French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-06-22
nUGHES AND THE FOREIGN-BORN
VOTERS.

nomination of Hughes as the strong
! est the Republicans could have mao'
m,dor the circumstances, she will no
remain strong unless he at once oe
strbys the impression that hel Is 70 w
tho beneficiary of those who IN every
~cispute between this country and Ger
many have unhesitatingly proclalmeo
their loyalty to Germany.
Continuing, the same editorial says
"Mr, Wilson's Americanism is certl-
fed to by the enmity of those whose
~ocnception of Americanism is that the
United States should become the Yr-
tual partner of the bel1gerent pre-
ferred by them. Mr.. Hughes surely
connot be blind to the fact that ING
ma ioritv of Americans have com to
recognize hyphenism as an evil n
uernicious thing and that no man sus-
pected of being it's candidate a re-
! caive the support of voters to whom a
nure and unadulterated Americanlsm
applies as the supreme evil OF this
campaign"
Mr., Hughes, had he been rightly lii
srired in the first instance, had the
best opportunity he will ever nave TO
make himself clear ON this most i'm
portant of all subjects. in his formal
| acceptance of the nomination. What
he may say later may smack of the ap-
pearance of half-heartedness. in tha"it
will have been drawn out of him by a
popular demand which he was afraid
to resist.
But; On the contrary, he, like Chair
man Harding in his so-called keynote
speech to the Republican convention,
strenuously refined from saying any
thing in regard to our relations with
beligerent Europe which could be con
strued as offensive to be hyphenated
voted.
Mr.. Hughes, in addition to this. IS
unfortunate in the fact that his nomi-
Lotion was urged at Chicago by indi.
viduals who have injected into Anert'
canism politicR the sympathy they
feel for the Germon cause in the pres
ent world war. They openly boaste1
of their purpose Il teat Roosevelt
through the Hughes candidacy.
They have avoMeG an 'mDlacah
hostility - Preside: Wilson for The
same .reas.' that INSPIRED them to as
sail Roosevelt. They cherished then
and will ~Soptinue to clerAf-no ma
ter what statement Lsay be issued TO-
campaign purposes.-the belief that M.
Hughes. as . candidate for Presiden+
will better, uit their purposes and
hopes.
When these things collie to be tho
oughly understood Ey the Americ13
people. we doubt not that tt usands If
who would haI" supported Mr..
Roosevelt. largely becaus:> OF his -
hesitatiIgly give tuC:r ELEGANCE q
the Democratic candidate Id vote 'Or
Mr.. Wilson as the only cieIr-cut re"
resentativ4 Of thai seutimtnC i
field. That being so -" republicans
rave little to cheer tIich' eve the d.
clination aH M. Roos4 eel: to run aga'n
for president His decision ought t,
out az bene1":aI to the t:ue-b!u7
American Wilson tictet as to the FAC !
unsteady and unreliabl
Americanism OF the rs!C-Dloodci I
Hughes AID a~irba"ht riCEe-that con-. {
u ich has bn=n so aptiy &C. {
as p solution of whiskers and :
Ce-water
1t has '.een seriously ca~sested that
water ~uRs tf:~Ouan the veins of S
10Th of these Cr-n flooded and chez :
ess running-mdtGs. And : no if US is :
here that would marvel over the ma
ural DEVELOPMENT, in the uase OF eithe~ 6
If them. Of frigid 4i'cA :. 'coid fee: n
y a time when w1rr1-t ,oot.ed patric y
SIN might become tt :nnC ~requisit" il
qualification of the MAI - the Whit, 0
Jouse. S
The more we th;nK of :, the more Il
we become of triumphant =
lection u Wilson aud MARSHALL in
November largely because of ou-
eep-seated faith in the patriotism and -.
owe of country of The &4eat majori>v h
f the man of Ame~x>a ~ko will not e
rock Or tolerate tle dangerous O II W
ngency of electfng TO the greatest IL
Office in o. country a MAJ e.
tho does not love It's flag 50 intensely o.
S to have a doubt cast upon the m
'armth of his devotion to our coun- ,
and our people against ali the rest -
the world, when ned be. m
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