STATE SECRETARY SAYS ELECTION OF THIRD PARTY TICKET WOULD BE PROGRESS TOWARD OVERTHROW OF OUR SYSTEM
St. Paul, Minnesota (JFK+50) On October 26, 1924, the Sunday Star reports Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes*, speaking here in St. Paul last evening, indicated that whatever success the Robert M. La Follette third party campaign has in the upcoming presidential election "is progress toward the overthrow of our system."
Secretary Hughes, a former associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, criticized La Follette's proposed constitutional amendment to give Congress the power to override decisions of the high court.
In the Secretary's view, this would put the American people "at the mercy of a congressional majority."
*Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) was born in Glens Falls, New York & graduated from Brown University & Columbia Law School. CEH served as governor of NY 1907-1910, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 1910-1916, Secretary of State 1921-1925, Chief Justice USSC 1930-1941.
SOURCE
"La Follette Perils Future Of Nation, Hughes Declares," The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., October 26, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
