Ku dhammee oraahdan soo socota: Bishii Juun, 1916 Shirweynihii Jamhuuriga ee Qaranka ayaa lagu doortay Hughes inuu yahay isfaham u dhexeeya garabyada muxaafidka iyo horumarka ee xisbiga. Hughes wuxuu ka adkaaday John W. Weeks, Elihu Root, iyo dhowr musharax oo kale codbixintii saddexaad ee shirweynaha. In kasta oo xisbiyada Jamhuuriga ee muxaafidka ah iyo kuwa horumarsan ay ku kala qaybsameen doorashadii 1912-kii musharixiinta madaxweynihii xilka hayey William Howard Taft iyo madaxweynihii hore Theodore Roosevelt, haddana waxay si weyn ugu midoobeen Hughes isku daygiisii uu ku doonayay inuu ku tuuro Wilson., Hughes wuxuu weli yahay garsooraha kaliya ee hadda jira ama kii hore ee Maxkamadda Sare ee u adeega sida murashaxa madaxweynaha ee xisbi weyn. Wilson waxaa dib loogu magacaabay doorashada
1916 Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Xisbiga Dimuqraadiga maalmo yar ka dib, wax mucaarad ah ma jirin. Halka Madaxweyne ku xigeenkii Wilson Thomas R. Marshall dib loo magacaabay, madaxweyne ku xigeenkii Hughes wuxuu ahaa Charles W. Fairbanks, oo ahaa madaxweyne ku xigeenkii Theodore Roosevelt muddadii labaad.