The Alaska citizen., 1916-08-07
POLITICAL NEWS
 0F THE WEEK
WOMEN CHEER HUGHES.

WOMEN CHEER HUGHES.
 NEW YORK, Aug. Five hun dred women, members of the Wo- mems Roosevelt club. which is work ing faithfully for the Republican nominee for President, heard MT .Iuehes today and chcered their candidate to the echo when he de clared that he was in favor of the equal suffrage amendment
 HUGHES TOUR
 NEW YORK. Aug | MT Hughes campaign manager has announced that MT. Hughes will leave New York on AueGa ! and tat he VII speak in Seattle on the 18th of this month. He will travel through Colo rado and Kansas and will open his New England campaign in Maine on the 7th of September.
 HUGHES ACCEPTS.
 NEW YORK Aug 1-Thousands of people cheered Charles F. Hughes as he entered Carnegie hall today to deliver his speech accepting the nomination of the Republican party. Seven thousand had applied for ad- mission to the hall.
 In speaking of the Mexican situa- tion, he said "The soil of Mexico is stained with the blood of our sol diers. We have resorted to physi- cal invasion only to retire without gaining the professed object The administration was to seize and punish Villa for his outrage on American soil. It has not punished anyone"
 In talking upon the European war MT. Hughes said: "We should not have found 1t difficult. We should have maintained peace with honor. The only danger of war has lain in the weak course of the administra- ton.
 We are a peace loving people, but we live in a world of arms" said MT. Hughes, q do not believe that there is the slightest danger of mlitarism in this country" he continued Adequate preparation is not by any means mllitarlsm. It is quite apparent that we are shock ingly unprepared. In the demand for reasonable preparedness. the ad- ministration has followed and not led"
 When MT Hughes took up the economic conditions he flayed the administration and used the admin istration's figures to prove his statements Our opponents promised to reduce the cost of living This they have failed to do. But they did reduce the opportunities for making a living. It is plain that we must have protective upbuilding poli cies.
 'I have already spoken of the dis regard of the proper standards In the appointments to the diplomatic service" said the Republican candi date. Unfortunately there has been similar disregard of executive re- sponsibility in the appointments to important administrative positions in our Democratic service.
 'I heartily endorse the deClara- tion in the platform upon which I stand. l am in favor of woman suf- frage. Opposition may delay, but it cannot defeat this movement in my judgment"
 PRoGREssIVEs MEET.
 INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 3-The leaders of the Progressive party have decided not to nominate a can uludlt lOI tle pIeSluenCy tHlS year. This was decided at a meeting held in this city at which the result of the Chicago convention was gone into most thoroughly The Progress sives decided that as Col Roosevelt had signified his intention of sup porting Chas. E. Hughes for Presi. dent, and that because, as the late leader of the party, many members of it would flock to his side and the support of the regular Republi- can nominee, regardless of whether there was a Progressive in the field or not, it would simply be folly for the party to name a candidate for the presidency.
 But the leaders decided that they would perpetuate the party, and to that end an executive committee of fifteen was named whose duty 1t will be to outline some plan for the perpetuation of the party, and to adopt resolutions criticizing the na- tional Progressive convention for en- dorsing Charles E. Hughes.
 The acting chairman of the Pro gressive party, Mathews Hale, of Massachusetts, presided at the meet ing,