The Detroit times., 1916-06-26

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a separate ticket. and that whether
in such event Ia would be necessary
for me 10 head that ticket toutd not
he determined In advance. stated
IN these interviews and in these let
ters. with the utmost emphasis. that
the decision OF this point ike the
whole matter OF running "A separate
ticket. would have TO be dctermlned
BY what the interests or the country
demanded in view OF the action ANAL
" taken by the conventions at th!-
csgo. .,-,,
can leaders asserted that my state
ments were not made In good faith
that 1 really intended 10 insist upon
my own nomination by the kepuoIl-
can convention; and that II | was NOT
so nominated, ! intended 10 accept
the Progressive nomination and lub
on a third ticket. or course mN TEL
low Progressives were under no SGch
error. They knew that spoke, m
/ said They knew that my utter
ances were TO be accepted Al their
exact face value a meaning that II
the Republicans nominated a man
whom we could cUnsclentl ously @.p-
port We would support him. ne
Progressive convention came To-
gether knowing my public STATE,
ments and therefore knowing eNact!y
what my attitude WAS.
In my judgment. the nomination or
MI Hughes meets the conaIt IONS seq
forth in the statement OF the FRO
gressive National committee. .ssut"
ments. Under existing conditions,
the nom nation or thlrd I,N't
would. i'm my judgment, be merely
move in the interest OF lLr |t''h on
OF Mr. Wilson. I regard Mr.. Illus mes
as man whose public record Is
guarantee that he viii not W,TrtN
stand for a programme OF tltah -l"'
straightout AmeriCanism before ritN-
ton. but will resolutely and IN Eo.A
faith put IL through n elected. ~
IL beyond all comparison better nj
ted 10 be president than MT. w liSGu.
IL would be a grave detrLm"ht 70 'nT
shall. therefore. strongly support Mt
Hughes such being the case. ~ t~
unnecessary 10 say That cauho' az
cept the nomination on a thIrc tl,htI
! do not believe that there should pe
a third ticket l believe that wnfn
my fellow Progressives coouy CON
slider the question they VII Tor lh-
most part take this position, Ihr!
and / have bat one purpose-the pIt-
pose 20 serve our common COUNT ;.
II is my deep conviction that AZ tAls
moment We can serve IL only by sup
porting Mr.. Hughes
IL Is urged against Nj Hughes
mat ne was supported by the var
Gus so-called German Amer can am
,nCes believe that the attitude OF
these professional German Americans
was que, not in the least TO any Xix
ng for Mr.. Hughes but solely {"
heir antaronisrn 10 me They were
pound 20 defeat me for the nomlna
ion. The only way they coula
achieve this object was by support,
ng Mr. Hughes and they supported
i'm accordingly. without any regard
q other considerations | need nara.
y repeat what / have already sali
n stern reprobation Of TINS protes-
,ional German American e!rment-the
4 -, I'D n \
,rican alliances and the similar pod
es. which have. In the pre-nomina-
ion campaign. played not merely an
IN American but a thoroushiy anu
lothing in common with the great
,ody OF Americans who are in whole
n in part of German blood. and VINO
IRE precisely as good Americans as
hose OF any other ancestry. There
ire not. and never have been. IN All
,ur land. better tlt.Icns than thg
great mass or the n en- End women OF
ierman birth or descent VINO nave
,een or are brin5 completely merged
n our common Aln"rttan nationality
natioaal.tv distinct from any M
Europe, for Amer leans " no are good
americans ar" no more German AM
.ans. or Ir'sh- Amer cans. or scan
Iinavian- Americans. They are AM
orleans and nothing else. No good
American. whatever his ancestry or
scorn and destestation FOR those pro-
fessional German Americans who
seek 10 make the American president
in effect a viceroy Of the German en-
peror The professional German AM
orleans OF this type are acting purely
IN the sinister interest OF Germany.
rhey have shown their eager reAdi-
ness TO sacrifice the interest OF the
United States whenever its interes.
,on1ictcd with that OF Germany
They represent that adherence TO the
oolitico- racial hyphen which Is the
badge and sign or moral treason 20
The republic, / have singled these
men out for specific denunciatlon, and
,ssuredly II ! support candidate u
nay be accepted as proof that ! am
certain that the candidate ia incap-
able OF being Influenced by the evil
ntrigues OF these hyphenated Amsrl-
cans.
Mr.. Hughes character and HE
whole course OF conduct in public at
fairs Justify Us in the assured con-
viction that the fact that these men
have for their own purposes support
ed him viii. in no shape or way, AZ
feet his public actions before or after
election. His entire public life Is
guarantee OF this.
The events 81 the last three and
half years have shown that as much
cannot be said for Mr.. Wilson. In
Mr.. Wilson's case We 40 not have 20
consider his words, but his deeds.
HIS deeds absolutely contradict his
words. and for the matter OF that his
words absolutely contradict one an
other. 1t is folly 20 pay heed 20 any
OF the promises In the platform on
which he now stands in view % the
fact that almost every important
promise contained in the platform on
which he, stood four years has since
been broken. We owe all OF our
present trouble with the professional
German American element in the
United states TO Mr.. Wilson's timid
and vacillating course during the last
two years. The defenders OF M
Wilson have alleged in excuse for
him that he confronted a difficult
situation. As regards Mexico, the
situation which Mr. Wilson confront
ed was nothing like az difficult a.
that which President Mckinley con-
fronted In connection with Cuba and
the Philippines at the time OF the
Spanish war. Under the actual cir
cumstanCes we could with only a
minimum Of risk have protested on
behalf OF Belgium. small. we'll be-
hayed nation. when she was exposed
to the last extremity OF outrage by
the brutal violation OF her neutral
rights; this violation being itself a
violation OF The Hague conventions
TO which we were a HignatOry power.
As regards the foreign situation gen
orally during the great war tho fact
far easier and safer for Mr.. Wilson
to assert our rights than n De had
had 20 deal with some single strong
power which was at the time un-
20 years questions have arisen with
powers 81 the nrst rank, such a.
England. Japan and Germany. each
OF which has neCessitatad far greater
courage. resolution and judgment on
the part Of the president dealing with
~ than President Wilson need have
shown In order 10 put complete
stop to the continually repeated nun
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