The sun., 1916-09-11
WHY CLIFFORD PNCHOT IS GOING TO
VOTE FOR HUGHES.
This Progressive Leader Finds That He Cannot Trust Woodrow VIII.
sons Promises; He Can Trust Hughes.

We have all heard him afuo.,.o
himself as the champion Of rivl ,cr.
vice reform; and have seen him turn
the Government departments over ,o
tho spoilsmen as no other I'rcslden.
has done In twenty years.
We have all heard him declare o..
pitiless publicity: and have seen lin,
conduct the most secret adin,nI,,r,.
ton Of time.
We have all heard linn anrourc.
himself as President Of all the peoria
and have seen him, as the most nn,,
san President Of his generation no,.
and oppose the progressives. wAom
now. because he needs them. lie secl.
to conciliate and enlist.
Worst Of all Is this: When eyc,v
principle OF freedom and equality "a,
which our fathers fought vas a, s,aka
In tho great war. when our who,o
country eagerly awaited tho leader.
ship OF the President. Wilson dodrcl
He refused to take sides on the rto,,.
est moral Issue of our time. lie AL.
vised u people to be ~"ncutral o,cn
In thought" undecided between riph,
and wrong. While our friends abrooa
were fighting for the principles W.
held equally with them. lie taurr, Ne
that profits and ease were better Tim
self-rcspcct. President Wilson ia.
done our nation the most scrlous ja.
jury that any leader can do 10 AL,
people by making us finch with him
from a great moral decision THEREBY
he weakened our hold as n nation %,
the principles which alJnc can max.
any people self-respectiny and strong
Having led us wrong on TIC GROUND
that VIC must DO neutral in the fsco
OF the deliberate breaking OF H..
worlds peace. he has lust reversed
himself again, and In his speech n,
Shadow Lawn now assures US ira,
No nation a any longer renal,
neutral as against any wilful disturb.
ancc or the peace of the world"
II Is bad enough that Wilson's for.
elgn policy has left us. az the war
draws toward its end. without a friend
among the great nations Of tho world.
and without tho respect of any one o.
them What is worse IL that hc has
Kept us from standing up for whs,
We know 10 be right.
The iSnoblc standard 81 profit oye-
pr nciplc which Mr.. Wilson iorcol
upon tho country in our foreign rca.
tons he has applied TO himself a.,
President. In what he has SAID. dora
and left undone tho record shows him
steadily dominated by political expo.
diency.
These facts and many others III,
them ave forced mo to see that VIA
Mr.. Wilson SAYS is no sign Of wha, ~
has done or Of what he will d.. r..
one thing his record shows IS IT,
what he stands FOR now he is not ..ke'"
to stand for long. | do not care VIA:
his platform or his ,ampa.gn dcclti..
tons may be. because the COMMON -
p%criencc of us all has laugh, W. TIA.
TO him they are Simply "mo!a.sos +,
catch flies"
Hughes. on til" otter hand. Is a MAJ
OF his word. His record as Goyorncr
OF New York proves that. II saups
nam 10 be honest. fearless AND f..
from the domination of spcciil into.
osts md corrupt politicians. =, ~.
as the conservation policies az, ,..
cerned. both what he said ana wh.. e.,
DID could hardly have been better
am confident that under lin ',se
policies Will be safe. lie t. a s'i.r-
man who Will dodge no moral u.s..
and he will give Us an honest and
efficient administration.
rs n Progressive | believe IN rl',,,.
aism. So does Hughes. | am ccr'a .
that under Hughes the lrusrcss.ye
policies Will fare better than u'..c
Wilson. and that the safety. horror ar.
Welfare Of the country vii, hc n .r.
m~casH"ably surcr hands.
cannot vote for Wilson helaleo =
cannot trust him. lie does 10,
what says. Hughes docs. Tier
Tore my choice is Hughes. and sHl'
work and vote for him.
GITronp rlNruoT
PHiLApELrHII,. September 8.