South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-08-01
Text of Hughes Speech Accepting
G. 0. P. Presidential Nomination

Senstor Harding members ~ the mott
fcatiou committee. and fellow citizens
'sThls occasion is more than "a Mere cer-
eut0uv ~ notification We are not here
o. indulge iu formal expressions. We
come to state in a plain and direct man
ucr our faith our purpose and our
pledge This representative gathering ls
happy augury 10 means the strength
oi reunion. 10 means that the party o.
Lincoln Is restored alert effective tt
means the unity % common perception
0i paramount national needs. 10 means
that We are neither deceived nor henumb-
90 by abnormal conditions. We know
that We are in a critical period. perhaps
more critical than any period since the
Civn war. We need dominant sense
80 national unity. the exercise N our
beet constructive powers. the vigor and
rcsourcefulness Of a quickened America.
We desire that the republican party as
great liberal party shall be the agency
% national achievement the organ Of the
effective expression OF dominant Ameri-
csnism.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
"Cur foreign relations have assumed
grave importance in the past three years.
he conduct 81 diplomatic intercourse
IS N the keeping o. the executive. 10
rests chiefly with him whether we shall
cr the national honor shall be maintain
ed whether our prestige and influence
shall be lowered or advanced. What is
the record OF the administration The
-st duty OF the executive was 10 COM
mand the respect OF the world by the
personnel Of our state department and
our representation abroad. No party
exigency could excuse the non perform
ance OF this obvious obligation. Still,
commendable appointments, IL is appar-
emf that this obligation W. not per-
formed. At the very beginning OF the
present administration, where In the di-
rection Of diplomatic intercourse there
should have been conspicuous strength
and exertness. we had weakness and in-
experiences. Tnstead Of assuring respect
W. invited distrust Of our competence
and speculation as TO our capacity foI
firmness ana decision. thus entailing
many difficulties which otherwise easily
could have been escaped
Where. as In Santo Domingo, we had
assumed an important special trust IN
the interest Of it's people. that trust was
sLOckingly betrayed in order % satisfy
deserving democrats The record show.
ing the Administrations disregard OF its
responsibilities with respect 10 our repre-
sentatiOn In diplomacy is an open book
II IL a record revealing professions be-
lied.
Take. for example the withdrawal oil
Ambassador Herrick from France. Their,
he stood. in the midst OF alarms tn,
very embodiment Of courage, % pOise
~ executive capacity. universally trusted
and beloved No diplomat ever won NOR,
completely the affections Of foreign
people: and there was no better for
I.
capital Of any one OF the be'ligerent ma
tions a representative thus esteemed
Yet the administration permitted itsel
l.. supercede him.
MEXICO.
The dealings Of the administration
with Mexico constitute q confused chap
te- Of plumbers. We have not helped
Mexico. She lies PROSTATE, Impoverished
famine stricken. over whelmed with On,
woes and outrages of interneciue strife
the helpless victim OF a condition Of an
archy which the course or the admins
tratiOn only served to promote For our
serves we have witnessed the murder O
Cur citizens and the destruction of thei
property. We have made enemies. no
friends. Instead Of commanding respeC
and deserving good will by sincerity
firmness. and consistency. we provoke
misrepresentation and deep resentment
lG the light Of the conduct of the admin
i-tratfOn no one could understand ft
professions. Decrying interference. W
iuteretered most comparatively. w
have not even kept out Of actual conflic
and the soil az Mexico is stained wit
the blood Of our soldiers. We have 70
sorted to physical Invasion only TO retir
without gaining the profcssed object
is "a record which cannot Dee examine
without a profound sense of humiliation
When the administration came int
power Huerta was exercising authorir
as provisional president OF Mexico II
was certainly i'm fact the head of the go,
eminent Of Mexico. Whether or not n
should be recognized was q question
1e determined in the exercise of 20 soun
discretion. but according 10 correct prir
cples II crimes were committed. we Il
not palliate them We make mo- defen,
~ Huerta. But the administration Ma
nothing 20 do with the moral charact,
o. Huerta If in fact ne represented II
government Of Mexico. We shall new,
worthily prescott our unselfish aims.
serve humanity, by wrong medicines
So far as the character Of Huerta is cor
seTned. the hollowness Of the pretensioI
on this score IS revealed by the admin
tration's subsequent patronage Of Vii
whose qualifications as an assassin al
indispunblel, whom apparently the "a,
mlnistration was ready 60 recognize ha
be- achieved his end and fulfilled VIII
then seemed 10 be its hopes
Worked Against Huerta
THE question Is not as 90 the mol
recognition Of Huerta The administr,
ton did not content itself with refusir
to recognize Huerta. who was recogniz,
by Great Britain. Germany. France. Ru
STA. Spain and Japan The admiuistrati,
undertook % destroy Huerta. to contr
Mexican politics, even % deny Huer
the right 10 be a candidate for the Off
- president at the election the admin
tration demanded. In the summer