The sun., 1916-10-11
HUGHES MAKES Big
HIT In BALTIMORE
Assails Wilson's Foreign Pol
ley in. Armory Where He
Was Nominated.
STRIKES AT ELIOT ALSO
Maryland Sentiment Switch.
ing to g.. o. p. Nominee Ow-
ing to U-BOat Raids.

BALTIMORE. Oct. 10.-It begins to look
down this way as " Charles Evans
Hughes could begin to take n very direct
personal interest In that softly flowing
song which n considerable section OF
Dixieland regards as the song OF songs.
Maryland. My Maryland"
Election day Ia four weeks away. but
unless all present signs are awry Mary
land has decided she has had enough OF
Woodrow Wilson and has made IN her
mind TO help put Mr.. Hughes in the
White House. There has been a remark
able change OF sentiment in the last
forty-eiGht hours. due partly. II is said.
TO disgust over the failure Of the Admin
istratlon to fend U-boat warfare away
from the American coast.
There Is a lot of impuisive but sound
patriotism In this polite and h~ospitable
commonwealth. and It's most recent ex-
preston IL a condemnation of MIR. Will
son for permitting the whole rtne
question to get TO such q pass that an
undersea raider can be graciously re-
ceived In an American port INC then be
allowed to 20 out a few miles and sink
neutral as we'll as enemy ships. The In
ternational law side Of the event is not
considered at ALL Maryianders, ~ de-
voted to hospitality, have the disguised
feeling that American hospitality has
been abused.
PrO-liuyheS sentiment.
That notion was merely one OF the
phases OF Maryland sentiment against
Wilson and for Hughes which were dis
played In Baltimore tonight. and at
Hagerstown In the afternoon. In the
Fifth Regiment Arinory In this city.
where MIR. Wilson was nominated in 1912
solely because Mr.. Bryan was able to
impregnate so many delegates with his
jealousy and dislike Of Champ Clark.
MIR. Hughes addressed one of the largest
and most demOrstrative audiences he
ever fsced-11 900 persons obviously de-
lighted with his brand of Americanism.
At HAgerstown he talked before 5000
persons at the Interstate Fair. Counting
the crowds at Carlisle and Chambers
burg In the morning. Mr.. Hughes put his
programme definitely and concretely be-
fore $4,000 Marylanders.
Former United States Senator william
q. Jackson presided over the gathering
here after Mr.. Hughes had been greeted
At the Baltimore and Ohio station. in the
streets and at the Hotel Emerson by 25.-
600 cheering men. He struck the note
that plea sed Baltimore's ear when he re-
peated his Philadelphia declaration that
q course OF firmness would have pre-
vented the Lusitania murders. and said
squarely that II he 10 elected President he
will tolerate no slaughter OF American
citizens. no interference with American
mails and no interruption to legitimate
American commerce. The old armory
has quaked to some cheering In Its time.
but never to a finer roa h a was
illuminated by his definition Of the duty
Of q strong and patriotic President.
Turns o. Dr.. Eli0t.
Mr.. Hughes turned his attention to en-
posing, as he said. the shameful treat
ment OF American citizens who had gone
into Mexico to carry on honest enter
prise. and while he was about II. he took
Dr.. Charles W. E1iots defense OF Mr..
Wilson's attitude toward American en-
terprise in Mexico. picked II to pieces and
threw the pieces through the skylight,
He turned on DR.. Eliot with dignity and
restraint, and The result was effective.
''Th promises Of the present Adminls-
tration to aid American enterprise
abroad are Selied by its acts said Mr.
Hughes, who reviewed the history or the
six power loan and recalled that Ameri'
can bankers were forbidden to pave this
way for American In China.
I'VE now hear dne words as TO oul
duty to the world he continued. throw
ing 4 weight Of scorn into the phras'
s16no words and we are told that VI
are now to serve the world. that we have
the best genius in the world. but that W.
have never thought Of using that genius
outside our " markets.
ut Is said We have provided ma
chinery for branch banks abroad. Ru
what avails such words when we DO no
protect American lives and propert!
abroad. This protection mas been ue
Nberately and deplorably refused by thi
Administration"
HuGhes BECOMES Dramatic.
There was a thunder roll Of cheer
and Mr.. Hughes forged ahead. warmin
up as he went along and putting into hi
speech the intense dramatic QUALIFY tina
made his Philadelphia address on Mon
day night perhaps the most notable O
his career.
"During the past three years and
half. ne said. "one would suppose tina
any American who went to foreign land
Ia advance American Industry and com
merce was a bad fellow who had lost hi
rights. Protect him? Why. didn't h
20 abroad to make money? DIDN'T n
take his American enterprise beyond ou
borders? What a shameless proceeding
let the fellow stew in his own Juice or IL
him come home. That Is the sort OF er
couraxement Americans have had.
''Then again. who are these bad pei
sons that outlaw themselves? II 20
have an American enterprise abroad 20
have branch establishments. establish
ments OF various sorts manned by Anne
lean agents, American engineers. Anne
lean merchants, American clerks. Thes
arc the rank and file OF the men who al
practically performing the America
duty of serving the world. And "
when trouble comes We leave them 90 l
killed and their plants to he destroyed.
at Is impossible To square the wort
now used with the actions OF the Admit
istration. Its policy stands out clearl
One OF its ablest supporters, one Of Il
keenest minds OF America. PresideI
Eliot--and ] speak OF him with the mo
profound respect -pierces to the heart
the matter and fnds that the record
the Administration means this. no int
veutlon by force of arms to protect
foreign soil American commercial al
ma nufacturing Adventures who by the
own free will have'invested their mon'
or risked their lives In foreign par
under allen Jurisdiction
Reflection Il Urged.
Think of the import OF that. sou vi
represent the best genius of the WOO
and are thinking ~ USING IL abroa
Think OF that, you who. IL il suggeste
are to be asked 10 finance the chief u