Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1916 — Committee to Take Action Today Concerning Stop of Hughes. [ARTICLE]

Committee to Take Action Today Concerning Stop of Hughes.

D. D. Dean received a letter today from Jesse E. Ehsbach, hfead of the state speakers’ bureau, in reply to the proposal to have Charles E. Hughes, republican presidential candidate, to stop herp on the morning of September 21st for a Short speech. Mr. Dean also talked to Mr. Eshbach today over the telephone and the latter stated that he had taken up the matter with the Hughes’ managers in Chicago and that they would let him know some time today what action had been taken.

Although the Hughes managers realize that a stop at Rensselaer would be of more importance than at some of the other stops that are to be made, they express some doubt as to whether matters can be so arranged. Mr. Hughes has twelve stops during the day and the managers feel that asking him to make any more than this in one day would be placing too great a hardship on the candidate. Mr. Hughes has been campaigning in all parts of the country for the past several weeks and the committees feels that he has been working too hard. The special train is forced to leave Chicago at 6 a. m., and will arrive in Rensselaer a little after 7:00, which is rather an early hour for the candidate to start speaking, and the committee feels that there would not be many on hand at so early an hour to hear the presidential candidate. What action will be taken in this matter will be determined today and the local committee notified. It is said that President Kurrie of the Monon has stated that the road will make up the time between here and Lafayette if the committee finds it advisable to stop here.