The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-08-10
CANDIDATE HUGHES ON
THE ALIEN ISSUE
Emphasizes importance OF American
ling Foreigners Who Come To
This Country.


q publican Presidential candidate, VIZ
ally began his Western campaign
tour here today, making several speech
es in the afternoon and delivering an
address tonight at Arcadia Hall. This
city was the first stopping place down
for discussion of the issues by the
candidate, and he attracted large audi
ences.
In the course of his speech at Ar
cadia Hall he said, among other things;
You have here the problem of the
sudden introduction of a large alien
population. You did not remain indif-
ferent. You set an example in Ameri-
canization to all America; and we point
to Detroit as the one place in this land
where there has been shown a quicken
ing of interest in the development of
training and Amsricanizing OF alien men
and women who have come to this land.
1T is perfectly idle to expect a sound
sentiment of American unity if those
who come among Us as strangers come
merely to be exploited. When we admit
to this country men and women we as
sumo obligations with respect to their
training, as we'll as grant to them the
privileges; and we have got in this copn-
ry to be awake to those obligations
and to realize that in every community
there must be a well-organized effort to
make America supreme in the thought
of everyone who comes INTO the COM
munity; to have the language under
stood and spoken; to have American
sentiment replace foreign sentiment; to
have American ideals replace foreign
ideals: TO have a realization that this
is country not simply giving an oppor-
tunity to work for dollars, but q country
that is devoted to the betterment Of hu.
man life, to the enlightenment Of the
standards of human thought, to the lib
eralization of all those things connected
with human understanding and purpose
We want America first IN the mind and
heart of every one in this land
"But America is not simply a land
for the man of special talent or Of dis
tinguished aptitude. This Is the home
of the average man, the ordinary man,
the man WHO'S doing his best, whatever
his talent or aptitude; and in our large
industrial occupations, where thousands
are gathered together in one service, we
S-Hnt a recognition of human brother
Cd in providing for the welfare of
THOSE who make the wealth of this great
country.
1--WE want workingmen to be safe
guarded from every injury that can be
prevented. We want the health of the
workingmen looked after; every means
provided which conduces to the proper
standpoint of living; every means pro-
vided for proper recreation; appropriate
means for education, for vocational
training. In short, the working man
who is on his job and expects to con-
tinue in that job ought to feel that he
is doing something worth while for a
community that appreciates it and gives
him fair chance to lead happy and
a decent life"
eve have got along in this country
altogether too easily with our wealth
of natural resources. Men haye been
content, living part in their separate
lives, to tarry to make something for
their individual selves; but now we have
reached point where it is necessary,
as it has been necessary abroad, to tIy
to reduce all waste, to try to prevent all
5 unnecessary outlay and to try to make
business successful according to the
merits Of well organized economically
conducted business
81 want efficiency in the government
of the United States. My friends, the
world that we are about to live in in the
next Is years is going to be very
different world from what it has been.
''Now, if you have great admins
traitor appointed to a position of extra
ordinary power, how will you judge his
efficiency in the conduct of the enorm,
GUS business interests with which he is
intrusted? Judge him by his words?
judge him by his appointments.
'We have said frequently that we de,
sired to cultivate the most friendly re-
lations with Latin-America. What
have we done? In country after country
we have taken out men who have giver
long periods successfully to the study Of
diplomacy and haye represented the
country with credit, and had acquired
an admirable and important experience
We have taken them out and put ir
men utterly inexperienced. This country
will never be worthilY represented or
ke its place properly among the sna
( IL if men are appointed merely tc
igfy partisan obligations and there is
D ideal of continuity of service in oul
diplomatic intercourse.
I'VE have had very serious disre
gard of the spirit and requirements OF
our Civil Service law. The Republican