New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-11

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telegram 60 Senator Jackson. | said:
Can we not. forgetting past differences,
ION for Che safety and honor Of our
country 20 enforce the policies OF gen
umc Amcr.canism and genuine pre-
parcdness, Surely we can afford 20
act in accordance with the words Of
Abraham Lincoln when he said. May
not all having a common interest re-
unite I'm common effort 20 save our
common country 90 May we ask those
who have not differed with us 20 join
in the same spirit toward those who
have? As far as my soul is known TO
me, 10 iS in this same spirit that at
this time / make my appeal 20 the Re
publicans and ProCrcssivcs assembled
az Chicago
"What thus said J meant with all
my soul. and mean FL now; and 7 ask
YOU and the members OF The Progress
siye convention, which Z am informed
applauded that telegram when read -
the convention. now 20 help me make
those words good by our deeds
Pledged 10 Reunion.
81 deeply appreciate your loyalty 10
mo and the position IN support of me
which YOU have taken. But 10 would
be an injustice both 20 YOU and to my
self not 20 regard that loyalty 20 me
as fundamentally loyalty 10 the prin-
ciples YOU and represent In the
statement Of the Progressive National
Committee issued I'M January last and
IN my statement made at Trinidad in
February last we pledged ourselves
20 leave nothing undone 10 reach an
honorable agreement with the Republic
cans IN order TO achieve the end we
have in view.
"In view Of the conditions existing. !
suggest the name of Senator Lodge. of
Massachusetts, He is a man Of the
highest integrity. of the broadest ma
tional spirit and Of the kecnest devo-
ton Of the public good. For thirty
years he has been in the House OF Rep
rosontativcs and i'm the Senate at
Washington For twenty years he has
been a member or the Foreign Affairs
Committee. For a very long period he
was member Of the Naval Affairs
Committee. He has not only wide ex-
pcrience in public affairs. but pccu-
harly close acquaintance with the very
type Of question that is now pending
for settlement.
Lodge for Preparedness.
"He has consistently fought for pre-
paredneSs preparedness for the navy.
preparedness in fortifying the Panama
Canal. preparedness in upbuilding the
army. He has been on whole the
member with the largest vision and the
most intelligent devotion to American
needs that we have had on the Foreign
Affairs Committee during this genera
ton He rendered distinguished ser
vice on the Alaskan boundary interna-
tional committee.
"In addition. he has been one Of the
stanchest fighters for different meas
ures of economic reform in the dlrec-
tion Of justice. championing such meas
ures as the pure food law, the safety
appliance law. the wOrkmen's cOmpensa-
ton act, the national law prohibiting
the labor of children. the Hepburn rate
bill. the bill creating a Bureau of Cor
pOrations and many similar measures.
IL therefore urge upon you favor
ably 20 consider his name and report
on il 10 the conferrees from the Re
publican National Convention, and if
YOU do not agree with me in this re
spect. nevertheless 10 transmit this
telegram to the Republican conferrees
and 10 request them 90 place il before
their convention, at the same time your
self laying the telegram before the
Progressive convention.
Should Bury Differences.
Let me again quote from my tele-
gram of the day before yesterday 20
senator Jackson, Of Maryland: The
differences that have divided, not
merely Republicans and Progressives.
but good Americans Of all shades OF
political belief. from one another in the
past sink into nothing when compared
with the issues which now demand de-
cision, for these issues are vital TO the
national life. They are the issues Of a
unified Americanism and OF national
preparedness. If we are not all Of us
Americans and nothing else, scornlng
10 divide along lines Of section, Of
creed. or Of national origin, then the
nation itself viii crumble into dust II
we are not thoroughly prepared, If we
have not developed strength Whlch
respects the rights Of others, but
which is also ready TO enforce from
others respect for its own rights, then,
sooner or later. we shall have 20 sub
nit to the will of an alien conqueror.
81 wrote the above sentences because
felt them deep in my heart. They set
forth the vital needs OF this time. The
nomination Of Senator Lodge viii meet
those vital needs l earnestly ask that
what you can do to bring about that
nomination in the name Of our common
Americanism be done.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
Convention Demands Action.
The report of the conference com