Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-12
HUGHES, IN OVERALLS,
GOES DOWN $500 FEET
THROUGH BUTTE NINE
Presidential Candidate Dons
Jumper for Inspection of Cop
per Working-Wife Not
Allowed to Go
TRIP is HAZARD o U 5
Bv PERRY ARNOLD

HELENA, Mont, Aug. 12.-Governor
Hughes expects to try new campaigning
stunt this afternoon. He joyfully accepted
an invitation TO descend $500 feet into the
depths of the Leonard copper mine at Butte
Mrs. Hughes, who hasn't left her nus.
bands side through the other hardships OF
the transcontinental trip which he Is max
ing to win the presidency, wanted to CO. but
it was decided she had better not
John H. Mcintosh of Butte, who Joined
the Republican partys nominee here today
made the announcement Of the Governor s
underground search for votes He told the
Governor the trip might prove Of interest
but he wanted TO warn him in advance that
mines were not the safest places in the
world and that he didn't have to accept the
invitation.
you can bet want to CO." the Governor
responded quickly. There are lots of men
who work in mines every day and I'm not
the least afraid anyway"
The Leonard mine is not the biggest of
Buttes underearth industries but the COM
mlttee held it to be better adapted for
Sightseeing The Governor will be fur.
nished with jumpers and overalls.
Hughes today reached that stage in his
assault on the Democratic trenches at
which European army commander would
report himself ready for the concerted
attack at particular point. The Repub
lican candidate feels he has done the pre-
paratory work in the "a campaign speeches
he has made since leaving New York one
week ago today. He has indicated that his
main reliance In assault in the weapon oil
criticism of Democracys alleged inefticiency
From now on the Governor proposes to
hnf OH with concerted
fire. He is armed with specific instances
which, the Republicans claim, will support
the general allegation. In his speeches
hereafter he will use this definite data
to back up his preparatory assault.
In the one weeks campaigning to date II
is evident that the Republican main assault
will be against Democratic inefficiency, and
included in this inefiiciency will be the Mexi
can policy, the foreign policy, pork barrel
policy, the preparedness policy, the tarif
policy and the administrative policy.
The phrase which so far evoked the mos
applause from the nominees auditors has
been, I'D like to have a chance TO invest
gate the Democratic administration" ant
today when Hughes pulled 1t" here agar
in slightly different phraseology the crowC
remembered that the man now running fol-
the presidency first made his reputation II
the searchingly inqusitive probe of the New
York Life Insurance scandal. He was ap
Hughes is considerably changed from thu
man who late in June stepped out of tht
cloistered precincts of the s'lpreme Cour
into the vortex of politics. IA has regainet
all his old tricks of oratory, os gesture, o.
modulation of his voice, Of paying attention
to babies, of working up laughs, of posing
patiently for ubiquitous photographers, pro
| fessional and amateur.
He has come back" into the sort OF
| campaign orator that he was in the day.
OF his antirace track crusade in New Yorl
State.
Today Hughess voice was almost nor
mal-strong and clear. and the zip in tht
air put more and more pep" into his ges
| lures and his thoughts.
Last night the nominee gave Billings
Mont, Sll00 worth Of campaign oratory
| The city paid exactly that much-raised b,
public subscription among Republicans
pay expenses of diverting his train to thil
city for a speech. After the talk they wer,
unanimous in the assertion that it wal
| worth 1t.
He characterized villa as an accom-
| plished assassin in his own right; de
| clare. he had no patience with subter
ranean diplomacy" and asserted that som,
diplomats were about as much use as tn,
| Atlantic cable"