The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-08-17
HEAR HUGHES
ADDRESS AT FARGO

Fargo, Aug. 11.-Upwards Of 5000
people tried to get into the auditor
ium last night to hear Charles Evans
Hughes, republican nominee for pres
ident of the United States, in the most
Dakota.
Thirty.fve hundred people actually
crammed into the structure and the
enthusiasm was attested by the fact
that the crowd broke into prolonged
applause 20 times during the so min
utes Of Mr.. Hughes speech.
Senator McCumber introduced the
guest of honor. He spoke briefly but
incisively, Analysing the political stu
atom and reciting the remarkable
chain of political circumstances which
led to the nomination for the presi-
dency of the United States of man
who made no move to seek the Office.
Many of his most salient points were
applauded.
Mr.. Hughes, in an address charac-
terized by members of his party as the
most eloquent of the entire campaign
tour thus far, severely arraigned the
administration for inef1iciency, for it's
devotion to the pork barrel and for it's
vacillating policy both as to Mexico
and the European countries now at
war.
He sounded note of warning
against the industrial reaction which
will follow the conflict in Europe and
declared that while the military waste
of the great world war was enormous
| the economic waste will not be so
great as is generally supposed.
"My friends, America has got to be
organized" Mr. Hughes said. When
this war is over these men will return
! to work. The military waste is very
great but the economic waste is much
less than you may think it to be.
There is tremendous discipline
! which will survive this struggle, there
are lessons of cooperation which will
never be forgotten, and the result will
be that with their social reaction and
their difficult burdens incident to the
var, there will be q strength and q
Capacity for the enterprises Of peace
in every one of these nations the like
of which the world has never SEEM
DO not imagine" he continued,
chat the United States, undisciplined,
somewhat benumbed by the prosperity
incident to the war itself, lacking in
training and in proper organization,
can address itself to the problems of
the twentieth century with the waste
| fulness and disregard of business
methods that has characterized the
government in the past
Mr.. Hughes referred to the sum-
Ii - ~
nomination.
when this summons came to me-"
he said, 1T had no appeal in it from
the mere standard Of personal honor,
great as was that honor, because l
knew that for the man himself there
is nothing in it but responsibility.
There is not a waking hour but
| what is full of the sense of obligation.
There is not a moment but what is
crowded with demands that cannot be
met. For the man himself the honor,
great as it is, is an empty thing. The
burden OF responsibility is real, a
crushing, a terrible thing. Nothing
would have induced me to step from
the life l enjoyed into this sort of &C
tivity merely to go through the poll
tical motions.
Il am here because have vision
of what America needs. l do not pro.
TESS to carry with me any panaceas.
do not profess to be able to foretell
in every detail the future. But do
profess to have some ability in ana
lying facts and in understanding
situations, and to the best of that
ability l want to serve the United
States"