New Britain herald., 1920-06-12
1BUTLER'S FRIENDS
 ENTER HIS NAME
Placed in Race for Presidency
 at Convention


 Chicago. III, June 1;.--pr. Nich- polaa Murray Butler. president Of Col umbia university. was placed in nom- ination for the presidency before the terday by ogden Mills of the New York delegation.
 Never since tho election of Lin- coln have problems of such vital im- port to our. national life demanded wise leadership and awaited solu- tion." said Mfr. Mills. While met os- tcnsibly to nominate a candidate. we nhall before VIC separate have in reality chosen q president. We are not concerned with any mans place Of residence, or hts occupation. or his previous public offices. We arc con cernod with his fitness alone. Fitness is availability.
 "A mighty war has shaken the foundations of civilization. and left in itn train economic, social and political problems, national and international so fundamental and complex that tho world today may be said to be Groping in lts search for liEnt. This is more Nt1N VI AAuNVbW Ni AtlG 1HlNtd states: but oven our victorious. pow erful and independont nation is not free from tho heavy burdens Of the day, ss evidenced hy widespread un- rest. industrial strife. a high cost of ininE that bears with constantly in- creaeing weight on every family, q kfagEcrlnE load of taxes. decreased rroductton and business hesitation. and feeling Of doubt and lack of directors experienced not only In re- spect to domestic questions but of International policy. and which has led soms in despair to question our inHtitutions themselves.
 N ktnd of Man Wanted. q "Face to face with these problems. what manner of maa must this presi- dent be?
 First ard foremost. an American to the bone. not merely an American by birth or education, constructively- mtndcd.--a builder, not C. destroyer. Tha next president will lead power fui majority and must do moro than expose abuses; he must reform them.
 "lIo must ho n tried executive. but hs must he much more than an sd- ntnistrator. No man should he presi- dent today who has not q cleancut fFHN&pNlhH hI bhF tions and of our traditional foreign policy. Never again must tho United States srffcr as it has tn the last 1 s months from unbalanced and inoxpcr- ienccd leadership.
 Ms"Finaily. he cannot be sectional, hut must bs national ln his antcce- Vents and interests. Ho csrnot be- long to any one part of the country. but must know and be known to all.
 "Of all tho distir Euianed names nrcsented to you for your con gidera. ton there Ia only one candidate who Satisfactorily meets all of theBo tests. Buffers Qualities.
 Nicholas Murray Butler does. I know of no man who ls moro con etructivety minded than Dr. Butler. Tn many of our party platforms, with which you arc familiar. he has in- ynriabiy contributed tho note Of con- vtruction and progress In definite and concrete language. This quality has been recognized by avery president since Harrison with tho exception Of Cleveland and Wilson. He Is a tried and proved executive. No man is bet ter qualified by training and oxpcr- ienco to rivo that wise leadership that is so necessary to the re-establish- uHent or H SOunu, ConAlhlcnt AtncFl1an foreign policy. Tt may fairly be said that he ts aA we'll known In the states of California and Washington as in tho states of New York and New Jer- soy.
 "A man Of vision but not a vision- ary: a thinker who does not mako Thoughts his master. an idealist who does not make dreams his aims: man whosc ambition is deeds, not words. and who has realized that ann bitlon in practice: a believer first and last in his country and it's institutions, Nicholas Murray Butler is n truly rep resentativc American. worthy Of hish esteem In which he ts held by his countrymon and Of tho high position to which he aapircs. With a full rrhlization Of tho solemn responsi- bility. tho state of New York presents to your earnest consideration tho name of Nicholas Murray Butler as Inc candidate of the republican party for tho prcsidency of the United states"