Arizona republican., 1916-10-30
BY CHARLES EVANS HUGHES


 On the eve of election day the Amer icsn people are entitled to a summary of the things l have stood for in thls campaign as they are the things l shall stand for as president
 No man can tell in advance what un- expected demands the next four years may present but one whose conception uf the presidents duty rests upon fun damental principles can describe with entire sincerity how the problems of administration would be approached and in what spirit they would be solved.
 A man charged with the duty of reaching a desired goal knows that the road Co it IS found in following that path which sound judgment and clear vision open up step by step. l can show the road | expect to travel
 ! propose first Of all 10 start right. The president is primarily an executive. lt is hls supreme duty to attend to the business of the nation. to safeguard Its interests, to anticipate it's needs, to enforce its laws.
 The first act of a president who takes this view of his duties is to call about him the ablest cabinet the country can furnish. men who can deal with the tremendous international and domestic problems which will confront us in the next four years.
 My conception of the presidency diff fers absolutely from that of Mir Wilson ] look upon the president as the admin istrative head of the government. He looks upon the president as primarily the political leader and law maker of the nation
 In the two departments of govern ments most closely touching our for eign relations-the department of state and the department of the navy-he chose men whom he knew to be wholly unequal Co their duties Administration obligation was subordinated to political cXigency. I can assure the country that any administration under my di- reCtion win stand sPsn sound admin istrative ground with the ablest cab met the country can supply.
 Across the road We are to'travel this next four years. even though We start right and move with prudence and courage. serious hazards are thrown Ike breaks in a roadway made by a torrential rain. These all rise out of The war torrent which has over whelmed Europe The first has to do with our foreign relations. IL is the presidents duty to safeguard the inter ests Of our nation and to preserve the friendship of every other nation.
 No man is more determined than.I to maintain the peace which the United States. Spain. Sweden, Norway and all The American republics now enjoy But ] should seek Co maintain that peace by d firm and courteous insistence on the rights of our citizens at home and abroad
 An American in Mexico is subject to Mexican law. but he Is an American still and is entitled to the protection of his own government in his lawful bus mess. For one shall never consent to "a policy which leaves Americans help less against the lawlessness of any country In which they have a right to do business.
 There confronts labor in the next four years a condition more serious than any that American laboring men have been called upon tO face. When this war began over one million Amer ican working men were seeking for employment When the war ends and the developed energies of a new Europe are thrown into commercial production our nation will face competition such as it never knew.