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Show ASSAILS m pnai'P lilLouii 0 Republican Candidate, in First Set Speech of Western Trip, Calls Democratic President to Acont for Sins of Omission and Commission. Com-mission. WOULD PROTECT AMERICAN RIGHTS Declares the Exhibition at Washington During the Past Three Years Has Filled Him With a Deep Sense of Shame; Refers to Mexico. PKTK'MT, Mich., Aur. 7. l hurlcs K. Hijplir, in the first set pooch of hi? transcontinental trip, tonight assailed the aiiminit rat ion vigorously for its furcicn policy, its Mexican policy, for appointing men whom he termed inexperience inex-perience '1 to diplomatic post, ami for what lie charactorue-l as a "raid upou the civil scrice of the United States. " "He kept us out of war, " Mr. Ilu'he said, referring to the president and a j Democrat ic slogan. "Yet we seized 1 Vera Cruz. That was war very Ignoble, war. And it was railed war over the bodies of thoso dead soldiers; it was called a war of service. ' ' Talk about what is your policy. What is the president s policy does anyone know? Has the executive ever had a policy for more than six months on the Mexican quest ion I I repeat, who I;nows today what the policy of the administration will be three months hence? My friends, the trouble is that this administration has written such a record that no matter what it says you do not know whether it will stick to it. Filled With Shame. "We have had an exhibition during the past three years which, I confess, fills me with a deep sense of shame. 1 have not a particle of militaristic spirit in my system, but if I am elected president presi-dent I will see to it that American rights in Mexico are respected. " Mr. Hughes assailed the administration's administra-tion's course toward upholding American Ameri-can rights abroad during the European war. "When I say that I am an American citizen," tlie nominee said, "I ought to say the proudest thing that any man can say in this world. Hut you can't have that piide if American citizenry is a cheap thing, if it la not worthy of protection protec-tion this wide world over. There is no man wiio could successfully present to an American community the platform that an American citizen's rights stop at tlie coast line and that beyond that American lite is to be the prey of any marauder that chooses to take it." Cites Republican Platform. The nominee cited the Republican declaration that 30. 0w government positions posi-tions have been taken from tlie operation of tlie civil service law during the present pres-ent administration and declared that "that sort of thing has got to stop." He told of an instance where, he said, "an eminent scientist." in tlie coast and geodetic geo-detic survey, "a man of very eminent rank," had been "displaced to make room for an excellent stock breeder and veterinary veter-inary surgeon." The federal trade commission. com-mission. Mr. Hughes charged, "was fairly emasculated with the law by the men, for tlie most part, who were appointed to places upon it." H was "inexcusable," Mr. Hughes asserted, as-serted, tor an administration to take from country after country in Latin-America, where we have frequently said we desired de-sired to cultivate the most friendly relations, re-lations, men In the diplomatic service, who "had represented the country with credit and had acquired an admirable and important experience, and put in men utterly Inexperienced." Past administrations, administra-tions, the nominee said, "had sinned in that particular, but standards were being be-ing made and there were men in our service of long experience and tine training." train-ing." Other appointments by the president presi-dent were assailed. Sneer for Bryan. "If we are to have a secretary of state," Mr. Hughes declared, "we want a man who will stand before the world as a man of learning, of skill, of experience, of power." Mr. Hughes also laid stress on what he termed tho need for industrial brotherhood brother-hood and closer co-operation between employers and employees. There was no capitalistic class, no laboring class in prosperity, he said, but the prosperity of tlie country or its lack affecte-J all citizens. citi-zens. It behooved the men responsible (Continued on Page Seven.) HUGHES ASSAILS WILSBH'S POLICIES (Continued frvitu Fage One.) for poli.-i.'s of tho country, hf s:iM. tt look UU Wiird tn the dtiy w lien Ktirop. t t j e:u e, s ouM w.io t UToc i-oinin'r, lnl I'Oinpftition wlh Ameruw and to iiard Ani.'iv'.iii work iu,c men Hninsi th.it limo. Aft.-r Ins niMin avidress at Ari-.