Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-31
PRESIDENT WILL WAGE
AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN
Intends to Force Issues All Along
Limo Against Repub-
licans.
NO APOLOGIES TO oFEEI
Series of Pertinent Questions Framed
to Be Put to Hughes, Which He
Must Successfully Answer Before
He Ca Assail His Opponent.
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imagined that President Wilson will
permit his administration to assume n
defensive attitude throughout the COM
reckon again.
1t can be stated authoritatively that
Mr.. Wilson entcrtains no such notion.
On the contrary. he and his party as
sociates mean to force the issues them
selves, and to force them all along tho
line. This applies to questions OF
foreign policy to exactly the same ex-
tent that 1t applies to questions of
domestic policy.
Charges will be met by counter
charges; criticisms Will be answered
by criticisms. There will be no apollo
giles offered for the acts Of the present
administration. There will be no admis-
sions that what might have been would
have been better. The record OF
achievement of the past four wears
will be laid alongside the record OF
any similar period of Republican rule,
and the people invited TO pass judg-
ment upon It.
WILSON WILL SaUARELY
MEET REPUBLICAN Def
From the Hughes headquarters
comes the report that the Republican
candidate will make a blanket assault
upon the administration In his speech
OF acceptance. This challenge will be
squarely met in the address which the
President will make to the Democratic
notification committee. and from that
time on the Republicans will have to
maneuver skilifully If they maintain
the offensive throughout the campaign.
In general way, the Democratic
counter to Mr.. Hughes's attack will
center around the question, What
would you have done If you had been
in power" This will be followed by
a line of specific questioning which the
Republican nominee must satisfactorily
answer before he can successfully as
sail his opponent. These questions
have already been formulated. and will
be about as follows:
DO you think President Wilson went
too far, or not far enough, in the sub
marine controversy with Germany?
II you had been President, would
YOU have resorted to the processes OF
diplomacy and craftsmanship TO pre-
serve peace. or would you have forced
war with Germany?
Would you have interviewed in Mexico
at any stage, knowing that intcrven-
ton means war and nothing but war?
Would YOU have called out the Ma
tional Guard when it seemed that Car
rama was about to attack the Perish
ing expedition with armed forces?
Do you believe that any hyphenated
movement worked to bring about the
defeat OF Theodore Roosevelts nomina-
tion at the Republican convention?
If a hyphcnated conspiracy did ac-
cImplish Colonel Rooscvclts defeat,
how do you feel about the exercise
and extent of such influences in Ameri-
can politics?
Would YOU repeal the Federal Trade
Commission act, he Federal reserve
act the rural credits act or the good
roads act?
Are you for. or against, the tariff
commission bill supported by the bust
ness interests of the country. or would
you ignore the findings of such COM
mission and urge the repeal OF the
act creating such body?
Why didn't the Republican party re-
form the currency and give the coun-
try Il sound banking system when it
was in power?
Why did the Republicans fail 10 givo
the farmers a rural credits system dur
ins its period of control of the gov
ernmcnt?
Is the country prosperous Is the
foreign trade of the United States
greater than ever before III its history.
and is American business on a sound
basis, or is 1t enjoying only an arti
~ al ct LAT Inn l,tn fn nr1
If this prosperity is only artificial.
what would you do, If elected, to give
it substance and prevent a collapse
after the war Is over?
CONDITION OF ARMY AND NAVY
UNDER REPUBLICANS
What was the condition of the army
and navy when Theodore Roosevelt
left the White IIoucc, after seven years
OF domination of tho government"
What was the condition of tho army
and navy after William H. Taft left
the White House, after four years Of
service?
How many ships were in tho navy.
or building. at the end OF the Roosc-
Welt administration. and at the end Of
tho Taft administration?
How many men were there in tho
army when Roosevelt retired from
power, and. again, when TAFT quit the
White House? What kind OF an army
reserve did we have, and how much
was our reserve supply in munitions
and guns?
What was fine condition OF the labor
ing man four and eight years ago?
We're wages higher or lower than now.
and was labor as we'll satisfied as at
present?
What do you think Of the manner in
which the Wilson administration met
the financial and Industrial crisis that
followed the outbreak Of war in
Europe?
Would you have recognized Dictator
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