New Britain herald., 1916-10-25

l most 100 per cent. perfect. You cant beat it. wonder why I never l thought of it myself. When anybody 1 asks you what you would have done, all YOU need say is If had been there, it wouldn't have happened at all.' Very simple!
 Suppose he had been running against Lincoln for president the sec ond term, and somebody arose in the audience and said, MT. Hughes, what would you have done when Fort Sum- ter was fired on?' First, he would have said, I would have so organized the state department that it would have commanded the respect of the world. And second, I would have so man. aged affairs in Kamchatka that those southerners would have understood that when I said anything I meant 1t and when I meant anything, I said it, and they wouldn't have fired on Fort Sumter, at au'
 "Or suppose he had been running against, we'll say Mckinley when Me- Kinley was running the second time, and some incautious individual should propound this question MT. Hughes what would you have done when the Maine was blown up?' He would u, r I would have had my state depart ment so organized that it would have commanded the respect of the world And second, I would have so managed affairs in Podunk that those cursed Spaniards would have understood that when I said anything I meant it and when I meant anything, I said it, and they wouldn't have blown up the Maine at all?'
 Now some republicans present here may think that I have done MT Hughes an injustice. Why, I wouldn't do him an injustice for the world Tn fact it is almost impossible to do him an injustice. But his attention was called to the fact that he had not really answered the question at an The question was What would, you have done if you had eneb rspeSH have done if you had been president when the Lusitania was sunk?' and we haven't been able to find out yet and a day after that speech was made, MT. McAdOo, the secretary of the treasury, commented upon the fact that Mr. Hughes had not an- sWered the question, and so Mr. Hughes went at it again, and for fear that you may think I msquote him, 1 am going to read what he said yesterday This is what he said Now listen very carefully for wouldn't have you misunderstood Brother Hughes for the world He said: Now arises the secretary of the treasury to say that I have not answered the question yet Now, listen this is going to be very excit- ing: I was under the impression that when I said what I would have stated in advance as to what I would do. everyone would know that I stated in effect what I would have done in the described event.
 "Why that is more than 100 per cent. perfect. That is 15O per cent perfect
 was in the city of New Britain only few days ago and the whole city had turned out to welcome the New Britain boys who had come back rom the front. There were 3O,OOO reople in the streets and the bands played and the people cheered and the mothers were glad to see those boys back again and they came back. rot like the boys from the trenches in Europe wretched crea- lures, creeping home, but sun-tanned and vigorous the better for their outing, safe and sound, to peaceful American homes.
 "Why, my friends, they have killed 3,000,000 men in Europe already. The process is going on every day. B. OCO, 900 men! Three times the total population of the entire state of Con- nccticut. Just think of it.
 "Oh, my friends let us hold fast to American ideals. The president