The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-10-27
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LINERS Will
VOTE HUGHES
Charles Evans Hughes.-

tharles Evans Hughessr--
rearSir-The one belief held in
common by the men whose names APP
pear below is the conviction that the
present administration Is s;ngularly
united for dealing with the prob
lens forced upon it. The opposition
to President Wilson on the score OF
his foreign policy is unanimous.
The present administration is held
TO be minority administration. re-
suiting from temporary split in the
opposition party. and that many men,
hers of the present congress were
elected at time when internal eco
romic reforms were uppermost In the
minds of voters-hence the party's
cabinets pitiful lack OF dehniteness
and power when confronted with the
complicate relations of a problem
which has been brought very near
and made very pressing by the pres
eBce of submarine battleships within
the gates Of our city harbors.
It is our conviction tn Z a Repnb-
lican administration chosen at this
time will come to the conduct of in
ternational affairs. fortified and in
structed by careful study of the
war. carrying designed, firm, and
patriotic policy.
In bringing these names together
I had in mind first to make the list
representative of American litera-
tuTe, and. second. to cali together on
common ground certain Progressives,
Republicans. and Democrats. In ad-
dition, corresponded with several
well-known artists, and included
their names. to show that our fellow
workers in other Of the fine arts have
much the same conce tn of the
democratic administration. I could
have greatly extended this roll Of
names. but It seemed to me that with
the present list all three of the pur-
poses named above we're accom-
plished.
Personally. I am perfectly willing !;
to acknowledge that I find myself in |
sympathy with much that President |,
Wilson has forced his party to enact.
Some Of his economic reforms are A.
most entirely to my 'vtay of thinking.
but cannot overlook the fact that ,
he has in most of his good work
merely trailed the Ptogressives. and !.
that his party is. after ah. the safde
iLharmonious North and South mix,
ture It has. always been. and that
meny Of his appointments have been',
So ill-advised as to pc ludicrous.''
In short, We hold that this Is no
time for keeping a theOrist in the
v hite House. and we consider it ec-
pecially absurd to retain at the head ;.
Of our navy the editor of a country
To have the enormously
important office of secretary of war
filed by an inexperienced civic re-
former seems to me a very ill-advisel
We wish to see at the head of this
man who will surround
with the most experienced,
the most powerful, the most saga
tious, and the most patriotic men in
lhe nation. Therefore we have de-
ciced to vote for you-and l take
this means of acquainting you with
our decision.
Sc far as possible, new congress
should be brought together, one that
will have both dignity and high pur-
pose, one that will in all ways sus-
tain the honor and credit of the new
executive. and through him the honor
and credit of the nation.
To the task of bringing about this
change of men, and policies. the roi-
lowing writer's and artists lend their
names and influence.
-Hamlin Garland.