-ulla hall, Mr. Mimiu's drlivert'vl a second add-.oss at t!u !.ii;ht (.".waid arnu'ry. in v huh In1 Mo;:er:ucd iiumv ot tne stateiiuMils inado In t!u lirst addiess. Makes Six Speeches. Mr. Hughes sront a stroiuioiis day In the s; i time heat of Potion. He made six speeches between noon and 10 oVkvk tonight. T he tirst talk ot the day was deh i ivd in a little room of tho hotel whuvi he :nado lus headqi'-arters and was addre-ed to aiout I'orty nuimifai-tiirers in re res tt i in t h.e so-nal welfare of their employee:. The second address, delivered deliv-ered in the same room, w as on stiff race. Ore tvmdre.l won-en heard Mm repent i-is New York de lauition that he want.-d the question speedilv seilU-d K'intme women wom-en t he vote t hroneli amend tne ut to Hie icdetal eons: i ti: t ior. A fter luneh t lie nonitne went to th.e ha' I same. He shook t;ands with the memVers of the Wtroit and Philadelphia An'er'.ean lai;i;e teams mui watched one ir-iui.e of the pa me. Then lie motored away to two or IViroit's hie nutomoiMle f actor u- and addressed crow ds at t-ach on i rd i:st rial eo-i'"eratton. liet ween spee h.s he hehi ir.ar.y sh.ort eoni't-rences w :th lo, al pohtical leaders, shook hands with anoui : persons an i managed to p.nd tin-.e for two s:i-i t naps. lie left ia:e tonight for Chlcaeo. Arcadia Hall Address. Mr. Haeh.es. at the meet ins in Arcada ha'.!, spoke m part as follows. Yon have here the prohlem of the s.rdden introduction of a la-ee alien p ip.d.ii: -.n. Yoa did not re:r..i:n in-difrerent. in-difrerent. You set an example in A men i .n:zat:on 10 all Amer.ea. and we i"i:u to Detro.t as t:ie one pla -e i tn tits land wl.ere mere las heen shown a quiikeiune of interest in the development and trainine and Amer-i'-an.z;it:on of alien men and women w ho have come to t his la nd. It is per: tiy idle to expect a s-""'.nd sei'titnen: of Amerh nn unity if li-r.-e who come amone ns as straneers co:r.e merely to re ext'luittd. W'hn we ad n.i t to t his eo nt ry men and w onin we assume obheat Ions with respect to their train.ri,, as well as erint them the privf'.eces: and we have got in this o miry to iw awuke I to those obligations and to realize t!tat m e ery community t here must be a well-o: zanlzed effort to make America supienie in the thoueht of i evervone no comes into the community; com-munity; to hwe the laneuaee understood under-stood ard spoken: tn r.M e Amrvan sentiment re; lae foreign sen li rr.-;nt ; to have An.erit-an ie-als replace foremen for-emen ideals; to have a realization that tins is a -ountry not simpiy ci'ine an opportunity to work for dnilars, but a country that Is devoted to the betterment bet-terment of human life: to the enlightenment enlight-enment of the standards of human i thought: tn the liberalization of all these thines connected with human ; understandine and purpose; we want America firs' In the mtnd and heart , of everyone in this land. R'.n America is not simply a land for the man of special talent or of ' distineuisiied aptitude. This is the j limno of tin nvoianii nmn, )ht ordl-inuy ordl-inuy man who In dolim liin lmnl, whi'ttim- by tnl.mt tir nplltudo; ami In our lurmt hidtiMlrlttl ihyii m l nn, WlltMt llltlUIlllld.S MI'O lltll.'lMd tO- K-d hiT In one Mfi'v Iff, vn wtint a ri'fot'.nlllon id' luimtiu lrit Inn houd In pro idliii; for the oilin g of t liohrt who n m Uo t ho woalt II of thin Kivttl i'miiiliy. Wo want orlilni;inf n lo ho wafo-Kiiii wafo-Kiiii nlfd from every Injury t hn t can ho in-evented. Wo want the heiilth of t he wor klnKiniMi looked lifter ; o ery nietuiM provided which eunducen to the proni't" Htundpohit of llvli-u; e'ery inciliifH pro hied for proper ree ren t lull ; npproprlutrt means for ed He t ton, for ofiiiionnl t ruining. In Mliort , t hn wni kltiKinun who ix tn IiIh J.ih tind epefl to continue In flint Jolt ounht to tec I t hut he Is dolnw sonifl hin woith while foi' !i coiuinunlty tlmt np-precntes np-precntes It mid mKcm him n tulr chance to lend u h;tppy and ft decent 1 1 Hi. Co-opera ( ion Necessary. We lnie K"t uloiiK In thin country nltonether too eimlly with our wealth of n.itur;il lesources. Men have been content, llvlns apart In their wcparntrt llvert, to trv to make yomethliiK for their individual selves; hut now we hn e reached a point hero It Ih nee-e.sar', nee-e.sar', as It han heen noeoHsary nhroad. to try to reduce nil waste, to try to prevent nil uniifeecMiry outlay out-lay and to trv to make InislneMS nuc-cessful nuc-cessful accord tun to t he merit of a u ll -organized, eeonouucully-cundui t-ed t-ed hiinluesN. I want etflclencv In tho Kovotninent of th Tnlted States. If n manager was to be appointed in. an nutomohilA factory, would you appofnt a man t hat never had seen un autotuohilo? If yoi want to run uceessf ulh- n I lar;e huslness enlerpilHe In pioduc-tiim, pioduc-tiim, would you appoint a man that never had seen the works and did not know anything ahout It, nlmplv he-cause he-cause he voted the ticket that you vote? My friends, the world that w a nro ahout to ll e In the net twentv-lle twentv-lle years Is icolns to he n Very dltTer-ent dltTer-ent world from what It has heen. Now. If you havo a Kieat administrator adminis-trator appointed to n position of extraordinary ex-traordinary power, how will you ludfin his efficiency In the conduct of the enormous hunlness Interests with which he ts intrusted? .Indue him l.y his words? 