New-York tribune., 1921-02-20
Hughes Helped Fie His Party's Policies;
Opposed Wilson League and article X

Hughes's suggestions had been adopted.
Answering this assertion, in speech
at Terre Haute, Ind, in October, Mr.
Hughes said:
THAT is hardly candid statement.
One would suppose that five amend
ments had been made as they were
proposed. But this is not so. Several
of the amendments were made along
the lines suggested, but they were not
made as proposed, nor in proper man
ner. Thus, the privilege of withdraw
ing from the league, instead of being
accorded absolutely, was fettered !.
Stlll more important was the amend
ment proposed in order to safeguard
the Monroe Doctrine. 1t was indeed
extraordinary that such an amendment
should have been necessary and that
any representative of this country
should have negotiated a compact which
did away with our historic policy. It
was only when it became clear that this
country would not tolerate this change
in it's policy that an amendment was
favored by the President. But then
the amendment was not adopted as
proposed, nor was an adequate amend
ment adopted.
Most important of all was the
amendment proposed with respect to
Article X. This amendment
was not made. The Republican
position has been that the undertaking
Of Article x is vicious provision, an
tagonstic to our fundamental princi-
Piles, and that it has no place in an ar
rangement to promote the peace of the
world"
Mr.. Hughes was born April II, 1862,
at Glens Falls, N. Y, the son of a
Baptist minister. After his schooling
in Newark, n. j., where his family
, moved when he was child, he studied
under the tutelage of his father from
from public school. until he was four
teen. when he matriculated at Colgate
University. He stayed there for two
years before leaving for Brown Uni
| versity, where he was graduated il
| 1881.
He disappointed his parents, who
| had hoped he would study for the min
istry, by taking the law course at the
Columbia Law School, where he held q
prize fellowship for three years. He
began his legal activities in the offices
of Chamberlain, Carter & Hornblower
as 8 clerk. In 1888 he married Ar
toinette Carter, daughter of W. s. Ca
ter, senior member of the firm, and
later became a member of the firm un-
der the changed name of Carter,
Hughes e. Dwight.
His public life began in 1905, when
| ne was named as counsel for the
| Stevens Gas Commission. a committee
of the New York State Legislature
which was investigating gas companies
! of New York. He disclosed the flaws
in some franchises, proved the expira-
| tion of other franchises and brought
about legislation that ended many gas
evils and cut the gas rate to 80 cents.
MI Hughes's investigation of the
management of New York insurance
companies, however, as counsel of the
! the State Legislature, focused public
attention to his legal abilities. He be-
came the principal figure in this in
vestigation.
AS a result of his activities in this
| connection he was offered the Repub-
lican. nomination for Mayor in 1905,
but declined. During the same year he
was the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor. and was elected for two terms
lt was his inststence that resulted in
| the Public Service Commission, al
though il was opposed by the poll
! ticlans. He also had enacted anti
/ gambling laws aimed at racetrack and
! other forms of professional gambling.
Named TO Supreme Bench
Although he was Endorsed by the
ANS~ 1pth NSpuuiiEan convention In
| 1908 for the Presidency, the insistence
of the late Theodore Roosevelt result
ed in the nomination and election of
William Howard Taft, who appointed
Mr.. Hughes as associate justice of the
| Supreme Court of the United States in
1910
In 1916 he was nominated by the Re-
publican party for the Presidency, and
stumped the country unsuccessfully, al
though the vote was so close that
President Wilson himself at first con-
ceded his own defeat, and the press
congratulated Mr.. Hughes on his cleo
tion. The vote OF California finally
turned the scale against him.
Since that time Mr.. Hughes has been
in private legal practice in New York
City, and in 1918 was appointed by
President Wilson to conduct an investi-
cation of the delay in airplane con-
struction, into which he made careful
inquiry and in his report pointed out
what were the causes for the delay.
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