Arizona republican., 1916-10-11
.UGHES' STAND
 CONSTRUCTIVE
 SAYS CART F|ELD

Tn the words of a member of his audience, James R. Garfield, one time secretary of the interior, talked more common sense to his hearers than most political speakers we have had here lately"
 Before quite the largest audience yet seen on the Y. NJ. C. A. tennis courts, he presented the record of Charles Evans Hughes. as a constructive criti- cizer of democratic methods, and in terms that could not be misunderstood stated what Mir. Hughes will do in cer- tain vital exigencies, if elected.
 MT. Garfield began his speech by paying high tribute to Judge Kibbey. who had preceded him on the plat form
 The democratic press is trying to make you believe that Mir. Hughes campaign is one of criticism. They try to impress or the voters that he is of fering criticism only, I am going to take up each of their arguments and show that where our candidate has of fered criticism, he has also offered a constructive policy to replace that which he condemns"
 With this announcement the speaker plunged into the argument. Taking up first the democratic statement that the administration has kept the coun- try out of war, he said
 We are not at war. We are in a state of dishonorable peace. The all ternative to this is not war"
 When asked why it had sent marines to Vera Cruz and pulled them out, and why it had despatched Pershing's s fs,tA parently slowly withdrawing it. the administration has returned no an swer, according to Mir. Garfield. If this is not war. what is it?-another question that has failed of reply, and which is now commonly accounted the big mystery of the present adminis- tration.
 MT. Hughes purposes to make the name of American Citizen proud one to bear in the face of the world," ex- claimed the speaker, and there was a generous response.
 The murder of Americans on sea and land, the destruction of American owned property, the outrages upon American women. even within the bounds of this nation, the utter disre- gard of American rights everywhere are topics that have been largely dis cussed during the present campaign but never so clearly and dispassionate- 1 ly as by Mir. Garfield.
 His was not the eloquence that in- | flames an audience to wild cheers, the throwing of hats in the air. Rather l he coolly put up to the voters the exact facts of the case, and then as | coolly asked how they were going tC act on November :. He pounded home !, nff l. no misunderstanding of the stand o | Mr. Hughes on international matters.
 "The democrats are asking, what would MT Hughes have done under like circumstances in Mexico% And | answer, that as a truly American would. on the first murder of one O. his fellow citizens have occupied tn. l border towns with a sufficient fore, | of soldiers to have patrolled the coun try until absolutely satisfactory guar | antees had been eXacted from the Mex ican nation"
 The American name is not respecte' throughout the world, nov, for tn first time in 40 years Ever since tn nation was founded, Americans hay been urged by the government to g abroad invest, build up the America1 name and create markets for America trade But now. the administratio has announced an entirely new polio,
 MT Wilson stigmatizes every Amer
 can abroad as a dishonest man. Aske
 which of the Americans abroad is tn
 promoter of dishonest deals, he ha
 refused to answer. leading to the in
 ference that all are more or les ] crooks"
 "Too proud to fight. That's a cloa l I,iI l,fe
 sordd to conceal the ulterior motive
 his acts.'
 "The vaunted prosperity of demo
 cracy-is it the result of democrat
 rule? No. It comes from war i
 Europe"
 On the tariff, Mir. Garfield spoke bl
 a few words, but they were impressiy
 ones He described the hundreds
 thousands of beggars turned loose c
 the streets of the east when the dem, cratic tariff for revenue (but produ'
 ing none) put American industries
 competition with cheaper European Ia
 bor This condition, he said, did n,
 exist out here, but it was poignant
 present with the eastern municipal
 ties.
 Until it became necessary to respor / to the demands of clear thinkir northerners, President Wilson regardt
 his solid south too highly to risk boos
 ing the child labor bill. There was
 clean cut masterful bill passed t | house-one that was simple and we fe effective for the purposes of the ant Il T child labor people. It was too effectiy Q however, for the southern democrai . whose support came chiefly from t . tremendous milling and manufacturi f.1tx .I.s1 l-l n
 finally, Wilson went before congre e and got the bill through th> senate V but how sadly changed! n The heart had been cut out of it. e point was blunted. and in effect, it W e
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