New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-29
THOUSANDS GREET HIGGINS
TriumpbaI Journey Through -Four
Counties-Big Rochester Meeting.
lBT TELEGRAPH TO TIE TsIBgNE-l

which sought tonight to see and hear Frank Way
land Higgins, the Republican nominee for Gov
ernor. He and his running mate. NJ Linn Bruce,
addressed a big meeting in the Lyceum Theatre.
Secretary Taft and Job E Hedges also spoke. The
doors of the theatre were opened at o'clock. and
within twenty minutes the house filled. The
audience numbered more than three thousand, and
as many more were turned away. The crowd
one Of the enthusiastic which has greeted the
Lieutenant Governor in any part of the State.
Mr. Higgins arrived here at $50 p m. having
made five short speeches on the road from SYRIA
cuse. He met at the station by a committee
headed by State Committeeman George W. Aid
ridge and Mayor James G. Cutler and escorted to
the Powers Hotel by Company A. Boys in Blue.
crack Republican marching organization.
The public reception was held in the parlors Of
the hotel from to o'clock. at which several
hundred citizens shook hands with Secretary Taft
and the candidates for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor Afterward the speakers Of the evening
dined with the members of the local committee.
Mayor Cutler presided at the meeting Secretary
Taft. who was the first speaker. repeated the
hausttVs discussion Of the relations between the
United States and the Philippines. which he has
delivered at other meetings in the campaign. His
telling points in reply to the arguments Of OPP
ponents OF Imperialism" were enthusiastically
cetved. Mr.. Higgins then introduced and
ceivsd a warm greeting. The audience waved hags
and cheered for several minutea
MR. HIGGINS ON CHARITIES
After quoting what Judge Herrick said at Buffalo
Al tS4aI4ou 20 STATE hospitals Tor the insane at
OgoensbUrg. Poughksepsis. Rochester. Utica and
ONld' in which It was said that under Governor
Flower LO44 employees performed the services which
it now takes 1l4s6 employees to render Mr. Higgins
said:
desire to add little information to the gentle
mans statement. which he either through thought
essness or for political effect failed to give
on o6tosT e6aa nSs fH ss
and October l, 1894. they contained 250ls inmates
100, or one emPloye TO % inmates. The number
smpoye to 81 inmates. This indicates reGuct dS
rather than an increase in the number OF nurses
mates Of these Institutions. There is no hospital
system Tor the insane In any other State in the
clothed, and so well fed as in the State OF New
assertion is easily made. denunciation is cheap.
WI! the Democratic party, II ntrusted with power,
and revert to the obsolete system Of county care.
with al the horrors disclosed In that system? VIII
II reduce the present force Of attendants ana
nurses. or reduce their moderate compensation?
AT sns Does Ga o profess OF n So
It shouts IN one breath for greater economy and
alike OF those who would retrench. and OF those
tax payer on the one hand, and iibeTaityy to the
philanthropst on the other. Consistency and sin
certify find place in the Democratic platform
stated in accepting the nomination rendered me
by the Republican party that. If elected Governor
should lose no opportunity to advise and cooperate
unselhshIy and generously laboring to improve the
conditions of the unfortunates keeping in mind
against the health, well being and cure Of those
charges Of our State The one instance in the State
government where I would prefer to err upon the
side Of Hberaty rather than upon the side OF parsi
Pe a anq e6e9dsn TGna De the Of
all charitable institutions. State hospitals state
and they should be 50 adninstered as 10 retain the
acIVe interest OF pnantnrGpic citizens In these
the State the Civil Service provisions Of the Con-
rnents and promotions should be made for merit
and fitness. to be ascerraned by proper examination
vrha
good good mo pu0"0 service may Dc LOT the peoples
FOUR COUNTIES VISITED
Monroe was the last of four counties visited BY
Mr. Higgins to-day, and in all OF them he received
assurances from the Republican leaders OF united
party support. Leaving Syracuse this morning
aboard private car, which will his home during
the remainder OF the campaign. his first stop was
at Auburn. where he addressed a large crowd from
the platform. Among the prominent Republi-
cans who visited him at this point. State
Senator benjamin F. WILCOX County Clerk Ben
ham, Of Cayuga, and Prison Commissioners Jacket
The next stop was at Seneca Falls where the
Lieutenant Governor remained hour and a haIE
The meeting here was preceded by a luncheon ar
ranged by a committee headed by Deputy Secretary
Of State Mongin. and Charles T. Andrews. 1t had
been intended hold the meeting in Masonic
Hall, but this was too small to accommodate
quarter Of the crowd. and so It decided 70 have
the speaking in the open air. Mr.. Higgins spoke
from a platform hastily erected the sidewalk
Of the main street His audience completely flied
the street for nearly a block, and all traffic was
suspended during the forty minutes that the meet
ing lasted
In his Seneca Falls speech Mr.. Higgins made
public reference for the first time 20 the remarks
of Judge Herrick at Plattsburg last week in re-
regard the President and Devery. The effect
OF Judge Herricks words was disastrous to his
prospects OF election that he denied having uttered
them, but this morning there was published the
affidavit Of a sIenosrapher who swears that ne
reported the speech Of the Democratic candidate at
PIattsburg and that the report originally published
was accurate 1t Is believed that this attack upon
the President will cost Herrick thousands Of votes
and it is probable that Mr.. Higgins will have more
to say about the matter in future speeches.
After referring to the wanton attack on the Re-
publican party by the Democrats. the Lieutenant
Governor said:
leadership as when it was swept from power for
its manifold outraEes upon the elective franchise
the judiciary and all the peoples rights ten Yeas
Their State ticket is the Unanimous choice OF
years ago look for Democratic success 10 restore
hem to influence and TO- to power No longer ago
World Democratic journal said TO David B.
The next year you proceeded from stealing a
convention TO stealing a State Senate. You reward
nomination for the Court OF Appeals and he was
beaten by plurality Of 10064, the largest ever cast
ID TO that time against Democratic candidate IN
the State OF New-YOrk. . . With no principles no
convictions no real Democracy YOU ventIIrei 10 20
before the people on this record Of mosaI banrup
cy ana in November. 1924 the plurality against
you for Governor was loo los greater than that
against Maynard the year before, and establishing
a new and previously unapproached record Of Dem
ocrat-c dsas err
How did Judge Herrick and his Albany County
organization regard Maynardisn2 A COMPARISON OF
the election returns of 1892 and 1893 presents a
startling illustration When there was a general
uprising against Maynardism throughout the state
when New-York City reduced Democratic ma
jority OF $500 for Cleveland in 1882.
cratic majority for Maynard OF onIv Al eco IN
1892 and when Maynard defeated by q plu-
rality of loo 900. Albany County Increased
its majority OF 5ss for Cleveland to a majority
Of 4 sS4 for Maynard
Having seized the government BY fraud and vto-
ence in 1878 how did the Democratic party sx-