Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1916-10-19
HUGHES STAND
REGARDING WAR
Answer to Democratic Charge
A Man of Peace.

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. IA. Mr..
Hughes sharply replied to speeches
of Vice-President Marshall delivered
thru Nebraska recently that vote
for Hughes was vote for war.
Mr.. Hughes said:
I'VE do not simply want sound
policies permitting prosperity, but
we have in view tthe interests of la
Dor. We want protection, not for
the sake of statistics, not for wealth
itself, not for few to enjoy the
fruits of labor of the many. We
want it because it is a basis for an
American wage scale. 1t is basis
for a standard, for maintaining a
standard of living. We want reas-
enable protection of American indus
try, American agriculture and Amer
ican enterprise generally, in order
that the plain people of this country
may live in happiness and enjoy the
prosperity which they jointly create.
This is the object.
Answers Marshall.
Now, 1 have heard it said since
came into Nebraska" remarked Mr..
Hughes, that someone has been 60
ing thru the state saying that vote
for me is vote for war. Did you
ever hear a more preposterous prop
osition to present to me? stand
for peace, it is a shocking thing to
say that if you criticise the condition
of the administration, you must be
in favor of war. Who is in favor Of
war; who knows the waste and car
mage of war? 1t is a mistake that
you must surrender American rights
in order to maintain peace. That is
the way to disaster. l am man Of
peace. 1 have been spending my life
in maintaining the instructions Of
peace. l desire it that way to pro-
mote international peace. Who can
think without horror of the ravages
Of war and who can desire war. l
do not desire war.
To Maintain Respect.
But I stand here to say to you
that If l am invested with executive
responsibility, 1 propose that Amer
lean rights shall be protected thru
out the world. (Applause. } That
is not to invite war. This is to main
tain our self respect. The dignity of
our citizenship, which is proposed.
We cannot, unless we do that, hope
to have permanent peace in a way
where peace depends upon the es-
TEEN and consideration which we en-
joy. We covet nothing. We have
no aggressive policies. We have no
desire for territory. We want to
pursue our ideas of peace, but we
want to do it in way which will
safeguard our true interests. All the
world desires to be friendly with US.
We desire to be friendly with every
nation. And it is an unfair state
ment to say that the maintenance of
our known rights invites war. On
the contrary correct policies are
what are needed.
Serious Situation.
1--WE have had serious situation in
What a travesty that is on
peace. We went down to seize the
custom house at Vera Cruz. We
slew several hundred Mexicans. A
score or more fell on Mexican soil.
Was that peace? We had a battle at
Carrizal. Was that peace? Did we
60 there to protect our own citi-
zens? Did We go to maintain Amer
ican rights? Not at all. We went
in a purely personal warfare, de-
stroying the only government that
knew, and subject citizens to
the ravages of revolution. l propose
that we do not meddle with things
that do not concern us, and on the
other hand that we do maintain
rights. That is the prop
er policy which will insure our safe
ty, our peace and our security. You
cannot crowd America too far.
There will be time of resistance"