Daily Kennebec journal., 1916-09-29
A Surprising Anti:
Wilson Sentiment
Throughout South
National Hughes Alliance Enroll Democrats Every Walk
LeSurrender Labor Threat Embttered Former Sup
porters-Texas Remembers tn e Mexican Farce

North Carolina and Virginia, are also
extremely heavy.
Florida Democrats Restless
Florida is another state. not usually
considered as worthy of much attention
by Republicans. which is showing un-
mistakable signs of restlessness under
Democratic rule. During the last four
years there has been an extraordinary
influx of Northern settlers into Flor
ida. In many towns the population Is
pre-dominantly of Northern extrac-
ton. These men have usually acted
locally with the Democratic party and
there has been no opportunity for
them to take a stand on national is
sues. This year an aggressive cam
paign is being put u9 on behalf Of the
Hughes ticket, and the enrolment in
the Hughes Alliance would seem to
indicate that Florida may. be placed
in the list of doubtful states.
The enrollments- from Arkansas to
date exceed those from Massachusetts,.
Any doubt as to whether California
is alive to the situation presented in
the present campaign is dissipated by
the fact that that state stands first
on the list SO far as number of coupon
enrollments is concerned. A great
many Californians have written letters
to say that they are Hughes Pro-
gressives." From Southern California
enrolment cards have been received
from a number of prominent Demo-
Gratis.
Every man who enrolls in the
| Hughes Alliance receives one of the
little bronze Hughes Alliance badges
and is afforded an opportunity to en-
roll his friends in the Alliance
In many parts of the country news
papers are reprinting the Hughes AL
lance coupons in their columns every
day. AS fast as enrollments are re-
ceived at headquarters, they are ar
ranged by states and wherever state
organization has been perfected, the
enrolment Is sent In duplicate to that
state. Only part Of the work Of en-
rolling members in the Alliance. how
ever. is conducted from the national
headquarters. In each state where the
Alliance organization has been per-
fected, the work of enrolling is being
conducted also by the state organiza-
ton. In New York state the Hughes
Alliance leaders have set a hundred
thousand as the mark they expect to
reach. Enrollments are now coming in
at the rate of 1000 day and the num-
Der is increasing daily At this rate
the hundred thousand point will be
reached long before election day
In Illinois and Pennsylvania the en-
roilment has passed the 10000 mark
and it is almost at that point in the
state Of Oregon, where men and women
voters have joined hands in furtherine
, the Alliance campaign for Hughes
The enr6llments through the Women's
Branch of the National Alliance ex-
ceed 5000.
America Needs Hughes"
The advertisements which are being
run IN the magazines and periodicals
make a striking display. The most
popular Of these, which will be dis
tributed also in the form of a broad
side, is large two-page display. one
page of which is devoted to a fine
portrait of Mr.. Hughes and the other
to stirring appeal for support of Mr..
Hughes by Theodore Roosevelt under
the slogan America Needs Hughes"
The other advertisements which run
to four pages in some of the smaller
magazines and two pages in the larger
periodicals include articles by Ray
mond Robins, Clifford Pinchot and
Lawrence Abbot. Another two-paee
advertisement which is being used
largely is brief survey of the public
record Of Mr.. Hughes with stress laid
| on the fact that America today needs
the sort Of an administration that he
gave to New York state between 1906
and 1910.