The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
HUGHEs's VIEWS ON QUESTIONS OF NATIONAL INTEREST


The attitude of Justice Hughes on
questions of great public interest is
given herewith:
His RepubIicanism:
I'VE are all interested in the sue
cess of the Republican party. 1 have
been a Republican from the time I
came of age. I am grateful for the
the country and for the memories
of the noble men under whose leader
ship in repeated crises the party has
proved itself equal to the task OF
preserving and administering the
government There is no political
this time has such an opportunity of
serving the people by efficient ad-
ministration and by wise constructive
effort in the correction of known
evils. The party has its future in its
own keeping. and if it will measure
up to its traditions and meet its OPP
portunities it will for many years be
invincible both in states and nation"
The Tariff:
Il believe in a protective tariff. 1t
is an established policy essential to the
interests of our wage earners, in that
it makes possible the payment of
wages on the scale to which we are
accustomed and thus maintains our
American standards of living.
But [ do not believe in making
rates or for obtaining special priv
leees from the government which are
not based upon consideration OF the
general welfare. I believe that the
tariff should be revised. And in order
to effect whatever readjustment may
be necessary to make the tariff Sched-
ules consistent with the principles un-
DERIVING the protective policy, l favor
the appointment of an expert commits
sion, so that the facts may be ascer-
may dispose of the matter in the fair
est possible manner.
Enemies of Our Republic:
1.-The INSCRIPTIONS, who have no
sympathy with democratic ideals,
and who, by their abuse of the privi-
their cynical indifference to public
obligations. bring law and govern
ment into contempt; those who seek
profit in unprincipled agitation the
second thrive upon the evils created
by the first"
Socialism is to him un-American;
he does not favor government owner
ship of railroads, but he believes in
effective regulation; the Sherman
antitrust bill he thought in 1908
should be cleared up and made more
explicit; corporation offenders should
be imprisoned. not fined"
What Public office Means:
ITO me public office means a bur-
den of responsibilities burden of in
cessant toll at times almost intolerable
which, under honorable conditions
and at the command of the people, it
may be a duty and even a pleasure to
assume, but it is far from being an
object of ambition. 1 have not sought
nor shall l seek, directly or indirectly,
to influence the selection or the vote
of any delegate to any convention"
America First. From Justice Hughcs's
Speech in Washington, June 5,
1916:
This flag is the symbol of our ma
tional unity, our national endeavor. of
our national aspiration. 1t tells you
of the sacrifice of brave men
and women to whom the ideals and
honor of this nation have been dearer
than life. =
1T means America first; it means
an undivided allegiance. 1t means
America united, strong and efficient,
equal to her tasks. 1t means that you
cannot be saved by the valor and de-
votion of your ancestors; that to each
generation comes its patriotic duty
and that upon your willingness to sac
rifice and endure, as those before you
have sacrificed and endured, rests the
national hope.
at speaks of equal rights; of the
inspiration of free institutions exem-
plified and vindicated; of liberty I'M
der the law. intelligently conceived