1 judne him hy his appointments. ap-pointments. States Unpleasant Things. 1 want to state a few things that arc not very pleasant things to stale to an American audience, hut this Is a tihie when we are facing factw. "e have said frequently that we desired de-sired to eulth ate the most friendlv ' relations with Iji tin-. America. What have we done? In country nf'.tir country coun-try we have taken out hien who h.i e Kiven lon perioxts successful I v to the study of dtplomaev and Imvo reprt sen ted the country with credit a nd acquired an ad in Ira hie and important im-portant experience. We have taken t'len. out and put In men utterly Inexperienced, In-experienced, 1 'say it is Inexciusahle. Let me tell you this country will never he worthily represented or take its place properly a mom; t lie nations if men are appointed merely to sntlsfv I artisan obligations, and there Is no ideal of continuity of service In our diplomatic Intercourse. i Past administrations, I crnnt von, 1 lad sinned In that particular, "but j standaids wore beintf ma le and there I were men In our seivi-e of Uun experience ex-perience and fine training. It was just as thouph you had taken the. manager of an autnmohlle factory that and gotten up to that place after many years of application, who thoroughly thor-oughly knew his Job. and put him out and put In an lnex pcrNou'ed mail Hhnply iih u matter ot personal favor. We' have had H very mci Ions dla-ret'ard dla-ret'ard of the spirit n nd 1 op d I'emiiiil H oi our civil M-rvlci law, In a I lenio-cratlc lenio-cratlc community I he haid.-Mt thlun In the world, in a sense, Im to net a general appreciation of 1 lie Importuned id I in U'A fit linn a 1 1 end to the bus I -nefia of t he Kove rumen I . They understand un-derstand H In private business. Mui, between .you and me, in public bun!-liens bun!-liens anything H""a. Tint linpuhlicun plat fnrit i sava t ha t under the 1 ie inoct a I Ic ad ml iiIhI ra t hm there have 1 u created tdnco Miuch A, UM.'t, more than lUi.Ouu places which have been taken on I side In the ortK -tiial appointment of operation of the civil service laws. Head enucliiient niter enactment providing in substance sub-stance as follows : That t lie a Kent m, clerks and other persons to he appointed ap-pointed under Ihls law stuill not be appointed under the rest rid tons of an aid passed so a nd so, at Kudi a 1 1 me. which means the act est a bllshtiiK the ela.salfled civil service period. Raid Upon Civil Service. It has been a raid upon the civil service of the United States, and the. American people oiiKht to underai a nd it. And we have had pollloiiH, expert ex-pert posit Inns, ret purine M'ei I itlliiw Irde, which have been suboidl-nateil suboidl-nateil lo the demands of which 1 re-i;ard re-i;ard an an Ignoble, partisan expediency. expedi-ency. Tali e, fur example, the bu run u of the ceiis us: There was M r, I uiand, an per t st a 1 1st Ida n, a very l Oiiipc-tent Oiiipc-tent man, Well uinlcrslood to bei such. , We have him retired and In hia place, we have a lemocmtlc politician fioin a sou I hern slate. A nd he Is hard y warm In 1 1 place be I me. he Is I ra ns-feired ns-feired to the t lade com mission. T hrt trade com mission itself, was fairly emasculated by the men. for the most part, who with appointed to placed upon It. Would Apply Jlrakes. My friends, that sort of thhiK Iihh Kot to stop in this country If hp ans K'oIuk ahead to meet the deinandu that are Immediately upon us. We had In t he coast a nd geodetic, aurvey an eminent scientist, a man who had won distinction In connectlmi with Ills Kdentltle work, a man of very eminent rank. Ihi was displaced to make room for un excellent atock i breeder and veterinarian. In the coast and nerdetlr survey we have, had a very extraordinary condition con-dition with regard to expert places. I mean phicos that were taken out of the civil service laws. I shall not o Into the exact Muref hi t be year ending about April. l'.MC. there were taken out 1 iM - t hat la appoint men t s hv executive action, removed from the operation of the civil service Iuwh to the number, I hele e, of about K'4. I believe that some twenty of t host were made without seeking the advice of the civil service commission. I believe- that about twenty-two wera m i le after seeking t he advice ami with the approval of the civil service eommls-sion. and I htlleve that Mxly-two Mxly-two were mad.