Show BlACKliST IS DENOUNCED BY Ga HUGHES Republican Party Program in Respect to American Property Mails fails and Rights Is Outlined by Nominee CRITICISM 1 COUCHED IN VIGOROUS TERMS TERl Says Administration Has Lamentably Failed to o Perform Per Per- form forni Primary Duty of Safeguarding Safeguarding Safeguarding Safe Safe- guarding Lives of Citizens WAR WITHOUT HONOR P PHILADELPHIA Oct Oct o. o Charles E E. E Hughes 1 in a a. speech at Metro Metro- Opera house here tonight vig- vig vigor or assailed the administration or for its foreign and Mexican policies and nid outlined the Republican party in two respects as follows We Ve do not propose to tolerate any improper interference with with American property with American Amen Ameri I can mails or or with legitimate commercial intercourse No Ko American who ho is exercising only American rights shall be put on any blacklist by an any foreign nation In addition to references to the solz- solz souro iro uro of or American malls mails and tho the British t of of at ni firms Mr tIre d I. I 1 i f C r HuShes recalled th the sinking of or th the repeating the declaration contained In his speech of ot acceptance hat had the tho American government left lert lefto strict ac- ac accountability no 10 o doubt that when we said we meant precisely what wo 8 there would have havo been no de- de str ellon of or American merIcan lives by the inking sinking of or the Lusitania Refute to ll Ho He Drawn Out Earlier in the da day Mr Ir Hughes had hoc authorIzed the 1 issuance of or this state state- ment Mr Ir Hughes was asked today toda for his lews vIews with respect to the pre present submarino sub sub- marino situation lie He refused to discuss dis- dis cuss It it He said he was not in control oC f official agencies and was not In receipt re- re of or official Information Ho lie said further that he had no desire to embarrass em- em barrass the administration In dealing with ith an any current matters as to the ho he administration had the whole rc- rc p on 5 i b i 1 1 t y Mr Ir Hughes attack on the administration lon Ion foreign and Mexican policies was couched in more vigorous terms than an ny fly he hc has heretofore employed The Tho a administration asks for a vote ote of f C confidence he lie sal said 1 but Its de- de renders enders certainly shout in protest when Its s record Is critically examined When Its Ls humiliating failure to safeguard rights Is held up to deserved condemnation it seeks to escape by b as- as asserting erting that its conduct had no alterative alterative alternative alter alter- native but war var that to disapprove its conduct Is to favor war That Mr Hughes characterized as us Continued on page C 0 6 HUGHES ATTACKS WA WAR BLACKLIST Outlines Republican Program Pro Pro- gram grain Respecting Re Ameri American A in cri- cri can caz Rights Right Continued from pagA 1 which could an astounding assertion not avail to divert dvor at attention from the serious committed errors We re all al desire pence peace Mr Hughes Hughe said s but we desire peace penco to bo ho honorably honorably hon hon- maintained by l b correct policies by firm Insistence on 0 known rights h by deserving and holding the esteem of the tho world We e havo have not been bean kept out of ot war we wo have havo not enforced our rights wo so havo e a sacrificed our honor nr Without Honor Act after aUer act b by the thc administration In Its with Mexico was cited citel by th the nominee to uphold his contention n cont conten conten- tion that the country countr had bad not been h en kept out of ot war but that It had waged wael an Ignoble personal war a against I It I erta In the tho days s of ot his power lower John I Linds Lind's alleged authorization to state that would be put out the oc occupation C C- C of ot Vera Cruz Critz the tho sending of the punitive expedition into Mexico and anil the tho failure of tho the American troops to utilize Mexican railways were points upon which Mr Ir Hu Hughes he touched Has America America forgotten Carrizal he asked What hat was wa-s wa that that Peace ace or orwar orwar orwar war One On brave officer the nominee said raid ho he ha had been Informed stricken with wih pneumonia i as a compelled to travel da day s In an un am army ahny wn wagon on over o rough roads rOlda In Intense suffering suffering- and nd died In Inthe Inthe inthe the camp to which he ho was vas thus re re- re moved moved This rol followed ec tho curt re refusal refusal rl- rl re- re b by Carranza authorities to al allow allow allow al- al low American troops troop to use uso the roads Wo e y have havo not been boen kept out of war Mr Ir Hughes repeated Wo We have havo had Intermittent peace Joce