Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-27
HUGHES WOULD
 PROTECT AMERICANS
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(continued from Page one) Europe? What are you going to do with the eight hour bill? What -"
 The rest of the questioning was lost Tn salvo of boossand eatcalls.
 Hughes Answers Hecl<ier.
 T do not know." Mr.. Hughes re- piled, just what sort of mess we will find things in in Mexico next March, but there are certain principles we not meddle with affairs that do not concern us. Second. when we say we will respect the rights of small nations We will respect them in reality. And, third, 1t shall be understood in Mexi- co, n-America and elsewhere, that American rights with respect to lives and property shall be protected" The audience applauded and cheered. The heckler sat down and there were no more attempts to question the sIeaI CT.
 MT. Hughes declaration of his in if elected was Interrupted by cheers and applause at the conclusion of every sentence.
 If I am elected, as I expect to be-" he began. The audience stopped him with cheering and from various sec tions of the hall came shouts of You will be-" -s@s zs
 If I am elected, as expect to be-" he began again, i've shall have an American administration with exclu7 sively American policies, devoted to American interests. propose to be an American president. unswerved by any suggestion of foreign influence.
 We have TO place in this coun- try for divided allegiance for u1terior purposes, flor any warping of policies to suit the purpose of any foreign pow CT. We stand solely and exclusively f@r Americanism, to the end that we may as great united people, with com posite but loyal population, press for ward to the goal that every true Amer ican desires"
 After the cheering had ended MT. Hughes declared that first of all,'' he would start right
 Hughes Boston Speech.
 In his speech here tonight MT. Hughes said:
 No man can tell in advance what unexpected demands the next four years may present, but one whose con- ception of a presidents duty rests upon fundamental principles can describe with entire sincerity how the problems of administration would be approach ed and in what spirit they would be solved. The man charged with the duty of reaching a desired goal may not know the exact spot in which it is to be found, but he knows that he will be able to reach 1t only by following that path which sound judgment and clear vision open up step by step.
 Necessary to Start Right.
 T propose, first of all, to start right The president is primarily the execu- tive. It is his supreme duty to at tend to the business of the nation, to safeguard it's interests, to anticipate and understand its needs, to enforce it's laws. The first act of a president who takes this view of his duties is to call about him the ablest cabinet the country can furnish, the most compe- tent administrative heads of the vast departments of the nations affairs; men who can deal with tremendous international and domestic problems which will confront us in the next four years.
 Conception of Presidency,
 My conception of the presidency is radically different from that which seems to have governed the action of the present administration. I look upon the president as the executive head of the government; he is its business manager, and considerations of mere politics and partisan expediency must yield. At the very outset of the pres ent administration in the two depart ments of government most closely