Evening journal., 1916-09-16
HUGHES AND I. R.
IN DOUBLE DRIVE
Will Finish G. 0. P.'s
Fight Each in Differ
emf Way
ROOSEVELT GLAD
TO ANSWER CALI.

NEW YORK. Sept. 16.-The cam
paign TO elect Charles f. Hughes is
developing into a double drive along
parallel lines Mr.. Hughes will di-
rect one big push, Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt the other. They will be
different kinds OF drives just as the
two men are different types Of cam
paigners. One will be the dignified,
calm appeal TO the voters reason. The
other will have all the fire. personal
ity and vigor for which the Colonel is
noted.
Mr.. Hughes mOmentarily shocked
some OF the Republican campaign man
ayers at national headquarters when
he returned from his first Western
tour. At the same time, he removed
any doubt that he was still the same
commanding leader OF eight years
ago.
I A campaign had been mappel out for
/ the Republican nominee that would
/ better suit Colonel Roosevelt Mr..
Hughes smiled and suavely but firmly
disapproved. He had reached his own
decision about his next trip, aud with
out much difficulty he convinced his
managers that his was the better
method for him.
/ Hughes Confident OF Himself.
All this took place at the luncheon
for MIR. Hughes in the home of Will
liam r. Wilcox. national chairman.
Mr.. Hughes remarked that his eyes
, had been opened by his western tour,
that he felt that he knew how to reach
the people: how to make them think,
] fu wear
when men and women are giving more
sound thought TO politics than ever
before.
Besides. Mr.. Hughes said. he is not
a Roosevelt. He would not be effect
i've in Roosevelt's. boots. He must
makes his own appeal as Charles e.
Hughes and no other.
( It was a surprise to the Progress
ives who are taking a leading part in
the Hughes campaign, but they read
ily acquiesced Mr.. Hughes said he
would leave the other kind Of cam
paign to Colonel Roosevelt because
the people want Roosevelt talk from
the Colonel not from Mr.. Hughes. Fur
thermore. the Colonel has said he is
pleased 10 answer their call, and the
campaign will be better one for the
double effort. the Republicans feel.
The Wilson notification speech OF
l two weeks ago will be the point or
attack of the Hughes speeches on his
second campaign tour, which begins
J Monday. Mr.. Hughes intends to PICK
IL apart; not Mr.. Wilson but the
j Democratic administration and the
\ Democratic party.
II Mr.. Hughes has his say. he and
Mr.. Wilson, personally, Will be elimi-
mated from this campaign, and their
), parties and policies only will be the
} issue. Lawyer that he is, Mr.. Hughes
takes il that the other sides case IS
In. and he must proceed accordingly.
: Mr.. Hughes found out that in Maine
the Democrats had two big issues
upon which they pleaded for vindica-
ton. They said the country was
prosperous. Mr. Hughes will end that
with a smash. II is a stigma upon
any nation and party. he will say. to
prate about prosperity growing out of
? war and destruction abroad.
Then, the Democrats in Maine said
the President had kept the country
out of war. Mr. Hughes answer to
this argument is that it would have
been only a befuddling blunderer who
could have pitched the country into
war.
other Points Of Attack.
, Aside from these two principal
propositions, the Democrats dwelt
upon their constructive legislation.
So Mr.. Hughes is preparing to nail
that part of the program. The chief
point Of attack. of course, will be the
eight-hour wage legislation forced
through Congress, and. on the con-
structive side, the principal issue will
be the tariff The latter in fact, Mr..
Hughes believes to be q cardinal ar
: gument for Republican election.
The candidate learned when he was
in the West before that the peace-at-
any-price sentiment is on the wane (;
it has almost petered out. The man
who some months ago would have
said. 81 shall vote for Mr. Wilson be-
cause he kept us out OF war" is now
wondering what is going to happen
when the war is over. Republicans
are citing the story of the chauffeur
who scared his passengers almost to
death by wabbling his machine on a
narrow road above a precipice and
then whined for rehire because he
had kept the party from falling over
the cliff.
The itinerary for Colonel Roosevelt
has not yet been determined. Clam
oring calls for his speeches have come
in to national headquarters from Min
nesota, Colorado, Nevada. Now Mex
leo, Montana and the Pacific coast,
and it may turn out that the Colonel.
who is growing more enthusiastic by
the hour, may decide to make record
beating campaign trip before Novem-
Der Z. At present. Battle Greek. on
! the S0th. and Chicago are the only
certain cities scheduled to hear the
Colonel. but at least three or four
more will be added
Chairman Wilcox intends to go to
Chicago tomorrow for an important
meeting of the campaign advisory
! committee. He said yesterday Mr..
Hughes would wind up the campaign
r in New York on Saturday, November
= 4. There will be a big Republican
rally that night in Madison Square
Garden. The Democrats will hold one
| in the same building the night before.
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