The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-10-03
Replbl;cort;sn, Wi,,,,;,,o

TIME Democratic pretense that Candidate
q Hughes is mot saying anything in his
speaking tours and is only finding fault, seems 70
he rather beed by the decided peeve the President
lis showing and BY his hystericai caiI to the dear
people that the election of Mr. Hughes will mean
either war with Germany or intervention in Mexi.
.co. The indications are that Hughes, with his
calm and pitiless logic has not only turned the
Democrats out Of their FIRST line trenches but is
FAST piercing theiptcehtu pu1 c4i aie it t.gs
There is no Disgusting the fact that the initial
stamping of the Republican candidate was fail
IRE, far as the prousing Of popular enthusiasm
for the man was concerned. Hughes spffered un-
der the handicap Of great name and the people
who turned out to see and hear him expected a
|superman. They went prepared tor eheef and ex-
pecting to hear "oratofy" ,
Instead, they heard logic, facts stated with the
calm precision Of legal tongue !, Ehey found
practically nothing TO arouse the emotions They
could not and did not cheer But they did remenl-
Der what they heard and the more they have
thought over theswords OF Mr.. Hughes the more
they feel their weight
The Republican cause sumped during August
and the first OF September, especially when the
President, taking orders from the ones he feared
THE most" forced through congress the Adamson
Bill The first effect ofthis upon the country was
that he had scored an important victory for or
gained labor and the principle Of the eight hour
day VA 8ts,ss
Now the Republican cause is swelling. What
Hughes has saidis bringing its effect The truths
lof his charges are felt while the effects Of the
Adamson Bill are becoming boomerang. Or
gained labor is commencing to realize that il has
been buncoed and that II has been sold out for the
political advantage of the President 1t is now
apparent that the Adamson Bill means exactly
nothing, the nnconstitutionality Of the law being
recognized by practically every authority. M ~
IT. is being widely recognized, too, that Hughes
persistent criticism Of the President and the lat
tiers foreign policy is not simply uncokstt,ictye
faulthnding nor unreasonable scolding, The Amer
lean public is awakening to the fact that the only
possible manner in which Mr., Hughes could de-
clare the foreign policy he would pursue If elected
lis by crticizing Mr. Wilson What he condemns
the President for doing he ANNOUNCES. inferential
~ That he wouly not have DONE and only in this
way can he declare himself .s
No presidential candidate in these parlots times
could openly announce what he would OF would
not do regarding European aggression or Mexi-
can anarchy. Between the time Mr.. Hughes start
ed on his campaign tour and the time he could be-
come President able TO put into effect his foreign
policies, seven months must elapse during all Of
(which time the foreign policy of the government
remains in Mr.. Wilson's hands. The folly Of a
presidential candidate stating in pam Terms what
he would or would not do as President tider such
conditions, must be plain to anyone. II
/ Mr. Wilson is not so handicapped He can say
what he desires to do, because heSis ii position
to do it. #8s %#@'h WI 4.
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