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Show POLITICAL STUDENT DPPOSESPRESiDENT Dr. Nicholas Murray Butlei Says Hughes Is Certain of Election. WILSON IS CRITICISED His Policies Declared to Be Vacillating; Battleground in West. "The real issue of the national campaign," cam-paign," eaid Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler But-ler at the Hotel Utah last night, "is whether President Wilson has really kept I us out of war or whether his policy will ! not get us into war. We are almost at , war in Mexico now and there Is the danger that his vacillating policy will ' get us into war with Germany or some j other country any time." j Dr. Butler, a national figure in edu- ! cational and political life, arrived In Salt j Jjake City yesterday for a three days" 1 stay. lie Is the president of Columbia 1 university, New York, and was promt- 1 nent in the Republican national convention, conven-tion, recently held. He was one of the Republican members of the "conference committee-" which negotiated for an agreement between the Republican and Progressive conventions on a presidential presiden-tial candidate. The conventions, as is well known, failed to agree. Dr. Butler is a stanch Hughes man and believes that the former justice of the supreme court Is likely to be the next president of the United States. He believes be-lieves that most of the Progressives of , the country will accept him. Mostly for Hughes. "Two-thirds of the Progressive vote is now for Hug lies," he stated. "One-half of the other third is for Wilson and the other half is undecided what to do Is Independent." "The real battleground of the presl- 1 dential campaign," continued Dr. Butler, But-ler, "will be the middle western states. The Atlantic states and the Pacific states will return handsome majorities for Hughes." Dr. Butler then made the statement ' that the issue was whether Wilson's policies were or were not hurtful and whether the voters wanted more of them 1 or not. Dr. Butler does not think much ; of Mr. Wilson's policies. He called them ' "vacillating" and declared them to be j poor stuff for a president of the "United States. "A lot of people- who are not Republicans Republi-cans are going to vote for Hughes because be-cause they do not like Wilson's policies; because they want a change; they want to see what the other fellow would do if he were president." The distinguished educator not only has strong personal convictions for Hughes, but will take the stump in his behalf when the campaign begins. He will speak In the middle west and come west to the coast, but said his Itinerary would not include Salt 'Lake City. He will go west by the southern route and return east by the northern route. Interested in Sutherland. "I am much interested In United States Senator George Sutherland's reelection," re-election," said Dr. Butler. "He is about the ablest senator we have the old- fashioned type, high-minded and one of the best lawyers in the country. If he failed of re-election It would be a misfortune. mis-fortune. I am glad to know his chances are good." Dr. Butler will be the gueBt of honor at a dinner tonight at the University club, under the auspices of the Columbia Alumni club of this city. Governor William Wil-liam Spry and Mayor W. Mont Ferry , will be among those to formally greet the famous educator and political student. Yesterday afternoon Dr. Butler played golf at the local Country club, and he and Mrs. Butler and their daughter, Sarah, who are accompanying him, were entertained informally at dinner last night by C. H. Doolittle, who Is president of the local Columbia alumni. Dr. Butler and his family will be. guests of Mr. Doolittle and R. C. Gem-mell, Gem-mell, general manager of the Utah Copper Cop-per company, on a sightseeing trip to Bingham today. They will spend Friday sightseeing, also, and will leave for the Pacific coast Saturday morning. They are on a pleasure trip. |