The sun., 1916-09-23
HUGHES TIRED OUT,
WORN BY OVERWORK
Dozen Speeches q Day Bring
ing Candidate Near to a
Breakdown.
GREAT CROWDS GREET HIM
Tells HOosicrs lie Is for Amer
lean Rights in Regard to
Lives and Trade.

South BEND, Ind. Sept. 22.-Charles
Evans Hughes IL rapidly winning the
admiration and confidence Of Indiana
and will certainly complete the Job IL
his campaign managers don't wear him
cut. They arc 50 exultant over his
progress that they apparently fail TO
realize that he needs sleep once IN a
while. must rest his voice occasionally
and requires moments OF privacy for the
good OF his nerves.
What they need for this Indiana trip
with It's thirteen or fourteen speeches
crowded into "A day. with Its surging and
lnsistent crowds. with It's endless rush OF
local celebrities and commi,teemen ali
demanding recognition. attention and a
personal word with the candidate. is a
man OF brass who could talk all day. sit
up all night, go without meals. abstain
from baths. shake hands with 10000
persons between every dawn and every
midnight and keep 1t up for days on
enc.
The way things have been going Mr..
Hughes may last another day ar TWO
before breaking down. That ~ tnc
plain truth and needs saying. After he
Quit work here In South Bend o-nigh
he was SO Infinitely weary that 1t IL
doubtful II he fully realized the success
he has won in this state. q,
When Mr.. Hughes was in South fend
a crowd Of $4,000 crowded the court
House corner to hear him. However
he was forbidden to speak by his phys.
clan. lie then went to the High Schoo
Auditorium and spoke thirty minut
visitors Upset Plans.
Al every station on the days schedule.
New Castle. Anderson. Muncie.
Upton. Frankfort. Koko'no' Marion
North Manchester. Warsaw. Goshen.
Eikhart--clear to South Bend--county
committeeman. city committeeman. local
candidates, climbed ABOARD toyously and
started for Huphes's private car. they
brought their wives and daughters n
introduced them. They evoluted all over
the rain.
They 20 disarranged the schedule that
che special was an hour late arriving
at various important meetings thereby
disappointing crowds and throwing the
whole plan out OF gear.
From their standpoint II was all right.
One found II an established custom for
local committeeman to climb aboard II
difncult to blame them. They simply
went on the theory that the party
was being given for them and them
alone. that the Hon. Charles Evans
Hughes was their particular and special
guest. They never figured for n moment
that they were heading their party leader
toward n sick he'd and possibly inter-
fering with important plans for the
near future.
Certainly no man ever saw crowds
melt or ever looked forward to the pros
pect OF a quiet nights sleep with more
Intense cagerness than Mr.. Hughes
evinced this night. lie had topped a
sparkling day with a speech in this city
in which his declaration for courageous
Am~ericanism. his denunciat!on OF the
Presidents surrender OF the principle OF
arbitration and his logical argument that
protection only can save the prosperity
Of the country when the European war
ends simply set on fire the enthusiasm
Of 5000 persons. lie had seen the city
Of Marion. with a population OF 10000.
turn out at least $1,000 in his honor.
lie had pleased 10000 persons with his
exposition OF the pecils az wisconsin and
his calm assurances Of what Hughesism
would mean FOR national honor and
prosperity.