The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
WHY CANDIDATE
 HUGHES FAILED
 IN HIS SPEECHES
Hundreds Seek Prize For Telling Why He Dis
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 Hundreds of competitors are seek ing the $100 prize offered by Wood, row Wilson Independent League for the best 150-word answer to the ques- tioh, 'whyAhave Hughes speeches so disappointing
 The offer was made on behalf of the League through the Independent Magazine by Norman Hapgood. The States of New Orleans, has entered the field with another prize-a years subscription to the States to anyone who gives reasons more plausible than any of those appearing in the 'Inde- pendent"
 Final judgement will be rendered in the Independent Leagues competi- ton by Bainbridge Colby, the New York Progressive leader. Among the many contributions already received, the following from Charles Rousseau of New York City is among those cer- tain to have serious consideration: r No Issues, Only Bitterness Lately judge of our highest tri- bunal. he now stoops to unfairness Offering no constructive plans, he at tacks his opponent whose record speaks for itself. l1 "A shining example of weakness, Hughes tried to revive the dead sub- tect of Southern sectionalism. Mot daring to expose the hornets ysc11< 1,f h. | trust, Hughes has been exceedingly subjects of vital importance to the Inafon-meaning that he favors in- ter4sts who place dollars above the liveA of American youth, interests who prefer blood-spilling to diplomacy. "By trying to disprove facts of the present administration, Hughes weak ems himself. and voters are disap- pointed that far-sighted judge has be- come short-sighted one hundred per cent. candidate who has no reason why he should be the next President Having on issues his speeches are filled with knocks and the bitterness of sure defeat.'' t5 Narrow and Reactionary Prof. w. H. Johnson, of Denison University. Granville, O., gives the following answer:
 l First, because they assume that President Wilson's acts have virtually all been wrong in purpose incompetent in execution, and unworthy in motive -an assumption contradictory to the judgment and insulting to the intelli- gence of the masses of our people, Because. again they show no broad grasp of the great new problems, for eign and domestic, which have con- fronted President Wilson, and give no indication that MT. Hughes has fram- ed or can frame constructive policy better than Wilson's to meet these problems.
 Because, finally, they prove that Hughes has not, as Wilson, identified himself in thought and spirit with the more helpful modern ideals of justice and freedom for all. but has definitely taken his stand with that older re- actionary element which would make government the instrument of prfyi- lege for the few at the expense of the many, and from which even McKinley himself had broken away shortly be- fore his assassination. Out of Touch With Men B. W. Babcock, of Oil City, Pa., has sent in his reply to the query as fol- lows:
 Because there was no real man be- hind the Supreme Court mask. He has forgotten how the average man thinks and feels and works He lacks | the touch of common thought and common emotion that draws men and holds them. He does not greatly care for his fellow men, and they instant | ly perceive this. He has not once risen above the eager seeker for office. From the moment that he emerged from the semi-sacred precincts of the Court he has proven that he is the rich mans candidate. He lacks sim cerity and shows a soul so inferior that many a man who reads with diff
 fcu1ty and carries his midday meal in tin pail is a better gentleman and speaks with decent appreciation
 of a sorely tried President in a world crisis His speeches disappointed women generally. No woman loves scold.
 "He is blind prophet of famine in a golden harvest field.''
 |. From Whidden Graham, of the
 Players Club, New York, comes the l following answer:
 Advances No Policies. Because they have avoided the great issues of the campaign and have dealt with such petty trif1es as the re- moval from office of minor officials. Because they have been full of fault-f1nding with President Wilson
 but have failed to state wfat Hughes
 would have done if he had been in
 his place.
 | Because their spirit has been that of 100 per cent. partisanship. and they have shown no understanding of the difficult problems with which the President has had to deal.
 Because they have criticised the