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Walsh Has Announced
Desire For Reelection

: Washington, June 15-Senatc
: I. j. Walsh will be a candidate
: succeed himself, he SO announce
] to-day. In a letter to Hugh Well.
democratic state chairman, b
said:
1T is due from me that publ
announcement should be mad
concerning my purpose touching
the selection of candidates ant
the election of United State
senator.
Il shall seek the nomination O
our party at the August primary
and in the event of my being
chosen shall ask the suffrage O
the voters at the general election
in November.
Under other circumstances
notice of my intention might very
appropriately have been given
some time ago, but | deferred
until my accustomed vigor should
be so far restored as to fully justi-
| fly the belief that | should be able
in the future as might reasonably
be expected of one man.
We face a tremendous crisis,
not only in Our own, but in the
worlds affairs.sOur dearly bought
liberties, our very existence as an
Independent nation are at stake.
This earth ruled by the dominant
spirit of Germany exemplified in
atrocities of which she has been
guilty in this war, would be a
sorry place indeed to all who love
liberty. Unfortunately, a cessa-
tion of hostilities without a deci-
i've victory for our arms would re-
quire us at once 10 enter race
with Germany in military training
and military ornaments to culmi-
nate eventually in another cata-
clysm such as that which rocks
the world. The war therefore
must go on. Every energy of the |
nation must be put forth if a VIC
torious peace may come and thru
it the assurance that future gen.
erations will not turn pale at the
rattling of the German sword.
One great task confronts us to
win the war. Every other is SUBJ
sidiary or inconsequential. To
hat end every citizen must con-
ribute every patriotic sacrifice.
0f the skill and valor of our
roops at the front and our men
It sea there be no misgivings. If
We fail it will be because the pro-
luctiye capacity our people have
,een called out to the limit and ,
hat we at home haye failed to
ustain as we ought our men in !
he field. Obviously skilled direc-
ion both in the legislative and ex- +,
cutive branches of the govern !
lent is essential, and a senator ,
hould be chosen by our people !
olely upon consideration of his !
apacity and devotion to that end. /
Perhaps my five years of ex- i
erience in the senate, a period !,
mitting the years of the civil war
'ithout parallel in our history y
/ respect to the extent to which !,
0ngress has legislated or the 9
ravity of the questions it has q
cen called upon to consider, may G
to some degree for n
any shortcomings and serve in u
ew of the serious work before :
J to minimize past political diff ir
rences that seems to me of v
nall importance anyway. 81
During the period referred to II
has fallen to my lot to have had 2; q
more or less active part in much te
the legislation that has made it W
storic. | haye felt obliged to v
miliarize myself with the inter-
tional problems and incidents :, :,
lding up to the war and to know /,
some detail of the leaislation fo
ndered necessary or occasioned
it. es
Il have enjoyed in some mea- ~ ~
re- the confidence of the COM tic
Inder-in-chief and of most of the Gil
Eat business men who have by