Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-02-04
FOR ROOSEVELT NOW.

Mr.. Harlan, who, together with ]
Adam Bede, followed Roosevelt in the
interests Of Taft in the last national
campaign, has issued the following
appeal to the republicans of Illinois:
i propose to run at the April prim
airy for delegate to the Republican
National convention and, if success
full, i shall work and vote for the nom
ination Of Theodore Roosevelt as the
republican candidate for president
This | intend to do, Notwithstanding
in 1912 | followed him from Vermont
to California and back again, fighting
him as hard as | knew how on the
issues then before us. But the situa
ton today is very different.
american citizenship is at heavy
discount everywhere. | wish to see
its value restored to par in every cap
ital of the world and in every latl
tude and longitude on the high seas
i believe this nation is in real
peril-a peril all the greater because
many do not realize that it exists
The paramount, ALA bsorbing issue in
the next presidential contest must be
preparedness for national defense
preparedness not only against aggres-
sion from without but against disloy.
atty and fatuOus over-confidence with.
in. And what is preparedness? Lofty
words, their force soon spent for lack
OF substance, have no defensive pow.
er and contribute nothing to prepar
edness. To borrow Lincoln's thought,
breath alone" stops no aggressor.
A navy, an army, aircraft, coast de.
lenses, rejecting the best brains of
our army and navy, all these, how
soever powerful. will not alone con-
stitute adequate preparedness. The
man at the head, the president, the
comnlander-in-chief, must be one
whose firmness of purpose will not
be doubted at home or challenged
from abroad. He himself must be a
part-the vital and vitalizing part
OF our preparedness. No other issue
can have measurable Importance un-
til this country is made secure
against attack, whether upon its ter.
ritOry or upon the rights of it's citi.
zens. The 'watchful waiting of one
too proud to fight has proved to be
merely aimless drifting. 1t has meant
the murder of many Americans on
land and sea, the financial ruin of
more, and the shameful humiliation
of all.
1.-THE Republican party should ig-
more all personal ambitions and pride
of opinion, Should put aside individ-
ual and fractional resentment and, to
adapt the words of St. Paul, forget
ting those things which are behind
and reaching forth unto those things
which are before, should press to.
ward the mark for the prize of the
high achievement of national unity
and safety. 1t should nominate the
one man who, in this time of indeci-
sion and vacillation, stands out above
all others as leader of courage and
discretion. Unafraid, he will open
the eyes of the American people to
the dangers that lie just ahead. AS
president, he can rouse the nation to
diligent and thorough preparation,
both physical and moral, to meet
those dangers. He can see clearly
think straight and act promptly and
vigorously. He has not only national
but MISUNDERSTANDING. He is
known personally to the rulers and to
the peoples of the earth and. being so
known. is held by them in wholesome
respect. That man, in my opinion, is
Theodore Roosevelt. Therefore, am
now in favor of placing him again in
the White House, because, under the
abnormal and perilous conditions
that now exist, the nation needs him
there. AS a republican, born and
bred, | covet for my party the oppor-
tunity and distinction of supplying
now the nations need, just as it did
in 1860, when it gave Lincoln to the
nation to save it from disunion.
T. JOHN MAYNARD HARLAN,
SHERIDAN COUNTY POLITICS.
The Sheridan Post editorially dis
cusses it's county situation as follows:
candidates for county Offices are
popping up and before the dawn of an
olHSi uOllu IL Is eApeCteQ lne WOOuS
will be alive with them. There are
three candidates for states attorney
Frank |. Temple and Harry E. Dick
inson, of this city, and Geo. Thorn, Jr.,
Of Denhoff. The present incumbent,
Mr.. Peter A. Winter, is not candi-
date for reelection. The race for the
clerk of courts Office will be a free.
for-all this year. E. j. kludt is can
didate to succeed himself-and there
will probably be half dozen other
candidates. Deputy Sheriff Con. l..
Seibel and Sheriff Schaeffer, of this
city, J. B. Levi and G. o. Raugust, OF
Goodrich, and Frank A. Nikolaus, OF
Martin, have all signifed their will.
ingness to assume the responsibility
of drawing the pay check in the
clerks office. (The editor of this pa.
per has been urged by several to en-
ter the race but we are certainly not
going to, although we would raise nc