Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1916 — WHY HUGHES IS NEEDED IN THIS TREMENDOUS CRIBIS. [ARTICLE]

WHY HUGHES IS NEEDED IN THIS TREMENDOUS CRIBIS.

_ • Against Mr. Wilson’s comblna- • tion of grace in elocution with • futility In action, against his rec- • ord of words unbacked by deeds • or betrayed by deeds, we set Mr. • Hughes’ rugged and uncompro- • raising straightforwardness of • character and action in every of- • flee he has held. We put the • man who thinks and speaks di- • rectly and whose words have al- • ways been made good against • the man whose adroit and facile • elocution is used to conceal his * plans or his want of plans. The ■ next - fbur years may well be ? years of tremendous national • strain. Which of the two men • do you, the American people, • wish at the helm during these • been actually tried and found • wanting or the man whose whole • career In public office is a guar- • an tee of his power and good • faith? But one answer is possi- • ble, and it must be given by the • American people through United • States. From Speech of. • Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, De- • livered at Lewiston, Me.. In Be • half of Charles E. Hughes. a