The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-09-28
HUGHES DODGES ISSUE
ON EIGHT HOUR LAW
Attacks Wilson's Plan but Won't
Tell Public What He Would
Have Done.
ONLY WAY TO AVERT STRIKE
Republican Nominee ls b.ksd 70 De
clare u ne Would Have vetoed the
Bill With Certa,1 AtsYrauee ~
]IudIstrisI Di6a5ter

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lnd.str,si Ot6aster
So hU>, nu- nr"u 't4rl.- T.
Huphr, cr,tcJsing Else d".,j, ~ the
Wilson Administration lhu' n, has
had liitir time. ur hu- purpu-''y
e,udrd. roIlir, IT.. public what IA"
would hu,r dome hud uu boon Pres.
dent under ~imllur circumstances
Lately Mr.. ilulhrS hu, turned nI.
attacks upon President wilson 81"
CcssrHl settlement ui the crisis IL ia,
rnilrond world ny cuu~,ua 7" b"
passed h> Congress, the Adum>"u
eight, hour bill MIR. Hughes has ciar
Hctrrilcd this a"lion H. II "surr"u
der ~ force I is opposed T." lrIi.-
dictated ru by ANY power uu earth
before tlt" facts are known aud Il"
would not act uutil h" had had u "tui'
inycsiigu'iou and candid treatment
Taking issue with the l]i"puhlirrn
candidates nttitud" the N"N Yer,
Times. Ia m editorial, nSks:
"WilAT WOULD MIR HUGHES
HAVE DONEl
"Well what way would MIR. Hughes
have TAKEN continues the Times
"What would h" have dOn"f Her
was Mr.. Wilson's position TIE
brotherhood refused arbitration, tn
railroad presidents would not accep'
the settlement MIR. Wilson proposed
granting the Nsht.huur standard day
with provision FOR an impartial inquiry
into It's workir There was no Inv
OF the statute books 10 enforce arb
ratiou.
"Thc President knew. knew with
certainty and beyond question, thai
he could not get such II lav frnIns ia"
Congress now In session. The sure
and inevitable alternative TO his &C
eeptanee OF the eisht.hour standard
day measure was a strike, the sus
pension Of railway service, freight n
passenger. all over the country, be
ginning on the morning Of Sept. 4th.
WOULD HUGHES HAVE DONE IT?
mir. Hughes would not surrender
Ia anybody In the country Then he
would have surrendered the country
to the disturbance. immeasurable loss.
and peril Of a strike. Would he, In
fact, hay" done thutf Had he been
President, confronted by that stun
tion. would Mr.. Hughes hay. brought
OF u strike by refusing TO sign The
bill granting Il wage incrraseY Their"
was the strike In plain sight. n few
hours away. sure Ia come. Would Mr..
Hughes have vetoed the billi CA the
contrary, would h." not have lone JUS,
what Mr., Wilson did, sign ~
''rhe Republican candidate stands
for two things First. for the prin
ciple of fair, impartial, thorough, can
did, arbitration ana second for
Legislation on fncts according to m,
necessities ~ tn" case Mr.. Wilson
stands for those two things and, much
more, has pledged himself 10 use all
his influence TO secure them.
"What more could Mr. Hughes l"I
Would II be too much Ia ask the r."
publican candidate "a put II little con
MT fairness into his speeches =
he afraid to tell his audiences what
the President actually did urge upon
Congrrssf
AS n tru" champion ~ arbitration.
President Wilson recommended that
arbitration judgments be- made r"c.
ordS Of u court 81 law, Ia order that
their Interpretation aud enforcement
may not lie with IA" parties 10 the
dispute. but with nm impartial and
authoritative tribunal II was his
purpose I'm This recommendation IL
provide against future emergencies
To prevent TN" rccurr"ur" of su"l
dangers as then confronted him nud
the country.
ADVICE TO RAILROADS.
9TH. people of the United Stutu'
are - going to b" put on with rh'
miSinfurmutiun rs Ia what the I'rr>i
dent did ia avert II strike and 10 pr"
vent IN" threat uf future strikes. ",
have reason Ia believe that the ful
revelation nf what he did. what h.
tried To do, and whnt he nearly sue
ceeded Ia doing In the white House
conferences would put such u face
upon the matter that Republican ~
forts to make an issue ~ II would
fall entirely Nat.
But the people do know, for IL was
before them In he Presidents address
10 Congress, that hr proposed, not a
single emergency act, hut Il brond
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