The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-08-02
HUGHES SPEECH
Of ACCEPTANCE

II. his address in Carnegie hall, New
York, accepting the Republican nom
ination for president, Charles Evans
Hughes said:
Senator Harding, members Of the
notification committee and fellow cit
izens-This occasion is more than 6
mere ceremony OF notification. VIZ
are not here to indulge in formal ex
lpressions. We come to state IN q
plain and direct manner our faith. oul
purpose and our pledge. This repre-
sentative gathering is apparently
augury. 1t means the strength of re
union. It means that the party o
lincoln is restored, alert, effective. II
means the. unity of G common perccp
ton of paramount national deeds. II
means that we are neither deceived
nor benumbed by abnormal condi
lions. We know t1at,~We are in a
critical period, perhaps more critical
than any period since the Civil war
We need a dominant sense of national
UNITY, the exercise of our best con
lscurcefulness of quickencd Ameri
ca. We desire that the Republican
party, as great liberal party, shall
be the agency Of national achieve
ment, the organ, of the effective eX
preston Of dominant Americanism
What do mean by that? mean
America conscious of power, awake
to obligation, erect in self respect
prepared for every emergency, de-
voted to the ideals Of peace. instinct
with the spirit OF human brotherhood
Safeguarding both individual oppor.
tunity and the public interest, main
tanning a well ordered constitutional
system adapted to local self govern.
ment without the sacrifices of essen.
tial national authority. approaching
the necessity of stability, expert
knowledge and thorough organization
as the Indispensable condition Of the
countrys progress, country loved by
| its citizens with patriotic fervor per.
hitting no division of their allegiance
and no rivals in their Affection
mean America first and America eff
ficiont. 1t is in this spirit that l re-
spond to your summons"
Confused Chapter Of BIunders.
In discussing foreign relations and
appointments, Mr.. Hughes declared
that the executive had not command
ed the respect OF the world by his
conduct of the state department. Com
petent diplomats, notably Ambassador
Herrick of France. have been retired
for no other reason than to meet par.
tisan demands.
The dealings Of the administra
ton" Mr.. Hughes declared "consti
tute a confused chapter of plumbers
We have not helped Mexico. She lies
PROSTATE. impoverished, famine strick-
en-, overwhelmed with the woes and
helpless victim of condition OF an,
archy which the course of the admin
istration only served to promote. For
ourselves, we have witnessed the
murder of our citizens and drain of
their property. We have made enc
mics, not friends. Instead of COM
manding respect and deserving good
will by sincerity, tirmness and consist
ency,~we provoked misrepresentation
and deep resentment. In the light OF
the conduct Of the administration no
one could understand its professions.
In decrying interference, we inter
fered most exasperatingly. We have
not even kept out of actual conflict,
and the soil of Mexico is stained with
the blood of our soldiers. We have
resorted to physical invasion only to
retire without gaining the prolessed
object 1t is a record which cannot
be examined without a profound sense
of humiliation
Reviewing the interference with
Huerta, Mr.. Hughes characterized. 1t
as "a vacillating and ineffective inter
yention" and as the height of folly
$50 far as the character Of Huerta
is concerned, the hollowness OF the
pretensions on this score is revealed
by the administrations subsequent
patronage of Villa (whose qualifica'
lions as an assassin are indisputable)
whom apparently the administration
was ready to recognize him had he
achieved his end and fulfilled what
then seemed to be its hope.
1.-THE question was not as to the non
recognition Of Huerta. The United
States did not content itself with re
fusing to recognize Huerta, who was
recognized by Great Britain, Ger
many, France, Russia, Spain and ia
pan. The administration undertook &c
destroy Huerta, to control Mexican
politics, even to- deny Eiuerta the
right to be a candidate FOR the Office
of president at the election the admin
istration demanded. With what be
wilderment must the MeXicans have
regarded our assertion of their right
to manage their own affairs
After describing the seizure OF Vera
Cruz, Mr.. Hughes says: 49,.
eve are now informed that we die
not go to Vera Cruz to force Huerta
to salute the flag We are told that we
went there to show Mexico that we
were in earnest in our demands thai
Huerta must 60 That is, we seized
Vera Cruz to depcse Huerta. The
version of the salute was a mere pre-
text.
Iqnominious Incident at TampIcc.
tbo admit let t,t ~