The sun., 1916-10-26

Ing U inGsntion to vote for the cleo
ton Of Charles Evans Hughes:
QeorC Adj. nsssrts Herrick.
hex bsech. Clayton Hamilton.
irving baoseli9. Burton J.. Hendrick.
ynmes neSnoo Brian Hooker,
feesss Em1son .burGes johnson.
Edwin 4. s,..ss.,d. i iSsn .ai ss,,s ss =:
winston Chafehill, Juiisu ytrpet.
hoOart ChstheldTey' Wilffsn n. Thayer.
J's.;. xou,sem.r, SS;r;:s / !. 1 vssG ;ire.
Hamiinn' Garland. Barrett, Wena.r.
S S,;; SiiSsS ;:::. iSoSS Vii.
wiiiam Gulote. iams.
hobcrt Grant,
In a letter TO Mr.. Hughes informin,
MIN OF this action Mr.. Garland assert
that the ons belief held In common b,
ne man who signed this declaration wa
the conviction that the present Admin
istratfon IL singularly UNITED for deal
InG with thu problems forcsd upon II.
n opposition to the President on tn,
score Of his foreign policy. Mr.. Garlan,
added. was unanimous.
Gist 81 the Letter.
The letter also says
It Is our conviction that a Repub-
nean Administration chosen at this
time will come to the conduct of inter-
national affairs. fortified and instruct
ed BY a careful study Of the war,
carrying a designed. irm and patriotic
policy.
In bringing these names together I
had In mind hrst TO make the list rep
r~esentativs of American literature,
nd. second. to call together on COM
mon ground certain Progrcssivss. Re-
pubiicans n Democrats. In addition
co~rreeponded with several well
known artists. and included their
names. to show that our fellow work
err IN other Of the fine arts have much
the same ~conception Of the Democratic
Administration. could have greatly
this roll OF names. but II
seemed to me that with the present
list all three of the purposes M med
o were accomplished.
Personally ! am perfectly willing TO
acknowledge that / md myself In
sympathy with much that President
Wilson has forced his party to enact.
Some of his economic reforms are al
most entirely to my way Of thinking.
but ! cannot overlook the fact that
he a IN most of his good work
merely trailed the Progressives, and
that his party IL. AFTER all. the same
inharmonious North and South mix
tnre It has always been. and that
many Of his appointments have been
20 III advised Is TO be ludlcrous.
In short. We hold that this is no time
for keeping a theorist in the White
House. and We consider II especially
absurd to retain at the head Of our
navy the editor Of a country news
IT. h.-
portant ONCE Of Secretary OF War
niled BY an inexperienced civic re-
former seems to me Q very III advised
experiment.
Appended to the letter are copies o,
individual kilograms to Mr.. GARLAND
from some Of the signers.
Some ~ the Reasons.
Here are q few:
From Booth Tarkin8ton-The Re.
publican party needed q lesson and goa
1t. but unfortunately the lesson brought
u Democratic Congress on the country.
and the country ought not be 20 horri-
bly, punished for the sins OF q party.
| am for Hughes.
From George Ade-l don't think We
should change the national symbol
FRONT eagle to crawnsh.
From william Roscoe Thayer--As
lawyer. Governor and Justice Hughes
has embodied American integrity,
neutrality-suspicious. and &c. For
lac Of these qualities u nation has
lost moral nbre. Nobody ever accused
Hughes OF Inconsistency. Wilson
changes his principles whenever votes
beckon him tn . new direction. Wit
ness his surrender to the brotherhoods
or mis- futfIa hltGtnr ahatt .s,,,.
c~ountablity. Word weaving and
adroitness are no substitutes for char
acter.
From Barrett Wendell - One chief
reason for my support OF Hughes ~
my belief that another four years of
such appointments az Wilson has made
would deprive the Supreme Court of
h confidence OF the nation.
From Robert Hsrrick - Although
disappointed in the Republican candi-
dates careful avoidance Of most vital
issues In his campaign. and his con-
ciiiatory attitude toward German
Americans. nevertheless I expect to
vote for Hughes because / have moro
faith In his character In q crisis than
in Wilson's.
From James Montgomery F1aEr-I
intend to vote for Hughes because he
Is Endorsed by Roosevelt. for whom I
had hoped TO vote. and although I am
keen on being kept out OF war also
like to be kept oil the map.
From John Luther Long--Because
no nation can subsist upon ideals
alone. they must he illustrated by
deeds. This seems to me to be Amer
icaniem. and Hughes appears to repre-
sent thu letter 10 well as the spirit,
the deed as we'll as the word. The ma
ton which lives upon theories divorced
from acts becomes a hermit nation,