The sun., 1916-09-27
WILSON lNTRIGUER,
HUGHES TELLS OHIO
Challenges President to Deny
lie Told Lind to Have
Mexican Ousted.
ASSAILS Q HOUR LAW
Cowardly Surrender to Avoid
Trouble and Gain Votes.
lie Says.

CLEVELAND, Sept. ce.-1ncreasing the
: severity Of his attack against WILSON,
ism. Charles T.. Hughes challenged the
Administration before 5000 persons in
tho Centrsi Armory here tonight to
deny that the President secretly and H.
legally intrigued in Mexico for the sole
purpose OF unseating %TIuerta. a private
cnemy.
lie dared the President and the presi-
dents saokesmcn. to repudiato the pri-
vste memorandum revealed by John
: LIND to the Minister Of a foreign Power,
that "iIuerta will be put out IL he does
not set out that 1t V the preference OF
the President that IL should be ac-
complished by domestic means II pos
sible. but II II cannot be done by DO
nestle means. other means adequate for
the purpose will be resortcd TO-"
He asasiled tho Administration for
~recking an able and patriotic diplo-
matte service to provide jobs for de-
serving Democrats. ana especially for
superseding Myron T. Herrick, who had
earned the respect and admiration Of the
world.
4 "COwardly Preccdure."
He presented clear cut an arraign-
fnent Of Mr.. Wilson'S whole procedure in
1.-THE Adamson bill matter as a cowardly
surrender to avoid trouble. Of n funda-
mental principle OF Democracy as n
false and tricky attempt to win votes by
pretending that the Adsmson law was.a
law restricting the hours of labor. and
as a dictatoriai assumption Of power
over Congress menacins to the safety Of
tho republic.
Mfr. Hughes's challeAse to the Presi-
dent was Issued after he had tead the
secret note to Lind and in the follow
ing terms:
Now | referred to this the other
night. inc a leading organ In New York
city. which is a very strong supporter
of the Administration. at once inquired
through It's representatives whether or
not that statement would he denied.
According to the report In this newspa-
per In New York. II was said that the
charge would be answered by tho Sec
rotary of War perhaps, or by the Secre-
tary OF the Navy.
ut did not say II would be denied.
II made the ambiguous statement tina:
" will be answered. I have read that
as a statement OF what John Lind was
authorized to say to a foreign minister
""u l NOW cnailengc tne ADMINISTRATOR
TO deny that. that authorization was
given"
His denunc!ation OF the wrecking OF
the diplomatic service 10 give Jobs t.
followers Was thus expressed:
IL greatly deplore that under the
present administration the standards Of
our diplomacy have not only not
been elevated. but have been lowered.
We talk n great deal about our influence
IN Latin Anerira Tnarp ia ~ tbib-
more important with reference to our
foreign trade. but We cannot maintain
" II. as has been done, men who have
devoted a lar2e part OF their lives Ia
diplomatic work. and have risen in rank.
are Withdrawn from the service in order
TO give reward and to satisfy mere
PARTISAN expcdiency.
Trusted by Nations.
"In this presence I also desire to say
that we have had no one In recent
years who so commended himself to a
foreign nation. VINO 50 entirely Won their
confidence and raised America in the
esteem OF n great people by his execu-
tive capacity, who was trusted perhaps
ms no diplomat was trusted before in a
time Of great emergency-I want to
say in this presence that We have had
no diplomatic representative rejecting
greater credit upon the country than
Myron T. Herrick. the next senator
from Ohio.
81 say this not SIMPLY to pay n jus.
tribute to a nan who stood in q difficult
hour the embodiment o. poise and re-
ceived the confidence Of tire people 10
whom he was merely a foreign Am
bassador. 4 say 1t not simply as a
tribute, but to point a lesson.
ut does not make any particular diff
ference that it was France. Il IL not
the point that it was Herrick. IL Is
not the point that II was this country
or that country: but ! say that Mt a
time OF war to have this country repre-.
sented in any foreign capital OF. n bel
llgerent nation by n mar so loved and
trusted as he was was OF the first i'm
p%ortance to this country and 1t will eve
remain a blot upon the present Ad'
rninistration that II suffered him to bs
Superseded at that critical time.
'That Is not the way to advance
American interests. venture to say
that no one great nation except our owr
would think Of doing anything Of thai
sort"
These were merely n few Of the blow!
he aimed at wisconsin while 500
Cuyahoga county folk storned their APP
proval. They were seeing and hearini
Hughes at his fighting best. a Hughes
fred by the natural development OF tn
campaign to the heat OF carnestness ant
Indignation. and a Hughes who. Will
preserving n temperate. even judicial
dignity of phrasing. was BILE to leav'
with them his estimate of Mr.. Wilson
IT wal concerning tine Presidents al
titude in the Adamson bill matter tina
Mr.. Hughes put forth most Intensity. 20
Il IL evident. as the campaign drives 81
and the relative Importance OF the Is
sues is weighed by his mind. that h
believes his greatest duty tn the peopl
and his most powerful appeal as the Re
publican candidate. turn upon the In
exposure OF what he calls Mr., Wilson
trckery and u%surpation Of authority.
Faces Labor Men.
This duty Is 30 imperative to his min'
that he insisted at Toledo at noon TO