The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-03-11
COMPLETE REPUBLICAN
HARMONY IN SIGHT

other state, in the following terms:
81 viii not enter into any fight for
the nomination, and 1 will not permit
any fractional fight to be made in my
behalf. Indeed" says the Colonel, 90
will 90 further and say that it woulC
be a mistake to nominate mt unless the
country has in its mood something OF
the heroic, unless it feels not only like
devoting itself to ideals, but to the
purpose ~measurably to realize those
ideals in America.
"eThis is one Of those rare times
which come only at long intervals in a
nations history, when the action de
termines the life Of the generations
that follow. Such times were those
from 1776 to 1889, in the days Of
Washington, and from 1858 to 1865 IN
the days of Lincoln.
cit is for us of today to grapple
with the tremendous national and in
ternational problems of our W of the
hour in the spirit and with the ability
shown by those who upheld the hands
of Washington and Lincoln.
"Whether we do or do not accom-
plish this feat will largely depend on
the action taken at the Republican and
Progressive national conventions next
June. Nothing is to be hoped from the
present administration. All that they
offer us is a choice between degrees
of hypocrisy and degrees of infamy.
But disgust with the unmanly failure
of the present administration, l be-
lieve, does not, and / know ought not,
to mean that the American people viii
vote in a spirit of mere protest.
"They ought not to, and l believe
they will not, be content merely %
change the present administration for
one equally timid, equally vaeillating,
equally lacking in vision, in moral in
tegrity, and in high resolve.
1--WE must clarity and define our
policies. We must show that our belief
in our government ideals is so real
that we wish to make them count in
the world at large and to make the
necessary sacrifice in order that they
shall count surely. We of this great
republic have a contribution to make
to the cause of humanity and we can
not make it unless we first show that
We can secur prosperity and fair deal
ing among our own men and women.
81 believe that in a crisis so grave
it is impossible too greatly to magnify
the needs of the country or too strong
ly to dwell on the necessity of minim-
izing and subordinating the desires of
individuals. The delegates who go TO
Chicago will have it in their power to
determine the character of the admin
istration which is to do or leave un-
done the mighty tasks of the next four
years. That administration can do an
incalculable amount to make or mar
our country's future. The men chosen
to decide such a question ought not to
be politicians of average type and pa
roehial outlook. Still less should they
be politicians controlled by sinister in
iuences from within or without.
"They should be the very best men
that can be found in our country,
whose one great mission should be to
declare in u%nequivocal terms for a pro
gram of ~clean-eut, s%traightout, national
Amerneanism, in deeds not less than in
words, and in internal and interna-
tional matters alike, Inc to choose as
a candidate a nan who will not merely
stano for such a program before cleo
tion, but will resolutely me in good
faith put it through II elected.
"June is a long way off. Many
things may occur between now and
then. 1t is utterly impossible to say
now with any degree of certainty who
should be nominated at Chicago.
"The crying, the vital need now, is
that the men who next June assemble
at Chicago from the AS states and mir
gle the views ct the entire country,
shall act with the sane and lofty de-
votion to the interests of our nation
as a whole, which was shown by the
original continental congress. They
should approach their task unhampered
by any pledge, except to bring to its
accomplishments every ounce of eour-
age, intelligence and integrity they
possess"
As Senator Dixon, who had charge
of Roosevelt S campaign in 1912, is a
candidate for delegate to the Chicago
Republican convention, the number of
Bull Moose leaders is now reduced to
Clifford Pinehot and Governor john
son of California, and it is probable
that they will come in out Of the wet
before the campaign opens in earnest.