The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-02
Declares Too That Adamson
Bill Will Prove Gold Brick
for Railroad Workers
STARTS EAST AFTER
ACTIVE DAYS WORK
Asserts He Has Had One of
the Most Wonderful Re-
captions in Indiana Ever
Given Candidate

Terre Haute. Nov. Charles f.
Hughes, before big audience here
tonight. hurled defiance at Samuel
Gompers and other officials of the
American Federation of Labor. who
are urging the recollection of President
Wilson. He declared his belief that
nobody can control the labor vote"
There Is no one that has so much
at stake in the orderly processes OF
government as the plain man. who has
nothing but his wages between him
and serious disaster said Mr.. Hughes.
Il understand that word has gone out
through labor circles through oYflcial
channels 10 vote against me. I know
perfectly well that ! am saying pro-
found truth. and every union labor man
knows IL. that nobody can direct or
control the labor vote OF this coun-
try.
That vote Is going to be east ac-
cording TO It's sound Judgment. accord
ing to what men think Is right and
fair. This is an American government.
and our working men are the beet citi-
zens We have. because they are pro-
ducing and working. and l have the
utmost confidence in the freedom Of
their Judgment according to their con-
science, uncontrolled by any power"
Takes sling nj Adamson Bill.
Charles Evans Hughes closed his
last Middle Western campaign and
started back East tonight. after a
rousing send-ofT al Terre Haute. where
he took parting fling at the Adamson
bill, which he called a gold brick ="
Il am leaving Indiana after what
perhaps is the most wonderful reeep-
tion ever given candidate for the
presidency," ne said i'm q formal state
msnt This splendid tribute was not
TO me personally. but as = representa-
tive OF a great reunited Republican
party, moving forward to victory and
service for the nation, The men of In
diana have organized a peoples vic
tory, and want to thank the leaders
Of the reunited Republican party foz
their effective work"
Mr.. Hughes told his Terre Haute
audience he believed labor was grad
ually coming to realization that the
Adamson eight-hour bill was gold
brick and quoted from circulars re-
Gently mailed by the general chairman
to the local chairmen Of the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers aud
Firemen of the Pennsylvania lines East
to prove that II was being found full
of surprises
deal of talk about wAat wonderful
things have been done for labor by the
passage of the Adamson BILL" he said
Now they are beginning to wonder
what things have been done to labor
by the passage OF the Adamson eight
hour bill -
Right Wears Its Own Garh.
There was not any eight-hour work
day proposition involved, There never
was. Things that are right can walk
IN their own clothes. We can have
things that are right II we go al them
in the right way. There will he great
many surprises about this bill that you
are perhaps little interested in unless
you work on railroads, but there are
men who are going to hnd out that
even those who were supposed to be
benefited by It have got a very beau
tiful gold brick,
Il am informed that the general
chairman has advised the local chair
men of the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Firemen and Engineers OF the Penn
syivania lines East that the Adamson
bill, In establishing a new basis for
reckoning wages. will eliminate the
payment OF all arbitraries which are
based upon time when made within the
hrst eight-hour period OF service.
THE uncertainty OF the law Is rec
ognised in various particulars. It Is
said that Just what II will be decided
to mean no one can now tell. as 1t Is
possible to construe II in several differ
emit ways. The general chairman also
adds this law does not change the ap-
plication Of the hours of service law.
The company still has the right to
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