The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-02
NOMINEE HAS
WARM WELCOME.
Governor Hughes in st. Louis
Today, Was Met by Large
Crowd at the Union
Station.
WHITE VESTS AGAIN
Will Rest Sunday and Leave In the
Evening for Nashville, Tenn,
Enroute to the
AGAIN
rBy Perry Arnold, United Press Staf
CnrrocnNpdonf I

lBy PerTy AfnOlQ, united FTeSS 0Ldu
Correspondent
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Sept. 2.-After re-
ceiving last night at Kansas City
what was probably the most en-
thusiastio reception yet accorded his
Republican Nomine Hughes came to
ST. Louis reinvigorated and ready to
ram home further assaults on the
democratic administration.
It was believed that the candidate
would make some further and clearer
references to that portion Of his poll
cies referring to the hyphen in this
the city having the second largest
German-American population in the
United States. In speeches which he
delivered through Kansas yesterday,
Hughes took occasion to elaborate his
views on the necessity for unity of
spirit in the movement for Ameri-
canism. He was expected at tonight's
Ezeeting at the ,Coliseum-where his
lpetitor in the presidential race
was renominated only three months
ago-still further to enlarge on these
views.
With fairly hot weather again the
rule, Hughes got back into his white
vests once more today. That he was
in better physical condition was indi-
Gated by the way in which the candf-'
date withstood thf heat. A few weeks
ago, when he firsS set out campaign
ing. he shed Respiration at the
slightest movement. Today he was
literally trained down fine,- and
didn't even look mussed after an en-
thusiastic, but hot crowd at the sta
ton greeted him.
NJS,
were touched today by letter from
sixteen year old girl in Portland,
withheld on the gov
ernor's request. She wrote that she
had a dream in which she saw and
shook hands with Hughes and Mrs.
Hughes in the white house. She knew
the dream was coming true. The
candidate wrote her a letter himself,
and Mrs. Hughes added postscript
thanking the little lady for her pre-
diction.
In st. Louis today the nominee was
the central figure in an auto parade
on his arrival shortly after eight
O'Clock, and was to speak at
luncheon under the auspices of the
Business Mems league at the Missouri
Athletic club. Late in the afternoon
he was to shake hands with the pub
lie at the Hotel Jefferson and at
night speak in the Coliseum. Tomor-
row he will rest, leaving at night Tor
Nashville, Tenn.
Those close to the candidate indi-
Gated today that the governor intend
ed particularly to dwell on the prin-
ciple of exclusive federal control OF
the militia which he enunciated at
last nights meeting at Kansas City
and on the Mexican policy in speeches
during the next few days. He in
tends, it was said, more specifically
to outline exactly what measures he
advocates to correct the abuses in
government which he ascribes to the
dem ocratic administration. Governor
Hughes has been considerably riled
over democratic declarations that his
campaign so far has exhibited most
complaints without indicating correc-
tive and constructive remedies. To-
night he proposes to answer these
declarations while still thrusting
away in critical analysis Of what. he
considers democratic ineficiency.