The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-08
HUGHES SNEERS AT
MEN APPOINTED TO
OFFICE BY WILSON
Cites Instances Where Stock
Breeder and Southern Pol
itician Replaced Experts
as Department Heads

Detroll, Mich, August 7-CharleS Il.
Hughes, in the first set speech of his
transcontinental trip, tonight assailed the
administration vigorously for its foreign
! policy, its Mexican policy, for appointing
men who he termed inexperienced to
| diplomatic posts and for what he charac-
terized as raid upon the civil serv-
ice of the United States"
HE kept us out of war" Mr. Hughes
said, referring to the President and a
democratic campaign. Yet we seized
Vera Cruz That was war-very ignoble
war. And it was called war over the
bodies of those dead soldiers; it was
called war of service.
Talk about what is your policy What
is the Presidents policy-does any one
know? Has the executive ever had a
policy for more than six months on the
Mexican question? L repeat: Who knows
today what the policy of the admnistra-
ton will be three months hence? My
friends, the trouble is that this admins
matter what it says, you do not know
whether it will stick to it,
FEELS ASHAMED
we have had an exhibition during the
past three years which, l confess, fills
Mr.. Hughes assaled the administration S
me With a deep sense of shame / have
not a particle of militaristic spirit in
my system, but if I am elected President
will see to it that American rights in
Mexico are respected
course toward upholding American rights
abroad during the European war.
when l say that I am an American
Citizen the nominee said IT ought to
say the proudest thing that any man can
say in this world. But you can't have
that pride if American citizenry is a
cheap thing, if it is not worthy of pro-
lection this wide world over There is no
man who could successfully present to
an American community the platform
that an American citizens rights stop at
the coast line and that beyond that Amer
lean life Is to be the prey of any ma
rauder that chooses to take it."
The nominee cited the republican plat
forms declaration that 10000 government
positions had been taken from the opera
ton of the civil service law during the
present administration and declared that
sort of thing has got to stop
SPECIFIC ABUSES
Take for example the bureau of CEN
sus," he said. There was Mr.. Durand,
an expert statistician, very competent
man, we'll understood to be SUCH We
have retired him and in his place we
have a democratic politician from a
southern state. And, he is hardly warm
in 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 on it.
1--WE had in the coast and geodetic sur
Hov~, txn <DtN ktrk ~
had won distinction in connection with his
scientific work, man of very eminent
rank. He was displaced to make room
for an excellent stock breeder and vet
Urinary surgeon"
1t was 'fnexcusable," Mr.. Hughes as
serted, for the administration to remove
men in the diplomatic service who had
represented the country with credit and
put in men utterly inexperienced"
Past administrations, the nominee said,
had sinned in that particular, but stand
ards were being made and there were
men in our service of long experience and
fine training"
MADE SIX SPEECHES
Mr.. Hughes also laid stress on what he
termed the need for industrial brother
hood and closer cooperation between en-
ployers and employees
After his main address at Arcadia hall,
Mr.. Hughes delivered a second address
at the Light Guard armory in which he
reiterated many of the statements made
in the first address.
Mr. Hughes spent a strenuous day in
the sitting heat of Detroit. He made
six speeches between noon and 10 o'clock
tonight. The first talk of the day was
delivered in a little room of the hotel
which he made his headquarters, and was
addressed to about 40 manufacturers, in
terested in the social welfare of their
employees The second address, delivered
in the same room, was on suffrage. One
hundred women heard him repeat his dec
laration in New York that he wanted the
question speedily settled by granting
women the vote through amendment to
the federal constitution.
After lunch the nominee went to the
ball game. Then he motored to two of
Detroits big automobile factories and
addressed crowds at each on industrial
cooperation. He left late tonight for
Chicago.