New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-03
REASONS FOR A VOTE
Why a Democrat Intends to Support
Mr.. Hughes
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: see that certain eminent Re-
publicans are occupying space in the
newspapers to tell why they will vote
for the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency. Will you grant a plain
Democrat opportunity to state why he
will vote for the Republican candi
date?
OF family that has been American
for the last $50 years | am heart and
soul for the Entente Allies. Men and
women alike, they are fighting a battle
which should be ours as we'll, because
liberty and self-government. From
President Wilson, punctiliously neu-
trail, not even a syllable of sympathy
can be expected in their behalf, still
less any positive action. He is mot
interested" in their cause, which is
also ours; it bores him. He is for Mr..
Wilson first, America second, though,
of course, having got his Mschisvelli
by heart, he puts it the other way
round in his speeches.
On the other hand we have a hope,
based on experience with Mr.. Hughes
as Governor, that Mr.. Hughes's action
will be consonant with his words; hence
that he will, in fact, safeguard Ameri-
can rights, recognize and fulfil Ameri-
can duties and regain American honor,
just as he promises TO do. And in re-
gaining our honor and fulfilling our
duties it will be impossible for him
to continue Mr.. Wilson's craven neu-
trality between good and evil; he will
De glorously unneutral, to the aid and
comfort of the Allies and the deep con-
tentmcnt of all tiue-hearted Ameri-
cans. Hence, for him | vote; hence,
also, my profund inability to under
stand how any one truly sympathizing
with France and Belgium can cast his
vote for Mr.. Wilson.
| Next, | shall vote for Mr.. Hughes
because from lack of just such one
as he at the head Of the government,
just such a one at the head of our
census enumeration, the population of
our country has been reduced from
100,000,O00 to nine ciphers-O00, 900 900.
Words have brought US to this cipher
dom. Ii requires a man like Hughes TO
rescue US from it. In Mexican cock
fights the cock that won't fight is &C
claimed by the crowd as "Weelson,
Weelson." In Italy the shrapnel shell
that won't explode is called a "Yank."
Even in little Greece America was re-
ported by an Athenian journal last
year as awaiting in an agony" the re-
Spouse of the Kaiser to one of Pres:
dent Wilson's notes.
Some men are so strongly for the
Allies and against the Germans that
they loudly protest they will not vote
for Mr.. Hughes II he allows the Ger
mans to vote for him and this, though
they helped to elect him and were
proud of him as Governor. But now hs
must tell the Germans TO 20 to the
devil, or they wash their hands Of him
and vote for Mr.. Wilson, who would
be so simultaneously mortified to
have the vote Of Mr.. OLeary or any
one like him." But may | ask these
I super-righteous pro-Allies IL they
themselves a few months before the
Republican convention would not have
/ chosen Mr.. Hughes as a good Presiden-
/ tial candidate, eminent for integrity
of character, independence and poise
of judgment, efficiency in Office and
clesnness of private life? And II so,
why suddenly turn and rend him be-
cause the German-Americans, in their
unreasoning rage at Wilson, are going
TO help in his election? How by any
action OF these alien minded voters can
he lose all the virtues which have for
years been accredited to him! He did
B not when Governor become a scoundrel
/ politician. Is he to be suspected and
accused Of becoming one overnight for
the sake of the Office Of President!
Judging the two candidates by their
records believe that Mr.. Hughes will
prove Moses to lead us out of the
desert, wIle Mr.. Wilson would only
continue to play the Aaron and hold
up for our worship his golden calf Of
fictitious prosperity.
L. L. FORMAN.
/ New York. Oct. %, 1916.