New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-26
AUTHORS UNITE
TO BACK HUGHES
Thirty-one Writers and
Artists Send Him Pledge
of Support

Believing that . change Of admins.
tration is necessary for the good Of thu
nation thirty-one authors and arti,.,
sent TO Charles Z. Hughes yesterday .
declaration that they intended to vOt.
for him. In an open letter to the can.
didate Hamlin Garland said:
"The one belief held In common BY
the men whose names appear below 4,
the conviction that the present Admin.
istration is singulsrly untitled for deal.
ing with the problems forced upon Il
The opposition to President Wilson o.
the score Of his foreign policy Is unau.
imous.
"The present Administration Is held
to be a minority Administration, re-
sulting from a temporary split in the
opposition party; hence the psrtys
Cabinets pitiful lack Of dehniteness
and power when confronted with the
complicate relations OF q problem
which has been brought very near and
made very pressing by the presence
of submarine battleships within the
gates OF our city harbors.
Republican Officials Needed.
at is our conviction that Republi.
can Administration chosen at this time
will come to the conduct Of interna-
tional affairs fortified and instructed
bv a careful study of the war, carrying
out a designed, firm and patriotic
policy.
"In bringing these names together
T had in mind, first, to make the lis!
representative of American Literature,
and. second, to call together on CON-
mon ground certain Progressives, Re-
uublicans and Democrats. In addition
I corresponded with several well known
artists, and included their names to
/ show that our fellow workers In other
/ OF the fine arts have much the same
conception Of the Democratic Admin
istration. I could have greatly extend
ed this roll of names, but it seemed
to me that with the present list all
three Of the purposes named above
were accomplished.
personally, am perfectly willing
to acknowledge that find myself In
sympathy with much that President
( Wilson has forced his party to enact
Some of his economic reforms are al
most entirely to my way OF thinking,
but l cannot overlook the fact that be
has in most of his good work merely
trailed the Progressives, and that his
party is, after all, the Same inhsr-
monious North and South mixture Il
has always been, and that many Of his
appointments have been so Ill advised
as TO be ludicrous.
/ an short, We hold that this is no
time for keeping a theorist In the
White House, ana we consider II espe.
/ cially absurd TO retain at the head Of
! our navy the editor of country news
paper. To have the enormously in.
] portant Office of Secretary Of War filed
seems to mo very i'll advised expert
ment.
Wants a New Congress
ave wish to see at the head OF this
government a man who will surround
himself with the most experienced, the
most powerful, the most sagaelous and
the most patriotic men in the nation.
Therefore we have decided 10 vote iof
you, and take this means OF acquaint
ing you with our decision.
$50 far as possible a new Congress
should be brought together, one tna'
will have both dignity and high pur-
pose, one that will in all ways sas-
tain the honor and credit Of the new
Executive, and through him the honor
and credit of the nation. 40
ITO the task Of bringing about TIM
change Of men and policies the follow
ing writer's and artists lend their names
and influence. HAMLIN GARLAND"
The declaration was signed by George
AIDE, Rex Beach, Irving. Bachelor, James
Barnes, Porter Emerson Browne, EdWln
II. Blashfield, Winston Churchill, james
II. Collins, Hobart Chatield- Iayiof'
James Montgomery Flagg, Hamlln Gs,'
land, Jules Guerin, Cass Gilbert VIZ
lam Gillette, Robert Grant, Robert he,'
rick, Clayton Hamilton, burton %
Hendrick, Brian Hooker, Burgess 'onS
son. John Luther Long, Brander NAY
: thews, Julian Street, Booth TarnngIo.
William r. Thayer, Charles n. Towas
Edward S. Van zile, Owen Wister, S.
rett Wendell, Henry x. webster '''