The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-08-18
MR.. HUGHES ICE BLOCK

The speech of candidate Hughes
last week accepting in a formal man.
ner the Republican nomination was
awaited with much interest. The re-
suit was a distinct disappointment.
Disappointing to the country because
it fell like a "block of ice", and ac-
tually caused a drop in the tempera-
ture; disappointing to the Democrats
because it gives them nothing to ans
wer; disappointing to the Republicans
because it brings them neither joy
nor hope.
The substance of the speech may
be summed up in a few words. 1t
might hav been delivered without
words, if he had simply brought a
statue of Mr.. Wilson with him to the
notification meeting and basket of
rotten eggs and tossed them at the
statue one at time, that would have
been Hughes speech in all its elo-
quence, speech without words. The
whole speech from beginning to end
was devoted to rotten egging the
President, as the New York World
puts it, and Mr.. Hughes does not Of
fer the slightest word Of constructive
policy as to show he would have done"
if he had been in Mr.. Wilson's shoes
during the last three years, during
which time he has borne the heaviest
burdens of any of our Presidents ex-
cept Washington and Lincoln.
To quote again from the New York
World, which tears the speech to tat
ters and tosses it to the four winds
of heaven as so much rubbish, we
read:
eff Mr.. Hughes speech of accep-
tance means anything, it means that
for partisan and personal ends, he is
in sympathy with every foreign coun-
try and with every foreign element
that has been in controversy with
President Wilson during the last three
yeras. He is for Huerta and against
the President. He is for Carranza and
against the President. He is for Viii
la and the Mexican bandits and
against the President. He is for
Great Briton against the President.
He is for the German conspiracy and
against the President"
That Mr.. Hughes is doing all that
he can to win the votes Of the hyphen-
ated American has been repeatedly
charged, not only by the Democrats
but even the organs of his own party
have criticised him for making bid
for the un-American vote.
The New York Tribune is admitted
ly the foremost Republican organ of
the United States and is trying hard
to be staunch American paper and
to support Mr.. Hughes at the same
time, but finds it difficult purpose to
accomplish. In speaking Of Mr.. |
Hughes speech of acceptance, it |
comments in part as follows:
at would be idle to pretend that the
portion of Mr.. Hughes address which |
deals with the Lusitania massacre
and our relations with Germany is
satisfactory to the Tribune. Nor
shall we undertake to make any such
pretense."
The Tribune is with very large
company in being dissatisfied with the
speech Of Mr.. Hughes, and the Tri-
bune and the country will also realize
that the country is not only dissatis-
fed with the speech but dissatisfied |
with MIR. Hughes also.
Senator John s. Williams of Missis-
sippi was asked for an opinion on the
speech Of Mr.. Hughes, and he says
it reminded him Of an appointment of
q man some years ago as Attorney |
General of the United States, who
mad raver been able to make liv-
ing at home; Sc after he had been in
office a while he went back home and
walked around through the country |
dressed like farmer, and asked what
had become of so and so, (naming |
hiInseIf)? The frst old farmer re,