Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-14
Huohes' Work On the West
Frederick NJ Davenport In tho UNLOCK.
The author, last progressive candidate for
governor in New York, accompanied Mr..
Hughes on his trip as correspondent.
Frederick N. Davenport In Il


governor in New York, accompanied Mr..
Hughes on his trip as a correspondent.
AS we turned our faces from the Pacific coast
once more towards the east, there began to reach
us from the Atlantic slope expressions OF political
concern and disquietude which ! was very much
interested to analyze. Hughes, it was said IN
the hostile journals and by few anxious political
correspondents, was not striking out from the
shoulder as he was of old wont to do II his hand
to-hand struggles with his New York foes. He
was limiting the range Of his discussion. He was
not revealing his whole mind. His emphasis was
wrong. He didn't say enough about the European
war or about our international relations with
countries across the sea- He was not sufficiently
pro-ally or pro-German. And these particular
correspondents and newspapers seemed to be
under the impression that we had perhaps been
travelling for three weeks through the frost belt
towards political defeat and despair.
/ was interested, because no such impression
as this could possibly be gathered in the west.
Not from any newspaper OF any party, not from
any one OF the vast audiences that faced the re.
publican candidate from Detroit to Seattle and
from San Diego to Denver. II ever man talked
to people by the acre in this country, it was
Hughes on his western trip.
Hughes Is remarkable in his power to extempo-
selves been thoroughly wrought out in advance.
And he delivered series Of such speeches, never
twice the same, from Detroit around to Denver and
beyond, before great eager and delighted crowds
ranging from 5000 to 1900 and $4,000 people
And everywhere Hughes left the trail of great,
confident crowds, of republican assurance, and a.
sufficient measure of the spirit and the practice
of reunion to give promise OF good majorities at
least for the national ticket in these old-tme re-
publican commonwealth.
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think he is more astute than his critics as
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dntv a. the ofic;ai head Of a great marty which
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majority for ! greet patriotic nurnose in order
that n some national croun there NAV be the
power and the viii to govern firmly and wisely
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not s;mnly going through The motions of the cam
nairn for the sake Of The mental and nhysieai ex-