Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-12

now wearing out his door he'll is "a
am going to New York some time
Tomorrow.
He viii not tell at what hour he
leaves Washington; nor will he tell
where he will step Willie in New York.
He will not even admit that he had
anything further to say. Apparently
he has hut few 'yeses" and noes"
left. He refused to release any to-day
They are saying lot of things about
Mr.. Hughes just now. One of them,
they say. annoys him. 1t is that he
is coldly literal; that he lacks SYM
pathetic understanding; that his is u
marble heart and that he has Besse-
mer steel personality.
1t takes a deal Of time to discover
all about one man. So lest il be noted
by the stranger looking for such
nusterity that Mr.. Hughes has n rather
vote-fcaring smile. they add that he
has undergone a swift change within
the past forty-eight hours-since he
was told OF his nomination.
Well, If Mr.. Hughes was clothed in
any heavier reserve while Justice
than now, candidate. he was not only
icebound, but absolutely invisible then
With Mrs. Hughes and his. daughter,
Catherine. the hope of the Republican
party attended Calvary Baptist Church
to-day and heard Rev Samuel II. Green,
ID. d., preach sermon based upon the
twenty-fourth verse OF the ninth chap
ter OF the First Epistle TO the Corinth-
ians. $50 run that ye may obtain"
Everybody in the church gave ply
aical evidence Of appreciation OF the
aptness Of the text, except Mr.. Hughes
One could spend Il pleasant fortnight
concreting some sensation that would
break through the mental defenses Of
this mans emotions and fail.
CANDIDATE ARRIVES
AS SERVICES BEGIN
The candidate arrived just as SER
vices were beginning. The Vaughn
Bible School class of men occupied the
front pews. Mr.. Hughes wore a rather
capacious morning coat and panama
nat MIS- Hughes was clad in a very
plain green silk gown. Miss Catherine
hughes wore blue. and seemed to be
The only member of the party conscious
oil inc iact that there was a crowd OF
curious persons massed around the
church stoop.
Before launching upon his sermon,
- Hic'H' gazing directly at Mr..
Hughes, declared that before the eyes
of the young men OF the country there
was evidence that tho highest honors,
the most glorious laurels. were to he
won by hard work. straight living and
strict adherence to the laws Of God
ac did not mention the name of the
honored man seated halfway down the
aisle. Nor did he even intimate that he
was holding Mr.. Hughes aloft rs n
model But the inference was plain
and after the service the Republican
candidate was forced TO hold n little
reception in the vestibulc. He let them
shake his hand as much as they liked
Then, with aS small concern ns he
would have accepted had he been en-
tering the dining room, he strobe out
or the church through the TWO crowds
that hcmmed in the sidewalks and
passed the motion picture cameras that
were whirr!nG in n breezy chorus He
ignored the waiting motor. after assist
ing Mrs. Hughes In. With Miss Cath
arine. he walked to his home in Six
teenth Street, two miles distant
In the afternoon 're got out his little
electric car and visited his erstwhile
colleagues on the Supreme Court bench
He denied himself to interviewers and
declined to make any appointments
Whatever may he his fortunes in tho
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