Omaha daily bee., 1916-11-03
A Progressive Tells Why

How shall vote next Tuesday:
For Hughes, because | consider it great pleas
ure to have the opportunity to advance an able
and clean man from one high office into higher
one and | consider it no degradation to call on
a chief justice or any other justice Of the United
States supreme court to accept the Office OF pres
ident of the United States and that by common
sense of justice as well as constitutional author
ity any man, an American-born citizen, from
the humbest railroad laborer to the chief JUS
tice of our country, has the inalienable right to
aspire to the presidency.
For Hughes, because of great problems, domestic
and foreign confronting us during the ensuing
four years and which require care and decision
by man Of legal attainments.
For Hughes because he has proven himself thor
ough in his investigation of corporations and in
laying bare their rottenness.
For Hughes, because he is capable and able to
handle questions OF international character, so
that, when our brothers across the Atlantic have
had enough of crime, hatred violence and muir
der and when called upon to determine the
right or wrong of questions involving our coun-
try internationally, past as well as future, he will
be able to decide such questions without the in
reference of designing and incapable ADVISORS
such as has been the cases with some OF our later
presidents.
For Hughes, because the working man and farmer
need fair and capable man to represent them
at Washington, to give them laws that will stand
constitutional tests when assailed and laws that
will give them such opportunities as to make
them feel that life is worth living
For Hughes, because desire to see and feel gen
eral prosperity and not spotted or spectators
prosperity only.
For Hughes, because if I owned the United States
| would employ him on the spot, as the best is
the cheapest and, figuring on salary basis
only, would get the best cheap.
For Hughes, because we want man like Hughes
eventually, why not now!"
Not for Wilson, because he has given us four
4, year course Of most erratic administration.
Not for Wilson, because ! consider him a poor
substitute for the man / had expected much
from, ias have admired and followed Mr..
Bryan for long time only to find that by Ian
guage and otherwise he has apparently been
knocked into cooked hat"
Not for Wilson, because he has seen fit to ram
through congress makeshift, unjust and
equal-n-its- application law, favoring few as
against the many, clear case of class legisla-
ton.
Not for Wilson, because in the dark Of night
he stood on the border of dreamland and, with
out the consent Of congress- ordered our sol
diers to take Vera Cruz.
Not for Wilson, because of his recognition of Car
rama as against other chieftains, thereby caus-
ing jealousy and revenge.
Not for Wilson, because of his partys cry for
peace, peace, and with thousands Of our men
away down on the border catching ftful slum-
bers over their loaded guns, ready to be called
into action on moments notice. there is moth
ing hut doubtful peace.
Not for Wilson, because of his partys ascend
ency on its false claim of republican extrava-
gance, his own party making fast record of
extravaganza unparalleled in the history Of the
country during so-called peace times.
Not for Wilson, because Of his party's attempts
to permanently land the progressNes in the DEM
ocratic party-bag, baggage and all.
As the managers Of the democratic party have
so generously invited the progressives into their
camp az one OF them, registered as we'll as in
fact progressive, decline, at this time, to enter
their camp, as feel that the state of our country
and feeling the pinch from the high cost of living
daily mounting higher and higher, requires that
my vote should 60 to Charles Evans Hughes for
president 1882 South Twenty eighth Street.