The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-10-26
LEADING LITERARY
MEN COME OUT FOR
CHARLES E. HUGHES
Hamlin Garland Writes
Open Letter to Re-
publican Nominee.
POOR
National Symbol, Declares
George Ade, Who Prefers
American Eagle.
POOR

New York City-Hamlin Garlant
the famous novelist, today made rub
nc an open lette. tc Charles Evan!
Hughes. the Republican candidat,
Tor the presidency, declaring it to b,
the conviction of himself and othe,
authors and artists that the future i.
no time for keeping a theorist in the
White House and that it is espec
tally absurd to have at the head o.
the navy the editor of country
newspaper. Mr.. Garland's letter fol.
| lows:
Charles Evans Hughes. Deal
Slr-Fhe one belief held in common
by the men whose names appear be-
low is the conviction that the pre-
sent Administration is singuarly un-
fitted for dealing with the problems
forced upon it, The opposition to
President Wilson on the score of his
foreign policy is unanimous
The present administration is held
to be minority administration re-
sultlng from temporary split i'll the
opposition party, and that many mem
bers of the present Congress were
elected at a time when internal eco
nomic reforms We're uppermost in
the minds of voters=hence the par
tvs Cabinets pitiful lack of defin-
Neness and power when confronted
w-.h the compicate relations of a
problem which has been brought very
near and made very pressing by the
presence of submarine battleships
within the gates of our city harbors..
lit ia our conviction that a Repub-
llcan administration chosen at this
time will como to the conduct of in
tcrnational affairs. fortified and in
structed by careful study of the
war. carrying a designed, firm, and
patriotic policy.
I'm bringing these names together
had in mind first to make the list
representative of American .litera-
ture, and, second, to call together on
common ground certain Progressives.
Republicans, and Democrats. In
addition, | corresponded with several
Well-known artists, and included their
names, to show that our fellow work
ers in other of the fine arts have
much the same conception of the
Democratic administration. | could
have greatly extended this roll of
names, but it seemed to me that with
the present list all three of the pur-
poses named above We're accomplish
ed
Has Trailcd Prosrcssives.
Personally. am perfectly will
ing to acknowledge that I find my
self in sympathy with much that
President Wilson has forced his party
to enact. Some of the economic re-
forms are almost entirely to my way
of thinking, but | cannot overlook
the fact that he has in most OF his
good work merely trailed the Pro
gressives, and that his party is after
all, the same inharmonious North and
South mixture it has always been. and
that many of his appointments have
been so ill-advised as to be ludicrous.
In short we hold that this is no
time for keeping a theorist in the
White House. and We consider it es-
peclally absurd TO retain at the head
of our navy the editor of a country
newspaper. To have the enormously
important office of secretary of war
filled by an inexperienced civic re
y .
experiment. t
I'VE wish to see at the head of this
a man who will surround
himself with the most experienced,
The most powerful. the most sagac-
ous, and the most patriotic men in
.he nation Therefore we have de-
sided to vote for YOU and take this
means of acquanting You with our
decision.
SO far as possible a new Congress
should be brought together one that
will have both dignity and high pur-
pose. one that will in all ways sus-
tain tho honor and credit of the ma
lion.
ITO take the task OF bringing about
This change of men and policies. the
following writer's and artists lend
their names and influence.
"Hamin Garland.
Declaration OF Signcrs.
To whom it may concern:
We tho undersigned authors and
artists. believing that a change of
tion is necessary for the
good of the nation, take pleasure in
declaring our intention to vote for the
election of Charles Evans Hughes"
George Ade, Robert Herrick, Rex
Beach, Clayton Hamilton, Irving
Bachelor, Burton j. Hendrick, James
Barnes. Brian Hooker. Porter Emer
son Browne Burges Johnson Edwin
". Blashfeld. John Luther Long,
Winston Churchill. Brander Mat i.
thews, Jas. III. Collins, Julian Street,
Hobart Chatfeld, Booth Harrington.
James Montgomery Flagg, VIM. r.
Thayer. Hamlin Garland, Charles II.
Towne. Jules Guerin Edward S. Van
Zile, Cass Gilbert, Owen Wister, Will
liam Gillette. Barrett Wendell, Rob j
art Grant, Henry Is. Webster Jesse ::