Bishii Juun 1916 shirkii xisbiga Jamhuuriga waxaa lagu doortay Hughes si ay u kala saxaan 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 ahaa inuu ku tuuro Wilson. Hughes wuxuu sii ahaanayaa kii kaliya ee hadda ama hore u ahaa garsooraha Maxkamadda Sare ee u adeegaya musharaxa madaxweynaha ee xisbi weyn. Wilson waxaa dib loogu magacaabay shirweynihii xisbiga Dimuqraadiga ee 1916
Dhowr maalmood ka dib, wax mucaarad ah ma aysan dhicin. 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.