| Show MA HUGHES I REPLIES TO CRITICISMS Tells New Nevi York Republican State Convention Why He Did Not Urge Senators To Fight Adamson Act DOES NOT BELIEVE V VIN IN FILIBUSTERING Says Democratic Argument Is in Effect That Administration Ad- Ad Administration ministration Should Have Been Saved From Itself RECEIVES TES AN OVATION OVATIONS S Q SPRINGS N. N NY T. T Sept 28 Charles Charles E. E Hughes tonight told the Republican unofficial state convention h here why he had not urged Rep Republican senator to to the last ditch against the passage e a-e of the tho Adamson hour eight-hour law passed to avert the threatened railroad strike The nominee declared he did not believe in ii filibustering for one thing tiring and that if the thc majority in Congress had determined to pass the bill hill there was no reason Son whatever why its pass- pass passage age should have bave been delayed by filibustering filibustering fili fili- tactics tactic Mr Hughes was c cheered t ten n minutes upon his entrance to the tile hall haiL It was the tho building in which he ho was nominated In p n 1906 IJ and t again in 1908 for tor governor v. v J. J a. a UA i. i It the administration acted with swiftness Mr Hughes said and it cannot now cry cn that a Republican candidate can can- didato 1000 miles away should have haves s saved aved it from carrying cut out its fixed de de- de- de termination Rends Corr Correspondence Tho The nominee read to the tho convention correspondence between Chairman Newlands of or the tho Senate Interstate corn com merce committee Harry Barn A. A Wheeler chairman of or the committee on railroad situation of ot the tho Chamber of et Commerce of ot tho the United States and President Wilson Wil Wil- il son son none none of tho the letters were sere trots from the President but he ho W was addressed in the tho corl to to uphold his contention contention conten conten- tion that firms and antl corporations In the tho country countr had asked tho the President President President dent to take action before the threatened threatened threat throat ened enod strike situation became acute Mr III Hughes also quoted an extract from tho the Presidents President's address to Congress on the Continued on Pa Page e 3 S HUGHES REPliES TO CRITICISMS Gives Reasons for Not Urging Urging Urging ing Republican Senators to Fight Adamson Act Continued Continue From Page Pas L subject to support his claim that the bill should not have been beon passed A question asked aske by Richard Olney secretory secretary of or state stale under President Cleveland Clevelan as to why Mr Hughes hl had hadnot hadnot not urged cd Republican senators to filibuster filibuster fili fill buster against the tho bill was made the tho occasion for Mr Hughes' Hughes declaration He lIe said A distinguished Democrat a former secretary of oC state stat Mr fr Olne Olney whom I have always alwa's a admired and respected and whoso whose record presents a singular contrast to that of or the present adminIstration administration admin admin- springs s to its defense in Its hour of or trial W With th his ability I as assume assume assume as- as sume he done one tho the best oest that can be e done Protest Protests Surrender to Force He says sas referring to the recent railroad rail rail- r road read ad situation that I object not to th the tho averted a strike but to the tho mode of or its i accomplishment to wit B By the threat of or a strike within a time too short for due clue consideration of or necessary legislation legis legis- lation I am not pro prepared to admit tho the necessity of wage increases n b by law but butI I do object in every fiber of ef r m my being to legislation under dui duress ess I object TO io the he surrender cr of oC the executive to force C I That is the path of or disaster If th the the- thedis distinguished distinguished dis dis- I cx of or state stalo dc desires i it t to take the nation along along- that path I Ivill will vill not accompany himlie him He lie asks why I lid did li not urge e twenty- twenty eight Republican n senators to filibuster ter to the last ditch Well rell I tb do cIo not be believe believe be- be lieve Here in filibustering for one ono thing If It Corgi Congress J through b its majority v was wa as de determine determined determined de- de termine to pass the bill there thero was ras no reason whatever wh why its action should be merely merly delayed b by filibustering Arguments Arguments Arguments Ar Ar- along alons this line lIno really come to this this that that in some somo way the administration tion should havo have b been cn saved ayed from itself Tho rho truth is that the executive destroyed destroyed de do- the