The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-09-04

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"Th,y ~ttll have ,ycry confidence
that they VIII elect charlie y. Hughes
president They still declare that the
natural arm ~ the nation rs toward
thc Republican party. They don's APP
prove uf many ct tho things that go
ON at the national headquarters. They
nevertheless believe that the trend to-
ward the Republican party is 81
strong hat 1t Will overcome all handi-
caps ana everything that is now crcd-
ted To- mismanarcmcnt.
~ month ago the Herald called at
%tcntion to the chaos which oversprcai
thu Republican headquarters. Efforts
we're made then by many cf the lead
crs 20 remedy conditions. From the in
formation that has come to The Her
aid IN the last week from persons IN
close relationship to the campaign
management, conditions have grown
worse.
"It was possible to get essential
things done a month ago. Now il isn't.
Tongue. which were churitably silent,
then are lively now. IN jhc words &C
ON" Of the campaign managers. the
Republicans must quickly clear their
decks and get ready for business or
they viii be wrecked by the next
storm that o,crtakc. ,nom-and ono
is now on the way.
Persons who have been in touch
with national politics for , genera
ton sny that the situation IN the re
publican party now is unprcccdcntcd
ana iillcd with dy namtte.'
The Herald diagnoses the malady
from which Republican Veterans ct
past campaigns are suffering as pol
,tiral mclanchuIi3." which. 1t reports.
b. becoming epidemic. one tires Of
listening 10 saws. "to the gloomy
tales pcidlcd out boy the men who
are willing Dat undoio to help along
tn, campaign
Political m~olanchclia' ~ rood-so
rood, indeed. hat 90 awakeus tho
|treuHhlut pen ur Nlrsc Henry Wat
',r>'n who jrDiJr,- 10 Seem 10 he one
OF those diseases whose Victims re-
fuse TO @rccoaniz" their doom. and
continues
TRULY a desperate infection. this
political melau.hon,. Its victims have
been lookius for Mr.. Hughes to Tire
some llg shells ever since he was
nominated. uut the bird.hot which
has been booming from his artillery
ha- only Svcd 10 arouse the vocal
and aerial activity OF the proianc
wu"d.osk. lf Mr. Hughes has amy big
smells to fire he had better lire them
might, There is danger in wait
.ns To" long n administering the REM
'ds Cor % disease that can 1o helped
n} dynamite. Eleventh hour nig shells.
iiko eleventh hour repentance ar. no;
al 1li trustworthy and generally do
more damage at the hrccci than 1T
tho mu1llc II gunner Hughes has no
ammunition which ne is not afraid To-
use until the last he is In
months way II he is going To- wait fer
Tnuuts 10 remove an duuut as To how
he stands on such ISSUES a. the Ger.
man isSuc-issues on which any 100
per cent CONTAGIOUS and honest man
would not allow himself tu ho doubt.
ed for e daN-thcn 4, won't make
much difference what he may SAY
when he finally does make M ls
Wihd To- say something Tho Notcr.
have been asking him to define han.
ser win r"icrcnr" 10 those is u,H
ever sinco ms nomination Instead 1T
doing this promptly and fraukiy he
has not done II at all. If the surcrcrt
from political molanChuliI arc not
hoping against hope he may vet do
this lust before the close OF tho pnm-
palsn but II he waits tii then who
viii believe that he siok, at last, no
because he wished to spcik. but 9th
AZ because he was forced 20 speak or
had put It off long enough To- ,uil
nap his mind ~ To whlg- v .s &c most
hkoly way the cat viii Jump
III MI Hughes l. going to de,lat,
his convictions on the vital issues az
tho campaign the sooner ho declare,
them the better. The eountfy looked
for that d%eclaratiua when no made
his speech OF acceptance II would
haN" taken that declaration at ITS
fac" Naluc then q would be- su.spi.
'.""- of 1t now, Il VIII scott at 1t in
the closing DAYS Of the cimppign 49, a
declaration not uf conviction out of
cNpcdieGno
Truly the Sufferers from political
molnn,holla are .n q n1d WAY