Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1916-10-19
ONE OF eURKEs CITIZENS
GIVES REASON FOR CHANGE.
Nj. Mekssseu, 4 Republican for More
Than 80 Years Dinuunces Hughes.
G. F, NICK esson, in Charlotte Obser.

G. F, NICK esson, in Charlotte Obser.
yer,
Republican for more than 30
wears, a Blain elector in my youn-
ger days, proud OF the glorious
history and wonderful achieve
ments of my party, | have done
what could in an humble way
to uphold its principles and poll
cies. In common with thousands
OF Republicans, l am sorely dis
appointed in the speaking tour
OF Hughes. He seems to have en-
tirely lost sight OF the dignity
and responsibility OF the great
office he resigned, and the great
er one to which he aspires. No
presidential candidate OF which |
have any knowledge ever made
so weak, so fruitless, soevasive a
compaign as he is making. His
speeches are only a "deluge ofvo-
ciferous common place" At best
he is a common scold," and has
not aroused the least enthusi'
asm, or uttered a single sugges'
ton of constructive statesman
ship. Ii he ever had any states
manlike ideas. they are now in a
sterile state of frosty fermenta-
ton. Many OF the leading Repub-
lican and Independent newspa-
pers give him only a half-heart-
ed support, in fact they give a
very chilly endorsement. I h e
State Journal Of Ohio, the ablest
Republican paper in the State,
is fighting him vigorously. The
New York Daily Post, one OF the
great dailies, in writing OF Will
sons speech Of acceptance, uses
this strong language: "Beside it,
Hughes speech sinks to smaller
diI,ensions than ever. If Mr.
Hughes cannot'rise to its breadth
of vision and it's power, his will
be a difficult position indeed"
In his attempt to discredit .he
Adamson bill he is.artfully at,
tempting to deceive those who
do not read or is thrusting a
poisoned dagger into the Repub'
lican party, for he knows that
more than half those in congress
voted for the measure. Joseph
Cannon, the greatest Republican
IN America, voted for it-Con
gressman Britt, Of the Tenth dis
trict, who is worthy OF public
trust and confidence, voted ant
spoke for it. and is standing
bravely by his record. Senator
Lafollett of Wisconsin and Cum
minis. of Iowa, two of the mos
prominent OF Republicans, ar
both dynamlting Hughes for hi
. denunciation OF this bill. Arthu
Capper, the Republican Govern
or of Kansas, owns a paper pub
lished in Topeka called Capper'
Weekly and has heretofore bee1
supporting Hughes. In a recen
issue OF that paref, we find tn
following criticism OF the railwa..
managers who wanted a strike
"They are the chief organize
enemy enemy'of organized labor
have cleaned it out in their shop
and wherever they could, an
now have only the trainmen
union 70 deal with, Ii they ca
destroy these unions they viii
have the labor situation u s
where they want 1t. The Ne
York Herald strongly oppose
to the Wilson administratio
says: Wilson deserves 6 r e a
credit for his stand in urging tt
passage OF this bill which aver
ed a nationalcalamity." Hugh'
has never been the friend OF tt
farmers or other toiling masse
When Governor OF New York
vetoed bill after bill intended
promote agricultural interest
One OF $4,000 for the Agri.ultr
raj College; one OF $6, 900 forfa
mers' Institute work, and yet
annroved a bill for increasing t,