The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-25
HARRISON SPEAKS IN ITHACA.
BEGINS HIS THIRD CAMPAIGN
TOUR Up THE STATE.
Cornell Democratic Club Leads In the
Cheering-Mr. Harrison Goes Over
the Record which Had Given Birth to
the Word Odellism Amid Applause.

the Word Odellism Amid Applause.
ITHACA. Oct. 24.-Congressman Francis
Burton Harrison began the third of his cam
paigning tours up the State with speech
in Ithaca tonight Mr.. Harrison took
occasion to deal with the Furnaceville Iron
Companys graft and the various expla-
nations and apologies offered for it by the
supporters of the Odell candidates for State
offices. Mr.. Harrison declared that he
knew of the organization of new canal
ring which had as hungry eyes on the
SOL 900 600 barge canal appropriation as
did the rings which have passed into the
history OF graft The good people of Ithaca,
OF whom as many as the Lyceum Theatre
could hold were packed before him, were
very much in sympathy with Mr.. Harrison 3
remarks on the Hartman institution which
Mr.. Harrison has described as one designed
for the excavation of rocks from the State
Treasury.
The meeting was an exceedingly lively
one. Color and spirit were lent to the
proceedings by continuous cheering for
all the candidates and for all the local Demo-
CT ats of celebrity. These demonstrations
were led by William L. Ransom, president
of the Cornell Democratic Club. The
Cornell cheer was the punctuation for al
most every sentence Mr.. Harrison uttered
after he got to cross countering on the Odel
canal record Prof. r. C. H. Catterall
of Cornell presided.
Mr.. Harrison opened his remarks by
quoting from the speech of his opponent,
NJ Linn Bruce, who spoke here recently.
h recalled that Mr.. Bruce had said that
A. 10 ,at< % 81,
but of recollections. Mr.. Harrison said
that he desired to thank Mr.. Bruce for the
word and for thus kindly delimiting the
ssuea 1t was characteristic Of Mr.. Bruces
courage that at the close Of an admins
tration such as that now ending at Albany
Mr.. Bruce should refer to the record which
had given birth to the word AOdellism'
Mr.. Harrison went back over the record
at some length, pausing occasionally to
ask, to the great delight of his hearers,
whether he was for getting anything that
Nj. Bruce had in mind as recollections.
On the Furnaceville matter M. Harrison
said in part:
BY this time every voter in the State has
at least heard of the Furnaceyile Iron Com
pany's very successful raid on the State Treas
there are constantly arising neT aspects
OF it, The more we look into the history OF
the Furnacevle contract and into the utter.
ances OF those who try TO explain IT away
and excuse it, the more 1t shows itself as
one Of the leading issues of this campaign.
1t is important because pn IT. is typical es.
involved in IL, the comparatively trifiinR sum
Of $4,000. In the controversies that , have
arisen since yo 2ie fTad
we have had a most enlivening and nstruc-
tive confusion of so-called answers TO his
First came business Gov. 0dell. He told
us that perhaps Mr.. Cuneens Applause
contention as to the Furhacevile claim was
many because OF losses incurred by the COM
pany through the refusal OF the State to finish
the work. This y often done in business mat mat
Governor promised the people OF t New s nora
a business administration we have since
learned what he meant IN this ana many o'he'
'n1 Then came former Comptroller Miller
Of his OF IN wS II he 0s s
FORTE that there never had been any such
item as the $4,000 canal claim ana h t that the
then move to reopen, the natter But Mr.
Mers actSn ay wh Rei. throws up cloud
Of Of" Ink to eiude its ,assallants He threw
out his cloud Of PRINTER, the ink como to
nificant that this exhibition Of the finer ~.
dicial qualities was almost lmmeolateiS
bi biz S in the first department, with an in
crease Of salary OF $1,000 year au,,te ,swver
co Next s,a ws nfy Is story is that Mr. Cunneen
had TO 20 back Ave years to get case against
the present administration. f ane thls canal
Board in the world, and il there was any
thing wrong with it the e, wrong was altogether
WIN r. g ,rnUN exeSeoTetary of War; Mr. Root,
the greatest living political, apo'ogEi sstt
aughteI is the next 70 nave hs say ,o enter f
one Of his distinguished and flnished apoioRiess
here. He merely says that he has efamined
one one Who has followed this eminent jurst's
wonderful success, in instructpg corpora
tons how to avoid the operation Of laws
Value Of this opinion, Applause. ,
MI Rigging spssskHHs .a at lsst f T, himself H.
e eSmits that The Furnaceviie allowance mat
ter did come before the Canal Board in 1908
He SAYS that It came in the form Of coptro-
versy as TO whether rock or ear'h hao oeeh
As chairman Of The Finance COMMITTEES tee,
s sppe Seen S BY Gov BACK parou"ry
demncd this contract under discussion, along
with four other S 81 .h "s Il mace ace
ceptins Nj Hiasinss statement that he lrst
heard Of the matter Sa member Of dhs cana cae
Board. he ADMITS tUub VIC So'HV
up and that II came up in the form OF oues-
ton as to whether payment should De MADE
for ,excavatng earth, hard par ho or rock ana
In fact, and indeed, rock. -.,-
my own to offer, 1t was my privilege last
contract / approached 1t with high beating
heart 1 prepared myself to see wonders.
But, instead OF being led into an awesome
valley to look up and TO view mighty ridge
OF crags thrustng their jnEgei ,pinnacles
l. to the sky daughter, what did fndy A
gentle, swelling mound, rounding fruitfnily
towards the kind Heavens; yes, ,fruitfully.
FOR on 1t stood shocks OF corn rustling In the
autumn breeze. lLnughterl And all about
was the stubble, with Its roots still reaching
down for succor and sustenance into tie
fertile soil for which the state paid as rock
and as hard pan that could not be ploughed,
[ I,au ghter and great applausel They tell
me that last year the frugal canal man who
cultiyates the tract raised potatoes on II.
tIAu ghter, shall we ask " they were pet
rified potatoes prodigies OF nature' Laugh
II is easy enough TO laugh al these things.
my friends. but, God knows, they are far too
Important to dismiss as q Jest: The real
OF transa ctions such as these
In that they show us In what spirit the public
o fficials who are now before us az candidates
for reeleotion and promotion approach. their
If they regard them as
SUBJ eCts for nuibbinG, for missta tement,
for downright falsehood-if they defend