New-York tribune., 1904-09-01
MONROE F R ROOSEVELT.
rsuotor Lescis Says County Wm
GiDe Big Plurality


r..,- Merton E. Lewis. OF H--+ Hoe-so 1ror-oe
r,.-nor odel yesterday thaI n-o''t e.
-. -ro,,ls give as great pr = 7oon
S1O1---s g., -avs for Mckinney -
-, rel how things are so+'-, =
We N''O' -, ,vorking arouno anu 1A4A-
- e.. ,-o,.-s. said Senator LS.-s -. -
- ,soorser. Il unaeTSll''1 -
-. .sicrions are not =. . s-,.v,l,z
pa-gn preoicl-o .o,,e of our Democratic 1rlenos
-o-s5ant of winning u Us ,,s-,oy
are -.r,oersts IL Rochester VINO i1i 0''
very few -,-s DSl- ,n5 there are no Republicans
any suen 49,, 50 Never IN The history OF
there - -o,,,rv have Republican prospects oeeh
Monror o.. ss this year. Rochester has very
50 ,nc-eased in population ana iraE 1-A-i'7
,.st four OF Eve years We no" h@'e
,vo hundred thousand INHABITANTS.
g. wears ago Iaborers doing sewer ouilo-
-, for contractors n Rochester were re-
-.,,s,e 90 cents E dav. and there were a0i'-
&C n iele men al that Io-caE ule S1iLte
r.norers are receiving % cents an hour OF q %
e,- an eight hour day. and II Is very o'iHoUi' ~
=, Isborers even az that price OF course' Iie
=. !, I,,,,ng has gone up some, but it is good
81 berter for q man 10 have 20 pay oolia1 -oi
.--r-b,1a = he has the dollar 70 spend than Il IS
10 have Il cost him only % O7--'S - -
-ent IN his pocket
= 800 was an alderman. with law Office
=. = N. middle OF the city. Every day about
80, ~ tuenty men came 10 my '1hce with
..,ss-s fhat as was their alderman shoulo
arS ,hern sorething 10 do Some of them "ouio
..v thai they had four or ave children. that
~, bss had no work for four weeks and that
.rsir rent vas unpaid and they were in need OF
e,od ard coal The Republican ward leaders are
: goo6 deal like the TaT7many and Republican
,5,srr,c4 leaders IN New-York They believe IN
standing by their people, and they DO stand oy
thep. 7 he'd list Of employers that used 10
consult every day by telephone in the hope that
,bsv would have something Tor lahorer 20 do.
Al that time il was almost impossible for q man
our Of work 70 get job. / had to go down in
nv clothes and lend money without the slight
est hope OF ever getting 1t again That ~~s
sevea years ago. In the las1 year have not
had more than one call a mouth from men out
Of work Every man who is able 10 work and
VIII DO an honest days toll can get something
70 DO IN Rochester al about double the wages
paid seven years ago.
Now, I dent know Just how 4 reversal of
conditions like this ! have cited viii affect the
vote this fail. but I can guess pretty close, be-
cause have made II my business to md out
know thai going 10 get the Mckinley
plurality Of 1900. I had my election district
captains with me on Monday night one OF
them told ne Of thrifty German with nve
vote for Roosevelt He also gave me list
containing the names CT twenty-five Democrats
who are going TO vote our ticker this year
Il noticed in The Herald z day or Two ago
that Mr. Meyer and Mr Rode. two men that
the Democrats OF Monroe hardly ever heard CT
until this year, have built up 3 better Demo
cratic orgariza tiOn than Tilden had. an5 that
n every election district there are ten workers
under pay by the state committee working for
Parker and Davis. Well. they have not made
rood' IN my election district I've got LOT CT
working people in my district. and Il would
anything IN Rochester they would begin in my
district At the primaries this year there
was no contest n my election district We
poiled only seventy votes az or primary
At the Democratic primary in the same dis
tricE there were polled fUst four votes. Now,
contract by the Democratic State Committee.
n indeed there are any. should have voted at
9her primary. As a matter OF fact the Demo-
Gratis are lighting among themselves in Roch-
este-. they are doing elsewhere and they are
not doing much OF ANYTHING. But even II they
90 get down to work they WIN hn6 we are ready
for them We've got the people with Is.
"Rochsster has only one candidate for any
plece on tie state ticket We expect that the
Reruhican State Convention viii nominate
Justice Werner for the Court OF Appeals along
with Justice Crlflen. The voters of Monroe
fond of both HIGGINS and woodruff Either
would poll the ful party vote. We not In
gt-ucting delegates &c TIE State convention.
and our people sre not liFslv 20 do anything
sbou; lining up for one candidate or the other
until they get 70 SARATOGA 50 far as can
discover neither M WooSrIl3 nor aTr Eig-
g1rs is trying 10 get any DELEGATES pledged II
looks 20 re as II they would have open and
harmonious State covention. and that a well
balanced ana strong ticket VIII be put IN the
Aeld"