Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-12-06
NEW YORK WORLD INQUEST ON HUGHES

Day after day the Hughes; inquest drags along; the latest witness be-
ing Colonel George Harvey, who the crime of November 9TH ON
mhted and who testfes that what the whole country needs, from Maine
to California, from the Lakes to the Gulf, is a COURSE in patriotism"
That goes without saying. The country is always lacking in patriot
ism when a Republican candidate for office is beaten. All towards and
traitors and weaklings and knaves OF the Democratic ticket. When the
patriots are in a majority, the Republican candidates aee elected, Repub-
icans fill all the offices and treason is made odious. When the patriots
are in the minority, the office. are dlledb Democrats and the Old Flag
is a object of popular dersion.
1t is just as natural for a Republican to be a patriot a it is to be
efficient, or to be the custodian of the national honor or the advance
agent OF prosperity, n any of the other things that {. Republican always
is. Therefore, we find a certain element of the commonplace in Colonel
seized upon the opportunity to tell the truth to Mr.. Hughes and MIR.
Roosevelt and the Republican party. AS a supporter of Mr.. Hughes, he
dent Wilson. Inasmuch as Colonel Harvey has failed to do it, We know
he will thank us for undertaking the task.
MI. Hughes vas beaten not because the country vas weak in patriot
ism, but because the Republican party conducted a crooked campaign. 1t
failed because a crooked presidential campaign always falls.
The Democrats had a similar experience in 1904 when they allowed
Wall Street to nominate the candidate for president and then tned to
run him On a Bryan platform. What happened to Judge Parker happen
ed to Judge Hughes. 1t will happen to any candidate for president wno
is nominated under false pretenses and is compelled thereby to conduct
Mr. Hughes speeches were wholly destructive. They will be search
ed in vain for a solitary definition of constructive policy. That is not
because Mr.. Hughes is incapable of evolving constructive policies put
because the Republican party afraid to have a constructive policy
1t was afraid to tell the country what it would do if it yer restored to
power. Its campaign depended upon the coalition of two groups OF
totally anagonistic voters, and the instant Mr. Hughes promulgated a
date and leaders assumed that if n o policy was presented, n % voters would
be aienatcd; hence Mr.. Hughes would be elected and then the business
safety.
Street and the great property interests. 1t az wholly unsuccessful in
the west which has quit buying gold bricks and signing hghtnmgrod
contracts. VIM the west Coulu learn hothlng TOT WI" !" It.
gard to the probable policies of a Hughes administration, it learned every
thing it wanted t. know from the Wall Street and muniton-makers' o n
tributions o the Republican campaign fund. 1t knew that Wall Street
does not finance a political campaign without having a very clear idea OF
what it is financing. IL
When the campaign began, the country va overwhelmingly Repub-
lcan. Taking the vote for governor in the various states and the vote
for members of congress. it still seems to be Republican. On the presi-
dency it took Mr.. Wilson in preference to Mr.. Hughes because it knew
where President Wilson stood and it had to guess where, Mr.. Hughes
stood. 1t may not have approved Of all the presidents policies, but it
emphaticany approved of the lar and his methods. The choice reflects
the highest credit upon the mental and political integrity of the Amer-
an people.
Both parties during the last twelve years tried to play thi6blerig
with the presidency and both were fatty repudiated at the polls The