The sun., 1916-10-24
j. s. RIGHTS SPEECH
OF HUGHES QUOTED
Cited by Democrats as Proof
Candidate Had Agreement
With O'Leary.
NOT CALLED PRO-GERMAN
Second Chapter of Alleged Ex-
pose Attempts to Show
Bid for Irish Vote.
NOT CALLED PRO-GERMAN

The second inStaIment or the alleRcd
expose Of n secret agreement between
Charles r. Hughes md the American
Independence Conference was issued last
night by the Democratic National Com
mit,ee. and the promised documentary
proof that such IN agreement was made
and particularly that Mr.. Hughes was
q party to II was not contained in the
statement.
Also jeremiah O'Leary. head Of the
American Independence Conference. is
sued a statement denying that his con
ference with MIR. Hughes was a secret
one and asserting that any man who
nnds fault with VIVA was said at the
conference Is not a true American.
Gov. Hughes has stated correctly
what happened at our interview" said
o'Leary. There was nothing secret
about this conference. Why should there
be- We requested at interview It was
given. Why should the Democratic Ma
tional Committee question our course.
especially when President Wilson him.
self, on page 227 Of his book The New
Freedom said: I do not wish to sit
down and let any man take care Of me
without my having at least a voice in
It: II he does not listen to my advice
am going to make It as unpleasant
for him as I can. not because my ad-
vice is necessarily good. but because no
Government Is good in which every man
does not insist upon his advice being
heard at least, whether II Is needed or
not
III indifference to American rights has
reached such q stage that a man IL n
hyphenate' who wants them enforced
and a man Is a patriot who wants them
surrendered then count me among
~hyphenatcs' along with Washington.
Jefferson and Lincoln"
Asserts American Rights.
The only s~ubstantiation Of the Demo-
cratic committees claim that such an
agreement was made by the Republican
candidate to the O'Leary society as on
tanned in the second attach Is the fact
that Mr.. Hughes. In his speeches has
failed to denounce OLeary's society
and has asserted that American rights
viii be enforced on land and sea. even
TO the prohibition Of An illegal tamper-
ing with American mails or the illegal
blacklistinG Of American commercial
houses. The Democratic blast" inti-
mated hat by such speeches MIR. Hughes
was fulnlling his secret" agreement
with the American Independence Con-
ference.
The statement begins with an asser-
ton that Charles Evans Hughes having
publicly admitted his secret personal
conference with Jeremiah O'Leary, the
Democratic committee to-day disclosed
details a. the secret arrangement he
tween the O'Leary organization and the
Western headquarters Of the Republican
National Committee in the interest OF
the Hughes candidacy"
As pointed out by the Republican
leaders, Mr.. Hughes admitted without
hesitation that he had seen O'Leary n
others at the Hotel Aston. But O'Leary's
call. they asserted, was not in any way
secret. He visited the candidate as did
hundreds Of other individuals n dele
cations.
The statement seeks to show the exist
ence OF an agreement between Mr..
Hughes and the Independence Confer
ence by what are termed verbatim quo
tations from the official records OF the
Independence Conference" These quo
tatlons are from the meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Independence
Conference in Chicago September 80, at
which were present O'Leary, Daniel +.
Cohalan and other members. Carl
Schmidt was chairman. Here are the
quotations which. according to the DEM
ocratic leaders. establish the existence OF
an agreement between Mr.. Hughes and
the organization by which Mr.. Hughes
was to make speeches pleasing to the
members OF the conference. The first
one follows:
Then Chairman Schmidt introduced
Justice Cohalan. and he outlined a new
mission. the object Of which was to get
In touch with the Republican National
Committee.
Committeeman Mooney. following tho
address of Justice Cohalan, made a
speech in which he urged that dennite
action be taken at the meeting. After
some discussion II was agreed TO with
hold definite action until the delegation
that was to wait on Republican leaders
should make a report.
THE evening session Of the committee
was called TO order at s 40. Justice
Cohalan reported to the gathering the
resrl, Of his interview with the Repub-
ucan leaders"
Nothing of COhalaa's Report.
The statement did not set forth what
Justice Cohalan had reported, and the
publicity department OF the Democratic
State Committee. when asked II such In
formation was obtainable. admitted that