Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-05
HUGHES IS PLEASED
OVER TENNESSEE TRIP
Criticism Of Strike Settlement
Subject Of His Nashville
Speech
By Perry Arnold.

Omitted Press staff correspOndent)
Louisville, KY, Sept. 5.-Only the
usual railroad station crowd was on
hand here today when Charles Evans
Hughes car was backed in. There were
no cheers or other signs of enthusiasm.
The candidate is en- route to Lexington,
KY, where he will speak today.
A. T. Hart, in charge of the western
headquarters of the national committee
got aboard for conference with the
nominee and the two remained together
in the governors private car during the
half hour wait here.
The governor and Mrs. Hughes went
to the station platform to pose smiling
ly for a local photographer and to take
a morning stroll.
1t became known today that the nom
inee is planning to address men of the
Plattsburg, N. Y, camp if this can be
arranged. A tentative schedule already
mapped out for him includes a visit to
the preparedness camp, September II,
making Hughes return to New York one
dav later than had been originally plan
ned,
Before the candidate IS car left the
station band struggled into the train
shed and by playing southern melo-
dies evoked applause in which was
blended cheers for Hughes.
The original plan had been for
Hughes to make a train speech, but APP
psrently this idea was abandoned be-
cause a crowd was missing. The candi-
date did not show himself for some time
and no one at the station seemed tC
care whether he did or not.
Faced Hostile Audience.
The republican nominee was differ
ent person than the man who little
over four weeks ago started off on a
transcontinental campaign trip. Prob
ably no public speaker, let alone a
presidential candidate. ever underwent
such an experience as Hughes did at the
Ryman auditorium in Nashvbille last
night. He faced an audience that was
"packed" against him and distinctly
unfavorable to his views. The crowd
started Wilson demonstration. They
hissed and hooted the G.. o. p. nominee.
Hughes. fighting mad at the insult
which he considered had been given
Mrs. Hughes, who was present on the
platform with him. simply struck out
straight from the shoulder and rammed
home his bitter criticism of the demo-
cratic administration with a new line of
hot shot. He attacked the strike set
tlement recently achieved by President
Wilson and had the satisfaction of hear
ing cheers and applause from the south
erners for his fighting spirit and his de-
termination to fight it out.
Naturally the candidate was in good
humor today and the stimulus of the
night IS meeting still stood with him. He
was also enjoying a good joke which
some of his party had against him.
Secretary Lawrence H. Green opened
the mornings mail today, and nearly
tainted when he saw check on St
Louis bank for $25,000. No letter ac-
companied the contribution and il
looked mighty good'to Green. He took
it back to the governor in hurry
Then when the two came to look over
the contribution, they found it was a
counter-check on st. Louis bank, made
out to the order of Charles Evans
House and signed "Hughes per Secre-
tary j. lansing" On the back the per
son who made the contribution had in
dorsed in flowing hand the signature
"Eduard James Porter, ESQ.,"