Imperial Valley press., 1916-06-10
Arguments Given
For Candidates

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we need in the White House red
blooded American who knows the
world. The states of Central and
South America are now lukewarm and
suspicious; we must nominate as our
candidate man who knows them and
whom they know.
"The spirit of pan-Americanism first
found it's expression in the ringing
voice Of the Plumed Knight, James
G. Blaine. If we would regain our
lost prestige in Latin America and
secure for our people the opportunity
for commercial expansion which those
countries afford, we must win their
confidence by placing at the head of
the nation man in sympathy with
their aspirations and acquainted with
their, needs.
"The nominee of this convention
must be Republican seasoned in the
experiences of the past, alive to the
needs of the present and able to hear
and heed the beckoning voice Of the
oncoming future. He must be fear
less opponent of extravaganza and a
staunch advocate of old-fashioned
economy; he must know the fiscal sys-
tenn of the country and be an uncom-
promising defender of the patriotic
nation-building policy of protection to
American workingmen and American
enterprise.
"He must personify in record and
character the ideals and aspirations
Of the rank and file of the party and
thus promote harmony and unity by
holding fast to the lessons of wise
experience on the one hand and pro-
noting sane progress on the other.
His record must be not only unim-
peachable, but it must be we'll known
there must be nothing to uncover,
nothing to explain away, nothing to
apologize for. In public career and
in private life there must be no flaw
in his armor, no stain upon his shield.
HE must be a man of undaunted
courage-he must be unafraid to chal-
lenge powerful influences in his own
or any other party, if they block the
way Of progress. His leadership must
be that which comes from the sue
cessful advocacy of great principles
as we'll as fro mthe possession Of at
tractive, commanding, inspiring per-
sonality.
Personal leadership alone would
leave the party confused and disor-
ganized at the end of the presidential
term; leadership crystallized about the
great principles of the Republican par
ty will leave it cohesive and harmo-
NOUS, undivided by personal factions.
"The Republican party and its prin-
ciples are greater than any one man,
however great and wise his leadership
may be. This is government of
principles and of laws, not of men.
Such are the qualities of leadership
our candidate must have, and such a
candidate Ohio offers to the nation.
"The blood of the Grants is in his
veins-he is man Of dauntless cour-
age and untiring industry. His boy
hood home was the Western Reserve
he fought his own wayne knows the
1ifo of tho coyop,oy, ,,oor1o IL o,,>~o
from the section of the state which
gave the nation Wade and Giddings,
Garfield and McKinley-he drank deep
at the fount of their inspiring exam
ple-he represents in his life the best
traditions of our party.
GAS member of Congress for six
teen eventful years, he took prominent
part in the legislation of that period,
embracing within it's scope the Span
ish-American war, sound money and
tariff, antitrust laws, banking and
financial legislation, conservation, bet
terment of labor conditions-he helped
make Republican history and that is
the history of progress.
GAS campaigner, he has few
equals and no superiors-in his con-
tests before the people of his district
he ran always many hundreds and
sometimes many thousands ahead of
his ticket-the people believed in him
then-they will trust him and elect
him, if nominated by this convention.
In obedience to the command of a
united party in our state and voicing
the unanimous sentiment of her dele
cation, Ohio's choice for the presidency
that scholar, leader, statesman, that
citizen of the world-with another we
can win, with him we cannot fail. l
nominate for the office of president
of the United States Theodore E. Bur-
ton.
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