The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-26

these interviews and In these letters.
with the utmost emphasis, that tho
decision Of this point, like the whole
matter of running separate ticket,
would have to be determined by what
the interests OF the country demand
! ed in view Of the action finally taken
| by the conventions at Chicago.
At the time many OF the Republi-
! can leaders asserted that my state
ments were not made In good faith |:
that | really intended 10 insist upon
my own nomination by the Republl-
can convention: and that II was not
so nominated, intended to accept the
Progressive nomination and run on
third ticket or course my fellow
Progrcsslves were under no such cT-
ror. They knew that | spoke in good
faith and meant exactly what said.
They knew that my utteTances were
to be accepted AT their exact face
value us meaning that IL the Repub-
ltcans nominated man whom we
could conscientiously support we
would support him. Tho Progress
sivc convention came together know
ing my public statements and there
fore knowing exactly what my atti-
tude was.
In my Judgment. the nomination
Of Mr.. Hughes meets the conditions
set forth in the statement of the Pro-
gressive national committee. issued
last January. and in my own state
ments. Under existing conditions,
the nomination of third ticket
would, In my judgment. be merely
move in the interest of the election
OF Mr. Wilson. regard Mr.. Hughes
as n man whose public record Is n
guarantee that The will not merely
stand for n program OF clean-Cut
straightout Americansm before cleo
ton, but will resolutely and in good
faith put II through il elected" He
is beyond all comparison better fitted
to be president than Mr.. Wilson. 1t
would be 4 grave detriment to the
country to re-elcct Mr.. Wilson.
shall, therefore. strongly support Mr..
Hughes. Such being the case. II is
unnecessary to say that cannot aC-
Cept the nomination on a third ticket.
| do not believe that there should he
n third ticket believe that when
my fellow ProCrcssivos coOlly con-
slider the question they will for the
most part take this position They
and have but one purposc-the pur-
pose TO serve our common country.
1t Is my deep conviction that at this
moment We can serve II only by sup
porting Mr.. Hughes
1t Is urged against Mr.. Hughes that
he was supported by the various so
called German American alliances. !
believe that the attitude of these pro-
iessional German Americans was due.
not in tn" least TO any liking for MIR.
Hughes. but solely to their autaEon-
ism TO me. They were bound to de-
feat me for the nomination. The only
way by which they could achieve this
object was by supporting Mr.. Hughes
and they supported him accordingly.
without any regard to other consider
ations. need hardly repeat what |
have already said in stern rcprobatIon
Of this professional German Ameri-
can elcment-the element typifled by
the Germau-AmcTiCan alliances and
the similar bodies. which have. in the
REORGANIZATION campaign. played not
merely an un-American but a thor
ouGhly anti-American part. These
mon have nothing In common with
the great body Of Americans who are
in whole or in part OF German blood !:
and who are precisely as good Amcrl-
cans as those OF any other ancestry.
There are not, and never have been.
in all our land. better citizens than
the great mass Of the men and women
Of German birth and descent who
have been or are being completely
merged in our common American ma
tlonality; a nationality distinct from
any in Europe. for Americans who
are good citizens are no more
Gorman-AmericanS than they are
EnGlIsh-Americans. or Irish-Amer-
leans. or northumberland
They are Americans and moth