- In opposition to iho advice of the civil service comnilssiun. Payment of Political Debts. I used to think that If there um one t lung w hlch the American pub-It pub-It e u a a less I n t e i e t ed in than a n y -thtnrf else It w;is the actual administration adminis-tration of t heir government . Hut I am beginning to believe thai, with the ohie.'t levonn we have had abrnad : and with the very definite apprecia- ' tion of c crisis we are In, there Is a different notion in this ountrv about those thm;:s. 1 hold it U the most unworthy thing an administrator administra-tor tan do to take public buplnesa ami p.iy pohth.il debts with It. j When I say 1 am nil Ameiban dtl- ! a n I ought to say the proudest thing j that a ny man can wv in t h Is world. You cm n not have t ha t pride, n ran not have that love If American i Itizenshlp Is u cheap thing, if It is a dishonored thing, if It is something winch is not worthy of protection thla wide world over. There Is no one who rould successfully success-fully pre.-nt to, an A merlcan com-muultv com-muultv tl;e platform that an American Ameri-can citlren s rights stopped with the co.i.st line and that tne moment ht left h's s:. fires he was a prev to any person that .-aw fit to murder or destroy de-stroy him. If a man Is an Vmerlra,, cit 17-en he goes with hU riL'hts a nd the rights to th proper protection of his country under I nt ernn t Innal law wh-re er he journe a tluougl.out t he world. .Vow that is what the Pemo-rralb- platform told us in so manv wmda In 11 2. They did not stop with America tif. They did not stop with A merienn ejt izens. They said 'Amertian citizens and their prop-ert prop-ert v." W'e have had an exhibit ion In the last t hree ears wnlch. I confess, fills me with a deep serih of shame. I would not counsel any action thnt was contrary to ti.e dictates of those usages and customs and recognized rights and obligations which we comprise com-prise under the name of 'international 'internation-al law." It was our business to stand for all the nuhts of American citizens citi-zens under International aw to vindicate vin-dicate International law. Case of Mexico. Take for example the ra se of Me- Uo. We had certain things that we had a right to demand of Mexico, and there was a proper wav of demanding de-manding them. Wf. should have said that we Insisted upon the protection of the lives and property of American citizens, of just protection, such protection pro-tection as we are entitled to from a government that performs the functions func-tions of government. We could have said we would not re-cognize Huerta If his government could not discharge those functions. We. had no business to recognize him unless the executive was satisfied he rould discharge those functions. Rut il was another thing to take an attitude finite apart from the protection of American rights and wage war upon an Individual and try to take control of Mexican affairs fn the Interest of what we think they should be. That was precisely what was done. We did not content ourselves with not recognizing Huerta. That was a matter to be determined according" to proper principles, according- to the un-derata un-derata nding of the executive as to t he capacity of that government, if It was a government, to furnish adequate ade-quate protection and discharge international inter-national obligations. Hut our administration admin-istration said to Huerta: "You get out. You can't even he a candidate. We won't allow you to run for of- j tb-e. We are so determined to et rid of you that you can't put yourself up to be voted for." And Immediately afler recognition was withdrawn from Huerta It wan extended to that Incompatible, Incom-patible, that Ideal character. Villa. In my Judgment, the administration did a verv wrong thing In abandoning abandon-ing Its proper International attitude and Inking the attitude that no Interna Inter-na t mnal la wyer could understa nd that no Mexican could understand. Well, the Mexicans didn't understand under-stand our attitude; there was a fight; nt net een A merlcan h and a large number of Mexicans were killed. And they, t h" ad m In 1st ration, sa v they kept us "out of war." That was war and very Ignohle war. Hiivh'g jrotten rid of Huerta, what next did we do? We said. "I. el these Mexicans spill as much bloc) as they want to, that la their blessed privilege." So we coquetted with Villa; we coquetted with t'arranza, and we showed our disposition to favor any bandit In the land. 1 never heard of a more extraordinary ex-traordinary expedition than that punitive expedition we sent down there. Was it a military expedition or w:m It not? If it were not a military mili-tary expedition, why send It? If a military expedition, why Ignore all the essential requisites of a properly managed military expedition? It went down between two lines of railrnaos; it