Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-11-30
COMPLETE ACCORD
WITH ROOSEVELT"
.Hughes's Foreign Policy, Dictated
by the lingo Who, Had He Been
In the White House, Says Ex-
President Taft, "WouId Have
Plunged Us Into War"

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FACT ~1-Roosevelt said: I'VE shirk-
ed gu" duty by failing to take any ac-
ton; by announcing hat we would be
neutral"
FACT 2-Roosevelt said: 1T is a
wicked thing to be neutral between
right and wrong, i. e.. Letween Bel
GUM and Germany"
FACT 3-Root denounced the Presi-
dent for 'pusillanimous conduct" in his
negotiations with Germany. and re-
peated all of Rooscyelt's arguments.
FACT 4-Lodge gave utterance to the
same doctrine.
FACT 8 Roosevelt declared he
would not accept a nomination at the
hands of the Progressive Party if the
Republican Party would nominate a
man whose foreign policies were in &C
c%ordance with his own!
FACT Con June 10, the Republican
National Convention nominated Jus
tice Charles Hughes.
FACT ION June 80. Roosevelt said:
"They CAIr. Wilson and his parity have
taught us that peace, The peace of COW
ardice and dishouor and indifference
to the welfare of others, is TO be put
above righteousness, above tile stern,
unilinching performance of duty"
FACT 3-On June p. Roosevelt said:
I'm my judgment the nomination of
Mir. Hughes meets the Gny) condition,
No good American can have and feel
ing except scorn ard detestation for
those professional German-Arnericans
who seek to make the American Presi-
dent in effect a viceroy of the German
Emperor. They represent that adher-
ence to the p~olitico-racial Ayphen
which is the badge and sign Of moral
treason to the Republic. / am certain
that candidate CIugbes) is Incapable of
being Influenced by the evil intfigues
of these hyphenated Americans
FACT 9-On June; 20, Roosevelt ands
Hughes were at dinner together for
two and a half hours.
FACT 1o-After that dinner Hughes
said: I'VE talked very fully over all
matters AND WERE IN COMPLETE
ACCORD"
FACT 10-Three days after that din
ner Roosevelt said of Hughes. Ellis
high qualities must recommend him to
the esteem of the whole world. par
ticulariy to the sympathy OF the allies.
He certainly would never have suffer
ed the Government of the United
States, as II of the signatories to the
Hague Treaty, to pass over without
protest the violation of Belgiun's neu-
trality by Germany. He would never
write two notes on the same offense.
He would perhaps issue a warning,
but afterwards he would act accord
ing to his conscienco and for the hon
or of civilization. This is what he GER
tainly viii do, if he becomes the Pres
ident of the United States"
FACT 12-On August 81, Roosevelt
denounced German citizens for act
ing as servants and allies of Ger
many" lie condemned the Admin
istration for failing to live up to it's
duty to resist the invasion OF Belgium.
He added: 1--WE can put in power an
administration which will live up to
our national obligations. AS between
Mr.. Hughes and Mr.. Wilson, who can
doubt which is the maj who Will with
austere courage stand for the national
duty?"
FACT t3-On September /, Hughes
wired Roosevelt: 81 heartily ~congratu-
late you on the speech at Lewiston
and warmly appreciate your effective
support" spoke of Roosevelt as THAT
stalwart American who woke the
country and aped Roosevelt by say
ing: I'VE want deeds to match words.
l am not one of the kind that is too
proud to fight" On the following day,
he stated that he knew what was in
R~oosevelt's Maine speech, and endors-
ed every word of it!
FACT 14-Candidate Hughes springs
the Welsh. His father emigrated from
Wales i'll 1855, barely sever years be-
fore Charles was born.
FACT IS - Mr.. Hughes naturally
sympathizes with England. as does a
sou of a German immigrant with that
country WHICH uG loNluSl refers 10 as
"Fatherland." 1t is OILY natural that
Mr.. Hughes should stamp his apprcv-
al upon all that Roosevelt-hater and
traducer Of German-American citizens
-utters.
FACT is - Ii Roosevelt's policy
which Mr.. Hughes has accepted with
out modification had for the past "a
months been the policy of this Govern
ment, war with Germany would have
been inevitable.
FACT f7-And ii we had conquered,
we could have obtained nothing more
than an apology for wrongs commit
ted, a promise to respect our rights in
the future, ana a monetary indemnity!
FACT 13-If Mr.. Hughes is elected
President on this issue, it is notice to
all the world that America regulates
her policy of peace for the Roosevelt
Hughes policy of war. Let the issue
be not misunderstood. We know, the
world knows, that Woodrow Wilson