Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-06-27
col. ROOSEVELT W1rHORAWS.

Col Ro 3scvcl definite withdrawal from the Irc>l
4ental race and the strong support he declares HIM
self ready To give MIR. IIrghcs shorld defeat lreaI
dent Wilson and elect the Republican candidate i'r
president.
There will be irrcc0ncl'ablrs in the Progressive
ranks who NAV refuse to vote at all cOnceivaby
may vote for Mr. Wilson. just there were lrrccon-
cablcs in tie Republican ranks who refused to accept
Ro0scyelt though the logic OF the Chicago situation
called for his nomination. But the rrtconcliablcS OF
both classes arc few in mmbcr-insigIihcanty few IN
cofnparsoa with the millions OF Republicans whose
course is now cleared Of perplexng obstacles. They
Will vote for Hughes and Fairbanks and do it without
moment of hesitation now that Roosevelt has with
drawn.
For Col mel Roosevelt there is the satisfaction of
knowing that the issues on which Hughes nomlr-
aied and on which Hughes will make the campaign
1re Substantially those which Roosevelt created.
There S the satisfaction OF knowing that he has
stirred the fire in millions OF American breasts has
aed dormant PATRIOTISM has sounded the alarm for
Dreparedness has denounced divided allegiance when
others were hestating to say the thing that most felt
las Condemned the of plot and disloyalty
HAT professional hyphenates sought to foster on Anne
lean soil-.and which within few weeks has been
Formally and officially repudiated and condemned by
Tie German government. =.
Often incorporate in speech Roosevets criticisms
Htfe not seldom so sweeping that they aenated not
merely individuals but classes but it not because
81 hasty utterance or ofense to the German-An1er-
cans that Roosevelt was refused nomination in Chi
1aoo. II was because the Old Guard cherished the
memory of i9l p remembered his iagellatlon of the
Republican bosses of 1912 remembered the beating
&Iiich he administered in 1912 That was the real
Had he been willing take the medicine OF bosssfn
'6ir wears ago. had he also brought himself tothe
font with the prominence he attained within the past
/tar he might have been given the nomination
Even in defeat il was the fight he has made for the
1sst year which forced the nomination of Mr. Hughes.
Inc sentiment he created the Americarlism he stirred
,ade impossible the nomination of any standpatter,
made impossible the nomination of any man less than
strong moral leader The people believe that Hughes
has the qualities of such leader.
And the Colonies Endorsement of Hughes and of
he Republican platform will swing the Progressives
INTO ne all except the few irreconciables These will
>tre hittery into political hermitage to chew the ed
81 disappointment ~.
The reconciliation of the Progressves will be all the
mere easy because in state politics most of them have
eonc back totle fold long ago All that has kept even
Ie scmblance Of party existence Since 1914 isthe ex
bcctafion of national ticket with Roosevelt at the
fad in 1910 Now that this expectation is shattered
the progfessves will flock to the G.. O. F. colors,
There are il is true. some whose corscences will give
little trouble but of the Progressives like most
81 the Republicans are exceedingly adaptable in poll
tics and wiki get back under the banner that promises
sccess just as quickly they can finding standing
foom.
Some jubiant enemies of the Colonies have prophe-
ed that he will get of politics for good We do
hot expect it. He is too good politician to stay in
he losing game of 1912 but he is also too much of
POLITICIAN to stay out forever. He always able to
work with politicians, good bad and If this apostle
Of the strenuous continues in the robust health that
has marked his years public life, he will yet play
BE part in national politics. p. .A.-y~. -