The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-06-26
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
URGES PROGRESSIVES
TO SUPPORT HUGHES
porting Mr.. Hughes.
Life q Guarantee.
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Mr.. Hughes character and his.
whole course Of conduct in public af-
fairs justify us in the assured con-
viction that the fact that these men
have for their own purposes sup
ported him will, in no shape or way,
affect his public actions before or
after election. His entire public life
is a guarantee of this. 81
eThe events of the last three and
half years have shown that. as much
cannot be said for Mr.. Wilson. In
Mr.. Wilson's case we do not have to
consider his words, but his deeds.
His deeds. absolutely contradict his
words; and for the matter Of that his
words absolutely contradict one an
other. It is folly to gay heed to any
of the promises in the platform on
which he now stands in view of the
fact that almost every important
promise contained in the platform on
which he stood four years ago has
since been broken. We owe all our
trouble with the professional Ger
man American element in the United
States to Mr.. Wilson's timid and va
cillating course during the last two
years.
Wilson Wanting.
"Mr Wilson has been tried and
found wanting. His party, because
of it's devotion to the outworn theory
of state rights, and because of it's
reliance upon purely sectional sup
port, stands against that spirit of far
}sighted nationalism which is essen
tial if we are to deal adequately with
our gravest social and industrial prob
lens. Mr.. Wilson and his party have
in actual practice lamentably failed
to safeguard the interest and honor
of the United States. They have
brought us to impotence abroad and
to division and weakness at home
They have accustomed us to see the
highest and most responsible offices
of government filled by incompetent
men appointed only for reasons of
partisan policies. They have dulled
the moral sense of the people. They
have taught us that peace, the peace
of cowardice and dishonor and in
difference to the welfare of others,
10 tn 10 oh irhf
above the stern and unf1inching per-
Torrance of duty whether the duty is
pleasant or unpleasant. Yet in Mex
leo they have failed even to secure
the peace which they thus sought;
and they have failed in spite of the
most ample opportunity and most am
pie warning, to prepare in any real
fashion to meet the crisis which their
own policy invited. They have
taught us to put safety frst,' safety
before duty and honor; to put that
materialism which expresses itself in
mere money making, and in the fatted
| cas- of life, above all spiritual things,
above all the high and fine instincts
| of the soul. They have taught us
to accept adroit elocution as substi-
tute for straightforward and efficient
action. They have raised indecision,
hesitancy and vacillation into a set
tied governmental policy. -
Hughes straightforward.
stMr. Hughes has shown in his
career the instinct of efficiency which
| will guarantee that, under him, the
government will once more work with
vigor and force. He possesses the
habit of Straightforward thinking
which means that his words will be
correlated with his deeds and trans
lated into facts. His past career is
the warrant for our belief that he
will be the unfaltering opponent Of
that system of invisible government
which finds expression in the domino
ton of the party boss and the party
machine His mast career is a guar