Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 30, 1916, Page 4

S ':uuon should be merely delaye 4 " DEMS ARE TRYING 70 “PASS THE BUCK” Hughes S8ays They Seek to Put Responsibility for the Adam- son Law on Him. OPPOSED TO FILIBUSTERING Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Sept. 29.— Charles E. Hughes last night told the republican unofficial state convention here why he had not urged republican senators to filibuster “to the last ditch” .gainst the passage of the Adamson eight-hour law, passed to avoid the threatened railroad strike. The nominee deélared he did not be- fieve in filibustering, for one thing, and tha. if the majority in congress had det:rmined to pass the bill there was no reason whatever why ssage should have been delayed by ilibustcring tactics. ) “It (the adininistration) acted with swiftness,” Mr, Hughes said, “and it cannot now cry that a republican can»! ¢ didate a thousand miles away should | ' have saved it from carrying out its - fixed determination.” A Reads Correspondence. The nominee read to the convention * eort spondence between Newlands of the senate interstate . commerce committee; Harry Wheeler, chairman ‘of the committee . an railrcad situation of the Chamber | of Commerce of the United States, and President Wilson—none of the ¥ letters was from the president, but he was addressed in the correspond- ence—to uphold his contention that 3,000 firms and - corporations in the country had asked the president to | take action before the threatened strike situation became acute, Mr. ! Hughes also quoted an .extract from the president’s address to tongress on i‘ the subject, to support his claim that { the bil" should not have been passed. A-question asked by Richard Olney, secretary of state uader President Cléveland, as to why Mr. Hughes had not ‘urged republican senators to fili- buster against the bill, was made the occasion for Mr. Hughes' declaration. Statement of Hughes. He said: “A_ distinguished democrat, a for- mer Secretary of state, 1. Olney, whom ! have always admired and re- cted and. whose record presents a ingular contrast to that of the pres- ent administration, springs to its de- fense in its hour of trial. With his \ability, 1 assume he did the best that can be done. i “He says, referring to the recent railroad situation, that I object not *g the verted strike, but to the mode 2 g jts' accomplishmeant, toswit. By e threat of a strike within a time too short for due consideration of . mecessary legislation. I am not pre- {pared to admit the necessity of wage increase. by law, but 1 do object in every fibur of miv being to legislation {under duress. object to the sur- Irender of the exccutive to force. That L"!he hr:dth of disaster. ‘If the (gl- tinguis ex-secretary of state de- sires to take the nat!‘on along that th I will not accompany Him. “He asks why I did not ufg: -eight’ républican scnators' to ter'to the last ditch, Well, T do o mot believe in filibustering, for one 1f congress, through its ma- determined to pecs the b'!ltl. its by | filibustering. Arguments_along. this tine rea'ly come to this—that in some |way the administration should have \ been_saved from itself. " “The truth is that the executive de- “Im? ‘w';q” no reason whatever wh - stroyed the moral strength of the situ- ation when he threw up his hands, yielded the principle of arbitration and went to congress demanding the . railway wage bill as the price of " Congress Ratifies Surrender. “Congress, o far as. the moral of _the situation was concerned, ratified ‘a surrender already made. The ad- ministration chose its ground; it "!uIecked its ground carefully and with manifest view to aniu_n expediency, In the closing: days it acted with . swiftness and it cannot now cry that a republican candidate a thousand miles away should have saved it from | carryin~ out its. fixed determination.” Mr. Hughey' citation from President Wilson's address to congress was a brief one. The part quoted followed «the nt's declaration that “I " yield to no man in firm adherence “alike of conviction ard of purpose to ithe principle of arbitration in indus- ! trial disputes,” and was a part of the same sentence, which was as follows: ~“But matters have come to a sud- _iden crisis’ in this -particular dispute, _and the country has been caught uny ‘provided with any practicable means .iof enforcing that conviction in prac- Itice, by whose fault we will not now +istop to inquire.” | | ‘Extract From Wheeler Letter. Documents read by Mr. Hughes in- cluded an extract from a letter written by Mr. Whe elelrl‘ {‘ul‘y‘ Ev!v::t. lto the m A whicl T, eeler ex- § ';fie hope ‘that the president would “see fit to start an inquirv on /i behalf of the administration as to the ' near approach of an actual crisis,” " and in the following statement at- i tributed to Senator Newlands. on ' An_rlt 4: - | “Itwas determined to have no hear- its | Chairman | ing upon the subject, but to lay the resolution (senate joint resolution 145 roviding for an investigation by the Interstate Commerce commission) on the table. The committee deemed it inadvisable while proceedings were pending under the mediation and con- | ciliation act to take up the subject |of pay and hours of service of the | railway employes. It was also deemed inadvisable to add to the present duties of the Interstate Commerce | commission, which, as it is well | known, is overloaded with work.” | Telegram of Newlands, | Then followed a telegram dated | August 4 from Mr. Wheeler to Sen- | ator Newlands, as follows: “Action of senate committee . at meeting today great disappointment. If resolution tabled because commit- }tee believed consideration should only | follow declaration strike vote and deadlock next week, position might be tenable. “Respectfully called to your atten- tion that resolution upon which hear- ing was asked was passed by repre- | sentatives of 3,000 business firms and corporations, who feel they have per- fect right to ask for hearing upon a resolution in which they are vi!nrly in- terested, and would be glad to be ad- | vised whether such hearing is posi- tively denied or whether we may ex- pect to be advised that hearing will be granted after reconvening of New York conference next Tuesday, if ef- forts of administration in meantime to bring about adjustment of differ- ences fail, “As chairman senate committee, can A.