Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-13
BRUMBAUGH OUT
FOR PRESIDENCY
Announces in Letter to WaSson
His Name May Be Used
in May Primaries

Governor Martin G.. BrumbauEh last
night made public letters passing be-
tween himself and Henry G. Wasson,
of Pittsburgh, Republican national
| committeeman from Pennsylvania at
/ present, announcing that the Cover
nor would permit the use of his name
at the Republican presidential prefer
ence primary.
! Mr.. Wasson wrote in February, urg-
/ ing the Governor to announce himself
/ and take the leadership in the State.
| The Governor consents, but empha-
/ sizes that he does so more with the
| idea of reuniting the Republican party
| in Pennsylvania than anything else
and states that if at any time any
| candidate from a sister State develops
\ strength he will urge his friends TO
/ support him.
The Governors reply to MIR. Was
/ son was as follows:
| Governor Replies to Wasson
Governor Brumbaugh's reply to Mr..
Wasson was:
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Ex-
! .ecutive Chamber
Harrisburg, March 0, 1915.
Henry G. Wasson, Pennsylvania men,
ber, Republican National Commit
tee, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Dear Mr.. Wasson-T have carefully
/ considered your letter to me under
date of February II and am impress
sed with the situation you therein set
forth. l agree with you that the mat
ter of moment in this crisis year Cf
the Republican party and of the ma
tion is the selection of proper candi-
dates for the national offices and the
issuance of platform whose planks
shall be clear. concise and adequate
statement of the vital needs of the
people.
The present State Administration
has done its utmost to establish social
Justice and to place the affairs of the
| Commonwealth upon a humane, equi-
table and business basis. Much re-
mains yet to be done and our people
are keenly sensible of our needs and
of our opportunities. All this, if wise
ly considered. will tend to such unity
of thought and concert of action by
all the Republican forces of the Com
monwealth as to .preSage a reunited
party and n Republican victory in
/ November We can never accomplish
this under any factional leadership.
| Those who are held responsible for
sured by many, bring together the
! broken forces of the party and lead
it to decisive victory
The paramount desire of my heart
is to bring about a union of all the
Republicans of Pennsylvania and pre-
sent at the Chicago convention a solid
delegation of capable, representative
! Republicans willing and free to CO.
! operate fully with the delegates of the
other States in producing harmony
and good will in the national councils
of the party. There should be at Chi
cago only one opponent to combat,
namely, the party now in power and
under which, but for the accident Of
a frightful and deplorable war. would
have our country'S industries paralyZed
and our people in dire distress. We
can prosper only under an adequate
protective tariff power whose essential
features will work justice to both la
Dor and capital and n preparedness
for peace and against war.
/ We cannot approach this national
obligation with discordant elements
in the party at home. For the unity
of our party in rhe State and by means
of that unity a reunited and triumph
ant party in the nation l shall stand
steadily. Nothing else counts. No
personal or factional ambitions should
for moment be tolerated The Re-
| publican forces that demanded ad-
vanced legislation in the past, and
failing to obtain it. led to our broken
columns in 1912, must be met in the
spirit of fraternity fairness and ius-
/ tice. They rightly demand this.
/ They justly are entitled to it. Without
this we are defeated before the con-
/ test begins As Lincoln, using a Bible
utterance, declared, a house divided
against itself must fall. The Repub-
lican house united is assuredly victor
| ious.
! AS to my own part in this situation
/ must be clearly understood. 1 have
no ambition for any office, and person
ally shall be content to continue TO
serve the people of Pennsylvania in
! the place they have so generously
given me. If, however, it is manifest
! that my name in the preferential pri-
m n F. -Gssl1s TO htsf,s Oh
united Republican party in the State,
] would count it duty to lay aside
my personal preferences and accept
an honorable service in behalf of the
people of Pennsylvania, who manifest
/ ly are most anrious to have the State
properly and unitedly represented at
/ the Chicago convention. | shall do
this reluctantly and only with the def
mite understanding that if at any time
/ it becomes evident that some one else
! from sister State, holding the same
advanced ideals of Republicanism that
animates our people in Pennsylvania,
/ has assurances of substantial support
from reunited party ] shall gladly
and promptly urge my friends to give
such candidate their hearty support
| 1t is not important that any one
candidate be steadfastly supported. 1t
IS absolutely vital that the divergent
forces in the party get together upon
an advanced program of unseliish
service to reawakened Republicanism;
and, laying aside all other considera-
tions, join heartily in bringing to pass
n decisive victory under the ablest
leadership which the party in a ma
tion-wide canvass may find best fitted
to give to the American people the
complete program of lofty service to
which they are entitled, and for which
the Republican party must pledge it.
self to make its record worthy of its
| splendid achievements to the nation
since the days of Lincoln. Yours
very truly,
NJ. G.. BRUMBAUGH.