The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-03-10
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MILITANT
But Does Not Care To
Be Safety First"
Candidate
AGAIN ATTACKS
THE PRESIDENT
Says Nations III ope
Lies With Progress
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n UNTr.'D PRESS.

~ UNITED PRESS.
NEW YORK, March lo.-Col. The
oooge Roosevelt does not wish the
presioentiaI nomination and will
net oeassnt" 70 having his name
used IN any of the coming state pri-
nariss. He % declared Thursday in .
staasmsat made ~ Port Of Spain.
Trinidad. b. w. l., and cabled BY
Henry L. 6toAdaSd, Of the New York
Evsuins Nall. The statement makes
Il clear, however. that. despite bis
wishes, the colonel recognizes that
his services are subject to draft in
. crisis. The statement follows:
II am deeply sensible OF the hon
or conferred on me and Of the good
will shown M BY the gsntlemen
who have announced themselves a.
delegates to be elected in my inter
est In the Massachusetts, presiden-
tiai primary.
Im. 1osns~s ..s sfzs.svi !
tie In Nebraska. Minnesota and
Nsehisan 70 this eject.
Il 20 not wish the nomination
Il an not In the least Interested
IN the political fortunes either Of
myself or Of any other man
II am interested In awakening my
fellow countYymen to the need OF
facing unpleasant facts. I am inter
ested IN triumph OF the great prin-
cipies for which with al my heart
snd soul I have str1ven and shall
continue to strive.
II win not enter into any tight for
the nomination and I viii not per-
NIT any factional fight to be made
In my behalf. Indeed, I win 60 fur
Their and say that it would be . mis-
take to nominate me unless the
country In its mood want something
Of the heroic-uniess II feels not
only devotion to ideals but the pur-
pose msasurably 20 realize those
ideals in sction.
1T II for 10 Of today 10 Grspple
with the tremendous national and
international problems Of our own
hour In the spirit and with the abil-
ity shovu BY those who upheld the
hands Of Warrington and Lincoln.
Whether We do or do not accom-
plish this feat viii largely depend
ON the action taken at the Republi-
can and Progressive national con-
next June.
Nothing 10 to be hoped from the
present administration and the strug-
gles between the president and his
party leaders in congress are today
merely struggles ~ 70 whether the
nation shall see It's governmental
representatives adopt an attitude OF
Q little more or less hypocrisy and
follow . policy Of slightly greater or
slightly less baseness. All that they
offer US Is . choice between degrees
Of hypocrisy and degrees Of infamy.
But disgust with the unmaaly
failure OF the present administra-
ton. I believe. does not. and ] know
can people viii vote in a spirit OF
mere protest. They ought not to.
and believe they will not. be con-
tent merely to change the present
administration for one equally tfmid.
equally vacillatins, equally lacking
IN vision. in moral integrity and Ia
high resolve. They should desire.
and I believe they do desire, public
rervants and public policies signify
ING more thsn adroit cieverness in
escaping action behind clouds OF fne
words. In refusal to face real In.
terrai needs and In complete alb
sorption Of every faculty In devising
constantly shifting hand.tomouth
and day-today measures for escape
from our international duty by the
abandonment Of our national honor
measures due to sheer heed of va
rious foreign governments. tempered
by sometimes harmonising and
sometimes conflicting dread Of vari.
Gus classes Of voters. especially by.
phenated voters At home"
June II . long way on. Many
things May occur between now and
then. II n utterly Impossible To
say now with any degree OF Ger
tainty who should be nominated q,
Chicago. The crying. the vital need
now 10 that the men who next June
asssmbls at Chicago from the 4,
states and mingie the view OF tn,
entire country shall act with tn,
sane and lofty devotion to the in
terest OF our nation a. q whole
which was shown in the origins
continsntal consrsss. They shoul,
Approach their task unhampered B,
aay pledge except to bring to II
| accomplishment svery ounce o
courage. Intelligence and intesrit
they possess.
"THBoDoRD ROOSEVELT"
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