Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-06-08
Paper Telegraph
TEDDY WILLING TO
LET REPUBLICANS
HEAR HIN TALK

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Oyster Bay. June s.Colonel
Roosevelt replied today to w. p.
Jackson. Of Maryland. who invited
him TO address the national repub-
lican convention, q follows:
I'm answer to your telegram, I can
only say the matter lies with the re-
publican convention, and II the re-
publican convention desires me to
address II. ! shall be glad to do 80.
! very earnestly hope that the repub-
licans and progressives assembled at
Chicago will keep steadily in mind
the gravity of this crisis, not only for
America but for the world. and the
need that their action in dignity. fore
sight and patriotism shall rise level
to the crisis. hope that the aim
will not be merely to nominate man
who can be elected next November
but man Of such power. character.
steAdfast conviction and proved abil-
ity that II elected he will again place
this nation where II belongs by max
Ing It true to itself and therefore
true to all mankind.
President Wilson. however ami.
able his intentions. has rendered "a
this people the most evil service that
can be rendered to great democracy
by It's chosen 'eader. He has drIled
the aatlona, conscience and relaxed
the spring OF lefty. national motives
by teaching chr people to sccep: high
sounding words - the Offset and
atonement for shabby deeds. and Il
use words which mean nothing IN
order to draw all meaning from thoss
which have q meaning. II will bt
no easy task to arouse austere salt
respect which has been luiled I,
slumber by these means. To thil
task We should bend our united en-
ergy In the spirit Of Washington ans
Lincoln. the spirit Of genuine demo
cratic leadership. the spirit whicl
sets the standard to which the natiol
ought 10 rise and then. with conf
dent hope. appeals to the soul Of tn,
people so that they may in fact sup
port the standard thus raised.
"The differences that have divides
not merely republicans and progres
sives but good Americans Of al
shades Of political beliefs from on,
another in the past. sink into nothing
when compared with the Issues NOV
demanding decision---for the issue
are vital to the national life. The,
are the issues OF unified American
ism and Of national preparedness.
we are not all Of us Americans an,
nothing else. scorning 70 divide alon,
the, lines Of section, OF creed. or 0
national origin. then the nation II
self will crumble into dust.
"If We are not thoroughly pre-
pared. II we have not developed
strength which respects the rights 0
others but which is also ready to en-
force Others respect for their owl
rights. then sooner or later we shall
have to submit to the will of an aliel
conqueror.
These questions are not In tn
realm Of abstract thought. The
must be taken out OF the world o
cloudy promise and vague phrasin
into the world OF performances an
fact. They are today in concret
form before you and your fellows 10
your declsion. For two years, in tn
face OF awful world cataclysm. thi
nation has stood supine and helples
and has not In the smallest degre
prepared itself 10 ward OF the dan
ger. No promise. no excuse now mad
by those responsible for this In
action, Is entitled to consideration
II Is for you and your assistants |
show the people that they have
worthy alternative to which to turi
"The professional German-Amer
cans, acting through various ager
cies. including so-called German
American alliances. are at this m,
ment serving notice on the member
Of your convention that your actio
must be taken with view TO the II
terest. not OF the United States. br
of Germany and OF that section OF III
German vote which Is anti-America
10 the core. e'
N II believe with all my heart thi
the actions OF these sinister Germal
Americans will be repudiated wit
contempt BY the great mass Of OF
FELLOW citizens who are in whole ,