without honor and ana Intermittent war sar without honor I We Ve cannot say pay a now he lie added in what particular sort of oC mess incas wo we shall find things thing In March next but this much Is certain If It I entrusted with wih re responsibility re- re wo shall he able to hav hae e eIt It I ur that there thoro will wIl be bo no nome me muddling meddling In patters which do not concern concern con eon cern u us us that we wo shall not simply talk tale of ot tho the of ot other states but shall observe them and further that at all nl events the lives lies and property of at atmer American American Amer mer merIcan ican citizens will wil be protected In Duty luty After denouncing the handling of ot the Mexican situation Mr Ir Hughes HuShes pa passed sed to the European war var the outbreak of which he said found us with wih prestige prestige pres pres- tige seriously Impaired A Again aln the administration lamentably lamentably lament lament- I ably failed to perform the primary duty to safeguard American lives hives tho the candidate declared The administration tion ton was as not convincing Its Is words were ware man many but ineffective e because It I was not believed that they would be backed by dee deeds s Had this government b by the use of at both Informal and antl formal Cormal diplomatic opportunities loft no doubt that when we said strict accountability what said Bald ity Iy we meant precisely we that should vindicate vin In indicate in and we that position I am confident that there thero would have hae been no destruction tion of American lives by tho the sinking of tho to Lusitania Th Trie Republican party proposes to protect American lives on land and andlen sea len Mr Ir Hughes said ald adding that ho he did not put life and property on the same samo footing but that the administration administration adminis adminis- had been remiss also with re respect respect iSo re- to the protection of American property and commerce No 0 American who Is la exercising only American rights shall be put pul on an any blacklist of at any forel foreign n. n nation the candidate asserted Wo We propose to protect American lives l es American property prop prop- ert erty and American trade according to our rights under International law This i Is a a policy of peace pac not of war wal It Is a n policy which assures respect Yo Wo desire to maintain the thc Int Integrity of International law and arid the rights of ot neutral states But nut we shall achieve nothing In service to humanity unless we wo maintain maintain main main- tain thin our self respect and the dignity of American citizenship That is the true path of national peace and security rr In th the course of at Mr h Hughes Hushes speech a stron strong lunged man In the tho balcony shouted I caso case What Whal about the Danbury hatters hatters' Mr tr 11 Hughes hes promised to answer the question queston and In a few tew minutes made his reply Ho lie 1 reviewed w the history of oC the tho litigation saying aln that It was a a suit brought by hy a manufacturer for tor treble damages s for Injury done lone his lii business by 1 a boycott ordered by union labor lahar leaders lender The Tho ho first step Mr Ir Hughes said was to If I the manufacturer had ground for bringing suit ault dUI S Anti And that clues question lon reached th the tho zu- zu u- u I rem court Mr Ir lu hea said and was decided In tho affirmative before I became a member m of ot the tho the court The caso case then went to tIP tl tho lower court the nominee continued for tor a Jury jur trial and the tho Jury decided that the th manufacturer hn had been damaged and antl andas was as entitled 1 to re recover OVel The Tho case was vas I appealed to tho tIm supreme court Mr lr hughes Hu continued and tho the point to ho he I decided b by that tha high tribunal was whether her the trial jud Judge e had ert-cil ert in his hit rulings s of or law and In presenting the tho the Cf to the r jl Jury The court unanimously unanimous unanimous- ly h. decided that tho the trial jud judge o had not nota a erred SAnd And nl that means th that I concurred In the decision lon ho he said lid l Now I stand here hero to sa say that whether as a Judge or 01 If 1 am om el elected as ns a i president on or al an any question coming before me mc I shall Hhall enforce en- en force Corco tho the law of the tho land it makes no difference h whether ther the tho question IK is raised by b labor lalor or capital If I the th- th laws are arc not right tho the remedy IH is to change chango thorn thim It I Is the thc business of or judges to enforce th tho laws as they are And It is often tho the business o of presidents to enforce e tho ho laws |