Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04
Hughes and the Hypheu


j would make the assertion of American
rights TO Germany. in the event of his cction
to the office OF President of the United States.
remains in that nebulous uncertainty which
shrouds most of his policies However Prcsi-
dent Wilson has been firm enough TO win the
bitter enmity of some OF Justice Hughes S
supporters, who are giving aid and comfort
10 the Republican candidate on that account.
The Gcrman-American Alliance is trying
10 punish the President because the policy
Justice hughes pronounces weak and vacillat-
ing appears to its eyes stern and unyield-
Ing. The people will not lose sight OF this
circumstance. or forget that when the Presi-
dent was insisting the right OF an Ameri-
can citizen TO travel the high seas. and when
the prestige and dignity of this government
were involved. ii was the Republican minority
IN Congress who sought to weaken and dis
credit him.
There is nothing remarkable. really. in the
union Of Republicans and the hyphcn. De-
spite occasional brave words and Drawer deeds
from seif-respecting members of the party.
its leaders in Congress and elsewhere have
iruckled constantly 10 the hyphenated vote
and given their Endorsement TO hyphenat ed
enorts TO transform the United States into Il
German ally. Those who put the interest
of Germany above the interest and the honor
OF America see in Justice Hughes the incarna-
ton of their ideal They may be mistaken
u,
ciusion is not impaired by any word he has
spoken. and their enthusiasm is not weakened
by any expressed Discrimination on his part
to receive their proifcred support.
Justice Hughes knows he Is TO be used by
lhIs d!Sahected element to punish President
Wilson because the President declined TO
yield TO Germanys arrogant demands The
Republican candidate either intends to de.
serve this assistance or else he is endeavoring
tic
"undllutud Amcricanism" is of the same
brand as that OF the Germans American AL
lance which constantly and stridently pro-
iesseN 70 be as loyal any one else then
he and the alliance, being birds of feather
are perfectly right to flock together IT, on
the other hand, he is Turing on misguided
men only to betray them then is he adopting
the arts. not of the statesman, hut OF the
cheapest Of cheap politicians.
me real question is what the great masses
OF the American people think OF this perform
ance, Will they permit President who has
guided The countrys destnies through one
or the most pcrilous periods in the worlds
history whose policies have fostered pros
perity maintained honor and preserved
peace. to he made the victim of a
disloyd resentment? VIII they serious
~ consider, in the midst OF world
war, subjccting the national policies to un-
certainty and change and leaving the ma tional
safety, between November and March adrft
on the sea Of chance? Republican success i'm
november would be Interpreted throughout
Europe as rebuke TO President Wilson; espe-
claiiy in Germany would that impression pre-
vail. What would be the probable course of
desperate aulocracy hcmmed in by enemies
under such circumstances? Let the Ameri-
can people think ana say
Germany has promised not TO destroy Dutch
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