South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-27
JUNE p, 1910.
ROOSEVELT FOR HUGHES AND SOME or
HIS WHY'S AND WHEREFORES.

HIS WHY'S AND WHEREFORES.
It is settled T Roosevelt god father of the pro-
gressive party. has shamed the child. RE is going TO
support Mr. Charles Evans Hughes and the stand-pat
republicans in the coming campaign. In "A lengthy
statement OF 5000 words which every eghty-hrst
is the pronoun T." he gives the progressive national
committee his excuses the party 70 get of
the map and pretends 20 believe that the republican
party as present organized. with Mr. Hughes at its
head viii do progressive party stands for
Excusing his chosen candidate for the support that
has accorded him boy the German-American aIli-
ance preceding his nomination and the German press
a home and Germany since that time Col Roose-
welt takes the credit TO say:
Il believe the attitude OF these professional
COMMUNICATIONS was due. not in the least 70
any likng for Mr.. Hughes but solely to their
antagonsm 20 me- They were bound 10 de-
feat M the nomination
which is about the best alibi for Mr. Hughes that we
have seen. And it is good that as
sumed the goatshp. No Of less supernal esousm,
bound insist mat he is the whole thing or
another. in everything would have had the nerve to
insert a gap But il is a fttins
place for him. After such manner he gloat that
ne did IT, even he negatively However if we
remember rightly Mr William Howard Taft NOM
mated 1912 because of something like antag-
onlsm to Mr. Roosevelt also. Mr.. Roosevelt seems TO
quite Ions years forcing the pubIicans
10 make certain nominations by making himself OBJ
noxous Maybe he has. last. himself. and
henceforth to effect his political successes by
such methods.
Incident to which there is another rich point to
the colonies decnation of the progressive party's
crown. Reversing Brutus who slew Caesar not be-
loved Caesar less but because he loved Rome
more he seems TO he for Mr.. Hughes because he
loves Hughes more but because he loves Wilson less
Anything 90 defeat the democrats and defeat Wilson
Evidently present national administration
so much carving ou1 certain policies promul-
gated by the prosressives four years that Mr.
George w Perkins is feeling the sting of it, and Mr.
Roosevelt wants them sidetracked. He asserts that
the progressive party program has much rem
edial legislation recognition OF its principles the
other parties So far national legislation there
fore it would seem be that the demo
Gratis that have come across with ibut maybe is
what hurts
But if YOU want real good glimpse of Mr. Roose-
veIts very evident personal and brainess antpathy
Pres't Wilson read this.
we all Of our present trouble with the
professional German American element in the
United states to Mr. Wilson's tmid and vacil-
course during the last two years. The
defenders of Mr. Wilson have alleged in ex-
cuse for him that he confronted a difficult sit
uauou As regards Mexico, the situation which
Mr.. wilson confronted was nothing like as diff
nCult as that winch Pres Mckinney confront
ed IN connection with cuba and the Philippines
at the time Of the Spanish war. Under the ac-
tusl circumstance could with only a
minimum Of risk have protested on behalf OF
Belgium. small. we'll behaved nation when
she exposed the last extremity of
10y the brutal violation OF her neutral
rights this violation being itself a violation Of
The HAGUE conventions to which were "A
signatory power. As regards the foreign situ-
alton generally during the great war the fact
OF the eNi tence OF the made IL far easier
and safer for Wilson rights
than IL ne had had 90 deal with some single
strong power which was az the time unham-
pered by During the past twenty years
questions nave arisen with powers Of the first
rank. such England Japan and Germany.
each OF which has necessitated far greater
resolution and Judgment on the part
Of the president dealing with IL than Prest
Wilson need have shown in order 10 put a
com plete stop To- the continually rep. atrd muir
der of American men. women and children on
the high by German submarines-the
Lusitanla heine merely the worst OF many such
cases The same feeoleness that was shown
by Prest Wilson dealing with Germany
abroad also shown hy him IN dealing With
the organzed German outraEes within our
land and anaIy In dealing with the or
Eanized German American vote The continued