The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-10-19
PARTY RECEIVE D
With Every Attention by To-
cal Committeeman Mrs.
Hughes Shines


From Tuesdays Daily
Arrangements for the entertain
ment of Gov and Mrs. Hughes and
their party were au perfect as hard
and detailed work for the past week
by members of the local reception
committee could make them. Not a
hitch occurred in handling the crowds
which entered the Corn Palace or in
expediating the conveyance of the
members Of the party from the spec
ial train to the place of meeting.
The Hughes train pulled into the
Omaha station exactly at 8 o'clock.
Chairman w. E. Upton and A. b.
Darling greeted Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes
and escorted them 70 the car driven
by D. T. Becker, decorated with
American flags. In addition to Mr..
and Mrs. Hughes in this car were
seated two secret service men, Mr..
Upton and Chas. W. Farnham, rep
resenting the Republican National
committee.
The next automobile conveyed Gov
ernor Byrne, National Committeeman
Cook, Lieut.. Gov. Norbeck and for
mer Congressman Burke and was
driven by Il. o. Walrath. The fol-
lowing cars carried newspaper men
with the Hughes special and Senator
w. S. Kenyon, of Iowa. T. C. Burns
was in charge of seeing that every
member of the party was promptly
seated in one of the cars One of the
pleasing features of the reception
given the visitors was the presenta-
tion of photograph of the Corn
Palace
Palace Delights Hughes.
The route taken by the machine
carrying Gov Hughes was around the
Corn Palace on the west and south
sides, giving him view of the beau
ties of the temple of maize and grains
The governor and Mrs. Hughes were
delighted and amazed.
ut ia wonderful. wonderful" he
declared. This is something III new
er forget, the sight OF this wonderful
Corn Palace. as you call It,"
After the address. Gov. Hughes
turned his. head in the machine for
another glimpse at the building and
>nuuneo as to the annual festivals
and eomplimented the enterprise of
the people of Mitchell in maintaining
it year after year.
Mrs. Hughes Popular.
There was stay of about ten
minutes at the Omaha station before
the special train pulled out for Sioux
Falls. Mrs. Hughes and several mem
bers OF the party appeared on the
rear platform and tossed buttons
and handed them out to the throng
which had gathered. Always smil-
ing and laughing at the sallies of the
crowd, Mrs. Hughes appeared to
thoroughly enjoy it.
This is as good as making a
speech, she declared.
Her good-nature, which has not
been impaired by the thousands of
miles of campaigning with her hus-
band, was shown when she willingly
stepped down to the steps to pose
for an amateur photographer.
Just as the train pulled out, Mr.
Hughes reappeared on the latform,
doffing his hat to the cheers of the
crowd.
.'Well see you in the White
House the next time cried out one
admirer.
Yes, I'll be glad to see you there, ;"
came the smiling rejoinder OF the
smiling, bewhiskkered man whom
many believe will be the next presi-
dent.
Omaha, Neb.-Charles e. Hughes
left here early today to continue his
campaign in South Dakota and Iowa.
There were four speeches on to-
days program, the first stop was at
Mitchell, where the nominee remain
ed half an hour The second was at
Sioux Falls. where he was to stay an
hour and a half before leaving at
p. m. for Yankton, when thirty
minute stop was to be made late to-
day.
After his night speech at Sioux City
the candidate will depart for points in
Michigan.
No "fnvisible Governments"
Mr.. Hughes replying to the charge
that his election might mean that "in-
visible government would be INSTALL
ed i'll the United States last night told
an audience that crowded the aud
itorium here to the doors that as
there had been no invisible govern
governor there would be no invisible
government in the United States if
he were president.
II think, indeed, it might be said,'
Mr.. Hughes asserted, that the pres
ent administration has been in large
measure an administration of unoffi-
cial spokesman, of mysterious inilu-
ences. And can say in entire good
humor that desire government
through two houses and not three"
Surrender to Force.''
Mr.. Hughes assailed the admins
iration more vigorously than he had
done for the enactment of the adam
son law, declaring that it was 'un-
American and absolutely without jus
tification ever to surrender either. exc
cutiye or Legislative power to the de-
mand of force, either by capital or
labor" and declared that the "plain
people of this country should rebuke
the administration for it's surrender
TO rn""e''
President Wilson's reference to
'.unshackled business" made in the