Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-18
HUGHES FORESEES
VICTORY FOR c. 0. P.
Tells New Jersey Republicans
Maine Vote Indicates
Country's Verdict
ASSAILS ADMINISTRATION
Hy the Associated Press

DN tne ASSOClhTeu fTeN
Trenton. Sept. 1S--Charlcs r. Hughes
paign in New Jersey at state
rally here today. said that Maine,
with an unmistakable emphasis,
points to the verdict of the country:
that the people demand q change and
with fresh courage I'VE shall resume
the path Of we'll ordered government, Of
prosperity and progress.
"A general election" said Mr..
Hughes. ''is the great assize the only
tim" when administration IL brought to
an accounting We are not censor
ious people, but lcvity in passing iudg-
mcnt upon officers Of the government
and political parties i'll becomes DEM
ocracy. The best surety of the future is
not in tho promise of platforms. but in
the certainty of rebuke for maladmin-
istration and in the checking Of harm
full tendencies by the displacement OF
fuSal to invest with power those who
would continue or condone them. We
endeavor to appreciate accurately the
mischief. not simply to be critical but
to point the remedy and the future
course.
Winning Of the War
Reviewing the administration Of the
war, Mr.. Hughes said: Never in our
history had I'm opposition party so
completely subordinsted all partisan
differences to the. support Of the admin
istration," and further on he declared
I'm truth, it was the Republican
leaders, insiStcnt in their demand for
speed and efficiency in military effort,
who in largest measure furnished the
driving power behind an administration
which too long had fatuously cherished
a false security and too long had been
henumbed by inactivity and indifference
to the vindiCation Of American rights"
npreparedness resulted in grievous
extravaganza in outlay in the hurried
effort to make amends. Mr.. Hughes
charged. Prevailing high costs, he
said, were largely due to heavy bur-
den of taxation and the endeavor to
recoup through enhanced prices for the
tremendous lcvies made upon business.
Discussing this issue and the rem
edy, Mr.. Hughes said:
1T is idle to trust those who have
been in power during the war period.
with its lavish Outlays. its indifference
to expense, its reckoning in billions as
we formerly reckoncd in millions. with
this duty OF economy and retrench-
ment. Their experience units them for
1t. 1t is equally idle to expect ade-
quate results from those who would
follow the same traditions and have the
same fealties."
Discussing foreign relations Mr..
Hughes recalled the presidential de-
mand for partisan congressional VIC
tory in 1913, which he characterized
as 'the extraordinary return for the
zeal and sacrifices Of Republicans in
support OF the administration in the
conduct of the war" Continuing, he
said:
There was no need for such ex-
tremcs of exclusiveness and denial Of
participation in prosecution of policy.
Republican leaders had long looked to
an association of nations to aid in Sc
curing the peace of the world. I'll
would have been we'll TO recognize the \
fact that the President had not the cx
elusive treaty making power. II was
wrong to give to foreign peoples the
impression of an authority which did
not exist 1t was highly dangerous
role for an American President virtually
to appeal to foreign peoples against
their governments. 1t was still more
dangerous to excite hopes which could
not be. satisfied, and to give rise to u
general sentiment in Europe that, by
reason of expectations created by our
representatives and unfultiHed, we had
been guilty of a breach of faith" :"
Mr.. Hughes said there was no seri-
ous controversy about the desirabilty |
Of an association of league of free ma
tions to aid in promoting the peace of
the world, but the question is one Of |
method.
Article X "Vice Of Covenant"
OF Article y, he said:
This article has been described as
the heart Of the covenant II it is, |
the covenant has bad heart. Article Y |
is really the vice of the covenant. Why |
there should have been such tenacious
insistenCe upon it must remain q mys-
terry, unless it can be said to be due to !
pride of authorship"
In a host of contingencies, now un-
forsceable, declared the former justice,
1t would be necessary to depend upon
the Intelligence, good sense, frmness
and sincerity of the President to be
elected, and in this connection Mr..
Hughes said Senator Harding Invites
the confidence of the country"