The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-27
HUGHES GIVEN
GREAT OVATION
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ceplion of a Presidents duty rests
upon fundamental principles can de-
scribe with entire sincerity how the
problems of administration would he
approached, and in What spirit they
would be solved. The man charged
with the duty Of reaching Il 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.
Il propose. first Of all, 10 start right.
The President is primarily the eXecu,
tive. II is his supreme duty 10 attend
10 the business Of the nation, to sale
guard its interests, 10 anticipate ana
understand its needs, 10 enforce its
laws. The first act Of Il President WHO
takes this view OF his duties, is 10 call
about him the ablrst cabinet the coun-
Try can furnish, the most competent
administrative heads of the vast de-
partments Of the nations affairs; men
who can deal with the tremendous III
! ternational and domestic problems
which will confront us in the next for
! years.
"My conception Of the presidency -
radically different from that which
seems TO have governed The action OF
/ The present administration. look upon
! the President as the executive head OF
| the government: he is lis business
manager, and consideration OF mere
politics and partisan expectancy must
| Weld. At the very outset or the pres
! ont administration in two departments
| of government most closely touching
our foreign relations the department
Of state and the department OF the
navy, there We're chosen men who
whatever their amiable qualities, were
absolutely unequal to the high dulles
Of the positions.
1T is manifest that the great inter
! csts Of the nation and the most i'm.
! portant executive obligations were sub
ordinaled TO a conception Of partisan
! rxigency can see far enough into
| the future 10 assure the country that
! if | am vested with executive reSpOn'
sibiliiy it will be discharged upon
sound administrative principles
through the ablest cabinet the cOun'
Try can supply.
President All Powerful.
Entrusted with the agencies OF
| diplomatic intercourse. the President
| has in its keeping our international
! interests, and The nations honor. IT,
! is through hs action that we may
| deserve and maintain The friendship
and esteem of o,her nations. W" de.
! sire that the peace which the Untird
States, Spain, Sweden. Norway and
! The American republics now enjoy
shall be maintained. But ! should
seek TO maintain our peace By firm
moss and insistency which should de
, serve and secure The esteem Of the
, world.
"A firm and courteous insistrnrc on
! tho rights 0f our citizens, at nome
and abroad. on land and on sea, is
! the only course which will give Us
| lasting neace. An American in McXl'
co is subject to Mexican law. but he
has the rights Of IN American citizen:
and is entitled 10 the protection nl
| his government. both as 10 life and
| TO property.
d" For one. shall never consent 10
Il policy which wIthdrawS from Amer
| lean citizen" III" projection 10 Whlrn
! they arc entitled, and leave them
| helpless against The lawleSsne%S ol /!
country i'm which they have Il right ID
do business. We shall never expand
American trade ana serve humanity
by carving our ability and talents
/ TO foreign parts if we depart from the
time honored policy If our govern
] ment in this respect.
There cOnfrOntS labor III ne nfN'
four years danger beyond any that
American laboring men have been
! called 10 force.
"Whcn this war began over one
! million American workin%m"n were
vainly seeking employment. When
/ the war ends. and the developed EN-
ergics of nrw Europe are thrown
into commercial production. our ma
ton will face competition such as
! it never knew. ii is vain delusiol
| 10 base hopes on a proSncrity creatn0
! ir this country BY the European war
| That prosperity is due 10 nm abno>
NAL demand for our products ana &c
i the stimulated activity of enterprise,
| through tn, unprecedented demand
for labor. caused by the withdrawal
/ of millions Of men abroad from thcil
normal activities Of production.
Prosperity Will End.
"Whrn tho war ends. the demands
i for our products. created by The war