The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-08-10


which have been subordinated to the
demands Of what regard as an ignoble
partisan eXpediency.
Take for example the Bureau of the
Census. There was MIR. Durand, an ex-
pert statistican, a very competent man,
well understood TO be such We have
him retired and in his place we have
Democratic politician from q Southern
State And he is hardly warm n his
place before he IS transferred to the
Trade Commission. The Trade Com
mission itself was fairly emasculated
with the law by the men, for the most
part, who were appointed to places upon
it.
I'VE had in the Coast and Geodetic
Survey an eminent scientist, man who
had won distinction IN connection with
his scientific work, a man Of very emf
nent rank. He was displaced to make
room for an excellent stock breeder and
veterinary surgeon.
Mr.. Hughes first address today was
delivered to 40 manufacturers of De
troit and vicinity. whom he congratulate
ed upon what they had done for the vel
fare of their employees. He said, in
part.
1T is an awful mistake to think of
the men through whose activity prcduc-
ton is possible as mere economic units.
They are human beings. We are all
workIngmen IN this country.
In your welfare work you are but
tressing den ocracy. The human factor
is, after all, the important factor. You
may develop your physical plants, your
physical nstrumentalities, distribution
and everything that goes to make up
the material side Of prosperity. but you
are absolutely hopeless without the hu-
man facta-, and in America, the land
of freamcr, the man who is a work for
living must feel that the country is
doing the right thing by hlm.
He is entitled to be safe in his work
to have every prccaution taken against
every sort Of accident that can be pre-
vented.
Speaking soon afterwarl to a group
of ufragists Mir. Hughes reiterated his
declaration n New York that the SUI
frage question should be settled speed
lily by giving the vote to the women all
over the country He added that he
had formed this opinion long ago, be
fore he thought that the time would
ever come when he would have to an
nuunce his position publicly.
The candidate late today motored to
two large automobile factories and de-
iivered brief talks. He repeated his
declaration of the need for industrial
preparation for the period following the
war, when. he said the United States
would face commercial competition
tiercer than ever.
The workingmen of America" he
said in his address at the first factory
visited. ARE not asking for anything
they should not have. All that they
want is a square deal. You working
men want to be protected from any IN
necessary injury at your work. You
want to have wholesome conditions, rea-
sonable hours, a fair opportunity to
share in what you make and the rea-
sonable profits that accrue in every in.
dustry."
1T is the business Of the Govern
ment to have policies so that we shall
have permanent prosperity Look at
these trenches in Europe, filled with
millions of men; then think of what
they will do when the war ends. The
factories are not destroyed the fac
tories are still there. Why, they are
going to 90 forward full tilt to win back
their position and compete in trade, and
there is going to be the lveIiest time
for the United States that ever was
known in its history.
Il tell you, my friends, YOU laborng
men, and don you forget it, that the
Republican party is the party that
stands not for prosperity produced by
the war, but for prosperity produced
by sound American policies. and those
are what we propose to have.