The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-06-28
ROOSEVELT FOR HUGHES
he Announces His Support of Repub'
lican Candidate and Is Followed
by Progressive Committee

tion from ex-President Roosevelt ex-
pressing his firm determination not
TO run himself and his belief that it
is the duty of all progressives to sup
port Mr.. Hughes. The progressive
national committee then by vote of
81 to refused to substitute the name
Of Victor Murdoch for his on the tick
ct, and later by vote of 80 to 10
endorsed Mr.. Hughes. The following
are extracts from Mr.. Roosevelt's let
ter:
I'm my Judgment, the nomination Of
Mr.. Hughes meets the conditions set
forth in the statement of the progress
siye national committee, issued last
January, and in my own statements.
Under existing conditions, the nom
nation of a third ticket would, in my
judgment, be merely move in the
interest of the election of Mr.. Wilson.
! regard Mr.. Hughes as a man whose
public record is a guarantee that "he
will not merely stand for program
Of clean-cut, straight-Out American
ism before election, but will resolutely
and in good faith put it through if
elected" He is beyond all comparison
better fitted to be president than Mr..
Wilson. shall, therefore, strongly
support Mr.. Hughes. Such being the
case, it is unnecessary to say that !
cannot accept the nomin; ton on al
third ticket. | do not believe that
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heve that when my fellow progress
sives coolly consider the question to-
night will for the most part take this
position. They and have but one
purpose-the purpose to serve our
common country. II is my deep con-
viction at this moment VIC can serve it
only by supporting Mr.. Hughes.
Hughes vs.. Wilson
"The world is passing through a
great crisis and no man can tell what
trial and jeopardy will have to be
faced by this nation during the years
Immediately ahead. There is now no
longer before US for decision the
question as to what particular man
we may severally most desire to see
at the head Of the government. We
can decide only whether during these
possibly vital years this country shall
be intrusted to the leadership Of Mr..
Hughes or Mr.. Wilson.
MIR. Wilson has been tried and
found wanting. His party, because of
its devotion to the outworn theory Of
state rights, and because of its reli-
ance upon purely sectional support,
stands against that spirit of farsight-
ed nationalism which is essential if we
are to deal adequately with our grav-
est social and industrial problems. Mr..
Wilson and his party have in actual
practice lamentably failed to safe
guard the interests and honor Of the
United States. They have brought US
to impotence abroad and to division
and weakness at home. They have
accustomed US to see the highest and
most responsible offices of govern
mcnt filled by incompetent men ap-
pointed only for reasons of partisan
politics. They have dullcd the moral
sense of the people. They have taught
US that peace, the peace of cowardice
and dishonor and Indifference to the
welfare of others, is to be put above
righteousness, above the stern and
unfiinching performance Of duty
If pleasant or unpleasant. Yet in
Mexico they have failed even to Sc
cure the peace which they have thus
sought; and they have failed in spite
of the most ample opportunity and
most ample warning, to prepare in
any real fashion to meet the crisis
which their own policy invited. They
taught us to put safety first" safety
before duty and honor; to put that
materialism which expresses itself in
mere money making, and in the fatted
ease of life, above all spiritual things,
above all the high and fine instincts
Of the soul. They have taught US to
accept adroit elocution as substitute
for straightforward and efficient ae-
ton. They have raised indecision,
hesitancy and vacillation into set
tied governmental policy.
Hughes straightforward"