New-York tribune., 1916-07-19
Only Republican Landslide
Will Satisfy Him, Ex-
Justice Declares.
WANTS TO ENACT
CONSTRUCTIVE LAWS
Candidate Ready for First At.
tack on Wilson Administra-
tion in Carnegie Speech.
lFrom staG Correspondent Of The T1bune,l


Bridgehampton, N. Y, July 1s.-
Charles f. Hughes declared to-day that
nothing short of Republican landslide
which would not only carry him into
the White House but gain comfortable
working majorities in Congress-would
he regard as thorough victory" He
said he would work as zealously for the
election of Republican Senators and
Representatives as for his own election.
He believes that without a Congress
Of his own political faith, one in sym
pathy with his programme, he will be
handicapped in enacting into law the
constructive legislation he is formulat-
ing in the days of his seclusion at his
country home here.
This legislation, he believes, will be
necessary to enable this country to
meet the economic conditions that will
confront it after the world war is ended.
First Big Shot July 81.
The first big shot in the campaign
aimed TO displace the Democratic ma
jorities in Congress and relegate Pres
ident Wilson to private life will be
fired by Mr.. Hughes in Carnegie Hall
July 81, when he makes his speech of
acceptance.
In this address the candidate will put
President Wilson and his administra
tion on the defensive and outline his
programme. This he will elaborate in
his speeches on his coast-to-coast trip,
which will start two or three days
later. Those familiar with Mr..
Hughes's plans declare that when once
the campaign is started il will be
long, hot fight, with Colonel Roosevelt
and William Howard Taft playing no
small parts in it.
In his speeches Mr.. Hughes will
point out 10 the people the need of
constructive legislation TO meet the
exigencies of the war He will add
that the drafting of this legislation
will put the greatest business and legal
minds in the country to a supreme
test. He will also point out that the
Republican party alone can be in
trusted with this task.
To Meet Senators Tomorrow.
Mr.. Hughes will confer with the
committee of Republican Senators
headed by Senator John w. Weeks. of
Massachusetts, in New York Thursday.
This body, organized to elect Repub-
licans to the upper house, will have
thirty-two Senatorial fights on its
hands this fall. The Democrats now
control the Senate by a majority Of
sixteen, there being only forty Repub-
lican Senators.
Within the next ten days Mr.. Hughes
will confer with a committee of the
members of the House of Representa-
tives and go over with them the plans
for a campaign, which will look to the
election of a Republican House. In
the lower House, the Democrats con-
troll by a smaller comparative margin,
having 230 Of 435 members.
Tomorrow Mr.. Hughes will go TO
New York. where he will confer with
William r. Wilcox. his campaign man
ager. and other party leaders. Thurs
day he will hold a conference with
Charles Sumner Bird. of Massachusetts,
twice the Progressive nominee for Gov
ernOr. He made this appointment to-
day over the long distance telephone
with Edward A. Thurston. the chair
man of the Massachusetts, State Re-
publican Committee.
Before Mr.. Hughes returns here
Thursday night he expects to have
completed all arrangements for his
tour. He will meet the campaign COM
mittee at his headquarters in the
Hotel Astor. Thursday morning and
then decide when and where he will
speak.