West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1916-10-05

Attacks Wilson's FIa1 but Won't
Tell Pubic WhHt is Would
Have Done.
ONLY WAY TO AVERT STRIKE
Republican Eonlnee Is ksked 70 De-
clare " ne Hc-l' .+=V Vetoed the
Bill With cc-'a.n fr-urance Of
lndu4tiiGI bItc.tcr

So busy lis rc.n Charles D..
Hughes criticism: ga" deeds Of the
Wilson Administration hat lac has
had little time, ~ L., uurpoScly
svud"d. icllin: ;ht I4.nllc what he
would have done hud lac hccn Presi-
dent under sIui'ur circumstances.
Lately Nj ilugh,.- has turned his
ittncks upon Pre-, idrnl Wilson's sue
:esSful settlement 81 tie crisis ina the
-a.lrund wCrld by causing to be
passed 10y Congress the Atkinson
eight hour Tin. Nj. Hughes has char
lcterized this action m~ n "surren-
Ter To force" hr rs "olpuSrd to being
Heated To hy any puWcr ON earth
before I'll" facts are known: and he
would not act until he h"d had n fair
, investigation and culdii treatment. +"
Tnking Issue with the Republican
candidates attitude The New York
Times. In MI editorial. asks:
WHAT WOULD Mr.. HUGHES
uANT DONEi
Well, what way would Mr. Hughes
auVc tukCn?" continues the Times.
What would he Gavc done? lIcre
VAS MIR. Wilson's position: The
brotherhood refused arbitration the
railroad presidents would not accept
The settlement Mr.. Wilson proposed.
grnnting the eight hour standard day
With provision for an impartial inquiry
nto It's working There was no law
IN the statute boOas TO Caforce arbI-
ration.
The President knew. knew with
certainty and beyond question. thai
le could not get such law from the
Congress now In session. The cure
and Inevitable alternative to his &C.
'eptanee Of the eight-hour standard
lay measure was a strike. the sus.
pension Of railway service, freight anc
passenger. all over the country, be.
Ginning on the morning Of Sept. 4th.
WOULD HUGHES HAVE DONE TIT
MIR. Hughes would not surrender
20 anybody In the country Then he
would have surrendered the country
70 the disturbance A,ncs surable loss,
and peril Of a strike Would he. I'm
Tact. have done llEtf Had he been
President. confronted hy that stun
Ion. would Mr.. llll@h,,. have brought
,n strike by refusing tu sign the
Dill granting n wu.-r n"-rnsc? There
VAS the strike I'm r'u!n sight. a few
hours away. sure - come Would Mr..
Hughes have vetoed the hill? ON the
contrary, would he NOT have done 4ust
what Mr.. Wilson did sign IL?
THE Republican candidate stands
.or two things: First. for the prin-
,iple of fair, impartial, thorough. can
lid, arbitration; and second. for
legislation on facts according to the
necessities OF the case Mr.. Wilson
stands for those two things and, much
more, has pledged himself TO use all
his Influence to secure them.
what more could Mr.. Hughes DO?
Would il be too much to ask the Re
publican candidate to psIt little com
mon fairness into his speeches? Is
ne afraid TO tell his audiences what
the President actually did urge upon
Congress?
"As n true champion of arbitration.
President Wilson recommended that
arbitration judgments be made rec
ords Of court of law, in order that
their Interpretation and enforcement
may not lie with the parties to the
dispute, but with an impartial and
authoritative tribunal II was his
purpose In this recommendation to
provide against future emergencies.
to prevent the recurrence OF such
dangers as then confronted him and
the country.
ADVICE TO RAILROADS.
THE people of the United States
are not going to be put of with the
mlsinformntIon rs to what the Presl-
dent did t. avert strike and TO pre-
vent the threat Of future strikes. We
have reason TO believe that the full
revelation of what he did. what he