The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-11
The ADVERTISERS SEM.wEEKLY
Hughes As a Candidate

ITNHAT Justice Hughes would be almost an
| = ideal candidate for the Republicans in the
coming presidential election is agreed by many OF
the leading Republican editors Of the country, but
that the party will be able to secure him is almost
as generally doubted Justice Hughes will not
make run for the nomination, and his selection
by the, Chicago convention would have to be in
spite of his activities.
= The obstacle to Justice Hughes availability
seems to be his scruples about stepping from the
bench into the political arena. In this connection
the Literary Digest quotes the New York Sun
as saying that Chief Justice White recently talked
with Justice Hughes 'in most impressive strain !"
He said that "the Supreme. Court might find itself
standing some day between sane and authoritative
government and anarchy" that it must ever re-
main the bulwark OF the peoples liberties, and it
could not preserve that indispensable function il
the Justices exposed themselves to the suspicion
of coveting the Presidency" If Justice Hughes
adopts that view, his nomination is out of the
question
Assuming that this man, who by common
agreement could unite all elements of Republican
ism, is eliminated, we find according to sym
postum of the Republican press, secured by the
Digest, that either Burton, Sherman, Cummins
or Borah would be acceptable to Progressives as
well as to the old-ine Republicans. The Prog
ressve leaders express determination to nominate
ticket, but the general opinion is that with
candidate of his type at the head of the Repub-
hcan ii ket these leaders would have few followers
for the rank and file have already returned to their
former party, the great majority to the Re
publicans. - -,.... a.. fl
AS to the issues, the tariff takes first place in
the op.nion of almost ALL There is general
agreement that careful revision in the direction
of protection will be more than ever necessary
after the war, and some editors are emphatic in
advocacy of a tariff commission. Preparedness
for national defense takes next place, although that
may be eliminated as an issue if the present con-
gress~ takes adequate measures by non-partsan
action Some editors say that Wilson will be
much stronger if the continues until after the
election and If he keeps the United States out of
it and at the same time maintains our neutral
rights. Other issues, would be the Mexican mud
die and the Administrations failure to protect
American lives there and in other foreign coun-
tries; Democratic hostility TO- business; wasteful
and incompetent Administration; the merchant
Marine and misgovernment of the Philippines.
The expressions of opinion show that Will"
dictionaries OF the Barnes type have learned>noth-
ing and forgotten nothing and while radicals OF
the Hiram Johnson type as radical as ever
the mass of Republicans are averse to either ex-
IRENE They would unite in support of any man
whose identity did not revive past dissensions and
whose record and character constituted a pledge |
thai he would carry the Nation forward in de- |
velopment of its liberties and of its prosperity
during the difficult times ahead of us