The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-12
THE TOPEKA DAILY STATE JoURNA-sATURDAY EVENING Angus
PURSUES VOTES


declared he had no patience with
subterFanean diplomacy" and assert
ed that some diplomats were about as
much use as the Atlantic cable. He
labeled his opponents as that dear
old party which has been misunder-
standing the constitution for a long
period before was born" His speech
picked out sections of Democratic
platforms from 1850 on for ridicule
and denunciation.
THE executive is the guardian of
the national honor If the admins
tration does not see that the United
States is worthi1y represented, we are
helpless. Nations will pay no atten-
ton to our declarations if they see
American rights can be ignored. The
country is in no danger of war If 1t is
correct, courageous, and firm and
avoids meddlesome interference with
things that do not concern u.s.. he
said.
Hughes's Billings Speech.
Billings, Mont, Aug. 12.-Turning
to his own use a phrase made famous
by President Wilson four years ago,
| Charles E. Hughes last night demand
ed 'pitiless publicity for the affairs
of the Wilson administration.
81 desire in all that We do this cam
| paign, said the Republican nominee.
speaking here before a crowd of 5000
in the chautauqua tent, ito have what
was called four years ago 'pitiless pub
| llclty. l want pitiless publicity with
respect to the sectionalism of this ad-
| ministration-in respect to the extray-
agance and wastefulnes of this admin
istration. want pitiless publicity with
respect to the incompetence of the ap-
pointees of this administration.
Let us see that we have America
| first in the hearts of every American
of whatever race and creed and also
America equal to her taslzs-America
| efficient
Billings, learning two days ago that
it was not included in the schedule of
| the candidate, subscribed s11OO to pay
for a special train to carry Hughes
over to this place. Then it turned out
last night and gave him typical
Montana greeting.
Recover From War Quickly.
Still pounding away on his doctrine
of economy and efficiency and the
necessity for a restoration of the pro-
Elective tariff, Hughes turned to Russia
for an illustration of what the
United States shall have to face with
the close of the European war.
"A few years ago. he said, II was
very sympathetic with those persons
who were to feel the heavy burdens
of taxation because of the Russo-Ja
panese war. You would suppose that
Russia was a country which very slow
ly recover from the ordeal thru which
| it passed. But in the ten years fol-
| lowing the end of that war, the wealth
| of Russia doubled. In agriculture, in
| industry. in mining, in every enter
prise that nation went forward by
leaps and bounds"
A similar resuscitation will follow
the present war, he said, and the Unit
ed States will have to meet a highly
organized and efficient competition
from the old world which can only be
met by return to the doctrine of the
| protective tariff.
| The Democratic party, he believed,
cannot be relied upon to meet the sit
uation.
Protection Tariff Necessary.
/ 'aThey declared in this platform of
1872" he said, that a protective tariff
was unconstitutional. Now they speal,
i very softly, for they face. as their
| spokesman says, the momentous con-
sequences of the great Eurorean
struggle. And they are beginning 20
| see that they cannot go before the
/ American people any longer with the
/ declaration that to protect the indus
| tries the enterprises and the standard
/ of loving of the United States is con-
trary to the fundamental law.
"Where are they left? They are left
really without any principle at all.
They haven't got the free trade prin-
ciple that they dare espouse in these
| conditions. They haven't got the pro-
| tective principle. They cannot be
duty on dyestuffs. They change their
minds overnight and come to the
proposition of a non-partisan tariff
/ commission But deep seated in their
/ consciousness is opposition to the pro-
| tectiye doctrine, the doctrine of pro-
lection for American standards of liv-
ing, for American workingmen and
American enterprise which at this
/ juncture must be applied by those who
/ seriously believe in it,"
Il This doctrine is meeting with cor
/ dial support in the section through
which the candidate is passing.
i In Suffrage State.
| With his entrance into Montana
Hughes is for the first time in a state
| where women have the free and I'M
| trammeled right to vote. AT Miles
City, Mont, accordingly, the reception
committee yesterday. for the first
time on the trip, included women as
well as men. In taking note of the
fact at the Miles City meeting, Hughes
| said:
/ II hail that as an omen of a new
condition in American life and, as
said some days ago, it is to me an
indication of the inevitable success of
| the movement of woman suffrage
| which, on account of it's inevitable
ness, desire to see brought to a con-
clusion as soon as possible in order
| that we may have the composition of
our electorate established before pro-
ceeding to deal with normal political
| issues
At Miles City also, Hughes encoun-
| tered a group of cowboys from the
! neighboring ranches who greeted him
| with the shrill whoop of the range and
| filed past him mounted, for a hand
| shake.
I'VE have a thousand buckos back
in the hills ready to back up anything
you say the leader of the troop as
| sured him.
!