New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-07
CALL TO FIRST VOTERS.
Cortelyou's Speech to Republican
State League Committeeman.

The address Of Chairman Cortelyou of the
Republican National Committee, extracts from
which printed in yesterdays Tribune. at
the meeting Saturday at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel of the general committee of the New
York State League of Republican Clubs, was in
full as follows:
Mr. Chairman and representatives Of the Re-
publican League:
l am glad TO be here with you and to partici
pate in such representative gathering of en-
thusastic Republicans. 1 congratulate you upon
the work you have done in the cause of Repub-
licanism, and am glad that you welcome to
your ranks the people OF all nationalites for
ole or the cardinal principles OF the republican
party is that ii knows no class distinctions.
In this presence L want to say that have had
the assistance in the national campaign of the
chairmen of the various State committees, but
from no chairman have had more hearty sup
port and cooperation than 1 have received
from the chairman of the Republican State Com
mittee of New-York.
L congratulate you too, as 1 do our citizens.
that we have as our standard bearer Tor the
nlst office in the gift of the people OF TINS state
so clean, so strong and so independent a man
as Frank Wayland Higgins.
The spectre OF coming defeat looms large on
our opponents horizon, but we should
remember that victory was ever won by
overconfidence; no battle, political or otherwise.
was ever fought to a successful issue by taking
things for granted. What a duty, then, de-
wolves upon every Republican, upon every man
and woman who now supports the Republican
cancldateS-a duty of personal service, personal
devotion and personal energy, until the ballots
are counted November s; for votes count
when counted, and there can come to no young
Republican a higher privilege or a greater duty
than to see that we have not only full ballot
but fair count.
of the campaign of 1904, If the personality Of
the President is to be the issue, we accept 1t;
If any one of the great problems Of party policy
is to be the issue, accept 1t; and If that other
problem, possibly the greatest in American po-
litical life to-day, the problem of decent politics
is to be the issue, accept it. Upon all of
them appeal to the first voter. the young
man whom you particularly appeal to- to the
Independent voter, to the right thinking man
and woman of all parties and we appeal. too
with particular force, to the millions who sup
ported William Mckinley in his campaign to
hold up the hands of his great young success
sOr and of all who are Loyalty working with him
for what they believe to be the country's best
interests Those of us who have had to do
with the Republican management have conduct
ed clean campaign, and neither lies nor Will
fcat!on will swerve US one hairs breadth from
our purpose to do creditably the work now in
our hands.
For an individual. for party, good rec
ord IS a good platform to stand on. Fremont and
Lincoln to Mckinley and Roosevelt-what
record, and what an assurance for the future!
give you again the watchword of my prede-
cessor. the great dead chieftain from Ohio:
eve shall know no such word as fail" And
add to it another that I he would ap-
prove if he were here: Take nothing for
granted-worky" And then, the night of
November S, when We ask our loyal sentinels
in the field What of the night?' back Will
come, clear and ringing. their answering call:
THE Republican candidates have triumphed
and all is WE'LL"
If you want to get quick, accurate and abso-
| lutey impartial returns on election night watch
The Tribune bulletins at any of the following
| places:
I. Main office of Tribune.
/ 2 Hotel Bartholdi, Twenty third-st. and
g. Uptown office, No. 1854 Broadway.
! a. Broadway Arcade, Sixty fifth st. and
| Broadway.
5: Harlem office No. 2e3 West One hundred-
and twenty -fifth-st
6. Bronx Office, No. 1896 East One hundred
and thirty eighth st.