The administration has kept the peace. It has done to Mexico as we would be done by, has infused the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and the golden rule into its foreign relations. It has maintained friendly relations with the European powers and placed this country in a position from which, when the end of the great European struggle comes, the moral forces of the United States can be exerted in the interests of humanity.

The reconstruction must take place. No unfamiliar hand should be put in to guide the course of our nation during that period, or to speak our spirit at the council table that reorganizes the universe. This is a time when, having pressed forward nobly on a high and difficult course, the finish should be left to those who have demonstrated their ability by their work already done.

General Hughes's own claim:
SAYS UK.XEHAL, HAMILTON
(CAGO, August 24:?General William L. Baldwin, Democratic general committeeman from Kentucky, just returned from a trip through several Middle West States, conferred with Nance McCormick, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, today.
"Mr. Hughes seems to have made no impression on the West," said General Baldwin. "His bitterness has marred more than bettered the Republican cause. Hughes has scolded vehemently. He has shown no constructive statesmanship. His bravest fault is his attempt to revive sectionalism.  In all the States, I have visited the Democrats are earnest and confident of success. Many Republicans will vote for Wilson. 