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Show HUGHES ENDS HIS CAMPAIGN TRIP Many and Varied Experiences of Presidential Nominee Experienced on Long Trip. New York, Sept. 13. Charles E. Hughes ended his first presidential campaign trip here today. He reached the city at an early hour, went to a hotel and later will depart for his summer sum-mer home at Bridgehampton, Long Island. The trip was one of the longest, in time and mileage, ever taken by a presidential nominee. Mr. Hughes left here on the night of August 5 and traveled 39 days. His itinerary 'took him from Portland, Maine, to San Diego, Calif., from Canada to within sight of the Mexican border. Pie visited vis-ited 25 states, spoke at all the chief centers of population in tho country, exclusive of the south and including the capitals of ten states, and traveled 11,494 miles by rail. In addition he averaged more than 400 miles a week by motor, or about 2,500 miles, making the total mileage of his trip approximately approxi-mately 14,000 miles. His trip was made over 15 railroad systems. Since his departure from New York, Mr. Hughes has undergone almost every sort of experience that usually befalls a candidate, and many out of the ordinary. He has donned a miner's togs at Butte and gone 3,000 feet down Into the earth, climbed mountains more than 12,000 feet high, attended state and county fairs and a national exposition, and spoken from almost every sort of platform, Including Includ-ing the rostrum of the great Mormon temple in Salt Lake City. He has made 141 speeches and has been photographed thousands of times, once at dinner and several times with children chil-dren in his arms. Mr. Hughes reached New York in good health and spirits. He will rest four days at Bridgehampton and then will start on a trip that will last, with only one break of two days, until election elec-tion day. |