Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-02-17
GARDNER OF MASSACHUSETTS
FORMALLY OPENS CAMPAIGN
70 NOMINATE ROOSEVELT
characterizes Former President as the
Strongest Heart in the World
and Country Needs Him.

and Country Needs Him.
(James Gray, the Minneapolis Jour
nails WashingtonF correspondent, fur
nishes his paper with the subjoined
article regarding the Roosevelt cam.
paign launched in Massachusetts byl
the men who were radically opposed
to the former president in the last
presidential campaign Roosevelt
withdrew his name from the primary
ballot in Minnesota, state that he
carried fn 1912, and also in another
state, declaring, IN effect, that he was
not candidate for the presidency;
or, at any rate, that the matter OF
his nomination was second in import
anre to the issues upon which the
presidential battle should be fought
in 1915. In The absence OF Colonel
Roosevelt, ana while he is unable to
stay The mop ement for his nomina-
tioa, Congressman Gardner, with the
seeming acqNiesence of Senator Lodge
has precipitated a formal campaign
for the nomination of The colunel as
the one nfan who is needed in the
coantry's emergency. HEditor@
Roosevelt Boom Dutburst
Washington, Feb. 12.The autburst
OF the Roosevelt boom in Massachu-
sets through the announcement of
Congressman A. r Gardner and three
others that they will stand for dele
gates to She national convention as
Roosevelt men ratified the Weeks.
booM aissost u pieces today.
The old leaders had not expected
nuek Of the Weeks boom beyond the
opportunity to handpick delegation
that could be turned elsewhere at
will. Now they see that they viii
have to flight to control the state
Gardner, G. S. Bird. G. D. Cushing
and R. M. Washburn are capable of
puttinspnp a powerful fight.
Senator Lodge Behind at.
Bird is the most popular :bnll moos-
er in Massachusetts,. Gushing and
Washbnrn have the large personal
following and Gardner besides being
in his own right the proprietor of the
preparedness issue, Will have the pow
erfui backing of his father-in-laW, SEN
ator Henry Cabot Lodge.
Senator Lodge will not take any
part in the fight at present, hut it is
funderstuod that he YVES consmted in
advance, knew what Mr.. Gardner con
templaEed doing and approved the
proceedings What makes the ac-
quiesence of Senator Lodge signif-
cant is that he comes up for lre-elec-
tion to the seAate this year and would
hardly jeopardize his chances by es-
pousing "a falling fantastic cause.
Believed to Know Ground.
Good Judges of mems motives and
moves in politics believe that this
guartette must have pretty fair assur-
aaces that they can put over their
battle or they would not have gone
into it and could not have dragged
Others into it.
But even with Massachusetts lined
up for Roosevelt his nomination by
the republicans is not an assured fact
Probably Gardner lookS. on this even
as minor consideration. What Gsrd
ner wants is a republican party un;
tied and enthusiastic, almost violent
on the subject Of preparedness. He
indicated this in answering a ques-
zion put to him today.
astoutest Heart in the World.p
what consideration led you. who
fought Roosevelt so bitterly in BIZ
to declare for him this year?s
because he has the stoutest heart
ii, the world, and this is a time Of all
times when we need 4 stout heart in
the White House
s.Do you believe Roosevelt VIII
I run RI
III don'tk now. am in favor Of
giving him the nomination whether q
no There may be other candidates
as strong, but We don't know AZ about
ta1em as We do about Rooseyeit. Ey EsT
eryone knows where he stands. I anr
firnly convinced that the Roosevelt
waye viii sweep the nation because
lie is the one man for the hour, =