New Britain herald., 1916-04-11
ROOSEVELT ENEMY
 OF THE REPUBLIC
MT. Barnes RefuteS RumOr He
 Has Declared a Truce

New York, April 1.-The enmity between William Barnes and Col. Theodore Roosevelt that began in 1910 over the republican gubernato- rial nomination and has continued with increasing bitterness on both sides ever since is not going to be patched up this year. MT. Barnes emphasized that fact yesterday when he issued a statement denying there was any truth in a report printed Tn Mondays newspapers from Boston that at a recent Harvard dinner he, Barnes, had stated there was a possi- bility of the colonel obtaining the re- publican presidential nomination this year, and that he would be prepared to support him for election.
 MT. Barnes hinted that there was connection between the appearance of this story from Boston and MT. Roosevelts arrival in that city. The very idea of his recognizing the like lihood of the colone's nomination and that he would support him in this event, MT. Barnes described as a char acteristic islander upon his knowledge of political conditions as well as upon his character. He went still further and made this comment upon the col onel.
 MT Roosevelt is an enemy of the American republic and the most per- nicious influence in this country upon the public mind--not even excepting MT. Bryan
 MT. Barnes made no attempt to dis guise that he was in a savage state of mind when he summoned reporters to his ce, 29 East Forty-eighth street. Whether he was still smarting under the defeat he experienced on Saturday as result of the reelection of State Chairman Frderick C. Tanner over MT. Barnes candidate Senator Charles w. Wicks, could not be de- termined, as the one matter that seemed upperm ost in his mind was the Boston story that he had opened his heart to his Harvard classmates and had told them he would support his old enemy.
 MT. Barnes would not discuss the story, everything he had to say about it, he said, was covered in the state ment. The statement dealt not only with the published story, but with MT. Barnes general opinion of the colonel.
 This is the statement:
 This year the periodical candidacy of MT. Roosevelt for president of the United States is based upon "Ameri- canism," and such sporadic support as he is receiving comes from his declaration in behalf of proper na- tional defense
 RnnGaNnJf is,, ,of ;l,1 any natural phenomenon, nor has he a patent on the obvious That this country should be properly defended as it is not defended now-is not open to debate.
 There is a principle of American- ism, however, which is foreign to Mir. RooseVelts temperament; it is respect for the rigths of others. No man of real self-respect does other than re- spect the rights of others This is Americanism in time of war or in time of peace, in time of prosperity or in time of want. 1t was Christ's vision of human development. In this aspir- ation American institutions were con- ceived. Tn MT. ROosevelt's code there is no place for this great truth.
 It IS not remarka ble, therefore, that simultaneously with the arrival of Mr. Roosevelt in Massa chusetts, where a primary is about to be held, a state ment should appear there that at a recent Harvard dinner I stated my be- lief that there was likelihood of MT. Roosevclts nomination and that would not contest against such an outcome. This is a characteristic islander upon my knowledge of politi- cal conditions as well as upon my chara cter.
 Opinin is vigorous against this nom ination and there is no likelihood of it's success.
 MT Roosevelt Is an enemy of the American republic and the most per- nicious influence in this country uDon the public mind-not even executing MT. Bryan.
 The story was, for the purposes of it's author Well-timed in order to at tempt to obscure the action of the republican state convention of New York last Saturday, which passed unanimously a resolution declaring it's opposition to the nomination of MT. Roosevelt. in the following words:
 'ResolVed, That this committee, in confidence of the country's anxiety for the return of the republican party to power, urges the national convention. and especially the delegates from New York, to select as our candidate for president tried republican in whose record and character the nation can see only d guarantee of wise statesmanship in the management of foreign and domestic affairs"
 LIEBkNECHT SILE.NCED.