The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1916-10-26
GIVE Us 4 GREAT
PRESIDENT FOR
A GREAT CRISIS

4 GREAT CRISIS
These are the days that demand
true greatness at Washington. And
for the critical days that are to come
after the war, we shall more than ever
have need Of a great executive.
Charles E. Hughes is the a
His record as a great Governor of
New York State prove it.
This is his record in brief:
When the gas investigation began
in New York City, Hughes, unknown
to the public and unheard Of in pol
itics, was the M great lawyer whose
freedom from corporation entangle-
ments made it possible for him to per-
form brilliant service for the people.
In the Insurance investigation, by
sheer intellectual power he mastered
intricate t~echnicalities, fought his way
through the confusing defenses Of ex- !
perts and almost single-handed brot
the gigantic insurance companies to
justice and reform. Public admira-
ton Of his fearlessness as an investi-
gator brought him the Republican
nomination for mayor Of New York,
which he instantly waived aside be-
cause it might impair his uncompleted
insurance work.
Elected Governor, he put new life
into every branch Of government, and
brought into Office a great group OF
the strongest and most expert admin
~istrators that ever served the state.
When he dared to attack race-track
gambling, he risked his while political
future in an enterprise which his po-
litical advisors told him was hopeless.
He won. Race-track gambling was
suppressed. He was reelected. He
battled with the bosses for direct pri-
maries, ballot reform, and the short
ballot.
He devised and created the great
public service commissions which took
the railroads out Of politics and drove
the "Black Horse Cavalry" out Of AL
bany. His idea Of public service con-
troll has since been followed by many
other states.
He advocated and helped to bring
about the enactment of a Workman's
Compensation Law, the first Of it's
type in the Union. This law has been
the basis for subsequent legislation in
New York and other states.
Finally, he never made a deal. He
never traded appointments for meas
ures. He appointed men to office for
merit only. He never removed a man
from office for political or personal
reasons. Had he stopped even occas-
sionally to the use Of patronage to re-
ward friends and to punish enemies,
his victories would have been quick and
teasy-but he never stopped. He could
have have easily undermined the pow
er of his political arch-enemy by a sin
gle threat to the unprotected State
Capitol employees, yet every workman
who did his duty remained secure in
his job. He never appointed a ode.
serving Republican, in Bryan's sense
of the word. Politicians of both par
lilies sneered, fought, called him "cold'
Impractical" and "theorist" and sue
cumbed to him. "a
Here was a new type Of man. The!
did not understand him. APPARENT!
the people did, for they trusted him
Thus, did the magic name of Hughe
become a name to c%onjure with il
New York State politics for. year
thereafter. To say a man. was
" "Hughes man" has had a specia
meaning in New York State: to sa,
. that a measure was favored b,
Hughes has given it at once a stand
y ing that nothing else could. Demo
Gratis, Progressives and Republican
have used the name of Hughes to vii
!" support for men and measures.
. To-day, Hughes is saying:
" II propose that every mar l phi
in charge of an important depart
u ment shall be a man eminently Fl
to discharge the duties of that de
partment."
II don't care, If I'm elected Pres
ident what becomes Of my persona
political fortunes"
This is the same Hughes who mad
his performances tally with his prom,
Uses when he was Governor of Ne,
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