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Show I SIZING UP THE J POLITICAL J SITUATION HJ Editorial From the Chicago Tribune, HJ Progressive In Politics on Re J publican Nominee fll 'The following editorial from the H Chicago Tribune, a hitherto ProgreB- B give paper, bIzcs up tho Chicago con- IHJ ventlon In the following terms that jfti should strike a responsive cord in IJhj tho heart of every loyal and truo J.l Republican: m , m THE NOMINATIONS I ,il Tho nomination of JubUco Hughes Jl a9 tho Republican candidate 'or ', president was a sound one. Justlco Hughes' declaration In acceptance I makes it a brilliant one. The letter Is a splendid call to arms. It will send a thrill through the notion. It rings with passionate sincerity and radiates tho power of aroused Americanism. Amer-icanism. In his caso the convention could solect but could not make the candl-date. candl-date. What Justlco Hughes says determines tho character and foreshadows fore-shadows tho outcome of the campaign. cam-paign. It seems to us that no candidate' for president in fifty years lias had such opportunity. No time In fifty years has the nation had such need. If It was feared that Justice Hughes campaign would Begin with less enthusiasm and confidence than one under the leadership or Colonel Roosevelt, his accoptanco will do much to remove that fear. It seems probablo now that an Inspiring campaign cam-paign under a formidable leader Is before' lis. Ho begins, too, with 'the ij advantage that If there was less In-- tensity of conviction for him there I was less Intensity against him. Where persuasion must bo used to demonstrate how dangerous a continuation con-tinuation of tho present government would be to tho country there will be less stubborn resistance to per suasion of prejudice Tho voter who was bound to bo disheartened or disgusted dis-gusted by any other nomination than that of noosevelt can be won. Tho causo is good; the candldato Is not only worthy, he gives promlso of Inspiring In-spiring leadership. Tho Republican who hated Roosevelt Roose-velt will not have to bo persuaded out of his violence and away from his prejudice. The Progressives have nominated Roosovolt. It Is for Colonel Roosevelt Roose-velt to consider what tho effect of this nomination may have upon the country. If ho runs ha may defeat Hughes. Ho then will give us Wilson and It will be a poisoned gift straight from his hands to the nation. Wilson Is everything Roosevelt has described him to bo. He moans every damaging thing to tho country Roosevelt Roose-velt says he does. Ho is tho exact national danger that Roosevelt condemns. con-demns. II ho continues In power ho will bo Roosevelt's gift to tho nation. If tho Republican convention bad made an unfit nomination tho Progressives Pro-gressives would have had oxcuso to reject It, There surely can bo no person bo pcrvcrso as to. maintain that tho nomination of Hughes Is unworthy of tho Republican party. There may bo Intense conviction that tho party Ignored Us best opportunity op-portunity and slighted Us greatest man, but that docs not condomn tho character of tho man selected. J Tho nomination of Roosevelt by the Republican convention, constituted constitut-ed as it was, plainly was Impossible, much as citizens might liopo for tho Impossible to happen, k Tho only way It could havo been M made possible was by a campaign fljfl for control of tho convention when flB the peoplo were, selecting tho delo fla gates. That campaign was not HJ niado. It could not bo made unloss Hi Colonel Hoosovclt made It and lie M did not. H Now all that Roosovelt and tho HJ Progressives can do la to glvu Wood- row Wilson another term and the HJ United States another term of Wood- low Wilson, HB Justlco HughoB' letter of . nccopt-HH nccopt-HH anco should riiako that an Impossl- blllty. |