could not use either. Our American Ameri-can iroops went mile after mile for hundreds of mll-s Into Mexico on a punitive expedition right between two lines of railway whh-h they could not touch. T hey could not jo to a town. It wan an absurdly arranged expedition. expedi-tion. Of course it rould not succeed. f cource we got Into trouble and more blood was npilk-d. Why We Are Disliked. Mv friends, we have made people dislike us because we did not have a straight and clear path. The path of international rl;rht is like the ath nf the just that shlneih her; more and more unto the perfect day. It does not make nny difference who your opponent is. If you state a position that Is right and lie knows that It is right, you are going to establish the just ice of your ra use. A nd A me r lea. with her power, never need be afraid of espousing a just ca use. . Let the Mexicans understand once for all that we do not intend to meddle with their affairs, that we desire de-sire that they shall perform their obligations to us, to protect our citizens, citi-zens, protect them justly In the enjoyment en-joyment of their lives and their property; prop-erty; that they will perform the guarantees guar-antees that they have given us, and then we shall have peace and happiness. hap-piness. If they can establish a stable government, gov-ernment, we will do all that we can to support It; Talk ahout policy, what is the president's policy? Does anyone know? Has the executive ever had a policy for more than six mont hs In the Mex Ira n quest Ion ? I repeat, who knows today what the policy of the administ ration will be t hree months from now ? The t rouble is that this administration has written writ-ten a record that, no matter what It says, you don't know whether it will respect it. You cannot make much progress along that line. Now, then, we want, in the first place, to have our record perfectly clear that we are going to Insist that Mexico shall treat our citizens properly; prop-erly; and we are going to Insist in a way that will make us respected; because be-cause we are not going to say we are not entitled to It. but we a re going to see that this Is done which we are entitled to have done. We are going to have that platform understood. Protection to American citizens; protection pro-tection to the property of American citizens; protection to our border from Incursions, the rU'hts that we have as one nation relatively to another nation na-tion at our doors. We are going to Insist that those obligations be performed which we, as the United States, are going to have performed; that we do not propose pro-pose any meddlesome policy; that we do not propose, while we wish well for everyone In Mexico, to do nnvthlng that is contrary to their wishes, if they do what we are entitled to have done. Put that clearly before them, Insist upon that, and we will make some progress toward having it done at the earliest opportunity; and o.:r policy should he to see that It Is done and done promptly. There Is not a particle of militarism mili-tarism in my composition, but there is a sturdy determination. If I nm put In a place of executive responsibility representing all the American people, to see to It and that is my purpose-that purpose-that America's rights are safeguarded safe-guarded and that America's name In administration, in policy and In execution is honored throughout the world. Address to Manufacturers. In his address to the manufacturers, Mr. Hughes said. In part; It is an awful mistake to think of the men through whose activity production pro-duction Is possible, as mere economic units. They are human beings. We are all worktngmen in t his country. ; We are in different spheres of aetiv-I aetiv-I ity. hut we ought to have a sense of ! co-operation so that evry man takes pride in what he Is doing and In doing do-ing it to tiie best of his abilitv, be-; be-; cause he Is working alongside of ev-I ev-I ery other man for the good of the country. In yuur welfare work you are but- tressln democracy. The human factor fac-tor is, after all. the important factor. You may develop your physical plants, your physical in mru mentalities, dis-trlbutlon dis-trlbutlon and everything that Koee to mke up the material side of prosperity, pros-perity, but you are absolutely help-lesH help-lesH w ithout the human factor, and In America, the land of fiee men, the man who Is at work for a living must feel that the country is doing the right thing by him. He is entitled to he nafe In his work, to have every precaution taken against every sort of accident that can be prevented. A man Is put at work. How can he ref ise the Job which stands between be-tween him and starvation? It is perfectly per-fectly idle to pay in our Industrial condlt ion that he ran take or refuse the work, according to his