French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-12

Vigorously The New York Daily
| Post. one of the great dailies, II
writing of Wilson's speech. of accept
ance, uses this strong language: BE
side it, Hughes speeches sink to
smaller dimensions than ever. If Mr.,
Hughes cannot rise to its breadth o!
vision and it's power, his will be a
difficult position indeed"
In his attempt to discradit the
strike or Adamson bill he is arttutEy
attempting to deceive those who 90
not read or is thrusting a poisoned
dagger into the Republican party for
he knows that more. than half of those
in Congress voted for the measure
Joseph Cannon, the greatest Republi-
can in America, voted for it-Con-
gresham Britt of the Tenth District
who is worthy of public trust and
confidence, voted, and spoke for 1t,
and is standing bravely by his record.
Senators LaFollette of Wisconsin and
Cummins of Iowa, two of the most
prominent of Republicans, are both
dynamiting Hughes for his denunc1a-
tions of this bill. Arthur Capper the
Republican Governor Of Kansas, owns
a paper published in Topeka, called
.Capper's Weekly, and has hereto
fore been supporting Hughes. In a
recent issue of that paper, we find
the following criticism of the rail-
way managers who wanted a strike:
"They are the chief organized enemy
of organized labor, have cleaned II
out in their shops and wherever they
could, and now have only the train
mems union to deal with. If they
can destroy these unions they will
have the labor situation just where
they want it." The New York Herald
strongly opposed to the Wilson Ad-
m~inistration, says: "Wilson deserves
great credit for his stand in urging
the passage of this bill which averted
a national calamity" Hughes has
never been the friend of the farm
ers Or other toiling masses. When
Governor Of New York he vetoed bill
after bill intended to promote agri-
cultural interests. One of $4,000 for
the Agricultural College; one of &c.
900 for farmers institute. work, and
yet he approved a bill for increasing
the salaries Of a lot of State officers
the lowest of which was already So
900. All of them raised from $1,000
to $4,000.
Hughes was evidently correct when
he said he was 100 per cent a can
didate." His talk of Wilson turning
Republicans out of office and putting
in Democrats is entirely unworthy OF
a Presidential candidate. Of course
Hughes knows, as everybody else
knows. that all parties in power do
this. Senator Vance of blessed mem
DRY, in speaking of this custom, finely
said: 1.-THE horse that pulls the plow
should have the fodder"
Hughes stock in trade is criticism
Of Wilson. Reckless in statement, he
declares that Wilson was weak and
vacillating in. his international
policy" that his diplomatic com
munications were nothing but words"
Hughes knows and the world knows
that those communications had such
compelling force and singleness of
purpose as to put a stop to German
submarine warfare. When pressed
by the public to tell what he would
have done had he been in Wilson's
place he only replies in Glittering
generalities. His answer is an abor
tive attempt to hold with the hounds
and run with the hare" Would he
nave engaged us in war with Ger
many? If so, why is it that a large
German element, who fly the Amer
lcan nag meath the folds OF the Ger
man are his noisest supporters? Has
he a secret alliance with that con-
tingent? The evidence points strong
ly in that direction for it boosted that
it defeated Roosevelt and nominated
Hughes. Oh! but he rings the changes
On Wilson's Mexican policy, and here
too he fails to tell what he would
have done. Would he have waged
war with Mexico, Or would he now
have the American army on the bor-
der for the purpose of defense, cross
into Mexico and sacrifice the blood
and lives of our noble soldiers in or
der to protect the coal mines and oil
wells of n Bill Hearst and others
of his like? All of them are bowling
Tor Hughes. If the American people
really believe what Hughes says. and
want wal with Germany and Mexico,
then they should vote for him. and
this, Notwithstanding the fact, that a
few weeks before his nomination
Roosevelt called him a "pussy-footed
feather duster."
If the people are in favor of the
income tax passed by the Wilson Ad-
ministration, and which forces the
rich, as never before, to pay their