Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-11-03
Crowd Waited Three Hours

Crowd Waited Three Hours
Mr.. Hughes addressed an audience
that had waited nearly three hours to |
hear him. He was introduced by Will |
liam Barnes, former Republican state
chairman. The nominee in previous
speeches today declared that he had no
apologies to make for his attacks on
the administration for it's foreign pol
icy; characterized as very cruel and !
the suggestion that a
vote for him meant a vote for war, and
declared his opposition to a 'muddle of
NEEDLE" in Americas foreign rela-
tons.
THE executive is the guardian of the
honor" Mr.. Hughes declared.
HE has a very wide discretion in the
of foreign relations. He
has his own judgment almost exclu-
sively as his guide, and he is not sup
posed to exercise that judgment ex-
cept in conformity to the well estab- |
lished principles of international law.
ut is not a whimsy he should con-
sider-it is not a loose generality, a
conceived service to humanity that
should engage his attention. 1t is his
duty to have his country adopt and !
follow correct principles of interna-
tional action recognized by the nations
of the world, and thus maintain the
respect to which We are entitled, and
giving us an opportunity to have
growing interest through that esteem
by which indeed we can maintain our
rights and in the end truly serve hu-
mainly" %: o."
= t..;.,..,e.. Replies toevWiIson
Mr. Hughes replied to statement in
a recent speech Of President Wilson as
follows:
ut is not that we should be truculent.
1t is not that we should go about with
any braggart assertion of power. 1t IS
not that we should engage in buster. l
like the phrase the peace of gentle
man but it is the peace of gentle
man unafraid, alert, in his self-respect
and getting his rights. quietly and calmly
ready to maintain them. This is the
peace of a gentleman"
In his speech here tonight as in other
speeches during the day Mr.. Hughes de-
clared. "There never. has been a time
perhaps in our history when 1t was easier
to keep the nation out of war than dur
ing the past few years, when every ma
ton engaged in the great strife abroad
desired our friendship an would not by
reason of any assertion of our just rights
forfeit that friendship.
The nominee was an hour late n
reaching Albany. His address here was
further delayed by a street parade. many
blocks long. which he headed. The sta
ton was packed with crowd awaiting
his arrival and many persons were turned
away from the hall.
From Ohio and Indiana
II come to you after several days of
very remarkable experience In the
states Of Ohio and Indiana" Mr.. Hughes
said Il suppose that no candidate for
the Presidency ever received a more gen.
erous greeting than l received in those
states. 1t demonstrated the interest that
the issues of the campaign and as be-
leve put beyond question the victory Q.
the national ticket in both Ohio and In
diana as we'll as in New York.
1--WE are now looking forward to the
responsibility of administration and I de-
sire to speak to you with respect to
what l regard the essential conditions
of national leadership to be.
1.-THE executive is intended to be a
leader. but his leadership has primarily
to do with the performance of certain
constitutional duties of the gravest i'm
portance to the people He is not chos-
rr,hir nf fQnrV
to indulge in license Of freedom to
follow his own personal choices in any
direction to which his imagination
might lead him.
He is the executive under our con-
stitutional system charged with the
duty of managing the great business
affairs of the United States. His first
duty is to give to the country an eff
cient administration of the public bus
mess. It is perfectly idle for us to ex-
pect in the trying days to which un-
doubtedly we shall be called in the
coming years, the prosperity which we
desire to enjoy unles we have in this
country exhibited, as indeed are exhib-
tied in many countries abroad, the
highest standards Of administrative
work in our public service.
For "Abiest Talent"
1.-THE executive should surround him
self in the various departments Of pub
lie work with the very ablest talent
at his command. He should never per-
init diplomatic agencies, for example,
the organization of ourg reat state de-
partment and the representation Of the
nation in all its international relations
to be subordinated by narrow con-
ception of supposed partisan exigency.
America should stand in her democ-
racy with a high prestige won and
maintained by the character and spe-
cial ability Of the men who represent
her in the councils Of the nations and
our international affairs.