Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-18
HUGHES, At RALLY,
ASSA|LS PRESIDENT
FOR TREATY STAND
Former Justice Opens Re-
publican Campaign in
New Jersey.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TRENTON, n. j., September 1S.-
Charles e. Hughes, in opening the re-
publican campaign in New Jersey at
q rally here today, declared that
Maine with an unmistakable emphasis
points to the verdict Of the country;
that the people demand a change, and
with fresh courage 1--WE shall resume
the path Of well ordered governments,
OF prosperity and progress"
"A general election" said Mr.
Hugnes. is the great assize, the only
time when administration is brought
to an accounting. We are not a cen
serious people. but levity in passing
judgment upon officers of government
democracy.
The best surety Of the. future is
not in the promise Of platforms but
in the certainty of rebuke for NAL
administration and in the checking
Of harmful tendencies by the dis.
placement Of those responsible TO,
them and the refusal to invest with
power those who would continue OIL
condone them. We endeavor to ap-
preciate accurately the mischief. no,
simply to be critical. but to point
the remedy and the future course"
Republican Aid in War.
Reviewing the administration Of the
war. Mr.. Hughes said: ''Never in our
history had an opposition party sc
completely subordinated all partisan
difference to the support Of the ad.
|ministration," and further on he de.
clared:
I'm truth. it was the republican
leaders. insistent in their demand fol-
speed and efficiency in military eff.
fort. who in largest measure furnish.
ed the driving power behind an ad.
ministration which too long ha6
fatuously cherished a false securit,
and too long had been benumbed b,
inactivity and indifference to the vim.
dicatfon Of American rights"
"Extravagance" In Amends.
Unpreparedness resulted in grievous
extravagance In outlay in the hur-
ried effort to make amends. Mr.
Hughes charged. Prevailing high
costs. he said, were largely due to a
heavy burden of taxation ana the en-
oeavor to recoup through enhanced
prices for the tremendous levies made
upon business.
Discussing this issue and the rem
edy. Mr.. Hughes said: TT is idle to
trust those who have been in power
curing the war period, with it's lavish
outiays. Its indifference to expense, its
reckoning in. billions as we. formerly
reckoned in millions. with this duty
OF economy and retrenchment. Their
experience units them for it. It is
equally idle to expect adequate re-
suits from those who would follow
the same traditions and have the same
fealties."
Recalls President's Demand.
Discussing foreign relations. Mr..
Hughes recalled the Presidents de-
mand for a partisan congressional
victory in 1913. which he character
lied as "the extraordinary return for
the zeal and sacrifices Of republican ms
In support of the administrator in
the conduct of the war"
Continuing. he said:
There was no need for such ex-
tremes OF exclusiveness and denial Of
participation in prosecution Of policy.
republican leaders had long looked
TO an association Of nations to aid in
securing the peace of the world.
II would have been we'll to reco1-
nice the fact that the President had
not the exclusive treaty-makinR DOW
ef. It was wrong to give to forei~r
peoples the impression Of an authors
tty which did not exist.
DanEereus Role.
at was. a highly dangerous ro,e
FOR an American. President Virtually Ia
appeal to foreign peoples against their
governments. It was still more dan
gerous to excite hopes which could NOT
pc satisned and to give rise to a gen.
eral sentiment in Europe that. BY rea-
son OF expectations created by our rep.
resentatives and -unfulfilled. We mad
been guilty Of a breach Of faith"
/. Mr.. Hughes said there was no con.
troversy about the desirability Of an
ASSOCIATION or league Of free nations
to aid in promoting the peace Of the
world, but the question is one Of meth