The evening times., 1898-10-22
ASSAILING THE ENEMY
Judge Van Wyck Opens To-
night on State Issues.
BURDEN OF HIS SPEECHES
The Main Part of the Candidate's
Orations VIII be an Attack Upon
the Methods of the Republican
state GOVernment-Vassar Girls
Greet the Rough Rider.

New York, Oct. 22-Judge Van Wyck's
speaking tour will begin tonight at Buff
falo. He left this city last night in as
unostentatious style as any private citi-
zen departing on a business journey, out
could not escape a round Of cheers when
the crowd at the Grand Central depot
station became advised that the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor was in their
unattended except by his servant, john
Nolan. who supported the dignity of the
occasion with a frigidity of manner that
discouraged handshakers at the very
start. Nolans care was, however, in
some respect of little value.
The waiting room throng was in a So
ciable humor and as many as were with
in reach pressed forward and shook Jus
tice Van Wycks hand. Then it was the
turn of the policeman in charge of the
waiting room TO take hand in the pro-
ceedings, which he did with an air that
indicated his appreciation of the impOr-
tance of his functions. He and Nolan
performed prodigies of valor in keeping
the too insistent crowd at a distance and
in answering questions with dignified and
distant austerity
Justice Van Wyck will speak tonight
in the Music Hall in Buffalo. Other
speakers will probably be Elliot Danforth,
John B. Stanchfield, Senator Thomas F.
Grady, and Thomas f. Carmody, of Penn
Yam On Monday night next he will speak
In Rochester, on Wednesday in Syracuse
and on October 81 he will address a meet
ing in Utica. on that occasion Senator
Hill will speak, as will also Frederick C.
Schraub. who was permanent chairman
of the Syracuse convention.
Tenor Of His Speeches.
1t is declared by those who are in a
position to know that the burden of the
speeches TO be made by the Democratic
candidate in his tour through the State
will rest mainly upon a review of and
an attack on the administration of Gov
ernor Black, and while. If forced by ques-
TONERS or political exigencies. he may
branch from State issues. he will nail the
flag of Democratic aggressiveness to the
State Capitol
A close friend of the judge said yester-
day that his training on the bench has
taught him TO believe that the people of
the greatest State in the Union would not
be carried away by the old world senti-
ment of militarism.
Vassar Girls Greet Roosevelt.
Advices from Poughkeepsie, where Col
Roosevelt made a speech in the opera
house last night, declare that a prettier
audience never greeted a public speaker
The hall was decorated and festooned
with garlands of ribbon and wreaths of
flowers and banners and tokens of femi-
nine welcome until it resembled a cross
between Japanese garden party and a
pink tea. Lovely Vassar girls, with their
mothers, sisters, cousins and female
friends generally, and beardless Eastman
College lads, none of whom can vote left
but little room in the opera house for the
bone and sinew and working element of
the party, many of whom had to stay out
side in the rain and wonder what they
came to the show for. OF course, there
were many voters in the audience but
they were in a great minority.
When Col. Roosevelt rose to speak there
was a wild scene. When quiet was re-
stored he began his speech with plea for
low taxes Most Of the applause during
the speech came from the dense bunch
of Republicans on the stage. This was
because the women out in the orchestra
did not know exactly where the applause
came in.
Roosevelt interrupted by spontaneous ap-
plause. The handclapping came after we'll
rounded periods. He wound up with a
great oratorical outburst, and for while
the handclapping sounded like hail in a
forest. 1t was a great meeting-of it's
kind.
HIPS BeIIiEerent Sentences.
Ex-senator Hill is to make another ad-
dress here on the night of November 2,
in Carnegie Hall On that occasion he
will discuss the force bill at length and
| the rights of citizens under its provisions
The remark, made by the ex-senator in
| his Brooklyn speech on Thursday night,
in which he advised lawful voters not to
submit to any interference at the polls,
| and that II anyone is interfered with
| by spies of McCullagh and the Republi-
can party that he should knock the depu-
| ty down on the spot, is causing no end of
| talk. The heroic remedy for preventing
assaults upon personal liberty is cordi-
ally approved by every Democrat high or
low in station throughout the city. Re-
publicans. of course, bitterly denounce
the remark. Many visitors called on Mr..
Hill at the Hoffman House yesterday