The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-23
HUGHES WON'T
 LET MANAGERS
 CUT SPEECHES
Behind Schedule, Insists on
 Talking As Long As He Wants.

1dlh11lS xAS AO1IS FAD
 He Wants.
 South Bend, Ind. Sept. 23-Indiana politicians of the local reception committee" type played havoc with the itinerary of Charles D. Hughes on the second day of his tour through the Hoosier State. They bobbed up at each of the thirteen places where the Presidential candidate was scheduled to speak An extra Pullman had to be provided for them. and the Hughes special thus became so heavy that 1t steadily lost time, making the candi- date late for all his meetings.
 Because of this, the Indiana man. agers repeatedly attempted to limit MT. Hughes's speeches, but this the candidate would not stand for.
 Those people turn out" MT. Hughes said, because they want to hear me-" and with one exception MT. Hughes did what talking he desired at each point. At Elwood. where the special was due shortly after II o'clock. and arrived forty-five min utes late, the Presidential candidate had barely stepped out on the rear platform of his private car when the train began to move. Word was sent to stop again. but without result.
 MT. Hughes had uttered just thirty five words, the shortest speech of his campaign, when the growing expanse of rails and ties between his platform and the crowd madef urther talk use- less.
 Hughes Was Ont Short.
 Fellow Citizens" the Presidential candidate had said, 'there is only a moment to say a word, and that word which I desire to say Is this: That we are all together for American prosperity and American rights throughout the world"-
 The crowd cheered, but before MT. Hughes could say more the train was on its way to Tpton.
 Addressing a good sized crowd at Frankfort early yesterday afternoon, MT. Hughes displayed signs of annoy ance.
 When I was told a few minutes ago." he said, that it would be inn possible for me to leave the train, and I got a glimpse from, the car of this throng, or of those on the outskirts of it, 1t seemed to me that trains would have to wait for candidates, and we would just try to see if we have little authority of our own" A few minutes later. however, MT. Hughes evidently resigned to the situation, smiled as he observed: "Oh. we'll The Lord 1oveth a cheer ful candidate"
 Aside from these annoyances, the Republican candidates had a satis- factory day. He was hauled over six different railroads, and his days route looked on the Indian map as If it had been cut out with a jigsaw. He was greeted by crowds estimated at from 50,000 to 60.000. They dis played evident interest in seeing him, and liberally applauded his speeches. The Republican candidate said lit- tie that was new in his. thirteen speeches. He continued his advocacy of a protective tariff, asserting that present prosperity is only temporary andpust cease when the European war ends. His speeches were well received in Muncde, Kokomo and oth- CT manufacturing centres in which he especially talked protection.
 Speaking in Marion late yesterday afternoon, MT. Hughes read from a memorandum:
 'Tn February. 1914, in Cincinnati, there were 22,S51 experienced ma cfinists out of employment; there were 1,200 mechanics and helpers out of employment Soup houses were established Of the eighty-six manufacturing industries there were eight working 80 per cent. of full time; thirty-eight were working GA per cent; ten were working 25 per cent. and thirty out of eighty six were closed down entirely. In New York city 300,000 were out of employme ent, and in every city of the land the question was how to relieve those con- ditions."
 Mr. Hughes charged that the Under wood Tartf Law was responsible for these conditions.
 Robins Met Candidate.
 Raymond Robins, Illinois Progress sive leader, spoke several times with Mir. Hughes. Introducing the Re- publican candidate at Mupcde, Mr. Robins described himself as one of the Progressivee who was on the bridge when the ship went down. and added:
 T regard. today the candidate of the reunited Republican party as the best expression of tempered, meas ured and considerate social and eco nonic ,proguess that has ever led a dominant party in the history of this Repu'blica-
 MT. Rollins was compelled by the Indiana crowds to divide attention with James E. Watson, standpat can didaHe for United States Senator, who spent the day with the Hughes party. Watson was the floor leader of the Odd Guard at the Chicago convention of 1912, when the steam roller f1atten- ed out Col. Roosevelt's candidacy for the Republican nomination.
 MT. Hughes was greeted by 15,- o0o-the largest crowd he had found in any of the cities visited recently. A