The sun., 1916-09-03
Tells st. Louis Audience He Is
Not Too Proud to
Fight.
MAKES REPLY TO WILSON
candidate Declines to Com.
mcnt on Passage Of Eight
Hour Law.

It's aelf.respect."
;r and near a city whose foreign popu-
Ia,ion Is greater than that OF any other
IN the West. Charles 4. Hughes. Repub-
lean nominee for President Of the United
states. made a series Of speeches to-day
which aboundcd In such straight from
The shoulder expressions OF Americanism
as these.
Speaking In Clayton. county seat Of
s.. Louis county. this afternoon and
again to a packed house at the Coliseum
tonight, he declared In unequivocal
terms The honor and welfare of America
must be paramount to every other con-
sideration In the mind and the heart Of
every citizen. native or n~aturalised. and
that he had faith in the patriotism and
sound Judgment Of the American people.
Replies 20 Wilson speech.
IN his talk tonight Mr.. Hughes re-
serred repeatedly to points made by !
President Wilson In his acceptance |
speech. II protest." he said. against
the extravagant claim that the anti
trust act was CHARMED by dennition by
cur opponents. They folded themselves
up n n vague phrase and presented
that As the solution.
From the claims OF u opponents
with respect to child labor legislation
you would suppose they had discovered
the children" said Mr.. Eughes. 81
Z am for the protection Of children
was for II before the present Admins
tra,bn was heard Of"
NJ. Hughes referred to child labor
legi,lation enacted during his term as
oowrnor OF New York. E II think I
knox something OF child labor and the
Importance OF protecting IT," he said.
TIE recent bill passed in Congress
Affects n very small number OF children
in this country and there remain a
wax amount Of necessary work to be
dcte by our states before child labor
shall be prohibited to a degree which
WI sa'er~a"d 'h's 'm~or'-,t a~sa,."
~ nominee declared that the BUSH
ness MAI had "A right to know what he
could and could not do.
Here we are met again with extraor.
diary claims" he said. ~ suppose Al
lu,ion liz made to the Federal trade com.
mission law. I have no quarrel with the
ronnns"'~- ~ 'ts '~nde communication 'aw
ba I arnot accept the crude statement
or suG scsi.on thai the antitrust law
has been clarified by definition.
1T is said in the Federal trade COM
mission act that unfair methods Of COM
PETITION in m are hereby de-
cared unlawful.
Common Law Deals with Fraud.
VI, Is not necessary ~ o-.-h"~- 4,
trade commission to Zeal with fraud.
Fraud has been recognized by the COM
mon law since It's institution.
II complain OF the e~trav7~aot r'o'rn-
made with re-rert to the clari6ra'ion of
the law in the alleged interest Of busi-
ness when nothing Of the sort has bee,
done and the act expressly states that
nothing NJ tire sort was attemrted. You
cannot mis'ead the American people by
claims ~ that description"
After Mr.. Hughes had appeared on
the platform tonight he audience OF
10000 started a dcmonst-a''on which
last for e'gh,ee- m'nu'es IS. Meanwhile
the band played 'St'r Spansled a
ner," America" and other nat!o-al airs
Mr.. and Mrs. HUGHES Joining in the sing.
Ing. Aferward marching clubs and
Ara,ly a delegation Of M y sufYrarettes
carrying fags. marched around the hall
In an address before the business
Mems League at noon. Mr.. Hughes made
plain his attitude toward business and
labor. Such expressions as these were
cheered: II believe the heart OF AAmer'
lea is sound. II believe In the integrity
u her business mer." II believe in the
patriotic sentiment Of AmericAn bust
nees."
"D!niculties viii not b met unless II
every relation we maintain the supre'
macy OF reason and Justice and neveI
surrender principle to force"
Appeals for Reason.
y believe the American public 10 fair
Let us do nothing arbitrary and nevel
dethrone reason. which must rule In &
democracy or else democracy becomes
failure"
Further along in his address he said
II think We nave reached a time wheI
legislation must be expressed In NOR
specific terms h II has been. ! thinl
business men are entitled to know wha
they can do and what they cannot DC
We want TO b. right We want to b
fair. We want to know what the RICH
TO- And ! propose. 80 far a. In me liei
We shall cooperate to secure under
standable definite legislation whicl
affects the interests Of the business com
mun!ty."
William r. Wilcox. chairman Of tn
National Committee. stopped here to
day after attending the Fairbanks notin
cation ceremony In Indianapolis and Wis
it'nS the Chicago headquarters. "Th
outlook could not be better" he said
The situation IL excellent"
Soon after his arrival here Mr.. Hughe
was driven from the Hotel Jefferson I
the Planters. where he shook hands wit
$50 callers at a public reception. Mr.
George Fred Steadman headed . delega
ton Of ten women, who asked for .
expression which might help the caus
OF woman suffrage in this State. TIL
nominee declined to make a speech. bu
he pleased his callers by saying: "Yo
know what l said on suffrage in III
West and all I can Add IL that my heal
is with you"
The women also called on Mrs. Hughe
ard urged her In make . speech for tn
cause. "No. indeed" she replied laugf
insly but firmly. That Is my husband
role and l won't compete with him"
After the meeting In Clayton N
it"g,.S was taken for . drive o III
hulevards Of this city. Mr.. and Mr.
i>ishes will remain here until to-mol
row night. spending Sunday with Thoms
r. N~iedrinEhaus. former Republica
national committeeman for Missouri.
Mr.. Hughes declined this evening
discuss the passage Of the eight ho'
III, The following from his speech
clayton this afternoon was. howeve
TAKEN az . general expression OF h
opinion:
We must demonstrate our capacity
meet the enormous difficulties Will
su-eiy confront us. How shall the
n'Mculties be met? In the hrst pla'
'hey will not be met unless In every rel
non We maintain the supremacy
reason and Justice ana never surrend
principles to force,
! believe the American public Ia ia