The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-19
SECOND TOUR
OF NOMINEE
(Continued from page ~

it was designed to meet and this hnl
served to confirm his belief that thu
meaGure was iltadvised and danger
GUS in principle as well as effect. He
has some new material anent Mexico
and has had additional time in which
j to scan democratic legislation t.
4 which that party is pointing with
/ pride in the campaign now on. He
proposes to "go to it" strong on the
basis of this new evidence of what
4 he considers democratic incapacity
! for government. He foresees
success Of such an appeal
and is brimful Of energy even il
he does face the hardest work IN
campaigning that presidential can
didate ever mad mapped for him be-
FORE
| Leaving Peoria at noon today the
nominee was scheduled to arrive IN
| Springfield about two O'Clock, motor
Ing out to LiDcoln's tomb in the
early afternoon. At four o'clock, he
| was to address a meeting at the
state fair grounds, under the auspices
of the republican state committee and
the state board of agriculture.
Tonight his program calls for a
public reception and an address be-
fore a mass meeting. Immediately
after this, the candidate was G%e to
leave for Wisconsin, where he VIII
campaign in Sheboygan, Manitowoc.
Green Bay, Appleton, Oshkosh, Fond
Du Lac and Milwaukee.
There were nearly 1000 people at
the depot to greet the candidate. not
withstanding the fact that his special
train was half an hour late. The
streets were well lined with throngs
anxious to view the nominee and his
wife. On the special train with
Hughes and his party were Harold
l.. Ickes, republican state and ma
tional committeeman; Mayor VIM.
Hale Thompson, of Chicago; A. i.
Hert, western campaign manager or
the republican committee; F. .. Low
den, gubernatorial candidate, his
wife and three children; julius Rosen-
wald and a dozen or more other prom
inent G. o. p. leaders in the state.
Hughes went direct to hotel
where he met republicans in confer
ence and later addressed a crowd OF
5000 people in the Coliseum. The
republican. state convention was In
session, but recessed to hear the nom
inee, throwing open the doors to the
hall to the public. On the platform
sat uncle Joe" Cannon, CALAMITY
talking to two ladies on either hand
and looking lost without his usual
cigar.
lowden was enthusiastic over re-
publican prospects in Illinois.
i've been all over the state in my
campaign for the nomination and
talked with well posted people in
every county," he said. "The re-
publicans and progressives are unit
ed. / know Of no detection of pro-
gressiyes anywhere in the state.
Furthermore / am absolutely con-
WINGED that we are to have greater
accessions from the ranks Of the
democratic party than in any cam
paign. since 1895. The fact that wom-
en- will vote for president for the first
time in Illinois this fall makes 1t
certain in my opinion that we will
have a ajority for Hughes and the
rest of the ticket at least twice as
large as we otherwise would have re-
ceived. II told you what actually
believe. the figures on what Hughes
majority will be in Illinois in No
vember, you probably wouldn't be-
lieve me- The political situation from
a republican standpoint, could not be
better in the middle west"
Spoke Before Convention.
[By Perry Arnold. United Press STAFF
Correspondent
PEORIA, ILL.,, Sept 19.-Refreshed
by his rest at Bridgehampton, and
stimulated by an enthusiastic recep-
ton here, Nominee Hughes struck
out even more vigorously today at his
democratic opponents in the first
speech OF his second campaign trip.
He spoke before the Illinois republi
can state conference.
While the republican candidate had
very little new in his speech from the
diatribes he hurled during his trans
continental trip, it was evident his
period Of study at Bridgehampton had
enabled him to assemble his facts in
more orderly fashion and to ram
home his thrusts with greater power.
His audience gave him tremendous
reception of cheers and applause.
For the most part the theme to
which the candidate addressed him
self was "democracy's broken prom
ises." And to a recounting Of the
republican party's achievements.
"Tt was under administrations" he
said, chat will always be counted
notable in our history that in state
and nation it was demonstrated that
community interest. the welfare of
the people, the supremacy of the ma.
tional interest in nation and Of the
state interest in state, were our
highest concerns. We desired to
maintain individual initiative. We
have tolerated nothing which threat
ened the opportunities for individual
incentive. but we determined that in
this land there should be equal OPP
portunity, not endangered by monopo-
listic practices or unjust discrimina-
tions nor any exploitation to attain
selfish advantage at the expense of
the public interest It was the repub-
licans, more tEan anyone else and
do not disparage the great advantage
in all these matters that we have
received from patriotic democrats
but it was republicans notably that
in state and nation furnished the
cure for state and national disease
One new note in the speech was
construed as a bid for democratic