The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-09
ASSAILED ADMINISTRATION.
Charles Z. Hughes Speech in Chicago
Bristled with Epigrams.

Chicago Aug. 9.-Charles +. Hughe
last night told an audience that crowdet
IChicago's great Coliseum hall wher
he was nominated for the presidency
what he would do if elected president o
the United States. Mr.. Hughes charge,
the present administration with waste
extravaganza and vacillation. He declared
that it had not kept the country out d
war but that it had fought an ignomini
Gus war in Mexico and had withdrawn
from that war ignominiously. He charged
the administration with having brought
the country much nearer to participation
! in the European war than the country
would have been had the administration
stood for American rights.
| He declared that it was no more pos
sible to expect tariff protection to Amer
| lean industries from a Democratic Con
gress than it would be to get "a revival
sermon out of disorderly house"
The nominee assailed the administra
tion for its appointments to office and
declared that ii elected, he would APP
point to Office only men well qualified.
Democratic expenditures for rivers and
harbors were attacked by the nominee
Il propose that we shall stop this pork
business" he said, Il propose that we
shall have government in a businesslike
way. We won't have any more, if | can
stop 1t, of these Kiss me and I'll kiss
You appropriations in Congress"
The nominee said he stood for "bus-
inesslike responsible budget" q do not
want any hot air in mine," he added
The Democratic party, Mr.. Hughes
said, was approaching the idea of tar
iff like a skittish horse to brass band.
In 1912, he added, the Democratic plat
form had said in effect that a protective
tariff was unconstitutional
"They say in effect now that the Eu-
ropean war changed the constitution of
the United States he continued. "But
do you think they are eonverted2 Don't
trust them little minute with protect
ing American industry. They haven't got
it in their bones"
Mr.. Hughes reiterated much of his De.
troit speech regarding the administra-
tion's Mexican policy.
"It had no right" he said, "to commit
this country to course Of conduct which
landed Mexico in anarchy, left our citi-
zens prey to the rayages of bandits
and made our name word of contempt
in sister republic"
"We have gone forward" the nominee
said in speaking of the administration
Mexican policy, with determination
to be destructive, not constructive, to de-
stroy all they had"
As to the administration foreign pol |
cy Mr.. Hughes said:
"We have allowed our words to be |
'aten up by hesitation, by delay. We
nave somehow or other convinced the
world that our talk is cheap"
Il propose that we have new birth /
If American purpose and courage. We
laye no occasion to fear war in the at
aiming of those rights, which all recog-
lize and respect us for maintaining. If
We are glib in speech, if we indicate that
We are not ready to meet our word am
'ly, we are pushed little further and
little further, until some fine day
vents occur which cause an implacable
esentment from one end of the country
o the other.
This administration has come nearer
o landing us in war by its weakness
han it would ever have come had it
TODD faithfully for American rights. and
ad let it be known that they would be
efended."