Arizona republican., 1916-10-04
Why I Am for Hughes
By James R. Garfield.
Former Secretary of the Interic

torner Secretary Of the Interior
 Hughes is a man of wisdom. courage and action; his deeds have been con sistent with his words; as governor of New York he fulfilled his promises; he acted with judgment, foresight and vigor; he feared no party. no faction, no special interest: he safeguarded the rights of all persons; he did not yield to party eXigency, nor truckle to popu- lar favor; he strove for justice and righteousness.
 As justice of the supreme court he steadfastly stood for human rights, for popular government based upon req son. for the wise construction of the constitution which makes that instru- ment meet the needs of our people as a nation, and guarantees to the congress the powers to solve our vital, social and industrial problems
 He is bound by no ties of class fac ion or section, he believes that the gov ernmeAt should be administered by competent men and women for the benefit of all people, not by party favorites for the benefit of themselves and their party; he is in sympathy 1 with the best progressive thought of ] our people; he believes that women | should be guaranteed through the fed I and duties with men; and above all. 1 he stands for the absolute protection of the lives of American men, women and children throughout the world Our opponents object to criticism of 1 Wilson. They forget that the admin l lstratlon in power must necessarily be 1 on the defensive. It is not the criti- clsm that hurts, but the truth and jus tice of the criticism.
 Wilson is not worthy of re- selection. l Compare his promises with his acts: | his opinions when teacher not in politics with the opinions he now ex- i presses. A man should change his opinion when he finds himself in error but 1t is most unfortunate if he makes the change when he is a candidate for oiIlce ana when the change seems popular
 He assailed a protective tariff and a tariff commission; yet he approved a highly sectional tariff, and now en- dorses tariff commission He was an ardent advocate of the merit sys- i tem; yet he has as president made the
 most serious inroads upon the merit | system made by any president in the last twenty-five years. He talked about efficiency, but appointed incompetent men to high office. The people of Chi cago ought not to forget the actions ot
 the federal officials who pretended tc l investigate the Eastland disaster
 lie promised that a democratic tariff and banking act would lift the burden
 from the people and reduce the cost of | living. He found his tariff failed tc
 yield sufficient revenue and is now
 strangely silent on the steadily in-
 creasing cost of living.
 He denounced the efforts of those
 who would protect women and children
 by federal laws against exploitation ir
 industry claiming that the states alone
 could and should deal with those prob
 lemS. He now claims credit for the
 federal child labor law. Unfortunately it is a protective law in name only
 It IS mere pretense a scheme tc
 catch the minimizing votes. No ex-
 ploiter of child life need fear that law , The Wilson doctrine of "Too prout
 to fight has bred weakness, coward
 ice, and disloyalty among our people
 Wilson preached unpreparedness unti forced by an aroused public opinion to