Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-08-10
Declares Administration Meas
uroS Are InadeQuatei Says
We Are Spirited and Not
Too Proud to Fight,
jim HAM LEWIS GETS
HIS FROM CANDIDATE
Former Supreme Court Justice
Delivers Address in ST, Paul
Along Usual Lines of Those
in Other Cities,
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81. Paul, Aug. 9,--Charles H'
Hughes. speaking tonight In the Au-
ditorium here. assailed the adminis-
tration for It's preparedness policy
which he declared inadequate, assert
ed that he regarded reasonable pre-.
paredness az primary duty" and
purposed. IL elected. Ito see that II la
discharged TO the credit OF the Amer
lean people. -,
I'VE arc a spirited people" Mr..
Hughes declared. We are people
who can protect ourselves. We are
not too proud to fight"
Much OF the nominees address was
devoted to the Mexican situation ana
tho calling OF the national guard TO
service on the border. There had
been warnings for two years that
America should be prepared. Mr.
Hughes said, vet when the time came
to put an army on the border to 40
police service" there was presenter
"a spectacle showing inetflciency OF
the first magnitude
Fast aud Loose Policy"
The Administrations embargo ON
arms to Mexico was criticized as 'tast
and louse--nO policy
Il don't think IT rash statement,
tho nominee said II think II is war
,.anted by the facts 10 say that any
American soldier killed IN Mexico ~
killed by American bullets that We
have let 20 over the border
Mir Hughes referred to an address
to the senate by Senator Lewis, OF IL
linois
"Ho didn't like some statements of
mine" Tho nominee said They dis
tressed him am glad of IL Ihht
was the intention. but there wasn't
word In what | said that he or any
body else could answer
Expcdition Did Not Punish.
The punitive expedition TO Mexico,
MI. Hughes said was only called
punitive.
The only punishment inflicted was
punishment inflicted ON ourselves
he said We punished nobody else.
A large proportion of the nominee
address was devoted to reiterauon OF
his views on the need for Industrial
cooperation and preparation for com
mercial competition by Europe after
the war
Speech I'm Minneapolis.
In his speech in MinncHpoi7, MI
Hughes said in part.
I'm my speech at Detroit ! TOOK
occasion TO refer to the fact that IN =
very important bureau, the bureau or
census. an eminent statistiCian, man
of conspicuous cNpertncss and fitness
for the place, had bccn retired and a
man had been appointed In his place
without qualifications for that I'M
portant technical work, You must
know how important that census bu-
rcau is. In the proper collation. Of
those statistics Ia furnished the oppor-
tunity fur many Investigators to de-
tcct important tendenclcs IN our NJ.
It Is work that must be done cNpertlN.
"Now my statement that n. Dana
Durand was retired, as | said In ct'
feet, ana his place given to a polltl-
clan, has been challenged by Scrrc-
tury Redficld Secretary Rcdfleld
telcgraphs me that was greatly mis-
He says: 'Durand was
not removed or retired, but resigned
voluntarily uuasked was glad to
endorse him for present employment
Letter from DuTnnd.
"E. Dana Duraud happens to be
professor In the University of Mime
sofa and ! am going to read the letter
which he has written me today IN re-
spect to this matter He says
'lnasmuch as the truth OF your
statement with regard to the change
In the dictatorship Of the census have
been challenged | think It Is only
f,f,, IA vou mat should make this
Nv resignation as director
,..,s distin,th. n forccd resignation. At
the first conversation / had with Sec
rrt,I,, prdfiard told him that
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