Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1916 — Former Progressive Candidate for Congress Out For Hughes. [ARTICLE]

Former Progressive Candidate for Congress Out For Hughes.

Evansville, July 17. —U. H. Seiler, of this city, who was the progressive candidate for congress from the First district at the .ast election, has announced his intention of supporting Hughes, the republican nominee for the presidency, and gives it as his opinion that all of the thinking progressives will affiliate with the republican party this year. “Hughes is an original progressive,” said. Mr. Seiler today. “He suggested progressive legislation long before the term was used and he is a man of his word.”