Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-13
HUGHES WOULD
HAVE AyERTED
|LUSITANIALOSS
Nominee Says Warning
Should Have Been Sent
to Kaiser
HEcKLER GETS ANsw Err

roursvf1.LE. KY. oct is--cherles Y.
u.sbes before great Audience. declared
-r...lvocaiiy that he would have broken
- a,elomatic relations With Germany
--sss The Iusitanla was sunk " he had
men been president
%. ,,.d. this declaration in impassioned
- I, apswer TO a Democratic heckler,
-. h.a been planted In tho crowd:
,ou,d have had the state Depart
-, AZ the very beginning OF the Ad-
.sirlstration, 80 equipped as TO com.
insnd the respect OF tns VOL. s acsirs %
~ MEXICO as 20 show that our words
ss.snt peace and good WILL and the
srrfsctiof,. at all events, OF the lives
IA propefty OF American citizens,
snd next when said strict account
sh,,,tvs every nation would have
soown that that was meant. and FUR
,hs, when notice was published with
yespsct TO the action tthe action threat
sped) I would have made " known
N terms uneauivoeal and unniistaka-
~. that We should not tolerate
ssrt,nuance OF friendly relations
through the ordinary diplomatic chan
reis ii that action were taken; ana
ne Lusitana would never have been
sunk. -
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
fast night vas the hrst time that Mr..
rssbes had made any direct statement
eoncerning his attitude toward Germany II
- had been In the Executive chair when
ne Lusitania was sunk. Here Is an exact
transcript Of the incident
A voice: Justice Hughes, just mo-
nent please permit respectful Interrupt
don What would you have done-(Crles
Of Put him out!')
.'piease permit the question TO be asked"
said Mr.. Hughes. II do not want any one
nut on from a courteous question. Go on.
sr. Please ask your question" tCries Of
Go on. you boobi')
A voice: 'T ask, I trust respectfully
fcries Of Put him outr)
.Piease let the question be asked %
shouted Mr.. Hughes. Il desire this question
% be asked Please ask IT,"
\ voice: TASK you with all the respect
mat 1 know. what you would have done
vhsn the Lusiahia was sunk-see II you
can answer this?"
.T viii answer this now. Permit me to
answer IT, permit me to answer it!" shouted
Mr. Hughes
REPLY sTIRs GREAT rHRoNd
Mf Hughes then made his reply as
quoted above.
The crowd was on its feet like flash
howling demand that the heckler be put
out Of the building There was n tumult Of
cheering for MIR. Hughes and shouts OF
"You're rightr' and That's what we would
have done" Mr.. Hughes waved his hands
high above his head to quiet the crowd,
but II was some time before he could con.
tinue. II was one Of the most dramatic
scenes Of the entire campaign. II was evil
cent that Mr.. Hughes was thoroughly
ntirred by the attitude of the hecklers.
Mr.. Hughes had been stirred earlier in
The evening, when a man In the thronk
lhouted, How about the two-cent case7"
He answered, 81 vetoed that sir, because
\ was legislation passed without obtaining
The facts"
The meeting here was one of the most
eemonstrative the candidate has faced. The
Streets were ablase with red nre and hfe-
works.
ATTACKS THE NEW FREEDOM"
Mr.. Hughes closed his Campaign to win
kentucky by selecting the Democratic cam.
paisn slogan OF the new freedom" as the
text OF vigorous attack upon the policies
y President Wilson. He charged that the
President had introduced into the Govern
mcnt the new slavery" and presented his
Ease to uphold such an assertion In biting
Phrases. The campaign today was spec
iaeular exciting and even dangerous In
The extreme.
!. Mr.. Hughes spoke in six towns to au-
sienees that came miles to hear him. They
same down from the mountains men and
women, on foot on horseback and on mule
ssck Some OF the mounts had saddles,
some had hone. and many of the women
ne came to hear him wore their
nded sunbonnets and smoked their clay
ypes as he talked AT several stops the
nominee's special train was backed down a
yur track and he spoke TO audiences In
open nelds They sat on their horses and
Hules and In their farm wagons TO listen
~s Sne brought their families along. and
1uoine babies In their mothers arms, In
zach Of these crowds