New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-05
HIGGINS NOTIFICATION.
AMID GREAT ENTHUSIASM
Other Republican State Candidates
Informed at OIeaH.
lsY TELEGRAPH To rHE IRIBUNE.I


OIean y Y. Oct. 4.--In the presence Of his
friends and neighbors. greeted with enthusiasm
and frequently Interrupted with cheers. FranI
wayIaud Higgins to-day accepted the RepUbl-
can nomination for Governor and pledged him
self if elected TO be the Governor Of the whole
people and not Of any portion of a political or
garization. He declared that as Governor hs
would accept suggestions. but resist dictatton.
and affirmed that the nomination came to him
without solicitation and that he accepted II un-
pledged to any man or organization and that hts
every official act would be determined by his
own Judgment. He riddled the Democratic plat
form with its grave charges. declaring that they
| were baseless and merely unfounded abuse.
Finally he declared that the people now assO-
eiated with the control OF the Democratic party
were the same leaders that had been driven from
public life by frauds. by theft OF the Senate
and by scandals that would prevent their re-
turn to power as long as the memory OF their
former record survived.
The candidates informed were: For Governor.
Frank Wayland Higgins; for Lieutenant Gov
ernOr. NJ. Linn Bruce: for Secretary OF State.
John F. O'Brien: for Controller. Otto Kelsey:
for State Engineer and Surveyor. Henry A Van
Astyne: for Attorney General. Julius II. Mayer.
John G. WalleEmeier. the nominee for State
Treasurer; Edgar NJ. Cullen. the candieats for
Chief Judge Of the Court OF Appeals. and WILL
Judge. were absent
The notification ceremony was simpls. It was
the celebration OF the fellow citizens OF the
nominee. Standing on his own piazza. facing
the public square. Lieutenant Governor Higgins
looked out at several thousand men. women and
children who crowded his lawn. filed the
s uare beyond. and when the ceremony was
over crowded to grasp him by the hand and
express personal satisfaction at his nomination.
The speeches. the cheering and the congratula-
tious OF the state leaders. who came either as
members Of the notification party or On an
Official capacity. were most enthusiastic. It
was Tammany and McCarren applause that
broke the silence Of the citizens Of Albany at the
notification OF Judge-BOss Herrick at Albany
last Saturday: it was the enthusiasm Of the
nominees fellow townsmen that dominated to-
days affair.
AFFAIR DELAYED BY ACCIDENT.
The programme had been arranged with the
intention Of holding the notification ceremonies
at nOon but an accident on the Erie Railroad
prevented the arrival Of the New-York train.
with several of the candidates and a majority
OF the committee. while Senator Malby. chair
man OF the notification committee. was delayed
on another train. 1t was therefore decided TO
postpone the exercises until o'clock In the
mean time the citizens Of Olean. the delegations
from adjoining towns the voters OF Cuba.
Friendship and Alfred. of Chautauqua, Catta-
raugus and AIegany counties declined 70 wait
in silence. Up and down the streets two bands
paraded. Companies OF. Roosevelt Rough Riders
In khaki uniforms marched with vociferOus
cheers for the national and State tickets. and
enthusiasm found partial expression thus.
At O'Clock the first mass meeting, mention Of
which is made elsewhere, was held and the
mammoth tent was crowded. While this meet
ing was still going on the advance guard Of the
notification committee moved on the Lieutenant
Governors house. Ex-Lieutenant Governor
Timothy l. Woodruff William Halpin. Abra-
ham Gruber Julius NJ. Mayer state Controiler
Otto Kelsey John F, O'Brien. Secretary OF State;
Borough President George Cromwell Of Rich
mOnd Job z. Hedges. Francis Hendricks. Cot
lectOr Nevada n. Stranahan. George W. Al
bridge and scores of other invited guests and
prominent RepubIic=== -=>s.sd tAa c4aa4date