Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-01

band played and the crowd rose and cheered again.
 MT. Hughes was frequently inter rupted by laughter and applause Soon after he started to speak an enthusias- tic admfrer of Colonel Roosevelt, ris- Ing somewhat unsteadily in the rear or the house, shouted: We want Teddy"
 Scattering cheers and some misses followed. He shouted his sentiments again, was hissed down and remained quiet thereafter After delivering his speech MT Hughes was host at a re- ception to the notification committee and the invited guests to the notiffca- ton ceremony.
 "AdmirabIe speeoh,' Says Roosevelt.
 "T was an admirable speech and I wish to call attention to the following points, said Colonel Roosevelt issued after the meeting
 T am particularly pleased with the exposure of the folly and worse than folly of MT Wilson's Mexican policy and of the way in which this nO1icT- has brought humiliation to the TTnft. ed States and disaster to Mexico itself Moreover, I am very glad of the straightforward manner in which MT Hughes has shown the ridicule with which MT. Wilson has covered this nation by the manner in which he aI l. press1on that although he used the strongest words in diplomacy. thev were not to be taken seriously.
 As MT. Hughes said. 1t Is not words but the strength and resolution be- hind the words which count. As MT Hughes pointed out, there Is no doubt that IT MT, Wilson's conduct and ac- ton had been such as to make the foreign nations believe that he meant precisely what he said in his strict accountability there would have been no destruction of American lives by the sinking of the Lusitania. When MT Hughes uses strong words his record shows that they are always backed up by strong deeds and there fore in the enormous majority of cas- es the use of strong words renders it unnecessary ever to have recourse to strong deeds.
 Again MT. Hughes speaks In characterist1cally straightforward fashion of the outrages Committed on munitions plants and all men. whether citizens of foreign nations or nominal citizens of our own land, who had in any shape or way aberted or condon- ed those actions. can understand that N1r. Hughes if president, will protect these domestic American interests and punish offenders against them with the rearlessnoss and thoroughness that he showed in dealing with the powers of evil at Albany.
 Lust before coming to listen to Mir, Hughes just characterization of Mir Wilson's failure to protect the lives and property of Americans in Mexico and on the high seas, I happened to look up John Fislses Critical Period of American TI1GtoFy' and was struck by the following sg0tenoess "A government touches tho lowest point of ignon1iny when 1t eonfeasea fts inability Co protect ths lives and the property of it's eatIRens,'
 "A government which has come Go this has faAied in digahaFgins the primary functions yof government and forthwith .eeases to have any reason for sxiating,s
 fS8dF. Hughes has pointed cut 9n fsla speech, with seIsSFeatTalAt, but with emphasis, that lt ia precisely this primary function which MT, Wilson s and that it Ig BFesssely this peint Of ignazniUy to which he hes sTsdNeed the 'aa4tan nyHElWh leBf he tg pFeafdenss :, 2 |.