Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-01
HUGHES ATTACKS
! RECORD OF WILSON
ADMINISTRATION
Dealings With Mexico He
Calls Confused Chapter
of Blunders.
CAUSE MISAPPREHENSION
AND DEEP RESENTMENT
National Security Demands There
Shall Be No Paltering With
American Rights.
UNREsERvEDLY FOR L. S
Accepts Republican Nomination for
President i'm Speech at Car
negie Hall, New York.

NEW YORK. July 3l.--Charies Il.
Hughes tonight outlined in his speech
Of acceptance the issues upon which he
Will conduct his campaign for the presi-
dency.
Mr. Hughes assailcd tho administra-
tion for the course it has pursued with
reference to Mexico. maintenance OF
american rights during the European
war. Preparedness and other great Qics-
tions of the day. He declared for 4
now policy Of "frmness and consist
ency" toward Mexico. for the unfiinch-
inc maintenance Of all American rights
on land and sea. and for adequate ma
'iontd defense adequate protection on
''both our western and eastern coasts"
we denouncc all plots and con-
hpiracies In the interest OF any foreign
nation" Mr.. Hughes said. Utterly in
tolerable in the use OF our soil fhr alien
intriGues Every American mIst unre-
servedly condemn them. and support
every effort for their suppression"
The nominee assailcd the administra
tion for ITS direction OF diplomatic in
tercoursc" from the beginning. leclar-
ing that where there should have been
conspicuous strength ana cxpertncss
there had been weakness and iucxpcrt-
ness lie ci,ed san Domir 20 as an in
stance where appointments had gone 10
deserving Democrats" and to the fail
ure 10 Keep Ambassador Herrick at his
post In Paris after the war had started
as "a lanentable sacriflce OF interna-
tionai rcpu,e"
NEED DOMINANT SENSE
or NATIONAL. UNITY
Mr.. Hughes said in part:
Shuator Harding, members OF the
90 notification committee and fellow
citizens:
This occasion is more than mere
ceremony of notification. We are not
here 10 indulge in formal expressions.
We come to state IN r plain and direct
manner our falt!.. cur purpose and our
' pledge. This representative gathering
Is happy augury. 1t means the
strength OF reunion. II means that the
party of Lincoln is restored. alert. ef-
fective. 1t means the unity of a com
mon perception OF paramount national
needs. II means that we are neither
deceived nor hcnu!nbed by abnormal
conditions Wc know that we are in a
critical period. perhaps more critical
,thua any period since the Civil War.
We need dominant sense of national
unity; the tXerciSe Of our best con-
struyJivc lowers; the vigor and re-
scurccfulnoSs Of a quickcned America.
VIC desire thai the Republican party
~ a great liberal party shall be the
agency Of national achievement, the
organ of The effective expression OF
dominant Amcricanism. What do I
mean by that? l mean America, con-
scious of power, awake TO obligation.
erect in self-respect, prepared for
every emergency, devoted to the ideals
of peace. instinct with the spirit of
human brotherhood. safeguarding both
individual opportunity and the public
,intcres,, maintaining well-ordered
constitutional system. adapted TO local
self-government without the sacrifice
of essential national authority appre-
ciatine the necessity OF stability. ex-
pert knowledge and thorough organi-
zation the Indispensable conditions
Of security and progress; country
loved by its citizens with patriotic
fcrvor permitting no division in their
allegiance and no rivals in their affec-
toni mean America first and America
efficient. 1t is in this spirit that re-
spond to your summons.
DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS
COME IN FOR CRITICISM
our foreign relations have assumed
grave Importance in the past three
years The conduct of diplomatic in
tercourse la in the Keeping OF the eX-
ecutive. 1t rests chiefly with him
whether we shall show competence or
incompetence; whether the national
honor shall be maintained; whether
orr prestige and influence shall be
lowered or advanced. What is the
record Of the administrations? The first
duty of the executive was to command
the respect OF the world by the per-
sonnet of our State Department and
our representation abroad. No party
exigency could excuse the non perform
auce of this obvious obligation. Still,
after making every allowance for GER
tain commendable appointments. 1t is
apparent that this obligation was not
performed.
At the very beginning Of the present
administration, where, in the direction
~ diplomatic intercourse there should
have been conspicuous strength and
expertness. we had weakness and In
cxpertncss. Instead Of assuring re-
snect, we invited distrust Of our COM
petence and speculation as to our ca
nacity for rlrmncss and decision. thus
entailing many difficulties which other
wise easily could have been escaped.
Then, In numerous instances. notably
I'm Latin-America, where such a course
was particularly reprehensible, and
where we desire to encourage the most
friendly relations. men of long dplo-
matte experience, whose knowledge
and training were Of especial value to
the country. were retired from the ser
vice apparently for no other reason
than to meet partisan demands in the
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