The sun., 1916-09-02
HUGHES THANKS
7. R. FOR HIS SPEECH
r'Warmly Appreciate Your Ef-
fective Support" lie
Wires Colonel.
WELCOMED IN KANSAS
Speaks Eight Times on Days
Trip and Addresses 49,
900 at Night.

KANSAS CrrY. Sept. 1.-Charlcs +.
Hughes sent to Theodore Roosevelt to-
night a message warmly congratulatins
him on hie speech at Lewiston. The
message follows:
II heartily congratulate you on your
speech at Lewiston. and warmly APP
preciate your effective support"
Kansas and Kansas City gave to the
Republican nominee to-day and tonight
the warmest reception literally n
f~guratively of the campaign. lie ad-
dressed 1000 persons in Topeka this
afternoon. made seven rear platform
speeches and appeared before an en-
thusiastic GROVE Of 10000 In the con-
vention hail here tonight.
Two thousand FIVE hundred civil war
veterans occupied seats In front OF the
platform. The large number OF women
present was a conspicuous feature OF the
meetings In the Sunfiower State during
the day.
Charges Extravagance.
In " Of his speeches. at Ellsworth
and Topeka. the nominee accused the
Wilson administration of c~xtravasancc.
lie said The present administration has
been more e~xtravasant than any ad-
ministration that preceded II. l under
stand from high authority that the pres
cnt appropriations. outside OF prepared
ness. all increased appropriations for
army and navy and fort.ications Will
exceed by $3.50. 900. 900. the appropria-
tions OF any former Congress in time OF
peace. and exceed even the a%ppropria-
tons we had In the civil war"
II was one OF the longest days the
nominee has experienced. II was easy
enough to tell hat the .rain was In Kan
sas. for at the first station through which
IL passed after sunrise there was a group
of villagers on the platform eager for u
glimpse Of the Republican leader. Mr.,
Hughes piled out OF bed In time to ad-
dress his irs. meeting at Hays shortly
after 6 o'clock. The farmers hailed him
as the next President
Stops and speeches also were made nj
Victoria, Russell. Ellsworth. Salina.
Abilene. Junction City. Manhattan. To-
peka and Lawrence. At almost every
town "A reception committee went aboard.
and long before the capital was reached
there were more Kansas politicians on
the train than members OF the nominee :
party. and everybody fairly exuded opti-
mism.
With Republican State Chairman
Charles Sessions and National Commit
teeman Fred Stanley was L. s. Sartin.
chairman Of the Progressive state COM
mi:tee OF two years ago. Joseph ].
Br!stow. who heat Chester !. Long for
Senator several years & and was him.
self defeated for reelection when Charles
Curtis came back was one of tbs
ca rliest callers. Former Governor "
Roscoe Stubhs-"Red" Stubbs. the East
calls him-than whom the Sta.e hH~
no more uncompromising Progressive
climbed aboard AT Manhattan. Even J
Ralph Burton. who DIS expelled from
the Senate because Of "A constitutional
provision and has been running "A Demo
cratic one cent paper. paid his respects.
Sec Victory for Hughes.
Everybody except Burton was certain
Hughes would sweep the STATE. Coy
capper put the majority at co .000
S,ubbs raised the estimat TO 100 600,
and Chairman Sessions thought Kansas
might give Hughes an even bigger ma.
jority than II gave Roosevelt in the
memorable fght aga'ns: Parker. wher
the Colonel had 10000 votes TO spare.
Gov. Capper believed the stand Hughes
had taken for national suffrage wouic
win him at least 20, 900 votes among III,
Kansas women.
The Democratic State convention
which met the other day. did all II poss..
bly, could 20 help us said Chairman SEES,
sions. 1T turned down a resolution f.,
national suffrage and a resolution 10,
women are virtually unanimous 70,
Hughes. AMI the progressiyes are all II