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Show VANCE M'CORMICK VISITS CHICAGO HEADQUARTERS CHICAGO, Oct. 16. Vance C. McCor-mick. McCor-mick. chairman of the Democratic national committee, arrived in Chicago todav and after a conference with department "heads ! and party leaders at western Damocratlc headquarters issued the following- statement state-ment on the progress of the campaign: The campaign has progressed to the point of crystallization. I am confident confi-dent of President Wilson's re-election by an overwhelming vote. The American people have not been deceived by the inconsistent, evasive, eva-sive, deceptive and destructive Mr. Hughes, who has offered nothing definite defi-nite and who is unable to say what wouiq nit. e uuue in irie same circumstances. cir-cumstances. While I am in Illinois I hope some of Mr. Hughes's managers or spokesmen spokes-men will clear up a question t ha t has aroused much interest in the east. Mr. Hughes appeals for the election of Republican congressmen to cooperate co-operate with him in the event of his election to the presidency. The people peo-ple would like to know whether Mr. Hughes, in this appeal, differentiates between the Republican congressmen who votes for the eight-hour law and t he Republican congressmen who voted against the eight-hour law. Mr. Hughes has denounced the eight-hour law as a surrender to labor. la-bor. He has declared that the Wilson Wil-son administration should be repudiated repu-diated because of this legislation. The Republican members of the house of representatives voted for this legislation, legis-lation, not because their votes or help were required to avert the threat-, threat-, ened strikes, but because they believed in the principle of the eight-hour day nnd were glad of the opportunity to record their belief. Mr. Hughes's position with respect to the settlement of the threatened strike is not unlike his stand on woman wo-man suffrage. When the suffrage amendment was presented to the people peo-ple of New York- for ratification or rejection re-jection Mr. Hughes maintained a discreet dis-creet silence, if he had any views on equal suffrage liR refrained from ex-i ex-i pressing them. He did not even vote j in the election in which the ques-I ques-I tlon was submitted. Indeed, he has j not exercised his citizenship in this respect in more tin an six years. But j when he became the presidential can- didate of the Republican party, Mr. ; votes of th" women, declared himself for suffrage. President Wilson's interest in the cause of suffrage is more than a mere lip service. When the qtiestion was presented to the voters of New Jersey the president left Washington Washing-ton and returned to Princeton, where he voted an open ballot for the suffrage suf-frage amendment. Rabbi's Speech. Rabbi Wise, in a brief speech, declared the visitors were supporting Mr. Wilson because they wore unwilling to accept the leadership of "Messrs. Barnes. Roosevelt, Penrose and Perkins." He praised the president for the .appointment of Justice? Brandels and C1' "'to the United States supreme court. Mr. Pinchot told the president the delegation dele-gation was with him because he felt "the issue was very clear between the forces of the Republican party, the old forces of privilege. and the progressive forces which you lead." |