Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-18
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
APPROVES BRYAN STATEMENT

chicago. oct iS.--Campalgn artiv
tiles should not cease because Of col
oncl lio"soyclts attempted assassina
! Ton, 80 rar as no is concerned.
Th" following statement was issue,
oy Colonel Roosevelt last night Il,
Mercy hospital in answer to what Mr.
Bryan said yesterday In his speech at
Franklin, Ind.
u wish ~ express my cordial agree.
ncnt with the manly aud pruprr
statement OF Mr.. Bryan nt Franklin
lnu'. when arguing for continuance
OF discussion of the issues at stake
In the contest, he said:
THE issue OF this campaign should
not be determined by the act of an az
sassin. Neither Colonel Roosevelt nor
MS friends could ask that the discus
sion he turned away from the prln-
ciples that arc involved, II he Is elect
I'D president II should he because OF
what ho has dOno In the past and
what ho proposes 10 do hereafter
II wish TO point out, however, that
neither I nor my friends have asked
that the the dIacussiOn be turned from
the principles that are involved. ON
the contrary, We emphatically demand
that tho discussion be carried on pre-
ciscly az II | had not been shot. | Will
be sorry if Mr.. Wilson does not keep
on the stump and feel that lie ives
II To himself and the American people
10 continue on the stump.
Wlah "a TtuLn A. NM, t,.,,r., az, -, a., a. f,k
on MIR. Bryan's statement. Il is Of
course perfectly true thnt In voting
for me or against me, consideration
must be paid to what I have done In
the past and to what propose to do,
out II seems to me .ar more important
that consideration should be paid to
what tho Progressive party proposes
to do.
II cannot too strongly emphasize
tho fact upon when PrOgressivcs We
Insist that the wclfar" of any one man
In this fight IL wholly lmmaterlAl
compared 10 the great and fundamen-
tai Issues involved In the triumph OF
the principles for which our cause
stands, II had been killed the fight
would have gone on cxact ythe same,
"GOyernOr johnson. senator Beycr-
idge. lMr. Strauss, senator BrlstOw.
Miss Jane Addams, clifford PlnchOt,
Judge Ben Lindsey, Raymond Rob
bins. Mr.. Pendcrgnst and tho hun
dreds OF other men now on the stump
are preaching tho doctrines that 7
have been preaching and stand for
and represent just the same cause.
They would have continued tho fight
in exactly tho same way n ! had been
killed and they are continuing II In
just the same way, now that ! aTh for
the moment i0tu up.
80 far an my opponents are con-
ccrned, Whntsvrr could with truth and
have been said against me.
and my cause before ! WAS shot can
with equal truth and equal prOprlety
b0 said against me. It can be so said;
I and the things that cannot Do said
are merely the things that ought not
TO have been said before. This Is not
a contest about any man. Il Is a con-
lest concerning principles.
''If my broken rib heals fast enough
to relieve my breathing, I shall hope
10 be ablO to make ono or two
In this campalgn; In any
event, II am not able 10 make the
men ! have mentioned above and the
hundreds like them Will be stating
our cause right to tho end of the cam
palgn and I trust our opponents viii
be stating their case also.
CSignsd)
"THBoDoRE ROOSEVELT"