The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-12
Warning From Q Disting ulshed Naval
Olicer.

To THE EDITOR OF TIVE SvS-Str. The
not unexpected announcement that Mr..
Roosevelt has thrown his hat into The
ring with posturing that only q Roose-
welt could accomplish leads me to feel
Il my duty 20 warn the leaders Of the
party that they are inviting certain de-
feat in this state Mould they so lose
their self-respect as TO nominate this
traitor 10 the party. The sentiments
accompanying the heavinG OF the hat
are Of course admirable. except for the
lntolerablc intimation that he is the only
nan of Presidential sze who has any
patriotism. We all believe. or most OF
us. In the sentiments 80 boisterously
advanced, hut. alas. many OF us. who
like myself were formerly strong ad-
herents OF the man. no longer believe In
Mr.. Roosevelt. or that he cures for any.
body or anything except such as may
accrue TO the advantage Of himself.
My main purpose. however. IN writins
this letter Is TO invite attention TO my
last letter written to THE Sun. SO long
ago as during the Stimson cam
paign IN this state, In which 7 th!nN
It will be admitted that I was q true
prophet. In that letter I asked II Mr.
Roosevelt would be un.elhsh M patri-
otto enough TO announce that he would
not lie a candidate for the Presidency
and thus save Mr.. from defeat.
That there we're thousands Of US who
earnestly desired the election OF Mr..
Stimson and would vote for him pro-
yiied he would make euch an announce
ment. but that otherwise MIR. Stimson's
candidacy vas 30 interviewer with that
OF Mr.. Roosevelt that We would feel
obliged to defeat hin
Now II Mr.. Roosevelt has one-half
the political perspicacity with which his
friends credit him lie knew perfectly
well the Importance OF such an an
nounccment in NJ. Stimson's behalf.
Bu, did he make Il" Most assuredly
not. because. as We believe the whole
history OF Mr.. Roosevelt's career proves.
he cares nothing for anything on earth
except hi. own advancement and will
stab "A friend or wreck his party with
equal indifference. Was 7 right In that
prophecy as TO the result" Then If
thousands and thousands Of W. sent Mr..
Stimson "a defeat. whom In our hearts
We honored above his opponent. and this
simply with the hope Of eliminating Mr.,
Roosevelt as n candidate. and that even
before his criminai wrcckinc Of hts
party. what can the leaders expect Us
TO do n him ~ actually n candidate?
Can they hope to win without New
York. and can they have the least hope
OF winning In New York"
Personally 7 have never In my life
voted for u Democratic candidate for
the Presidency, hut I can assure YOU
that II MI. Roosevelt leads this time
my vote will 30 to Mr.. Wilson or to
any other reputable candidate The
Democrats may nominate. ! know 81
none now among the possibilities for
whom ! would not vote as against so
dangerous a man as Mr. Roosevelt with
the one exception Of Mr.. Bryan. Should
they be the opposing candidates I would
cast no vote at all not but hat I un-
derstand that ID vote for neither IL a
half vote for each. but because ] would
absolutely refuse To be in any way re-
sponsible for either. That this deternli-
nation among the Republicans OF this
State liz not entirely ssumed from my
own sense of duty is shown by the fact
that while ! have expressed these scnti-
ments to man Republicans here they
have almost without exception stated
That my position was their own.
Finally ! would ask II it lie really
possible that any loyal Republican
leader is actually seriously contemplate
ing another wrecking Of the party by
placing this dangerous traitor IN the
lead" VIII they so stultify themselves
as IL kiss the hand that smotc them, or.
rather. the boot that kicked Them AZ
well might the Continental army have
placed Benedict Arnold at it's head 10
please a few Tories and mutinaers.
Should they make this mistake | think
! can promise them a defeat in the
state of New York that Will eliminate
Mr.. Roosevelt once and forever, and
that not only by true Republican votes
but by the very best elements In the
party. Not because we are not loyal
to our party hut because w are more
loyal to our country. which We will re-
fuse 10 imperil for the sake Of any one
mans purely personal and selhsh avn
billions.
We love not our party less but our
country more, W. e. EATON,
Commodore. United States Navy.
HAMILTON. n. ", April ~.