New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-14
First Week of Tour Con
vinces Republicans of
Coming Success.
HIS PERSONALITY
WINS POPULARITY
Women of the Northwest Count
ed On to Swing Their States
Against Wilson.
By RAY Fl. LEEK.

Spokane, Wash, Aug. 1S.--one week
Of as varied campaigning as Presi-
Dental candidate ever carried on has
convinced Charles Z. Hughes and his
associates that prospects of Republi-
can success. even in normally doubt
full states, are satisfactory.
During the week that was concluded
when the candidates train pulled into
the station here this morning Mr.
Hughes has carried his message Of an
efficient America clear across the con-
tinent. far above the clouds in the
Rockies and below the surface Of the
earth in the copper mines of Montana
The one outstanding feature Of the
campaign, thus far, is the surprisingly
enthusiastic receptions accorded TO
Mr.. Hughes wherever he has spoken.
Scores Of impromptu csr-end speeches
have been made to crowds ranging
from twenty to thirty persons to sew
eral thousand. The prearranged sched-
ule has been broken in several places
and probably will be broken in several
more TO give towns not mentioned in
the early itinerary an opportunity to
see the candidate.
Winning Voters All Along.
Republican leaders in the Northwest
ern states agreed that the chief obsta-
Gle in the way OF Mr.. Hughes's personal
popularity was the fiction concerning
his inaccessibility. To-day they are
agreed that that fiction has been dis
PEELED and that the Hughes candidacy
gains strength wherever he makes a
personal appearance and personal ap-
peal to the voters.
Montana, which has firted impair
italy with both the Republican and
Democratic parties during its corpo-
rate life, is pointed TO as almost GER
tain TO 20 into the Republican column
this year because of the suffrage ques-
ton Mr.. Hughes's New York utter
ances in favor of suffrage, much more
emphatically backed up here, have won
exercise their voting privileges for the
first !time this year.
Nobody out here doubts that the
great majority of women will go to the
pollst@Ao vote. The old argument
against equal suffrage concerning the
lack OF interest of the women has been
dispelled by the result Of the numer-
Gus municipal elections in which the
home bodies Of former days outvited
the men. In Butte, for instance, 60 per
cent of the votes were cast by the
women. With women playing so i'm
portant a part in politics in this state,
local leaders feel certain that they will
swing their influence In favor of the
candidate who has maze an unequiy.
ocal stand in their favor. Should this
be done. it is predicted that the addi-
tional Republican votes will easily
carry Montana.
Effect of Peace Argument.
The one argument against this belief
in Montana, Washington and the other
states that have granted the ballot ia
women is that the Wilson 81 kept you
out of war" boast is Influencing many
women. Such Democratic votes as VIII
be cast by women will be those that
are won by the peace argument.
This argument already has been off
set By speeches made by Mr.. Hughes
throughout the Northwest. He has
pointed to the Mexican situation as an
evidence that the Administration has
not kept the country at peace.
What Do they call the Vera Cruz
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