The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-20

brought about a combination OF un-
desirable and even dangerous condi-
tlons which nothing but n change OF
administration will rectify. Here
are a few leading counts In the in
dictment:
Our nation has been humll.atcd
and weakened in the eyes OF the
world by President Wilson's failure
to protect the lives and property Of
It's citizens Mr.. Hughes declares:
! stand for the unlinching mainten-
ance OF all the rights or American
citizens on land and sea"
Although boasting that he has kept
the country out OF war. the admins
tration has burdened II with oppres-
sive and irritating taxes entirely un-
warranted in time OF peace. Increas-
Ing expenditures 10 an unprecedented
extent, il has rejected the logical and
least oppressive method Of raising
the revenue neccssitated by its own
extravaganza. namely, protective
tarin. which would serve ais bull
wark against the inevitable assault
upon our industries and labor to fol-
low the close OF the European war.
Mr.. Hughes demands a Simple. bust
ness-like budget to avoid financial
waste. believe in protective tar
IN. Our severest tests will come af-
ter the war. We must make fair
and wise readjustment OF the tariff.
based on the sound protective prin-
ciple, to insure our economic indie
pendence."
The administrations vacillatlng.
seh-contradictory course toward
Mexico has incurred the hatred of its
people and the contempt OF our own
Vera Cruz, Columbus, Carrlzal, are
names at which patriotic Americans
blush with shame. Mr.. Hughes pro-
posed "a new policy. with regard to
Mexico. Of firmness and consistency. !"
The administration has flouted the
principle Of civil service to make
places for deserving Democrats. :"
/ Efficient experienced diplomats have
been ousted in favor OF political ap-
pointees. Mr.. Hughes says AZ
stand for our civil service laws. No
body has right to pay political debts
with the good name and honor OF
the United States"
The threat OF 100000 railroad emf
ployes to tie up the nations trans
portation system caused President
Wilson to surrender the principle of
arbitration for industrial disputes
and dictate rapid-fire legislation by
Congress, fixing wages for special
class OF workers. He defends his
course by calling 1t eight-hour day
legislation. Mr.. Hughes says:
1T stand for the principle
OF fair. thorough arbitration,
and for teyigi,fIon =, too, -,
opposed to being dictated to by any
power on earth before the facts are
known and in the absence of the
facts. The Adamson law fixes wages
II does not fix hours OF labor
Mr.. Wilson having been weighed
in the balance and found wanting,
the independent voter will say: "It
Mr.. Hughes will fulfill his promises
he should be elected. How do
know he Will make good his word?"
There is but one answer: Turn to
his record. In public life the name
Hughes connotes character. For more
than decade it has been synony-
nous with an enlightened conscience
translated into terms OF aggressive
action. Hughes brings right things
to pass. The nations pioneer pro-
gressive, he received and deserved
the title long before 1t possessed n
partisan political significance. The
most constructive set OF laws put up
on the statute books OF an American
commonwealth within a generation
are Hughes-made laws, stamped with
the indelible imprint of his original
ity.
In those days of strenuous discus
sion, when the country was awaken
Ing to a new civic consciousness to be
labeled IA Hughes man" was a brill
liant badge Of honor. Its bearers to-
day are equally proud. but the dis
tinction is less exclusive; there are
SO many Of them.
A popularity OF Mr.. Hughes's
platform rhetoric is his reiteration Of
the phrase, II stand for" this or
that principle or policy This is not
accidental but springs logically from
the mans mental makeup. 1t is a
sign OF his positive character. Does
anybody know what Woodrow Wilson
really stands for?
i Fearless investigator Of evil in
high places, vlrile, independent gov
ernor of great state. justice OF the
loupACAllG NOuI u every CHAP
ter of his record for an Indication,
however slight, that ever in the
course OF his distinguished career
Charles Evans Hughes has departed
one hairs breadth from the path or
sincerity and honor. Twice chosen
chief executive OF the state Of New
York. in neither campaign was there
a single question OF his character,
the trace Of reflection upon his I'M
bending rectitude. There Ia every
reason to believe that President
Hughes would be as was Governor
Hughes. the scrupuIous keeper Of
faith wit, the people. the efficient
performer OF his promises.
Woodrow Wilson has given the
country an academic anaemic, the
oretic, epistolary and dangerously ex-
perimental administration. He is a
demonstrably uncertain quantity, a
perpetual conundrum, and the coun-
try is ready to give him up. And so
It turns to the great administrator,
OF proved capacity and judgment, of
splendid unselhshness. Of devotion to
purpose, the judicial mind harnessed
to the driving energy of the reform
nN.. t-tt Daw