The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-11
HUGHES HOARSE
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the people are not wild over prepared
ness, but we do not understand that
Hughes is advocating any sort of pre-
paredness that means militarism. His
speech today was perfectly satisfactory
to the farmers on that point and he
will have their support"
Passing then to a renewal of his at
tack upon the administration, he said:
my friends we have a splendid
system of government on paper, but
we want that splendid system of gov
eminent vitalized by impartial eff
ficient administration, so that govern
ment shall not simply be on paper but
shall be in fact for the people in both
state and nation.
'It is easy to have paper policies"
he continued. cit is easy to have a
paper program. 1t is a very different
thing to have a splendid business like
conduct of public affairs.
Government Wasteful.
st think may say he cried, that
today the government Of the United
States is recklessly wasteful. shame
fully incompetent and extravaganza
reproach to the intelligence of free
people-because of it's inefficiency.
1T is matter of log rolling" he
declared, of the pork barrel legisla-
ton. having now particular reference
to the last river and harbor bill.
at is a matter which brings the
blush of shame to the cheek of every
American 1t ought to be stopped. If
am elected president to the extent
of my ability, propose to stop it,"
A burst of applause followed this
declaration and another greeted this
expression of policy.
MY friends, I stand for a business
like administration of the government
of the United States. Not for pol
tiles, not to reward friends, not to
build up a personal machine, not to
in ma IT
of favor but to honestly administer
the affairs CT the United States.
You can declaim the most beauti-
full sentences he said, and you can
write the loftiest professions, but after
all administration is three-quarters of
government and businesslike admins
tration is the test of the verify of all
professions.
Louis Hill an Enthusiast.
Louis Hill, son of the late James H.
Hill, whom he succeeded as presi-
deEt of che Great Northern railroad i.
attached his car to the train at St
Paul and at each of the smaller stops
the following day flung out among
the crowds paper hats and confetti.
The towns have thus taken on an adj
ditional air of gayety and enthusiasm.
In consequence. Hughes is unbend-
ing more. The farmers are getting a
new impression of him.
AS he and Mrs. Hughes circulated
among the crowd at Reynolds n the
afternoon a big farmer after shaking
hands with the candidate. cred:
Gosh, he amt so unhuman. after
ALL
Grand Forks was reached at 1885
o'clock AS the train drew into the
station the local band burst into the
Star Spangled Banner and the recep-
ton committee crowded toward the
platform of the Hughes car.
A reception at the local hotel pre-
coded the meeting at the opera house
at Grand Forks. One thousand people
shook Hughes's hand and the process
sion was formed to the meeting place.
Democrats on His Trail.
His tour is being closely followed
by the Democrats. Senator Walsh, in
charge of the Democratic headquar-
tiers at Chicago, attended the Coliseum
meeting there. Agents of the commit
tee have also been seen at the other
meetings and in every town the candi-
date has visited so far there has been
printed in one or more of the local
newspapers the list of questions pro-
pounded to him by the group of
authors relative to the legislation ia
thered by the Wilson administration
Eyes or no, Mr.. Hughes the adver-
tisement is headed.