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Show H oo M HE IS NOW FOR H -ROOSEVELT. H One of the men who trailed Theo- dore Roosevelt over the west, in the H campaign of 1912, was John M. Har- H Ian. He denounced the former Presl- H dent and was bitter in his personall- H ties. But a great light has appeared H to Mr. Harlan. In Chicago yestorday, H a" a candifShte for delegate-nt-large H from JllinoisJ'to the National Republi- H c.n convention, ie made the follow- H ing declaration: H "I am a candidate for election as H delegate to the Republican national H convention. If successful, I shall work H and vote for the nomination of Theo- H dore Roosovelt as the Republican can- H didate for president. Four years ago H I opposed making Theodore Roosevelt H president again. But there has been H a tremendous change since then. Neu- H tral right has been flouted by belllger- H ent might throughout the world. H American citizenship han fallen to a H heavv discount everj'whsre. This na- H tion is now in real peril a peril all H the greater because many do not roa- H l'zp that it exists Republicans of I r- shade of opinion should put pi'Jo all Individual and -factional re '"tment, and. forgetting those things Hlch are behind and reaching forth n those things which are before, ''nu'.d press forward for the high 'iilevement of national unity and snffty. Were the times less perlloup. I should join other Republicans of Illinois In seeking to nominate for the presidency a son of Illinois able, rhin, pntriotic and conscientious, But when the nation is in danger, our thought must be of our whole coun-'ry coun-'ry first, and of Illinois only as a part of the country having interests in common with every other part. It Is tho patriotic duty of the people of Illinois to see to it that, when the critical hour shall come for casting tho final ballot at the Republican convention, con-vention, the mnndate to the Illinois delegates shall be to vote solidly, not to gratify stato pride or express personal per-sonal choico, but to supply the need of the nation. That need Is for a man whose fame and standing are nation-wide and world-wide, the very presence of whom In the White House would be as a sword and buckler against foreign aggression. That man Is Theodore Roosevelt." rr |