The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-02
Comes Out Squarely on
EnIarging Franchise by
Changing Constitution
ut IS SHORTEST WAY"
DECLARES CANDIDATE
In Speech Ex-Chief Justice Puts Him.
self on Record as to This Question,
and His Attitude Is Pleas
ing TO Advocates

New York. August Charles e.
Hughes twice today declared himself
in favor of an amendment to the fed
eral constitution granting the vote to
women.
In a letter to Senator Sutherland OF
Utah Mr. Hughes stated his personal
view that the proposed amendment
should be submitted by Congress to the
states and ratified In speech lato
today before 500 women of the Woin-
ems Roosevelt league for Hughes, the
nominee declared the question was one
affecting the whole country and tnst
he favored taking the shortest cnt
to it's solution
"I believe this question should be
promptly settled Mr.. Hughes said. I
see nothing but danger to our security,
to our unity, to our proper attitude
toward political questions in continued
agitation of this subject
In his address to the league Mr..
Hughes again assailed the administra-
ton for its policy concerning Ameri-
can rights abroad during the European
war.
The nominee also made luncheon
address today to about so New YORK.
state republican editors, in which ne
said he had twice been called upon
to live down an undeserved reputation
for GOODNESS and a1oofness, and that
he now was passing through the third
experience. This address was made
after Mr.. Hughes had dismissed
stenographer sent to the luncheon by
the national committee. The, nominee
| said he did not want his remarks TO
| be taken down, that heswanted TO tax
freely and fully. The luncheon as
| private. x
| Tonight Mr. Hughes addressed
small meeting of social workers m
vited by Herbert Parsons. national
committeeman for New York, to meet
4 the nominee at an uptown club. The
meeting was private.
MIR. HUGHES SPEECH
In his address to the Women's Roose-
Welt league for Hughes. the nominee
said:
This is a campaign in which am sure
women cannot fail to take very pro-
1
! perhaps than anyone else with respect to
the national honor and the Importance o.
its maintenance, to our proper preparar
! ton and our security; and further 70
that organization in our life in all its ac-
tiyities xhieh-r-Till give us an America
going To-. ne Responsiveness.
which are SURE O. upon us after TINS
war is over.
1T note that you represent very
strong feeling with regard to our relation
| to American rights in connection with
| that war-to our relation to the mainte-
nance of American rights in connection
with Mexico We do not wish in this
! country to be brought into unnecessary
conflict. There is not the slightest dam
ger of that in just firm and consistent
American policy.
ut is very difficult to satisfy our
| friends on the other side. If you say that
the administration has been weak and
| vacillating they reply: That is an OLD
| story--they knew that before If you say
they have been lacking in firmness and
consistency, they say We are going to
be firm and consistent now
This is the reckoning time. We are all
stockholders in a great corporation We
look over that balance sheet and we
find a serious debit balance and we 10
| not trust the administrators that have
| brought it about.
INCVRABLE DEFECT
| There is an incurable defect of charac-
| ter in the administration with respect to
| the weakness and cavillation which have
| characterized it; and we cannot expect
| Improvement from that source.
! II explained last night my position with
regard to very important subject; re-
| fer to woman suffrage; and as I then
said, l have come to the conviction that
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