Arizona republican., 1916-05-09
Why Roosevelt

We in receipt of a eopy of a reply from William Hamn Chds. a prominent New York bus mess man. to letter asking him to take place on the advisory board of the Roosevelt on-Partisan League He complies saying that he is willing to aid in any that in any way help to nominate and elect the only that in my judg ment unite republicans progressives and inde pendents and prevent the election of the present ad ministration"
 Mir Childs who had been republican voter for thirty years took part in the organization and activities of the progressive party four years though he voted then for Roosevelt He says 1 primarily business man. not a politician, but l am interested in the study of public policies and party organizations only a of expressing and enforcing such policies for the public welfare l am not at all interested in them of advocating the interest of any any group of men"
 Analyzing the figures of 1912 he points out that the casting of 4l0O0O0 votes for Theodore Roosevelt and 35OOOOO for MT Taft is direct evidence that the will a ma jority of the republican voters was followed by the republican managers in nomi- mating Mir Taft. It is mmateral," says Mir Childs. whether their for this ac- ton sufficient"
 If, however" says MT Childs the managers of the republican party attempt to make an issue
 
 from the republican party, they must remember that they will be taking this action only against Roosevelt but against every of the 4,1OO.OOO voters and that large number of such voters will resent any action based upon any to such action, and the result be nothing hut 10 the republican party"
 It may he claimed and it is true that not all of the 4l0OOOO republicans: there were many thousands of democrats who preferred Mir Roose- welt to Mir Wilson They were not then prejudiced against Mir Wilson; he them untried; they would have accepted him in preference to any other candidate than Mir. Roosevelt. And there is more reason now since MT. Wilson has been tried and found wanting in that thing that appeals more strongly to the average American than anything else-sturdy Americansm. courage and firmness why those democrats should prefer Mir Roosevelt again-why many other thousands of democrats who voted for MT. Wilson in 1912 should prefer Mr. Roosevelt now. But it be expected that those thousands of democrats who preferred Roose- Welt in 1912 or who would prefer him now should prefer any other republican candidate Mir Will son or any candidate of their party.
 Speaking of the progressive vote of 1000 900 in the congressional and state elections of 1914. Mir. Childs that has nothing whatever to do with the result in 1916, for dealing now not with the progressive party but with the Roosevelt party. ne auos that the 4lOOOOO voters who for Roosevelt in 1912 believed then that they were right and that the of the last fifteen months have firmly convinced them that they were right
 There is another voting element to be consid- cred in the many thousands of young men voting this year for the first time The course of the ad- mnistration for more than year has been repeI- lent to such voters and to all red -booded voters The news of the raid on Glenn Springs has added throughout the country thousands of democratic voters o the other thousands that the massacre at Columbus had added to the Roosevelt column just as that bloody event had added to the thousands who had turned in disgust and shame from their party and it's "watchful wabbing' policy to the Roosevelt fold
 The election of republican president Mir Childs believes will be sufficient (snd he ser fously doubts whether any other republican candi- date than Roosevelt be elected) but it is es sential that the congress shall he republican While II is entirely probable that the republicans will cap ture the house in any event next fall at least ten senators be elected by the republicans to give an conference.-the majority in that body. There are eighteen senators to he elected. Six of them will be from states that almost safely demo- cratic so that the necessary must come from the twelve to be elected from critical states Only candidate with the pulling power of Roosevelt will make the election of ten senators possible.