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Show HUGHES REFUSES TO BEJRESENT Declines Invitation to Attend Labor Day Celebration in Nashville. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 4. Charles E. Hughes today declined to attend the Labor day celebration, as arranged ar-ranged for by a local committee, when he was advised that he would not be permitted to speak except on non-politlcal non-politlcal subjects. Mr. Hughes also declined to review the Tennessee National Na-tional Guard, saying that he had no right to do so. No formal invitation had been extended ex-tended by local labor unions in charge of the Labor day celebration to Mr. Hughes, but the committee in charge of the nominee's program advised ad-vised it "that it would be all right" for him to attend. Announcement had been made by this committee that Mr. Hughes would be present. When Charles W. Farnham, manager man-ager of the Hughes tour, conferred with the local Hughes' committee, he was told that Governor Rye, of Tennessee, Ten-nessee, Democrat, and other speakers would address the meeting. Mr. Farnham was -told that some of tho speakers probably would endorse the enactment of the Adamson bill. He replied that Mr. Hughes would attend the celebration, if he would be permitted per-mitted to speak. The committee advised ad-vised him that labor leaders in charge of the program had decided that Mr. Hughes would not be permitted per-mitted to talk on subjects of a political politi-cal nature. Arrangements for the nominee attending at-tending the convention were then cancelled. |