idea of the eafety appliances which may be provided pro-vided to protect him. You have grot to protect him. No man can work in any position where his life, his limb or his health are subject to any unnecessary risks. That is (tood Americanism and that Is good business. All Idealists. We are not materialists In this country; we are all idealists, but the one thlnjr that appeals to the work-Innman work-Innman is the idea that lie is equal to some job tn a first-class way. That Is what makes him proud; that is what makes htm satisfied, and when you consider our preat Industrial manufacture and the enormous extension ex-tension of our Industrial markets, the hope that in all this there will be ripht through it the spirit of human brotherhood, of fellowship and of cooperation co-operation so that managers and work-incmen work-incmen will feel that they are en-paped en-paped In a common cause. And. we will pet through with this old strife between labor and capital. Iemocraey cannot stand it. We nre not laborers and capitalists in this country. W'e are fellow citizens. That Is what 1 stand for, and therefore, there-fore, because you enrich our citizenship, citizen-ship, because you build permanent the foundations of our society. I greet you and I wish you the best success In your work. A few minutes later Mr. Hughes spoke to a group of suffrapists. The day was hot and tlie air of the little room where he received the manufacturers and the stiff racists was almost s titling. The nominee spoke with bis wife standing beside be-side him. Mr. Hughes reiterated in his address to the suffragists his declaration in New York that the suffragist question should be settled speedily by giving the vote to women all over the country. He added that he had formed this opinion long ago, before he thoupht that the time would ever come when he would have to an-I an-I nouncc his position publicly. Talks to Workingmen. I The candidate late today motored to two large automobile factories and delivered deliv-ered brief talks. He repeated his declaration decla-ration for the need for industrial preparation prepa-ration for the period following the war. when, he said, the United States would face commercial compel it ion. "The working men of A merica." he s:iid, "are not asking for anything they should not have. All that they want is a square deal. You workmen want to be protected from any unnecessary Injury In-jury at your work. You want to have wholesome conditions, reasonable hours, a fa ir opportunity to share In what you make and the reasonable profits that accrue ac-crue to every industry. "We have all got to work together. No such thing as prosperity exists for just one class in America unless it exists for all. We have all got to share alike. It Is all together; all go up or aii go down together." In his second address to automobile workers Mr. Hughes said: It does not make a particle of difference dif-ference what kind of laws you have-If have-If they are administered and enforced! In a half-hearted, tneftlclent way. You have got a great plant here, efficiently effi-ciently managed. Men are put Into office not because they are fit for the job. but merely because they need the job; that Is not good American government. gov-ernment. 1 did not stand for that In the state of New York, and, If I am elected president, I shall not stand for that In the United States. Prosperity Policies. This country is entitled to have men put Into oftlce who are fit for the office; men who do not look to the right or to the left, but just give fair. Impartial execution of the laws. And then I want to see splendid policies In this country in the interests of trade and industry, I want to see men In office that believe in success, that believe in prosperity. It Is the business of "the government govern-ment to have policies so that we shall liftve. permanent prosperity. Look at those trenches in Europe filled with millions of men: then think of what they will do when the war ends. The factories are not destroyed; the factories fac-tories are still there. Why. they are going to go forward full tilt to win 1 back their position and compete In trade, and there is going to be the ; liveliest time for the United States that ever was known in its history. I tell you, my friends, you laboring ! men. and don't forget It, that the Re- i publican party is the party that stands not for a prosperity produced by the war. but for a prosperity produced pro-duced by sound American policies, and those are what we propose to have. There is one other thought T want to leave with you. and it Is this: Do not let us get this country into a low- patriotic plane, so that we are content content wit h the disesteem, with the scoff of the world. "I am an American citizen"' ought to be the proudest title in the world. |