The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-10-12
COLONEL GEO. HARVEY
AND FORMER FRIEND
EDITOR TELLS WHY HE WILL
SUPPORT REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE.


The aVowal of the cause of Mr..
Hughes by Colonel George Harvey is
one Of the distinct features of the
present campaign. 1t would be sig
nificant in itself that a man of his
prestige, who had always trained with
the democratic party, had espoused
the cause of the republican candidate
But in Mr.. Harvey's case the signi-
ficance is very much greater, as well
as the importance of the event. he
has not only been a democrat, but
Wilson democrat. Moreover, he was
the first man of prominence to adVo-
cate 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 interested 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 intelligent
reasons for his actions in the current
number of his North American Re-
view" in his judgment there are tive
vital questions to be answered before
election One is, which of the two
great parties at this particular juno
ture in our progress as a nation is the
better equipped and the more likely
to render the highest public service
The other is, which of the two desig'
mated leaders is the more certain u
preserve. protect and defend the con
stitution of the United States? Sucl
an issue as the democrats claim, tina
Mr.. Wilson has kept us out of war ant
therefore is entitled to reelection i
brushed aside as something that ha
no proper place in the mind of tn
voter of this year. In Mr. Harvey
Judgment, only the most insane paftl
san would venture to suggest pos
sibility of Mr. Wilson or Mr.. Hughe
melting or inviting war with any Eur
opean or Asiatic power, and therefor
there is no fair issue between them o
this question.
There are three elements that ar
involved in the answers to these tW
questions, those of military and IN
dustrial preparedness, government b
and for the people, and national homo
and opportunity. So far as all G
these are concerned, the answer is tn
same: Mr.. Hughes is the man WI
. should be chosen from each and ever
standpoint-both as the representatiV
of the republican party and as an in
dividual The best interests OF tn
country are to be served by his cleo
ton.
Mr. Harvey calls attention to tn
fact that the utter absence Of sell
seeking on the part of Mr.. Hughe
the belief that he does, in fact, frol
the very nature of his being, stan
for America first"
on the other hand, no less surel
md most disappointingly, happening
of the past two years eliminating
the betrayal of his coumry for II
Of
prove incontestably that Mr.. Wise
stands for Wilson first. That is M
Harvey's opinion. In his Judgmel
there is no need to seek conclusion
# finds itself The summing up or II
situation is that upon the clearl!
marked issues as between the cana
dates there is no reason why al
nrofessed republican, any thoughtl
progressive or any principled DEM
crat. should not, and every reason WI
every patriotic republican should Vo
for Mr., Hughes for president.
Such advice from such sour
should make a deep impression Hp'
the American electorate. 1t certain
is not given through any prejudi
AGAINST Mr.. Wilson, for it's auth
would naturally be predisposed in I
yor of the president. Nor does
come from any lack of knowledge
Mr.. Wilson's methods and intent L
intimacy of the two men has been t
long and too close to admit of a
lack Of knowledge on Mr.. Harve.
part. The man who. as Mr. Wilson
friend, FIST started the movement !
j. him for president NV, after test
We Mr.. Wilson in the White House, a
CIV yises the American people to vote
ar Mr. Hughes. There should be no he
c. itancy on the part of the voters
follow this advice,