New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-16
WARNER MILLER AT HUDSON
REVIEWING HILLS RECORD IN FAVOR or
CORRUPTION AT THE POLLS
BILLS THAT WOULD HAVE DESTROYED ABUSES
VETOED BY THE GovERNoR-IRoN-
MAKERS AND THE TARIFF.
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huusoh, " l., oct l5.-Warner c1illcr ana
David b. Hill viii both be in the Hudson River
valley this week, Mr.. Miller intending to mako
speeches to the citizens of the State at Hudson,
Poughkeepsic and Ncwburg While Mr. Hill will
address the liquor-dealers and their friends at
Kingston and Newburg When Mr. Miller en-
tered this county of Columbia this afternoon 10
was The thirty-frst county ne had visited for the
purpose Of making speech as the Republican can
didate for GoveMor The neuralgia in the face
that troubled hin at the end Of last week, making
1t painful for him to deliver his speeches, had dis
appeared, and he feeling in good health and
excellent spirits. He was welcomed at the rail-
way station by ex-senator ]. w. Hoysradt Of
Hudson. and large number Of other influential
Republicans Early this evening Mr.. Miller was
taken to the Court House, where he was intro
duced to several thousand citizens Of Hudson,
Democrats, Republicans and Prohbtionsts who
desired to make his acquaintance and shake his
hand little later the Republican clubs OF Hud-
son made fine parade through the streets. In
the meantime the Hudson Opera House had become
packed to the doors with men and women who de-
sired to hear Mr. Miller's speech. It is estimated
that there were 5000 people in the Opera House
when Mr. Miller entered it, and 5000 people OUT
side Of it who could not get into the building.
Among the leading Republicans on the stage were
ex-senator Hoysradt, ex-Assembyman J. Ryder
Cady, ex-Assemblyman John c. Hogcboom, ex-
Assemblyman John E. Gillette, eA-Judge Cadman
and ex-County Judge Newkrk. The meeting was
called to order by ex-senator Hoysradt, who
nounced song " from the celebrated Malone Cleo
Club The club sang brilliantly, and, as usual,
they had to sing six songs before the crowd would
permit them to stop. Ex-senator Hoysradt said
in introducing Mr.. Miller:
L a
you man who II he were not here, would say s
man who always keeps his word and II he is elected
Governor will keep pledges he has made to the
OF this State during this have the honor
Introduce to you the Hon. Warner Miller.
Mr. Miller was greeted with tremendous ap-
plause. He said in opening his speech that in
journeying to-day from Herl<imer over the New
Central Railroad to Hudson, he had looked upon
grand object lesson of the advantages of the Re-
publican protective tariff. The railroad was
dotted with prosperous manufacturing towns and
was surrounded elsewhere with the farms of men
well to do in consequence of the home market at
the doors. There, too, the great four track
railway carrying hundreds Of tons OF raw ma-
terial and manufactured articles Yet all this
prosperity was threatened by the Democratic
party, which denounced the tariff as merely a
relic of the war; He called attention to the fact
that Congressman Mills had said at East St. Louis
that if the Democrats won this election and OBJ
tained control of both Houses of Congress, they
world put all raw materials upon the free list II
this was done the iron ore industry Of Columbia
County and its iron manufactures would be seri-
ously injured if not destroyed One of the largest
business enterprises of Hudson is the iron furnace
of the Hudson Iron Works. Mr.. Miller's argyll
ment, therefore, was keenly appreciated Nj.
Miller said that Governor Hill had argued in IA
vor Of free trade, and added:
by frccr trade In pig iron." said Mr. Miller " Of
Mr.. Hill the admission foreign pig
iron compete with the pig iron made here Hudson.
Palpaby he desires iron made by foreign woIkngnen
admitted to the United States compete with the iron
made by American worklngmen here at Hudson
whcre." re-
Then turning to the State issues Mr. Miller said:
The Republican party has always been in favor Of
honest elections and honest In this State
are as keeny desirous OF an honest
ballot and honest count the Repub-
cans In the South For several years has been obvious
this State that elections becoming corrupt
that there is amount of bribery at the polls In
this way it has been brought about that poor hayo
excluded from running for office in places be-
they could stand the OF elections Tho
Republican party looking back its history, has
that IT has been in IN this State but that
has strengthened and purified the election laws and
that other hand the Democratic party has broken
down the safeguards OF elections The Republican party
passed law applying the registration law to all the cities
In the State but the Democrats repealed It, Last winter
there agitation Of the pureeections question.
and the Republican Legislature passed the Saxton Elect
oral Reform bill Tho essence OF that bill was that the
State printed the ballots and then had the voter his
ballot in secret That bill earnestly supported BY
reputable men, by labor organizations ty Republicans
and by Democrats all the State Yet Governor
vetoed upon Rroundl Simply that It not
constitutional provide that the should cast his
ballot in Is not the securing OF elections
governmental msterf Is it not governmental question
that poor well rich be candidates for
oice and have chance Of elections 1t seems to me that
could not be clearer governmental duty con-
stitutional duty Does the present system make
astocracy OF Office holders composed Of rich men or OF
who have sold themselves in advance to party or
who have provided them with money to make
canyass The vetoed the bill, repeat because.
as he says provided secret ballot Yet when he al
dressed the workingmen the Cooper Institute. New
City, recently. he had the audactty TO say that he
favored ballot How is he going 10 get secret
ballo; unless bill which provides one 1t seems
he his own words when he makes such
declaration Such arguments unworthy Of Governor
He about his desire for an honest
election and he veoes every bill 10 bring abous
elections
We wfl judge him by one act Consider his veto
bill which provided that In every city having above
10 ooO inhabitants there should be registration Of
voters 1t had been discovered that In Troy. Albany
and tho smaller cities there thousands OF names
on the registration books Of who had either departed
from those cities dead Such registration
is false registration. In all towns con-
troled by the Democratic party these names
have been voted for years We tried to prevent such
a swindle and passed bill which have referred to
ourng the registration Of voters. Governor Hill vetoed
it. lie he did because 1t assumed that every
nan was dishonest Do the registration laws OF NewYork
Brooklyn that man is dishonest because
they require yearly appear before the Board OF
Registration and TO register his name Would IL bo
any more OF burden resident OF Troy or Albany to
register his name the residents OF NewYork and
Brookiyni But Governor Hl vetoed that BILL Did he
do to secure pure bao, in the interest OF corruption
at the pesi
Then again. passed bill drawn up at the request OF
the knights OF Labor OF Elmra to put stop to tho
bribery at the polls the Governor vetoed that carefully
drawn measure must Judge him by his acts and not
bv his words Do not think charge this corruption
upon the entire Dem, cratic party do not but DO
charge It upon Democratic politicians who were edu'
Gated in the school Tweed charge 1t upon the men
who their trade OF briong voters ana epesns