Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-02
HUGHES SAYS He
BELIEVES He WILL
:. WIN PRESIDENCY
Republican Nominee Asserts
He Has Received Wonder
full Welcome by People
of Indiana.
LEAVES FOR NEW YORK
Assails Democrats for Enact
ment of Underwood and
Adamson Laws. .
SEES TORCHLIGHT PARADE
LEAVES FOR NEW YORK
SEES ToRCHLIGHT PARADE

,Terre, Haute, Ind, Nov. l.-Charles
f. Hughes wound up his campaign in
|, the middle west with a speech here
dtonight and left shortly afterward for
\ points in New York, the last state
I'm which he will appear before elec-
ton.
Mr.. Hughes made FIVE speeches to-
day in whic hhe outlined policies he
intends to follow if elected, assailed
the administration for the enactment
of the Underwood tariff and Adam
son law, and expressed the belief that
he would win. He spoke tonight be-
fore an. audience after reviewing a
torchlight parade. Just before his de-
parture- the nominee issued the fol-
lowing statement:
IL am leaving Indiana after what
is perhaps the most wonderful recep-
tion ever given a candidate for the
presidency. This splendid tribute was
not ito me personally, but as the
representative of the great united re-
publican party moving forward to
victory and service for the nation.
The men of Indiana have organized
a peoples victory and | want to
thank the leaders of the reunited re-
publican party for their effective
work."
Discusses the Tariff.
Mr.. Hughes on his arrival in the
middle west devoted much of his
speeches to the tariff. He addressed
two audiences at Linton and Brazil,
composed largely of employees Of the
coal mining companies.
1--WE had soup houses and bread
lines twenty months ago" he told
his audience at Linton, and we will
have them again if we do not pro-
tect American industry and if we at
tempt to carry on the business of this
country on the policy indicated in the
Underwood bill"
when the war orders end" he
said at Brazil, under our present
policy as embodied in the Underwood
bill passed by our opponets, you can
see yourself going back to work for
one or two or three days week,
That is what it means 10 you" y
In his speech here tonight Mr..
Hughes discussed the Adamson bill
at length.
Uncertainty Of Adamson Law.
II am informed that the. general
chairman has addressed the local
chairman of the Brotherhood of Lo-
comotivef Firenen and Engineers Of
the Pennsylvania lines east that the
SAdamson bill in, establishing a new
basis for reckoning wages, will
eliminate the payment of all arbi-
ltraies whichs>are based upon time
made within the first eight-hour
period of service.
"The uncertainty of the law is rec
ognized in various particulars. What
it will be decided to mean no one
can tell, as it is possible to construe
it in several different ways. The
chairman also adds this law does
not change the application of the
hours of service law. The company
still has the right to work you six
teen hours within any twenty-four
consecutive hours if they soN desire"
u note that the chief of one of the
locals of the brotherhood ascertained
the effect,of the law on those who
complete their runs in less than eight
hours. He says that if a man makes a
l0O-mile run in five hours, instead of
getting his full days pay, he will get
only five -eighths OF days pay, when
paid on the eight-hour basis.
Enacts Time Basis.
He also says that formerly the
railroad men were entitled to pay for
twenty-five miles whenever called out,