevelt will be
the last man to quit"