The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-01
HUGHES FAVORS
 EQUAL RIGHTS
 IN HIS SPEECH

Address of Acceptance Is Heard
 By Throng at Carnegie
 Hall.
 T New York, Aug, 1-Charles Evans Hughes, Republican candidate for President of the United States, an- nounced his declaration of principles last night. in Carnegie Hall. In his speech accepting the nemination be- fore large gathering of Republican notables and enthusiasts. The out Standing feature of. his address was an Out-and-out declaration, for the imme- diate enfranchisement of women. Votes for women were inevitable, he declared, and favored ending the con- Rest without delay. MT. Hughes, as Fexpected, excoriated the administra- kion for its Mexican and foreign poll loies, He said in part;
 ~I endorse the declaration in the platform in favor of woman suffrage. Q do not consider it necessary to re- View the arguments usually advanced ,on the one side or the other, as my convictious proceed from q somewhat different point of view. Some time aeo, a consideration of our economic ,eondltions and tendencies. of the posi- N1on Of women in gainfu! occupations. Sf 0he nature and course os the de- nIxand, led me to the conclusion that the granting of suffrage to women b nnevttabls. Opposstion may delay, but nn my judgment cannot defeat this tnovoment- Nor ean see any A2, NAntagss in the AelAy which can pos Mibly occsot ,he disadvantages which jnre necessarily lnoicsnt to tho oonein- |aed aS1tak1on. UAcGslshould be s1uareiy I1het. i've shau laso . oouztautly in ll l1susldsd sfDose and . distinctly fauain- ll5e< movement oouaenntly 2erfouttng ies I6rraniiH<lon to the subvsxsion oe uor- mai potlttoaI issues. We ahau navo latruxxle increasing In bitterness. (which IAbelisve to be inimical to our lNolfsre. If women arc to have the lvote, as I believe, they are it seems Ito me entirely clear that in the inter- IGst of the public life of this country, l&he contest should be ended promptly. 1t favor the vote for women
 we come to state in a plain and direct manner our faith, our purpose and our pledge We know that we Iare in a critical period, perhaps more lcfitical than anyaperiod since the Civil 'tWar. We needsa dominant sense of national unity; the exercise of our -lbest constructive powers; the vigor and. resourcefulness of a quickened America.
 s.Our foreign relations have assum- jod grave impoutance in the past three iyears. At the very beginning of the H~~x 4vf-v- f1<1v1 Uf, Ivp ho direction of diplomatic intercourse yfhere should have been conspicuous 1gtrength and expertness we had weak hess and inexpertness- Instead of as- lguring respect, we invited distrust of our competence and speculation as to F iour capacity for frmnees and decision. Ithus entailing many dtfi1culties which 'otherEise easily could have escaped
 s-The dealings of .he.Administratio with Mexico constitute confused s,chapter of blunders- We have not Ihalped Mexico. She lies prostrate, fmpoverished. famine-stricken, over in helmed with the woes and outrages Iof internecine strife, the helpless vic- ktim of a condition of anarchy which Athe course of the Administration only f;served lsto tpromote. #SsFor ourselves
 
 lcitizens and the destruction of their iproperty.
 VI we have made enemies, not ftxriends- Instead of commanding re- sIspect and deserving good will by sin Icerity, frmness and consistency, we provoked misapprehension and deer Resentment In the light of the con- lduct of tho Administration no one lcould understand it's professions De- l&rying interference, we interfered imost exasperatingly. We have not leven kept out of actual conflict ,and Ifhe soil of Mexico is stained with the ib1ood of our soldiers. We have re- Sorted to physical invasion. only tc Iretire without gaining the professed l0bject. It is a record which cannot fbe examined without profound sense syfof humiliation.
 The nation has no policy of az. igression toward Mexico. We have nc desire for any part of her territory I've wish her to have peace, stability land prosperity. We should be ready to aid her in binding up her wounds lin relieving her from starvation and distress, and in giving her in every practicable way the benefits of ou1 disinterested friendship. The con- duct of this Administration has creat. cd difficulties which we shall have tc Durmount-
 We demand from Mexico the pro. lection of the lives and the property of our citizens and the security o1 our border from depredations. Mucf will be gained if Mexico is convinced that we contemplate no meddlesomt Interference with what does not con cern us. but that we propose to insis 1n firm and candid manner upon the performance of international obliga lions To stable government, ap propriately discharging it's interna tional duties, we should give ungrudg ing support. A short period of firm consistent and friendly dealing vii accomplish more than many years O. wacillation-"
 "It is a great mistake to say tha reso1uteness in protecting American rights would have led to war. Rather lin that course lay the best assuranc, ;of peace. Weakness and indecisioI lare always sources of grave danger During this critical period, the onl! danger of war has lain in the veal ef fJ,o fnic cfr