The sun., 1916-10-31
HUGHES AMAZED BY
WELCOME IN OHIO
Continued from First Page.

to the anxieties Of honest business and
not the terror Of the institutions which
administer Justice and maintain the sta
biljty Of the country
ut is no time to cast slurs at the
courts. Let us do all In our " to
perfect legal procedure but let us not
put upon the courts the blame either
for the vague compromises of legislation
or for incompetence in administration"
Change in Ohio.
The reception Mr.. Hughes got to-day
I'm Ohio was as different from that ac-
corded to him on two previous visits to
the state as can well he imagined. The
apparent hostility that was discernible In
industrial communities. labor centres,
has disappeared, giving way to fr!endll-
ness. Where apathy, even suAlenness
was noticeable on the former Ohio tours
keen interest was obvious to-day.
A month ago-two weeks ago-Ohio
leaders. Republicans with finger tips
more or less sensitive to the throbs of
public opinion, were d~isconsolate and
discouraged. ready to quit with an ad-
mission that Ohio was hopelessly lost.
To-day one found this type OF politician
hustling and hopeful, ready to argue
down any prediction of Republicans dis
aster in the state Of Mckinley and Taft.
To-day one found them saying that the
mysterious drift to wilson" had ended
and that a tide for Hughes is plainly
manifest.
They may be right or they may be
wrong, but II is a fact that the Hughes
meetings in Ohio on the present trip
were far more responsive and were rela-
lively bigger than on the other tours.
More public interest generally was
shown. Wherever Mr.. Hughes appeared
to-day there were large crowds awaiting
him at railroad stations. In the streets.
capacity crowds in the halls enor-
NOUS gatherings in open air meetings in
public squares.
There was a better feeling all around.
No man is more sensitive to such mani-
festations than Mr.. Hughes. II is violat-
ing no confidence to write that he was
disappointed on his previous visits. 1t
Is within the limits OF propriety TO say
that he was quite delighted to-day.
He made seven speeches before 10000
persons. beginning at East Liverpool this
morning and finishing here IN Columbus
tonight. II was an interesting day be-
cause Mr.. Hughes made a bold foray
into a section OF Ohio where the wilson
managers nave Dcen eN tTciiely buSy "hu
with much profit. 10y their own accounts
the Industrial strip that lies In the
Ohio River Valley. a strip where man!
thousands Of men are employed In pot
teries, in steel mills. in railroad shops
and In a variety of factories.
The warmth OF his welcome along he
ohio River was all the more impress
sive because Of the fact that the ma
ior.ty Of the audiences was made up OF
men supposed to be won over to wilson
because of the Adamson bill and the
high wages of present prosperity.
Sir. Hughes. In vigorous trim after
his rest at Ogdenshurg. began the day
work at East Liverpool. the largest
pottery centre in the country a tar.n
interested centre. 1t was East Liver
pool that powerfully supported Major
Mckinley from the day he was sent 10
Congress. The meeting was held IN the
public square before 10000 persons.
Mr.. Hughes devoted n large part OF
his speech TO the tariff argument. point
ing out that the Underwood law wrecked
prosperity twenty months ago and VIII
smash IL again when the war ends un-
| less a tariff wall Is built against the
auickened competition OF a new. ener-
gized Europe. Noting that the Pres'-
dent had denied that Europe would DC
able after the war TO compete seriously
with this country. Mr.. Hughes referred
To statements made in New YORK last
week by Edwin y. Hurley. chairman OF
President Wilson'S Federal Trade Com
mission. statements that exactly con-
tradicted his chief.