The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-28
COLoNEL ROOSEVELT
. AND NOMINATION

Theodore Roosevelt has maize known
his attitude in regard to the president
ial nomination. To recent visitors at
Oyster. Bay he said in effect:
'1f you have any doubt on this sub
ject, do not nominate me. My nomina.
ton must be in the interest not Of my.
self, or any faction, but of the whole
Republican party and of the whole Uni
ted States o.. 30 %. '--,. r.;
The congressman as the story is told
made statement to Colonel Roosevelt
as to prospect of nominating him,
whereupon Colonel Roosevelt gave the
speaker advice in substance as follows:
"Well, now let me give you piece
of advice. If you have any doubt on
the subject, do not nominate me. Get
it perfectly clear in your head if You
nominate me it muslin 7 be because you
think it is In my interest, but because
you think it is in your interest and the
interest of the Republican party and
because you think it is to the interest
of the United States to do so.
Will Not Be Pussyfoot
"And more than that, don t you do
it If you expect me to pussyfoot on any
single issue have raised. Don Y be for
me unless you are prepaid to say that
every citizen of this country has got to
be pro- United States first, last and all
the time, and no pro-anything else at
all, and that we stand for every good
American everywhere whatever his
birthplace or creed, and wherever he
now lives, and that in return we de.
mand that he be an American and
nothing else-with no hyphen about
him.
Every American citizen must be
for America first, and for no other
country even second, and he hasn't any
right to be in the United States at
all if he has any divided loyalty be!
tween this country and any other.
81 don't care a rap for the man s
creed or birthplace or national origin.
80 long as he is straight United States.
| am for him If he is straight United
States, and if he isn't, / am against
him. ..
"And don't you nominate me unless
you are prepared to take the position
that Uncle Sam is to be strong enough
to defend his rights and to defend ev-
cry one of his people wherever those
people are, And he can't be strong
enough unless he prepares in advance.
''I am not for war; on the contrary,
j ahhOr an unjust or wantOn war, and
| would use every honorable expedient
to avoid even a just war. But l feel
with all my heart that you don Z. in
the long run, avoid war by making 9th.
er people believe that YOU are afraid
tn fight for your own rights.
Must Never Wrong Weak
"Uncle Sam must never wrong the
weak. he must never insult aHyOn" or
wantOn'y give cause of otfense TO either
the weak or the strong. The surest
pos ible way to enable him to keep the
peace and to keep it on terms that will
cradle Anne leans to hold their heads
high and not hang them in shame ID
for IN to he so nrerarRd in advance
and | mean prepared in his own soul
~ well as with his army aud navy
th"t when he Slvs any hing the rest
Of III" void VIII know that he means
it owl that he can make 1t good.
@ Don't You try to nominate me un,
Lae va" '';rb th"t is tn" noiov that
ought to be followed out and follow ed
ont f"r vnur sake much as fo~ mire
and for the sake of the rest of us hare
in tn" United States. Aud don't tn nix
that this ~ rOurtP thrt "rNvo''o wur'
it is the only cOur"e tn in the long
run prevents war and c"r's nNt'nra'
self sn"ct and grn'a"tcc" 'hn homo"
81 this country aud til" rights Of its
citizens wherever they may be. -