The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-08-25

Mr.. Hughes speech Of acceptance
and his first campaign speech are now
before the public.
AS no justice Of the Supreme Court
was ever NOMINATED for President be-
fore, Mr., Hughes is setting prece-
dent. He is showing us how, In his
opinion, experience on the Supreme
Bench should fit one for the political
arena. He has answered one Of the
Democratic. arguments only one
he has attempted to. The Demo-
Gratis protested against nominee be-
ing taken from the Supreme Court.
After reading Mr. Hughes speeches,
the country will be convinced that his
partisan bias is better suited to a poll
tical campaign than to position
which requires a judicial tempera-
ment.
1t will be a surprise to the country
that a justice Of the Supreme Court
should be able to accumulate so much
yitriol in so short term of service.
AZ comparison of his speeches with the
speeches made by other men who have
been candidates will show that none
of them, not even Roosevelt, have been
more partisan or unfair in their at
tacks on an occupant of the White
House.
Candidate Hughes is as uncandid i'll
the defining of his own position as
he is lacking in frankness in the as
saults he makes on the Presidents
position.
He indorses the platform of his par
ty, which demands congressional leg
islation land federal amendment il
necessarily taking from the States all
authority over railroads, and vcstine
this authority exclusively in the fed
eral government. This is revolution.
airy, and means nothing less than de-
priving the States Of all the power
they now have to protect the people
from railroad extortion. Mr.. Hughes
| deals with the railroad question in {
few carefully chosen words, which
can be constructed as an Endorsement
of the platform by the railroad mag
mates, who put that plank in, but his
/ language gives the general public NJ
intimation of the railroad plot which
he indorses.
Likewise, in discussing the merchan
marine, he takes the side of the ship
ping trust against the shipping bill
and yet he does not explain the Repub
lican plan which not only protects tn,
shipping trust from government com
petition, but contemplates subsidie
paid from the public treasury.
/ He takes the side of the tariff ba
rons against the consumers, and give
no assurance that he will favor reten
ton of the income taxes, which i'm
pose on those possessing large IN
comes part of the burden that tn
Republican party collected from con
sumption, through tariff duties.
Mr.. Hughes seemingly demands tn
expenditure of more money on pre-
paredness than the Democratic ad
ministration recommends, and yet h
does not explain where the money is t
come from, or what method is to b
employed in raising the larger sur
which his policy would require.
J The fact that, as Governor, ne ser
message to the Legislature, pre-
testing against the ratification of tn
I income tax amendment shows his pr
/ sition on this subject. The fact tha
! he Joined the rest Of the court in hole
ing the law constitutional did not il
dicate any change in opinion as to II
] policy of the income tax. He coul
! not deny the constitutionality Of u
t | law, however much he might oppos
h it as fiscal policy.
In his speech of acceptance, he il
|. Inmates that the trust question HI
o been settled, and yet he not only d