moral strength of or the situation situation sit sit- when ho he threw up his hands yielded tho the principle of or arbitration and went to Congress demanding the tho railway railway railway rail rail- way wago wage bill as the price of or peace Congress Congre so far faz as tho the moral of or the situation was concerned ratified a surrender surrender surrender sur sur- render already made The administration tion choso chose its ground it II Its ground carefully cai and with manifest view to partisan expediency In the closing days it acted with swiftness and it cannot now cry that a Republican can candidate a a. thousand mn s should havo have saved sl it fro from carrying out Jt its fixed determination Quotes Quote Wilson Wilsons Words Word Mr tr Hughes Hughes' citation from President Wilsons Wilson's ad address to Congress was was a brief one The Thc part quoted followed the tho Presidents President's declaration that I 1 yield to tono tono tono no man in firm finn adherence alike of oC conviction and of or purpose to the principle principle prin prin- ciple of arbitration in Industrial dis disputes clis- clis and was a a. part of ot tho the samo uno US-I US sentence which was as follows But matters havo have como come to a 0 sadden GUdden crisis In this particular dispute dig an anthe and the country has hns been caught vided with any practicable means of ot enforcing that conviction In pr- pr practice Uce b by whose fault we will not now stop slon to Inquire After declaring that here was Amor- Amor can business a month before buforo the railroad rail rail- roa road crisis asking for tor an n Inquiry Mr r. r Hughes continued d A su sudden den crisis with no opportunity for Inquiry If tho the administration had desired to know tho the facts before action it t had abundant opportunity on the so solicitation solicitation solicitation so- so of the the- business ss of tho the United S Sta States tat es is That tho the record Mr rr Hughes hes said after declaring that tho a administration could not cry out a Republican candidate should have saved it from rom carrying out Its fixed determination And I submit to tho the American people peo pee people pie that It Is Js a n record of ot humiliation Ol Attacks The distinguished former fonner secretary of state said in substance that I doffed oed tho judicial ermine and appeared ap ap- ap leared in tho the motley garb of or un an ordinary ordinary nar nary seeker of oC office I did ld doff the ju judicial ermine an and I to you ou that you know an and cr c every American knows that it fell from m rny my u unsullied nan I I I I Tho audience arose to its feet teet an and cheered loud loudly No American need apologize izo for tor be being being be- be ing ins a n. candidate for office least of all nil allI I Mr Hughes continued I 1 desired to remain on tho the bench ench I had no desire to return to politics but there thero came a 11 summons which no honorable man could I refuse I r did assume tho the garb call it motley or what you OU wills will of a seeker of or office and and I am urn now before tho the American people seeking seeking- the highest office In its gift gItt For what purpose Not that I covet power but I do o covet tho opportunity if it it is afforded ed to maintain American rights and American Amerlean Amer Airier lean ican honor i Our distinguished hed former secretary T of or state has made some seine observations with respect to American rights He makes a mistake In assuming or sU suggesting suggesting sug sug- gesting that tho the criticism of or tho the ad administrations administration's administrations administration's ad- ad l ministrations ministration's foreign policy Is aa as ho puts it that our peace Is a peace without without without with with- out honor and if our national l honor has haM been consulted the United States would be fighting Wo We have no rio occasion occasion occa occa- sion to get into war with respect to known rights that any nation will nm re respect respect re- re if we know how to convince that nation that wo Yo are aro firm in maintaining th themI them e mI m. m I 1 like lIko Mr lr Olney's Ohney's pen as lS a secretary better bettor than his pen as an nn apologist Wo We guvo p no convincing sign that we meant to enforce rl rights That la is the tho difference between reason In fact an and andreason andreason reason in theory Documents read by Mr Hughes Included in included In- In eluded an extract from a letter wrItten written written writ wrIt- ten by y Mr tr Wheeler Jul July 29 9 last to the President In which Mr Wheeler expressed ex ox- l pressed the hope that th the tho President would seo seo fit tit to start an Inquiry on behalf