|you assure business interests of the country courtesy of hearing in time for action to be taken before congress adjournment.” Next Document Read. The next document read by Mr. Hqghts was an extract from a letter written August 6 by Mr. Wheeler to Senator Newlands, as follows: “The Interstate Commerce commis- sion is the only body that can make ‘| such an inquiry with a result accept- able to the railroad employes, the roads themselves and the general pub- lic. Any special committee might be more or tinged with politics. The Interstute Commerce commission is sufficiently judicial in its character and independent in its operations to be above ani political bias and would do the work in a highly acceptable manner. “It is true the committee is already overburdened, but there is no other subject now before it which ranks in importance so high as averting a ti up of our freight transportation, and inasmuch as a tie-up is imminent it would seem justifiable to place upon the commission the added burden of gathering the proper statistics for congreu and for the public, as one of the most important tasks that could be delegated to it at this time.” Should Heed Request. A telegram from Mr. Wheeler to President Wilson, dated August 12, was next read by Mr. Hughes, as fol- lows: “Mr. President, I beg you to con- sider at this juncture in the railroad situation the desirability of putting the influence of the administration behind senate joint resolution in its present or some modified form. Not- withstar.ding the obdurate attitude of both sides, they cannot, without reap- ing the condemnation of the whole ,putllc. disr g}u‘rd'lhe request of con/ f"“ to withhold action until cerfal acts can be ascertained which be directly upon the ‘merits’ of the ‘de- f the men or the contingent prop of the roads, facts which event be secured before an arbitration award upon any part of the differences could properly be reached. “If the demands of the men are just thev will not suffer from a proper inquiry, nor will they be irreparably injured by continuing upon the pres- ent basis while inquiry is being made. If the contingent proposals of the roads are just they will not be de- nied consideration. Facts have not en- tered into this controversy as bearin upon the merits of the proposals o cither side. The house has been com- pelled to form its opinions upon un- supported or admittedly partisan statements, wholly contradictory. “No one denics that the Interstate Commerce commission is overbur- dened; neither is there any doubt that the commission is the only existing federal agency having the equipment and experience requisite to the task of possessing the confidence of all parties to the controversy. As be- tween taxing the commission a little further and endurin, the suffering and loss of a general railroad strike there can be no hesitation. The country will applaud the commission for laying aside for a time some of its present duties to meet,the emer- ncy, the like of which has never fore confronted the country. After declaring that “here was American business, a month before the railroad crisis, asking for an in- quiry,” Mr. Hughes continued: “A" sudden crisis, with no oppor- tunity for inquiry? If the adminis- tration had desired to know the facts before action ‘it had abundant oppor- tunity on the solicitation of the busi- ness of the United States.” “That is_the administration's rec- ord,” Mr. Hughes said, after declar- ing that the administration could not cry out that a republican candidate should have saved it from “carrying out its fixed determination.” “And I submit to the American people that it is a record of humilia- tion, “The distinguished former secretary Quaty and Style in this New Model Shoe satisfaction combines quality and style and this new model possesses that happy combination. We ask your attention for these shoes, they are worthy and carefully made and the price permits the use of materials | § $sdential to ' service, comfort and’ permanence of shape. Patent calf and Russian calf and Gun Metal at $8 per pair—a very moderate price for fine shoes, [PILES THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, e of state said, in substance, that I doffed the judicial ermine and ap- peared in the motley garb of an or- dinary seeker of office. I did doff the judicial ermine and I submit to you that you know and every American knows that it fell from my shoulders unsullied.” .. The audience arose to its feet and cheered loudly. “No American need apologize for being a carididate for office; least of all L,” the nominee continued. “I de- sired to remain on the bench. I had no -desire to return to' politics, but there came a'summons which no hon- orable man could refuse. 1 did as- sume the garb, call it motley or what vou will, of a seeker of office, and [ am now before the American people scekinf the highest office in their gift. For what purpose? Not that 1 covet power, but, I ‘do covet the op- portunity, if it is afforded, to maintain American rights and American honor. “Our distinguished former secretary of state has made some observations with respect to ‘American rights. He makes a,mistake in,assuming or sug- gesting that the criticism of the ad- mipistration’s. foreign policy, is as he puts ‘it, ‘that our cé is a peace without horor,’ and ‘if our natienal honor had been consulted the United States would be fighting” We have no occasion to. get into war with re- spect-to known rights that any na- tion will respect, if we knaw how to convince that nation that we are firm in maintaining them. '« “I like Mr, Olney’s pen as a secre- tary better than his pen as an apolo- ist. We gave no convincing sign that we meant-to enforce rights, That is the difference between reason in fact and reason in theory.” Mr. Hughes was cheered ten min- utes ufion his entrance to the hall. It was thed building in which he was nominated in I and again in 1908 for governor of New York. The convention, ' in its platform, hr:ised every stand taken by Mr ughes, lauded Governor Whitman's administration, declared for a resub- mission of the woman suffrage amend- ment in 1917, and rejected a plank in- tended to place the party on record as favoring a return to the system of nominating state officers by conven- tions. Presidential electors were chosen. Kearney's Police Chief Takes Poison By Error and Dies Kearney, Neb., Sept. 29.—(Special Telegram.)—Chief of Police Tom Pickrell of Kearney, donned his coat and - hat tonigh: preparatory to leav- ing the .office, unlocked a cupboard and took a drink from a flask, The liquid in the container was carbolic acid, and was evidently swallowed by mistake. Before he could be given medical attention, he died. 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