Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-03
Pseitica IN
Pea~e4eSa~io
~ the Ex-Committeeman

greSS1VeS In pennsylvania, has turned
in for Hughes. In a strong statement
issued to-day he says he follows Col
Roosevelt into the Republican party
and urges all Progressives to do like
wise. The statement follows:
THE nomination of Mr.. Hughes by
the Republican Convention was a di-
rect result of the progressive move
ment in all parties in the nation. The
former bosses in the Republican Con-
vention are in fact no longer bosses,
and they were forced to take Hughes
to avoid taking Roosevelt. Upon re-
Election, I think they will find little
comfort in the present situation.
They have not increased the chances
of defeating Wilson by the nomina-
tion of Hughes over Roosevelt, and If
Hughes is elected they have, I hope
and believe, no brighter prospects of
governing by invisible means Upon
examination of the public records of
Roosevelt and Hughes in their lola-
tions to the Republican bosses, there
| is striking similarity of conduct
The sphere of Mr.. Hughes activities
was confined % the State of New
| York while Mr.. Roosevelt's was nation
wide. but aside from this their meth
DDS were very much alike. The VIII ole
period of Mr.. Hughes term as Gov
ernor was a struggle by him on behalf
or the people OF New York against a
reactionary. legislature controlled by
corrupt bosses. And he won by direct
and repeated appeals to the people of
the State. This was the Roosevelt
method when dealing with a congress
deaf and dumb to the public welfare.
ssHS
my admiration for Roosevelt began
when | was a school boy in New
Hampshire and he was a mere boy in
the New York Legislature. I have ac-
knowledged his leadership In my po-
litical conduct ever since and without
interruption. Although my father
was one of the founders of the Re-
publican Party and was delegate in
its first National Convention, and al
though 1 had naturally followed in his
Footsteps, I did not hesitate to leave
the party in 1912 under Roosevelt's
leadership. 1 was convinced that the
party had fallen so far below the
ideals and purposes of it's founders
through the sodden stupidity of its
leaders that it was no longer useful
as an instrument for the working out
OF national problems pressing for So
luton. One of the facts which made
possible the leading of the Republican
Party for some years prior to 1912
INTO conditions so diametrically oppos- |
ed to its best traditions was the error |
of mistaking party loyalty" for pa |
triotism. This popular mistake was
exploited by bosses and stump orators
to the great advantage of the bosses
and a corresponding injury to popular
control of government both state and |
national. One of the encouraging
ing popular sense of the difference be-
tween love of party and love of coun-
try.
I am willing to admit of a great
personal disappointment at the failure
OF the Republican Convention to nomi
nate Roosevelt, and 1 am also willing
to admit of a momentary disappointe
ment at his declination of the Pro-
gressive nomination. But after hay-
Ing had time for meditation and con-
sideration of post convention events
his public statements and those of Mr..
Hughes, L am more than ever rejoiced
at the heroic proportions of his pa
trlotism and craftsmanship. 1 shall
follow his leadership as unreservedly
ana Whole-heartedly In support of the
republican nominee as followed him
IN 1912 and before and since.
And want to state this publicly to
all with whom have been acting in
PoitlGs curing recent years, and es-
peclaIly to those who have honored
me by seeking my views on public
questions that I see no other course
open to us If we are true to our pro-
testations of public welfare rather
than political victory. And I cannot |
convey this idea in any other way so
well as to paraphrase a single para
grapn OF L. RS statement to the Pro-
gressive Convention.
would be unpatriotic to fail to
90 the best possible merely because
the Republican Convention failed 10
put the people in a position to do what
the people regard as the very hest
IL remains for us (Progressives5 good
humoredly and with common sense
TO race the situation and get out of II |
the best that it can be made to WELD |
rom tne standpoint OF the interests of
the nation as whole.
without recanting by one iot or
title views held and expressed both hv |
Word and action as to maladministra
uon OF government, state and national
under the Republican Party durinr
the past twenty years, I nevertheless
1eei that at this time these WRONGS
SINK SINK INTO lnsignificance in the light of |
ene Present national crisis, and that |
our nrst duty is to abolish WiIsonism
The national conscience has been i,,II
ed TO raise standards by the beautiful |
dlctlon uttered by time-servinq On
portunlst and I appeal to all PRO
sresslVes to Join sincerely, cordialIv |
ana enthusiastically in the Comm, |
cause Tor the election of Hughes. To
thS e emu that we may hold together |
Inns Inns great people into what shall he |
lied while. A people with tba n1osa..
possible ties of brotherhood and Uvith |
standards and ideals sprtnejne fra...
Cne nauonal conscience of natio,-
which has found itself" 'ton