The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-02
Kansas City Ovation Most
Rousing One of All.
no ANSWER DEMOCRAT Def
To Reply Tonight to Demand
for Constructive Remedies.
Girl Dreams Hughes Elected;
Sends Him Letter.

st. Louis, Mo-, Sept 2.-After re-
ceiving last night at Kansas City what
was probably the most enthusiastic re-
ception yet accorded his enunciation of
Republican doctrines, Republican
Nominee Hughes came to st. Louis re-
invigorated and ready to ram home
further assaults on the Democratic ad-
ministration.
1t was believed that the candidate
would make some further and clearer
references to that portion of his poll
cies referring to the hyphen in this
the city having the second largest
German American population in the
United States. In speeches which he
delivered thru Kansas yesterday
Hughes took occasion to elaborate his
views on the necessity for unity of
spirit in the movement for American
ism. He was expected at tonight
meeting in the Coliseum-where his
renominated only three months ago
still further to enlarge on these views.
Back to White Vests.
With fairly hot weather again the
| rule. Hughes got back into his white
vests once more today. That he was
| in better physical condition was indi-
| Gated by the way in which the candi-
date withstood the heat. A few weeks
ago when he first set out campaigning,
he shed perspiration at the slightest
movement. IOOdy he WAS LITERALLY
| trained down fine" and did not even
look mussed after an enthusiastic but
not crowd at the station greeting him
| The governor and Mrs. Hughes
| were touched today by letter from
| a 16-year-old girl in Portland, Ore
name withheld on the governors re-
quest. She wrote that she had a dream
III which she saw and shook hands
with Hughes and Mrs. Hughes i'll the
White House. She knew the dream
was coming true The candidate
wrote her a letter himself and Mrs
Hughes added a postscript thanking
the little lady for her. prediction.
In st. Louis today the nominee was
the central figure in an auto parade
| on his arrival shortly after O'Clock
and was to speak at a luncheon under
the auspices of the Business Men.
league at the Missouri Athletic club
Late in the afternoon he was to shake
hands with the public at the Hote
Jefferson, and at night speak in the
| Coliseum. Tomorrow he will rest
| leaving at night for Nashville. Tenn
Riled Over Democrat Def.
Those close to the candidate indf
Gated today that, the governor intend
ed particularly to dwell on the prin
| ciple of exclusive federal control o
the militia which he enunciated a
| last nights meeting at Kansas Cit.
and on the Mexican policy in speeches
| during the next few days. He intends
| it was said, more specifically to out
line exactly what measures he advo
Gates to correct the abuses in govern
| ment which he ascribes to the Demo
| cratic administration.
Governor Hughes has been consid
erably ri1ed over Democratic declara
tions that his campaign so far has ex
| hibited mostly complaints without in
| dicating corrective and constructive
remedies. Tonight he proposes t.
answer these declarations, while still
thrusting away in critical analysis o
what he considers Democratic ineffi
cheney.