The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-10-20
;AlRVtYi REbHO1
FOR HUGHES
EspousaI by Distinguished Edi-
tor Of the Cause Of the Re-
publican Candidate a
Significant Campaign
Feature. @
ORIGINAL WILSON BOOSTER

He Takes This Action Not Because He
e the Victim Of lngratitude But
Because Wilson Stands for Wilson.
First and Col. Harvey Cannot Assist
in the Betrayal Of His Country for
the Qualification Of Personal Ambi-
tion-A Democrats Patriotic Stand,
The avowal Of the cause Of Mr..
Hughes by Colonel George Harvey 10
one Of the distinct features Of the
present campaign. It would be sig.
niicant in itself that q man Of his
prestige, who had always trained with
the Democratic party, had espoused
the cause Of the Republican candi-
date. But in Mr.. Harvey's case the
significance is very much greater, as
well as the importance of the event.
He has been not only, a Democrat.
but Wilson Democrat. Moreover,
he was the first man of prominence
to advocate the election of Woodrow,
Wilson as President, and for many
years one of the closest friends and
advisers of the present occupant Of
the White House. Mr.. Harvey not
only proposed Mr.. Wilson for the
Presidency, but as early as 1910 in
terested United States Senator Smith,
a Democratic leader of New Jersey,
In Mr.. Wilson, and this resulted in
the Wilson nomination and election
as Governor of New Jersey.
Mr.. Harvey not only comes out for
Mr.. Hughes, but gives very intelli-
gent reasons for his action in the.
current number of his 'tNorth Ameri-
can Review" In his judgment there
are two vital questions to be answered
before election. One is, which of the
two great parties at this PARTICULAR
tuncture in our progress as nation
is the better eqipped and the more
likely to render the highest public
service? The other is, which Of the
two designated leaders is the more GER
tain to preserve, protect and defend
the Constitution of the United States?
Such an issue as the Democrats claim,
that Mr.. Wilson has kept us out of !:
war and therefore is entitled to re-
election, is brushed aside as some
thing that has no proper place in !
the mind of the voter of this year.
In Mr.. Harvey's judgment, only the !;
most insane partisan would venture
to suggest a possibility of MIR. Will,
son or Mr.. Hughes melting or inviting
War with any European or Asiatic;
Power, and therefore there is no fair:
issue between them on this question.
There are three elements that are
involved in the answers to these two
questions, those of military and in
dustfial preparedness, government by
and for the people, and national honor
and opportunity. So far as all of
these are concerned, the answer is
the same: Mr.. Hughes is the man
who should be chosen from each ard
every standpoint both as the repre-
sentative of the Republican party and
as an Individual. The best interests
of the country are to be served by
his election. u ".
Mr.. Harvey calls attention to the
fact that the utter absence of self
seeking on the part of Mr.. Hughes
throughout his entire career, confirms
the belief that he does, in, fact, from
the very nature Of his being, stand
for "America first"
On the other hand, no less surely
and most disappointingly, happenings
! of the past two years eliminating in
the betrayal of his country for the
| qualification of personal ambition,
prove incontestably that Mr.. Wilson
stands for Wilson first That is Mr..
Harvey's opinion. In his judgment
there is no need to seek a conclu-
sion; it finds itself. The summing