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Show HUGHES PLEADS FlTHEjlP. Former Justice Makes Political Po-litical Speech in New York City. NEW YORK, Oct. 29. Calling- for national na-tional unity, "alter the methods of a republic. re-public. and not an autocracy," and deploring deplor-ing President Wilson's assumption that 'only the return to congress of a Democratic Demo-cratic majority would uphold his national leadership. Charles' E. Hughes declared in an address here tonight that bipartisan biparti-san support alone "would save the president presi-dent from the lesser dignity and influence influ-ence of mere party leadership." Speaking at a Republican rally at the Union League club. Mr. Hughes declared that "no political party was paramount in patriotism." and that Republicans had a right to express their political preferences. prefer-ences. "Must we Republicans," he declared, "patriotically toil and give without seeking seek-ing a voice in the national assembly, yielding our representation to Democrats, not as more worthy or more loyal, not as more sacrificing or more intelligent, but to Democrats ;is such, simply because they are Democrats?" After declaring the issue was tran-scoi.ua tran-scoi.ua in. Mr. Hughes emphasized the need for complete victory in the war, the crushing of arbitrary and tyrannical military mili-tary power and the dawn of the new era of peafie andustice. "Did I not think that the Republican party would, through Its representatives, aid in the efficient conduct of this war ami in the settlement of a righteous peace, I should leave the party. It is because be-cause I believe the Republican party is nn important and necessary agency in the wtnrtllg of this war and in establishing estab-lishing a Just peace that, as a Republican, but not In a narrow, part i san spiri t. 1 join with you in the earnest support of the Republican candidates. "Lot there be fair and open discussion and free consultation and then we can tryst the future. With the country almost al-most equal ry divided between two parlies, par-lies, the freest expression and choice of representatives should be welcomed. "But it is said that the return of a Re-putHlcan Re-putHlcan majority will be misunderstood abroad. "We shall not be misunderstood. We shall support the president, not as the president of a patty, not as the president of half of the nation, but as the president of the entire nation, us he sets according accord-ing to the genius of our institutions, and wo shall save him from the lesser dignity and influence of mere party leadership." |