The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-02
GREAT CROWDSHI||EA
HUGHES IN OHIO
One of the Largest Demon.
STATIONS of the Campaign
Occurred at Columbus

The situation In Ohio with regard
to the Republican national ticket is
evidently better than the Republican
organization thought it was even in its
most optimistic moments. Neither
Roosevelt nor Bryan ever drew such
crowds as Hughes drew in the vari.
Gus towns he visited in that state this
! week. Here is what the Columbus
Evening Dispatch, Democratic news.
paper. had 10 say about his visit to the
I state capital:
"0hio's capital city had its first
glimpse Of Charles f. Hughes. Repub.
/ lican candidate for president, Monday
night. After reviewing one Of the
/ largest political parades that has ever
been inaugurated in Columbus, tho
former justice was escorted from the
! Neil House, where he witnessed the
parade. 10 Memorial hall. where he de.
! livered 45-minute address. The
7 parade was DELAYED In starting. the
hour being close to S p. m. before the
marchcrs got under way. 1t was 9.45
before Mr. Hughes reached Memorial
hall, where the ushers had closed the
doors at 7:15 p. nj.
The crowd that witnessed the
PREDATORY parade and afterwards tried
| 10 hear the candidate, was heavily
augmented by delegations Ut Repub.
leans from many parts of the state.
who had come TO see the Republican
standard.bearer and to hear what he
| had to say. During the ride to Mem.
; Orial hall. Judge nusnes told his
, friends that 1t was one of the most en-.
'husiastic receptions he had received
ince beginning his campai -. Tho
! throng was so great OIL East Brua,;
street that It was found necessary to
take Mr.. Hughes to tho hal by way
! of Fifth street to Gay and thence
through an alley TO the rear of the big
hall.
Under the caption. THE Buckeye
State in Two Campaigns" the New
York Herald yesterday printed the fol.
lowing editorial:
"All accounts agree that the reccp.
tons given to Mr.. Hughes in Ohio
Monday and yesterday surpassed any.
thing known to the Buckeye state
ohhSC thS Suii Poi6h VI 1OJUp "lCu tudI
state rolled up plurality Of fifty thou.
sand for its fayorite son, William Nc.
! Kinley.
There is close parallel between
conditions in Ohio this year and those
of the year of the Mckinley victory.
Then. as now, political labor leaders
were shouting for the Democratic nom.
inec. The claptrap OF that year was
sixteen to one" the claptrap OF this
year is "he kept US out of war" There
was the same hurrah by Democrats in
1896 about Ohio going for Bryan tina,
there Is this year about Ohio going for
Wilson. The reports of great Demo.
cratic strength then came from the
same sections of the state Us this year,
and from the same elements. If the
professional labor politicians had been
able to delievr 'herded' labor vote
Ohio would have gone for Bryan.
Something happened In Ohio in
1896 and what happened was this: The
wcrkingmen Of the miNes and mills and
factories refused to follow false lead.
ers. They voted their own convic.
lions.
They then had before their eyes
the object lesson Of the Wilson bill
just as they now have before their
eyes the object lesson of the Wilson
Underwood bill in 1913 and 1914, when
unemployment was the high note Of
the industrial situation in all parts OF
the Union. They voted for Mckinley,
not because Of the gold standard but
because of protection. Protection won
the day.
"Mr. Hughes devoted his time Mon.
day and yesterday to talking protec.
ton In the industrial sections Of the
Buckeye state and received one ova.
ton after another"