The sun., 1916-10-01
COL. HARVEY OPENLY
OUT FOR HUGHES
Erstwhile Wilson ROOtcr De-
clares Against Pusillani-
nous Executive.
NATIONAL HONOR ISSUE
Editor Says Real Preparedness
Is the Vital Question
Of the Hour.

George Harvey. erstwhiic friend and
earliest rooter for President wilson.
comes out squarely for Mr.. Hughes In
the forthcoming issue OF the North Amer
lean Rcuictc. Brushing aside the dues-
ton OF who kept us out OF war as being
OF little moment now. Col. Harvey IN
sists that the two vital questions to bc
answered at the polls are Which Of the
two parties at this particular 3uncture In
our progress as a nation is the better
equipped and tho more likely to render
the highest public service? And which
Of the W leaders Is the more certain to
preserve. protect aud defend the Con
stitution of the United States?
The overshadowing issues, as Col.
Harvey sees them. are military and In
dus,rial preparedness. government BY
and for the people and national honor
and opportunity.
"a vote for Wilson IL a vote for
Daniels" says Col. Harvey. lie finds
the latter utterly UNITED for the task
Of building up or taking care OF a great
navy. and that. speaking generally. the
ANspupiiNiIN . SlllSeIt III 'Hfii uNpNdN
OF preparedness while tho Democrats are
not.
Tariff h Only Weapon.
lie insists that the protective tarir IL
the only weapon TO meet the post-bei.uin
economic policy decided upon by the
Allies. which. AS Mr.. Harvey describes
II. Is a proposal TO pay their debts To
America at the end Of the war not in
money. but in products manufactured at
low cost Of labor with the greater eff
ffciency developed by military training"
II Is upon the subject Of the Adamson
law that Mr.. Harvey arraigns President
Wilson most severely.
Sine Fort sumter was fired upon,'
he says, there has been no such as
sault upon the right OF the American
people to rule themselves rs that OF the
four brotherhoods at Washington IN
August OF the present year. Then, as III
81. government by a majority for tn.
whole peop.e was openly threatened by n
self-constituted ~oligarchy. And the cases
are not diss!inilar. Fifty-rve years ago
the Union was confronted by the grim
spectrcs OF Secession and Segregation
Last month 1t was the Union. backed 20
the wall. but with this difference In re-
suit: Anderson resisted to the lint, of
endurance Wilson yielded without a
struggle.
The way was paved for the black
mailing OF the nation by the President
himself at the instigation OF Samuc.
ioinpers at the very beginning OF his Ad-
m!nistration when he approved what lac
himself pronounced an unjust !fis0le'
provision ~forbidding the use OF certain
specific funds in the prosecute on Of labor
organizations for breaking N. aw
And tho exemption was ma !" direct and
ccmplef" by The Presidents oan CLAYTON
act. which expressl. provided that ~
u orgr1 zat.Ons should be held ot
c%du'ru"i ~ he illegal cou-inntipfs ut
CohspIrat es 30 restraint Of trade und,.
th" antitrust laws. .
But for 'hc existence Of this iuyidI
ous'y dis r.ninatory act the brother.
/ Gods would not have dared to inv Re tn
criminal prosecution provided for all
other Offenders Sheltered by II. they
only h.dcd their time until the evc"uf q
Presidential election and then held tho
gun OF calamity at the head Of IN, ma.
ton. They did not 80 seriously menuc,
the railway companies. which had Only
revenues TO lose and properties to dam.
age they threatened the people. ali of
the helpless and un1fending people IN
every city II hamlet in ,.c land, with
hunger or starvation unless within "A
fortnight the Government should impos.
upon their employers, under the speCious
and false guisc OF an eight hour day
which they themselves would not accept.
an Increase of - per cent. IN wages"
what HuEh-s Would Have Done.
'rl. Harvey finds an answer 60 the
question VIVA would Hughes have
done" in his veto 81 tho two cent fare
'ill aud IN his Nashville speech and sub.
s,qIent utierinccs on the subject.
The PROJECTED suit to test the cunst!tu.
ti"nality "f the Adlinson law and also
OF the Clayton act brings up in this con.
re"tion the question of the future com.
pl"yi"n Of the supreme Court. which In
Col. Harvcy's opinion is an important j..
sue M view Of the fact hat .oui of The
Justices must retire IN the next foui
years, After critlc!sing the Clarke and
Erandels appointments to the Suprcm,
Court Col, Harvey says:
Their. seems TO be LEFT little room
for doubt that Mr.. Justice Brande!
may be relied upon 20 forsake the coursa
marked with what has commonly beer
regarded 40 no little distinction by Mr.
Justice Hughes In Interpreting funda.
mental law and TO follow the lead OF
Precedent Wilson In trans!ating into
statutes the personally presumed DEGREES
Of society.
Tho whole problem Of labor legisIa
tIon. wage regulation and judicial in
depreciation Is stlll IN ~ab.,anco
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