Arizona republican., 1916-09-22
REED REPLIES
 TO ATTACKS OF
 CHAS. HUGHES
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

SPRINGFIELD, H., Sept. 21-United States Senator James A. Reed of Mis- Souri, in speech here today at a state democratic rally, replied to the attacks of Charles E. Hughes on the Adamson railroad law, declaring that Hughes had generally supported the railroads, and that If Hughes had had his way we would have been at this moment engulfed in a catastrophe so enormous as to appal the imagination"
 Senator Reed charged MT. Hughes with declaring fin substance and eff feet that union labor, like a highwav- man, with pistol, approached con- gress and compelled it to enact an eight-hOur law, and that congress in a cowardly and trickling manner sur rendered the dignity of the nation to the unlawful and violent demand of labor.
 Naturally MT. Hughes takes this view. It is the assertion of at least some of the railway presidents, it is not the first time MT. Hughes has taken the sides of the railroads" Senator Reed then cited instances in which he said Hughes, when governor of New York, had vetoed a two cent fare bill, a full crew bill and five cent street car fare bill After reading Hughes statement that the Adamson law does not provide an eight-hour | day but regulates wages, Senator Reed charged that the republican presiden- | tial candidate when he delivered this utterance might well have been ac- cused of plagiarism, for the same speech in almost identical language was delivered on the floor of the United States senate by such cham pions of the people as Reed Smoot of 1 Utah, Jacob Gallinger of New Hamp- shire and Boise Penrose of Pennsyl vania. There is nothing new in what MT Hughes says either in thought or diction.'
 He reviewed the steps leading up to | the passage of the Adamson law and declared that congress did not yield to the demands of either union labor or the railroads.
 Neither the railway presidents nor the railway employees ever came to congress or the president with a de- mand of any kind whatsoever
 What would MT. Hughes have done
 if he had been president in this crisis asked Senator Reed.
 MT. Hughes does not dare denounce the eight hour law. Accordingly he seeks to avoid it by saying that con- gross only provided that the men should receive a full days pay for eight hours and that as matter Of fact the bill passed was simply bill to increase the pay of the railroad men,"
 The speaker reviewed the legislation of the democratic administration. He concluded by saying:
 "The country has peace at its Dor ders and peace within it's borders. Trains are running. People are going about their business. Everywhere l there is prosperity and plenty and con tentment. If Mir. Hughes had had his way we would have been at this mo- ment engulfed in a catastrophe so enormous as to appal the imagination.
 Senator Reed spoke in the Coliseum at the state fair grounds. His re marks were interpolated with the neighing of horses and the believing of cattle The booming of cannons at a fireworks display nearby proved very annoying to the senator. To add to these disturbances two peanut ven ders began barking" their wares | among the audience directly opposite | the speakers stand so loudly that Gov ernor Dunne called upon the vendors i to desist until the meeting was over.
 "Whoever was responsible for the existence of these disturbances" said l Charles Roeschenstein, national com mitteeman. "is guilty of a direct insult to a member of the United States | senate.'