The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-11
HUGHES PRESTIGE As
LEADER IN BALANCE
IN MAIN WILL SHOW HIS
STRENGTH.
PARTY, DIVIDED, AWAITS
ERROR MADE IN PERI
HITTING HUGHES TO VISIT
CALIFORNIA BEFORE SENAa
TORIAL PRIMARY WAS HELD.
BY WILLIAM HOSTER.

DIV WILLIAM ItoSlEh
Boston, Mass, Sept, l0.---Charles FL
Hughes prestige leader of the Re~
publican party will be fixed by the
result of the Maine election tomorrow.
badly split party is awaiting apprc.
hensively the returns from that State. /.
The old guard clement is in open
revolt.
Barred practically from any pars
ticipation in the cam kaign it foreseee
crushing defeat in November under
the campaign methods that have been
followed to date.
In advance of the Maine canvass
there was a stock taking in Boston
today by representa- tives of the old +
element which Hughes has barred /
from his councils, They went over In
detail the result Of the Hughes trans-s
continental tour which will end on
| Wednesday morning when the can.s
didate gets back to New York.
There was unanimity among them
on these points:
Called Failure To Date.
! That for all practical purposes tho
campaign is a failure to date. As re-
CARDS most of the States in which 81
was agreed to visit there was waists
| OF time. Minnesota. the Dakotaas
oregon. Washington. California, Ut&h
and Kansas. are safely Republican,,
was declared.
/ Nevada is safely Democratic ana
Tennessee and Kentucky can be placed
| IN the same category. AS to the issues
presented, there was similar una~
nimity.
Efficiency. economy, reform of tha
diplomatic service, rigid adherence t1S
the civil service law II was agreed
are good things, but academic, ard
without sufficient driving power be-
hind them to stir the public in a great
national campaign 81
Concerning the other issues-Mexf-s
/ co, the tariff, Americanism Including
preparedness, and the eight-hour Law
there was some division of opinion.
| But the general view was that WHAT
ever their respective merits 1t waas
time lost to preach them in either
sure Democratic or sure Republicans
States, such as those narAed Ss
The States to Be Won.
New York. New Jersey and
Middle West particularly Indfaii1
| Illinois and Michigan, with perhaps
Iowa and Missouri thrown in. are the 4
states to be won, according to tho
reports received here, and upon them
every effort of the big guns including
/ Hughes, ought to be concentrated.
This old guard opinion fcrtifes IT.
self behind the general lack of en-
thusiasm of the Western tour II at
/ tributes the sagging and points to
/ specific instances as proof. Hughes.
/ 1t declares, ought never to have. been
| permitted to become enmeshed in the
California situation. If he was 70.
/, ing to California at all he should
have waited until the senatorial pri-
mary there had been held. Hughes
! again. 1t is observed. never should
have gone to Tennessee at all. but if
he was going there, care should HAYS
been taken in advance to HAY some
sort of labor demonstration for hiEt
to address on Labor Day, so that M
would not have been put In a position U
to be snubbed by the organized labor
element.
Enthusiastic In Maine.
| Again. while the candidates reccp~
ton in Maine has been more enthust-
astic than any he has yet received the
ACCESSIBILITY of pulling the eight hour
issue with but three days OF the cam-
paign remaining. is questioned And
there is severe criticism of his req
1uctance in asking by name the efec-
ton of Hale and Fernald. the Re-
publican senatorial candidates In
Maine, and his failure to bear hard
upon Americanism and preparedness
in the State where the Democrats
have made that one of their chief
issues
II Is lact or course. that this Is Il
old guard criticism and that there may
Turk behind IT a feeling of dsappoint-
ment and resentment over the fact that
Mr.. Hughes has seen fit to ignore, to
large extent these old guardsmen
and conduct his campaign along linAa
OF his own personal selection.
Want More Pep NJ
What the old guard followers are
demanding today is the infusing of
more pep" a conference in New York
upon Hughes arrival there wednes-
day. and a general waking up TO tbs
situation. A remarkable feature OF the
affair. which is not without It's pathos.
same id-gHard- LEADER
who were instrumental In defeating &
Colonel Roosevelt are urging that NJ
be called in now to prescribe for the {
patient. They are pleading to hayee
Hiram johnson hurried east from Calf
fornia. They are even looking ahead
| four years and foreseeing RooseWolt 81
as the certain nominee Of the party !
then in the event Of Hughes defeat
/ this year.
Meanwhile Hughes 10 calm anA
placid and reasonably certain Of Vie.
/ tory tomorrow and in the nation next
November. which brings the situattoM
down to this: III
II the Republicans do win smasA-
ing victory in Maine. the Hughes ensGe
paign method will be vindicated. 831@s
prestige as leader OF the party Vim ~ Il
established and the old guard ~ 80
have to follow along sAsss
But II the party sustains defeat 1ANGs
demand for campaign reorganisAtteQA
Is likely to become irresistible.
which reasons both Republican AnQS
tions will look toward Maine tom1Sx
row with even more than the ue+1
interest that 10 manifested In Mi Il