The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-27
9EEg VIEWS
ARE REVEALED
BY OWN WORDS

NIX Gosssanssa nsa Pass os~)
zVooG already chosen ono president
5ulam Howard Tan. from the fed
y onnl bsaeh and later Overwhelmingly
4 fopo1iatsA him for his rssctionary
o0besrvgeacy - Nc businsss- They
~ nOw ashel again By Roosevelt.
( u 1noose aaethsr prssidsat nom the
( fo6ogol beneh. TIE question must
tbesesors b. ssksd-is Hughes an
Oth1 TAN?
Fortunately the answer to this
question can b given. free from all
has, By an analysis OF Hughes' rec
or1 a. Q justice OF the United States
supreme court. This is the best poe
sih1e test, for during the SIX years
fince Hughes Was appointed to the
supreme court by Taft. nearly every
important economic and social Ques-
t,on has had to be considered. eth
er directly or indirectly BY this
court.
The accuracy and validity Of this
test Ia apparent from the case OF
Taft. II the American people had
analyxed Taft's decisions a. fed
erni Judge, exalting the rights OF
property above human rights. In
stead of accepting the encomiums OF
Roosevelt upon Taft az the great
progressive. there can be little doubt
that there would have been no
Payne-Aldich tariff and no Ballinger
scandal
In making this analysis of Hughes
record on the supreme court. ! have
taken every case In which he de
llvered the opinion OF the court or
dissented, all OF the cases In which
he concurred with the majority OF
the court against q dissenting opin-
ion, and the most important cases
10 which he participated In the
unanimous opinion Of the court Al.
together 2ls cases are involved. OF
which Hughes personally wrote eth
er majority or minority opinions In
llS.
In these cases his opinions on mo-
nopolies. labor. public utilities. rail-
road rates. public lands. and all the
ether big questions about which the
people have been in conflict with
privilege. are clearly revealed. They
are the true index to his views. and
must ovsrrids any statements OF
policy which he may make In the
vote-getting excitement Of the cam
paign.
What DO these decisions show
They show that
During his entire SIX years on the
supreme bench. Hughes disssnted
NON the majority Of the court -
tines ost Of the 1.%l3 opinions hand
q down during that period. Thus
n % cAsee out OF 100 be stood on
Ne platform With the other Justices.
u 6oar cases he wrote his own dis
soating eptnt0d. In the other hun
6rods a cases he either went with
~ majority or concured In the
l1sssnt Of some other justice.
The cases In which he handed
6swn the opinion Of the majority
cf the court show him In . some
what more progressive light. They
show him n nrm supporter Of
pure food legislation. . strong sup
porter OF federal regulation. . con
slant foe of monopoly contro
through price-Axing. and . friend Of
state legislation IN behalf Of won
On and children.
X On the other hand there are nu
merous cases, az I Win show In de
! All in a later article. where he con
cured with the majority Of the
sOurt.
You will be interested to know
about the following:
Where did Hughes stand In the
Danbury Hstfers' case?
Where did Hughes stand In the
case OF the big western railroads
against the settlers?
Where did Hughes stand In the
Standard OIL case?
Where did Hughes stand In the
American Tobacco trust case?
(Manly's second article on Break
In fha Silsnra NJ ailent Hughes"