Arizona republican., 1916-05-08
The Colonel and the People

The reception accorded Colonel Roosevelt at Chicago a week ago last Saturday night should be made the subject of earnest thought by republican politicians and leaders everywhere. It is not sur prising that he given warm reception there or that he should have a warm reception anywhere in the west anywhere in the country for that matter He poed a tremendous vote in Illinois in 1912 MT. Wilson's plurality trifle less than ieOoo NIT. Roosevelt boiled about 1SS.OOO more than MT. Taft and in the city of Chicago NIT. Roosevelt led NIT. Wilson by about S6,OOO.
 One correspondent declares that the greeting given the colonel surpassed in every respect the reception given President Wilson when he visited Chicago. That statement also, is not surprising. MT Wilson received and honored because he was the bead of the nation at critical time There was nothing personal about the reception. Mir Wilson lacks the magnetism and the fire of Colonel Roose- relt He could not if he tried. impress the people as Mir Roosevelt does in his campaign
 The colonel will do far more arousing the voters of the middle west and of the whole country for that matter than Mir Wilson could hope to do any other of any party could hope to do. And t is this fact Of which the republican leaders and politicians should take due notice.
 We are addressing ourselves especially to the leaders and the politicians for the that they are parts of republican organization. state and
 
 yet unfriendly to the colonel The reactonaries who are supposed still to be of the organization do the colonel and therefore the underlinss of the smaller organizations constituting cogs of the national organizations, think they do not want him. They are disposed in spite of the people prevent bis nomination and nominate other man. any other man.
 But we do not believe it will be easy to find another who will beat MT. Wilson upon whom the democratic party is more thoroughly and en- thusiasticaly united than it has ever been united on presidential candidate within the last sixty years. We doubt very much whether any man except Colonel Roosevelt, whose name is considered in connection with the nomination accomplish the feat of beating Mir. Wilson.
 The campaign with Colonel Roosevelt as cand- date will be conducted the issue of Amercsnism. r Colonel Roosevelt should not be the candidat. there could be such issue in the campaign, for do not know. and nobody knows that any of the favorite any of the other republican candi- dates for the nomination entertain views the sub ject of Americanism different from those of MT Wilson. And if not. there is good reason that could be presented the people for making change this time.
 In such the republicans would have to drag again the threadbare of the tariff which the people have become weary and suspicious of the party which exposes mildewed question to view. We may believe that the democratic concep- tion of tariff legislation forth in the Under wood law is wrong but prove it by the results during the last years. We should be very ignorant should appear to think neighbors very ignorant, if should point the essened revenues of the last the higher cost of living within that time results of democratic tariff legislation.
 The democrats could reply by pointing to the greatly increased wage scales of the last years and the present favorable condition of employment Co the higher prices of farm products and to the many conditions that go with prosperous times. An old fashioned republican campaign would have leg to stand The great war has estopped for the present all the old time republican arguments against democratic tariff tnkerng and against cratic internal policies generally. All the democratic economic policies may be wrong, and believe that most of them are, but have said, without tangible and convincing proof.
 But prove and it is apparent, that the democratic international policies abominaby wrong and dangerous and should be changed imne- diatcly But only with Colonel Roosevelt as the re- publican nominee for the presidency offer to the people any satisfactory guaranty of change