The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-07

"If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries. would give no man a reason on compulsion. l." So Fal- staff who was a rascal and lovable; and MT. Hughes, who Is not.
 Here is the MT. Hughes of Aug. 19 on domestic issues:
 "We must endeavor to have a. con- tented America; an America content
 sd because of the prevalence Of Just
 dealings between man and man, aided ] by wise laws"
 Numbers of people have desired ..ust dealing and wise laws. Not in America alone, or in our day only; there have been people like that. ever so long. It is noted with regret that they have not always agreed upon methods.
 Considerably cheered that candi- date for President should openly avow that he is not in favor of un- just dealing and unwise laws, some of us have ventured to call to the at tention of MT. Hughes the great but neglected truth. above mentioned,- that men desiring the same ends may differ as to means, and have asked him to tell us what he means by wise laws. s MT. Hughes replies, in his bland and bromangelic way, that wise laws are those laws that will foster just deal ing between man and man. Our laws, he says, should be framed on correct principles Urged to state lis position as to measures known and named, he makes no answer; to def1n- Ate questions, fairly put, he answers neither "yes'' nor "no." He will rem ldAr no man la reason on compulsion. He is in favor of high tariff. The fest is silence.
 Right or wrong, we know where MT. Wilson stands on every question tbk the day.: Child Labor, the Federal ,E'eserve Act, Rural Credits, Income
 kx., Munitions Tax, Inheritance Tax, He Tederal Trade Commission, Work II lkSenss Compensation, the Seaman's I retA- -sos on down to cutting out the tbko4AAI should say to the abolition lbN the wine list in the navy. You How the>lawS have not named-the ll6hgs long Mist of forward-looking, up- ] building, laxvs-of undisputed achieve lhdent. You do not know what MT. lHughestt thinks about these things. or 1that het proposes to do about any of Ithese things.
 swiI this>dog bite ?"'7 asked the Apgent. { eve don't<quite know yet.'' said the ilady of the ahouse. we have only lust got him. But we are trying him with strangers Won't you come in ?" < MT. Hughes il1as voiced. a perfume ltory. blanket criticism off every Will ibonian measure. But ittis signifl- cant fact, worthy. of your best atten- tion, that MT. Hughes! has not advo- cated the repeal of any one of these l1nany measures. He has fouted and Sneered, but inl no, instance has he mentioned a WilsonAl law by name and ltaid, ''Let us repealithat law"
 If he does not want these laws re- 1 pealed, he must approve of those Jaws. So much issevidents so much lis beyond dispute. But if he ap- proves amy of them, ;he is uncommon { ly ueticent about it. s It,may be that Mr.s Hughes does not MAntN those laws repealed; it may be t that he wants those laws repealed but {, Seels a, certain delicacy about saying so;, it may be again., that, willie he wifi always be happy to support any ! just causeNendorse blythe Republican ] party, he Ndoesn't care for casual, chance met just causes-pickedsup as you might say, on the istreet-
 Should MrA Hughes. become Presi- , dent, he cannot repeal, one of those typicaaly Wilson laws. Mind'you. I'm not saying heAwants.to. I don't know; ] and you don'tHknow. But he couldn't repeal,one of them. not ifsboth houses of Congress should suddenly go Re- ! publican. LetAme whisper to you The unfamous2Re let him.
 Themnfamous. Republicans demand 7 cd those,laws- ws-for'many years. They helped to,make-thenn; theytwant other laws moving in .thep same sdirectior: forward. :, We know what,Adr. Hughes wants on iatfew subjects. First. last and all the time, he wants a high tariff. We will talk about, that last.
 MT. Hughes favors woman,suffrage. So does Mir. Wilson-So do some of the women So do I. The reasons for which women should vote are pre- 4 cisely the reasons for which men should vote.
 MT. Hughes,wants economy. So do II. So do you! You and are not so very strict about our own district. per { haps; but we are keen about extrava-
 eance in Little Rock and Philadelphia.
 We are like the man who said he was "a total abstainer-but not entirely SO.
 If you live in Binghamton, N. Y.,