of tho the administration as to the near approach of ot an actual crisis and in tho following following- statement attributed to Senator lowlands on August 4 It was determined to have havo no hear hearing hearL lag inS upon tho the subject but to lay the resolution Senate joint resolution providing for an Investigation by tho the interstate commerce commission on the tho table Tho The committee deemed it while proceedings were wore pending under the mediation and conciliation con con- act to tako take up tho subject of oC pay and ln hours of service of oC the railway railway rail rall- way employees It was also deemed in inadvisable in- in acIl advisable able to ad add to lo tho the present duties of ot the Interstate commerce commission which as it Is well known is overloaded overloaded overloaded over over- loaded with work nl Appe for tor Refused ed Then Thon wed folio a n tele telegram ram dated August Aug 4 from om Mr Ir Wheeler heeler to Senator Newlands as follows follows- Action of Senate committee at meetIng meeting meet meet- ing today great disappointment If resolution tabled because committee believed be- be lIo c consideration should only follow fol fol- fol- fol low tow declaration strike voto yoto and deadlock deadlock dead dead- lock next week position tion might t be ten ten- able Respectfully called to your attention attention attention atten atten- tion that resolution upon which hearIn hearing hear hear- In ing was asked was passed by es of oC business ulness IrmA firms and corporations who feel reel they have ha perfect Ct right to ask for Cor hearing upon a resolution reso reso- lution in which thc they are aro vitally interested interested inter inter- e ested ted and would woul be glad to be ad advised advised ad- ad that hearing will sill be he granted after after atter aft att- er the rec reconvening of New York conference conference con con- ference next Tuesday If It efforts of oC admInistration administration administration ad ad- ministration In iii meantime to bring about adjustment of oC differences fail fall As chairman Senate enate committee committe can you OU assure business interests of the country courtesy of ot hearin hearing in time for Cor action to be tal taken en before Congress ad adjournment ad- ad The Tue next document read road by bO Mr Hughes was an extract from a 11 letter lotter written August Jf t G 6 b by Mr oIl Wheeler to Senator mator Newlands as lS follows Tho The Interstate commerce commission commis commis- sion slon is the tho only bo body r that can make such ruch an In inquiry with a result acceptable ble to tho the railroad employees tho roads themselves an and the general public Any AnO committee ml might ht be more or less lin tinged ed with politics The Tho Interstate Interstate Inter Inter- state commerce commission is suf suf- judicial in its character r and arid independent In Its operations to b be above any political bias and would do the work ork In a n highly acceptable manner mannor man man- ner nor It is true that the tho commission is nl- nl re d ready overburdened en but there thero is no other subject now before it which ranks In importance so 80 o high as averting averting- a n up tie-up of our freight o t transportation and nd inasmuch as a L up tie is Imminent It would seem justifiable le to place upon the tho commission tho the ad added ed burden of ot gathering the proper statistics for Congress Con Con- gress gres Sf and for the tho public as one of the mt most St important tasks that coul could bo ho o delegated to It at nt this time Telegram m to tu the t. t A telegram from Mr 11 Wheeler heeler to President Wilson dated AU August 1 12 was next read by Mr fr hughes as follows follow Mr lr President enl I be beg you to consider at this Juncture in th the railroad situation situa tion the desirability of or putting nutting the tue In Influence Influence In- In fluence of the behind Senate joint resolution in Its present or some form Notwithstanding ing lug the tho obdurate attitude of oC boiu sides ldes i et they cannot without reaping tho condemnation condemnation condemnation con con- of the whole public gard arcI the tho request of Congress to lo withhold with hold action until certain facts can b bH be ascertained which bear directly upon the merits of the demands l of or th the men or orthe orthe orthe the contingent proposals of oC the roads roads- facts which must mU-lt In any OV event nt be no- no cured before an arbitration ward award upon an any part of or the differences es could properly prop prop- erly crl bo be reached ll If Jt tho the demands s of the men mOn arc are jUl juhl juit t they will not suffer from a proper in- in |
