South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-24


afternoon Of Sept 20. between the
adjournment OF the afternoon ses-
sion with the opening Of the evening
session OF the OLeary committee.
The official minutes state that
Justice CohaIan reported 10 the
evening session the result Of his in
terview with the republican leaders
Ii is as follows:
"The evening session Of the COM
mittee was called 10 order at $50.
Justice Cohalan reported TO the
gathering the result OF his interview
with the republican leaders,"
Evidence that a satisfactory un-
derstanding between the O'Leary
adherents with the republican lead
ers was effected at this interview is
furnished by the following significant
entries in the minutes.
ION motion Of Mr.. Filter. a vote
of thanks was extended to Justice
Catalan"
Committeeman Mooney then
made a motion that the delegates
return TO their homes at once and
begin the work Of organizing their
districts"
Comes out for Hughe,.
In this connection il is 10 be
noted that a few days after Victor
Ridder returned 10 New York from
this Chicago conference he gave out
at republican headquarters in New
York a long statement in support Of
Hughes candidacy. The issuing Of
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paper accounts. followed a personal
conference between Bernard II. Rid
der. brother Of Victor Rider, and
Republican National Chairman Will
cox.
The democratic national commit
tee made public yesterday the details
Of the demand which, according to
the records Of the OLeary organiz-
alton. was read to Candidate Hughes.
At the meeting in Chicago on Sept
! 80. at which O'Beary made the re-
port of his committees personal con-
ference with Hughes, the character
Of Mr.. Hughes campaign speeches
after his interview with the O'Leary
committee was discussed.
As evidence of at least partial
compliance by Candidate Hughes
with the demands of the organiza-
ton, OLearys special committee re-
ported TO the full committee that
Mr.. Hughes at Springfield on Sept
10 had vigorously denounced Pres't
Wilson as presenting the humiliating
spectacle OF surrendering force in
connection with the adoption by
! congress of the Adamson eight-hour
| bill and had made what OLeary and
his associates regarded as a fairly
strong declaration for maintaining
"the rights Of American people on
the land and sea- involving a yelled
threat against the British blacklist
and embargo.
Not Satisfactory.
The Springfield utterance, how
ever. was by no means entirely sat
isfactory. It was only after the
conference between Cohalan and
the republican leaders at Chicago
that the demands and expectations
of the O'Leary aggregation were
satisfied
In his Philadelphia speech on
oct 9, Mr.. Hughes. without men
tioning great Britain. directly at
tackled the British blacklist and
embargo. His declaration on that
occasion received the enthusiastic
approval of OLeary and his asso-
ciates. The extract from Mr..
Hughes Philadelphia speech which
they regard as a full compliance
with the spirit of conference between
Candidate Hughes and themselves
in New York is as follows.
Eve do not propose to tolerate
any improper inference with Amer
lean property. with American mails.
or with legitimate commercial in
tercouse, no American exercising
only American rights shall be put
on any blacklist by any foreign ma
ton"
1t was publicly pointed out at the
time that the language used by
Candidate Hughes was evidently
aimed to attract the attention and
satisfy the demands of certain Ger
man-Americans.
After and as a result Of the secret
personal conference between Cam
didate Hughes and the O'Leary COM
mittee. and after and as a result Of
the secret negotiation between the
promoters of the O'Leary organiza-
ton and Mr.. Hughes campaign man
| ayers. the following declaration in
behalf of Charles Evans Hughes was
/ incorporated as the main plank Of
the platform Of the O'Leary organ
ization:
Comes Out for Hughes.
I'VE call upon the American peo-
pie to use the opportunity which the
present campaign offers 10 con-
denim the abject surrender Of Amer
lean rights 10 Mexico and European
nations. and TO support a man who
openly pledged himself unfiinchingly
70 maintain these rights against all
nations"
The above extract is a verbatim
quotation from the platform OF de-
claration Of principles of the Amer
lean independence conference, which
has been guardedly circulated by
this elandestine organization.
The extent and nature of the
campaign work now being conducted
by the following extracts from the
report OF the committee on plans
submitted oct. ?, 1916:
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