The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-10-14
MR.. PINCHOT FOR HARDING
Warm Personal Friend of Roosevelt
Is Ardent Harding Supnnrter.

was recently III receipt OF the 1OllOW-
ing, and there being so much contained
in the letter that is of highest impor-
lance to our readers, that we publish
it in its entirety:
Philadelphia, Pa, Oct 8, 1920.
Mr.. Benz. H. Sincell, Editor,
The Republican,
Oakland, Maryland.
Dear Mr.. Sincell:-So many former
Progressives have asked me why | am
for Harding that perhaps your readers
might be interested in my reasons.
Here they are:
l am a follower of Theodore Roese-
yelt, alive or dead. While he was here
| worked with him and supported him.
Now, that he has gone to his reward,
| stand for the principles and work for
the things for which he worked and
stood. l am. Roosevelt Republican.
Had he lived, my choice for the Re-
publican nominee and for the next
President would have been Theodore
Roosevelt. But only the spirit of
Roosevelt is with us still. The Repub-
lican Convention has perforce chosen
another candidate. cannot have what
l wanted. That, however, is no reason
for throwing my vote away.
Senator Harding and | have opposed
each other in politics. He was regular
in 1912, while l followed Roosevelt;
and | can never be glad enough that l
did. He has said things about Roose-
welt which | deeply resented; / have
said things about Harding which he
must have resented just as deeply;and
l have not forgotten. He has many
friends who are not mine, and there is
not little in his record that | regret
On the other hand, l find deep in his
confidence men whom | trust; what |
like least in his record is farthest back.
and what he has said about Forestry,
Conservation and Agriculture at Mar
ion is sound and right.
Senator Harding was not made to
my order, but he is by no means the
Reactionary | thought him. He is
Republican Regular, who supports
what his party agrees on and acts with
the majority. There is nothing auto
cratic about him. Under him there will
be no one-man rule at Washington.
Congress will represent not the Presi-
dent, but the people, and the Govern
ment will be American again.
Harding is no surer-man, but SIM
pie, earnest, sincere and human, best
thought of where best known. Men
who know him and on whose Judgment
l rely, say he is slow to decide, but
having decided, stands like a stone
wall. What | saw at Marion confirms
it. liked Harding because he lodged
nothing, looked me straight in the eye,
and Enthusiastically meant what he said.
And | liked Mrs. Harding even better.
want to see Harding elected not
only because have come to think well
of him, but because he belongs to the
party of Lincoln and Roosevelt and
because have had my fill of the Dem
ocrats at Washington. We must have
in charge men and party capable of
running the government and in the
White House President, not a boss.
Cox is in bad company. The liquor
men are for him. He stands with Ba-
ker, who refused to prepare when he
knew war was sure to come and there
fore sent against the German machine
guns thousands of young Americans
unframed, or half-trained, and without
artillery support.
Cox stands for Palmer who promised
to reduce the cost of living and con-
SpiSuONSly lcllSI, DuC lOI pOllIlCdl Tcd-
sons let the liquor traffic go on; who
denied the rights of free speech and
free assembly; imprisoned hundreds
of people in defiance of the law he was
sworn to enforce; and turned over to
the Southern Pacific Railroad without
struggle five hundred million dollars
worth of oil lands in California to
which it had no right That Palmer
was seriously considered for the nomi-
nation at San Francisco shows how
low the Democrats have fallen. There
may have been more unfaithful public
servants than Mitchell Palmer, but not
| many.
Cox stands for Wilson. No sooner
was he nominated than he FASTENED to
the White House and authorized the
statement that there was perfect ac-
cord in all things between Wilson and
himself. Nothing is more important
than to have done with the Wilson clan
and the only way to do that is to vote
against Cox.
The people of the whole earth have
learned at bitter cost that what Will
son says is no indication of what he
ha sdone or what he will do; that his
words and his actions do not match,
and that to have his own way is more
important in his eyes than the safe
guarding of America, the welfare of
nations or the saving of human lives.
If man believes in Wilson, argu-
ment is useless. AS for me, | hold
that it is time to finish with all that
smacks of Wilson,with the inefficiency,
extravaganza and secretiveness, with
the National and international blum
| dering and with the impudent assump-
ton of wisdom and righteousness be-
yond human. The only way to repudi-
ate Wilson is to vote against Cox
Finally, Cox is too reckless in state
ment, too shifty in argument too much
like man running for little Office in
a little town. His speeches shout it
aloud-Cox is too small to be Presi-
dent. Harding's speeches could have
come only from man big enough to
handle the job.
Sincerely yours,