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Carson City Daily Appeal
Carson City, Ormsby County, Carson City County, Nevada
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William Potter relays a vague message from Republican presidential candidate Mr. Hughes at the Union Club of Philadelphia, promising an American policy. The New York Times critiques its lack of specificity compared to Mr. Wilson's policies and notes support from those opposing Wilson's Americanism.
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Seconding resolutions pledging the Union Club of Philadelphia to support the Republican national ticket, William Potter, sometime minister of Italy, brought this large, vague message from the Republican candidate for president:
"Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Hughes, and the first thing he said to me was this: 'I want you to feel, and I want everybody that comes in contact with me or touches me to feel, that I will give them an American policy, if elected, that will cover everything that the most loyal American ever dreamed of.'"
Nobody doubts Mr. Hughes' Americanism, and nobody's belief in it will be strengthened by the blanket promise the recital of which "caused a storm of applause" to rage among the sedate and solid Union Leaguers of Philadelphia. No woodcocks are to be caught by these romantic springes. What American policy other than Mr. Wilson's, what more American policy than Mr. Wilson's will Mr. Hughes pursue, if elected?
What un-Americanism, what lack of Americanism, in Mr. Wilson's policies can he specify in his canvass? And how can he explain away the fatal fact that the citizens of alien sympathies who flock so noisily to him detest Mr. Wilson for thorough, loyal, unyielding Americanism, for the assertion and maintenance of American rights?--New York Times.
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William Potter delivers a vague message from the Republican presidential candidate Mr. Hughes promising a comprehensive American policy, eliciting applause at the Union Club. The commentary questions its substance compared to Mr. Wilson's policies and highlights ironic support from those opposing Wilson's Americanism.