River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-08-10
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE ASSAILS
DEMONSTRATION FOR FOR
EIGN POLICY IN SPEECH
AT DETROIT.
"RAID UPON THE CIVIL
SERVICE" is CONDEMNED
Filled With Deep Sense of Shame by
Exhibition During Past Three Years
Democrats Course Toward
UNFOLDING American Rights
Abroad is AssaIed.

Detroit, Aug. 8.-Charles E. Hughes,
in his first set speech Of his transcon-
tinental trip assailed the administra-
ton for it's foreign policy, it's Mexican
policy, for appointing men whom he
termed inexperienced to diplomatic
posts and for what he characterized as
"raid upon the civil service Of the
United States"
'He kept us out of war;" said Mr..
Hughes, referring to the President,
and a Democratic campaign slogan.
''Yet he seized Vera Cruz. That was
war-very ignoble war. And it was
called war over the bodies of those
dead soldiers; it was called a war
Of service.
Says Policy Is Unknown.
"Talk about what is your policy.
What is the Presidents policy? Does
anyone know? Has the executive ever
had policy for more than six months
on the Mexican question: I repeat:
Who knows today what the policy Of
the administration will be three
months hence? My friends, the trou-
BILE is that this administration has
written such a record that no matter
what it says you do not know whether
It will stick to it.
eve have had an exhibition during
the past three years, which / confess,
fills me with deep sense of shame. I
have not particle of militaristic spir-
it in my system, but if I am elected
president I will see to it that Amert-
can rights are respected"
Mr.. Hughes assailed the administra-
TONS course toward unfolding Ameri-
can rights abroad during the European
war.
When Citizenry is Cheap.
"When / say that / am an Ameri-
can Citizen the nominee said Il
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 protection this whole world
over. There is no man who could sue
cessfully present to an American COM
munity the platform that an American
and that beyond that American life is
to be the prey of any marauder that
chooses to take It,"
The nominee cited the Republican
platforms declaration that 10000 gov
eminent positions had been taken
from the operation of the civil service
law during the present administration
and declared that sort of thing has
got to stop"
Eminent Scientist Displaced.
He told of an instance, he said,
where an eminent scientist, in the
very eminent rank had been displaced
to make room for an eminent stock
breeder and veterinary surgeon
The federal commission, Mr.. Hughes
charged was fairly emasculated with
the man, by the men, for the most part,
who were appointed to places upon it.
"It was inexcusable," Mr.. Hughes
said, ''for the administration to take
in country after country in Latin
America, where we have frequently
said we desired to cultivate the most
friendly relations" men in the diplo-
matte service, "who had represented
the country with credit and had &C
CURED an admirable and important ex-
perience and put in men utterly mex
perienced."
Past administrations, the nominee
said, had sinned in that particular,
but standards were being made and
there were men in our service of long
experience and fine training" Other
appointments by the President were
assaulted.