The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-08-25
PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINEES
Comments on Men Now
Being Discussed

President Wilson and the democratic
party on the defensive, and gave evil
dence of purpose to keep them
there for the remainder of the cam
paign. And if President Wilson in
tends to make answer to all the criti-
cisms aimed at his administration by
the head of the republican ticket, he
has busy three months ahead of
| him"
"Mr. Wilson, of course, must ans
wer the charges; he cannot afford to
| ignore them. But, if by his replies,
he hopes to carry conviction, he must
rise above the plane of comments of
democratic senators and representa-
tives who publicly commented on the
Hughes speech the day following it's
delivery. He didn't say anything, ;"
said one democratic senator. All he
said was that he would accept the
nomination" commented another
1T was all bosh, said third"
Considering the tone and charac-
ter of Mr. Hughes speech, comments
of this sort reflect on the men who
comment; not upon Mr.. Hughes.
President Wilson cannot thus lightly
brush aside the mighty arraignment
| of himself and his administration.
| The Hughes charges will have to be
answered and answered specifically.
And that reminds me that the peo-
| pie this fall will have a treat in the
way of speeches from the two oppos-
/ ing candidates. Mr.. Hughes and
President Wilson are both masters
of English; each knows the value of
words and how to arrange them. But
there is this marked difference: Mr..
Hughes, when he speaks, carries con-
viction to those who hear him; there
is ring of sincerity in his words,
and his record as Governor of New
York demonstrated amply that he
means what he says.
president Wilson is capable of
writing a splendid speech, just as he
wrote strong notes to Germany and
to Great Britain. But his delivery is
not convincing on the other hand,
when you hear him speak, as have
on numerous occasions, you cannot
escape the feeling that he is not sin
cere in what he says; he fails utterly
to impress his audience. Just as his
diplomatic notes failed to carry con-
viction, so do his speeches fail in the
same way. The Presidents speeches
always read better than they sound.
And | may say that this is not my in
dividual opinion, but an opinion that
prevails generally among men who
have heard the President deliver
some of his most important address
es."
"Congressmen who attended the
Hughes notification in New York,
went to hear a great speech they
came back more than elated. Not
only had they heard the great speech
they anticipated, but they discovered,
what some of them did not know be-
fore, that Mr.. Hughes is a highly
efficient and impressive campaigner
They also came away thoroughly con-
vinced of the falsity of the charge
that Mr.. Hughes is cold. That charge
circulated exclusively by the demo-
Gratis, is utterly unfounded, and be-
fore Mr.. Hughes concludes his west
ern tour, the country will know that
the warmest kind of red blood flows
through the veins of our candidate
Il think Mr. Hughes 'cinched' the
vote of every woman suffrage state
when he came out squarely and firm
ly in favor of the suffrage amend
ment to the constitution. And in do
ing that he turned nice trick on
the opposition. For two weeks or
more before Mr. Hughes declared
himself it was rumored around
Washington that the President was
preparing to change front on sun
rage. Western Democrats in congress
tried to impress upon him the politi-
cal expediency of urging congress to
pass the suffrage resolution; the SUI
fragists themselves were holding out
to him all sorts of encouragement, II
he would only reverse himself, and
having made quite record as
Hopper, it was generally thought
here at Washington that the Presi-
dent might change his attitude. But
Mr.. Hughes beat him to 1t; Mr..
Hughes went further than the dec
laration of his party, and it is now
too late for the president to win the
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