The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-09-22
Charles E. Hughes Declares That
Most Of Good Done in Demo-
cratic Congress Was Due To
Cooperation BY Republicans
SHIPPING BILL COMES d H..
IN FOR SEVERE ATTACK
Federal Reserve Banking Meas
ure Stolen FROM Opponents,
While Child Labor Law Is Con-
demned As Being Ineffective
LAssociated .Fress. by FEDERAL wIrslnuu. J

tAssociated Press by Federal wIreloss.)
AZ ILWAuKEE, September 21-So
I'M far from having aided the bust.
80 ness of the country by their
Legislation, the Democrats have enacted
bills which are an actual menace to the
welfare of the country as u whole, de-
clared Charles Z. Hughes, Republican
standard bearer, in a vigorous address
before a large crowd here last night
Mr., Hughes had spoken in the after.
noon to a,crowd in Green Bay, Wiscon-
sin, and had declared that the action of
the administration in sufrendtring to
force" in the recent railroad crisis, was
only taking "the path that leads in
-evitably to civil war; - He had added
that the action of the President was
objectionable in forcing through. the
enactment of the Adamson eight hour
railrond measure. ,..
I Although he had spoken long and
strongly in the afternoon, Mr.. Hughes
was in fine fettle last night, and held
the crowd by the poyer of his voice
and personality.
Republicans Have Done Duty
He replied to the Democratic claims
to have accomplished much for the bust
ness and commercial interests Of the
country, and asserted that whatever
salvation the Nation has had in the
past four years has been due almost en-.
tirely to "the farsightedness of the
patriotic Republicans who have worked
hard, expecting nothing, but with the
sense of duty done.
"The shipping bill which the congress
has passed under the whip and spur of
the administration, is far from being
what the Democrats tell us. Instead of
being n benefit to the country it is on
actual menace" declared Mr.. Hughes
land one which cannot be removed toe
soon from the statute books of the Unit
ed States.
"Another blow which the administers
ton has aimed at the real business in.
'terests of the country, and one of which
the Democrats appear TO be Unfortunately
proud, is the Underwood Tariff Law.
That measure strikes at the foundations
of the prosperity Of these States, pros
,perity which the Republican party hns
built up through many years of patient
Underwood Tariff Must Go
1t is certain to my mind, that the
Underwood tariff must go if the Nation
as a whole is to be placed upon, a sure
basis of prosperity in the future, As
long as it is effective American bust.
ness is in danger"
Leaving the question Of the tariff,
Mr.. Hughes spoke of the antitrust law
IS interpreted by the administration.
1.-THE Interpretation given to this
law by the Wilson officials has done
much to make its workings still more
uncertain and perplexing than be-
fore" said the speaker.
1.-THE Democratic party has taken
up the problem of, child labor legis-
lation. In nothing that they have done
have the Democrats failed more com
Dletely. Their child labor laws have
utterly failed to protect the hundreds
of thousands of children who are work
ing preposterous hours and in awful
conditions in many of the Southern
States where Democracy is strongest.
II is in those States that child labor
Still persists and will persist until an
honest effort is made to rid the land
Of its blight"
Republicans Built Foundation
Mr.. Hughes also referred to the fed
eral reserve bank act. He declared
that it was modelled upon the Republi-
,Gan commission bill of former admins
ltrations, and added;
In summing up, whatever salvation
we have had in the four years of the
Wilson administration, has been due to
the enlighted foresight OF former Re.
publican administrations