New-York tribune., 1904-10-27
JOHN HAYS, BRILLIANT SPEECH
ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIYED 1T CARNEGIE Hail.
HIS TRIBUTE TO ROOSEVELT.
Great CrOwd at the Meeng-Ebquen addresses of Er-GornOr
Black. F. w Higgins Senator Depe and Senator ELberg

His address stubbornly interrupted by hurri-
canes of tempestuOus applause; before a vast
audience that time and again broke through all
conventional restraints. Secretary Hay made his
first and only speech in the campaign at Carne-
gle Hall last night. Other speakers and orators
including Frank w. Higgins. Senator Depew.
Frank S. Black NJ. Linn Bruce, Julius NJ
Mayer and Senator Els5erg also made telling
addresses at the meeting, which was under the
publican Organization.
Measured. epigrammatic and terse, as beht-
ting its statesman-author; sparkling with wit.
pregnant with unanswerable logic. eloquent and
scholarly, Mr.. Hays speech was veritable
masterpiece. Every issue in the Democratic
campaign Of plagiarism and pretence' was
examined and relentIessly exposed. Every act
of the Republican administration was explained
and shown to have been warranted beyond cavii
or dispute In calm, level. even tones the dis
tingUished speaker showed that the Republican
bulwarks were bullet-proof. With the same dis
passionate eloquence he riddIed the Democratic
defences. The attitude Of the administration
and Colonel Roosevelt on Panama, the Philip
pines. Cuba, the tariff the gold standard Judge
Parker's wild pension promises, his "scuttle"
policy in the Philippines. apparently nothing
was overlooked in the Secretary Of States
speech.
HUNG BREATHLESSLY ON HIS WORDS.
The speaker might be holding up the gilt
platform" or the harlequin ticket" Of the Dem
ocrats TO public ridioule. showing that Presi-
dent Roosevelt's ''unsafeness" was but the "un-
safeness of the disinfectant TO the microbe -
It was all the same. The audience hung breath
IessIy on his words and applauded him TO the
echo waving a forest of flags. His appeal TO
New-York State near the close of his speech was
irresistible in it's convincing eloquence and. as
one man. the audience rose and vowed that
New-York State should not be found wanting
at election
Ladies' and gentlemen: You have heard a
great speech from a great man." said Senator
Elsberg. who presided. before introducing the
next speaker.
MR.. ELsBERGs SPEECH.
Secretary Hay, who was in excellent voice.
spoke for the best part Of an hour. In intro
duclng him. Senator Elsberg said:
Twenty-three years ago the Republicans o. this
Is now formed represented by the delegates gath
cred in hall not four blocks distant from the
candidate for member of the Assembly a young
man then unknown and the Peooe raTnfd Ibaf re ene
resentative in the legislature. They believed in
him then and they stood behind him In every effort
he made to further civic righteousness and every
gallant fight he led for decent politics and better
iov his every step IN the most remarkable career
in American politics. They know the purposes and
ideals that animate him and that make him the
most inspiring leader who ever led a great party
to victory. and they know through il all that In
every office he has held in war and peace in the
seclusion of his home or in the CITY OF power ana
authority he has been and is what ne was when
he began in this, his home district a plain. genu-
he IovaI patriotic and honest American citizen
And that is why they have never wavered I'm ale
glance TO this cause, while they admire and love
Theodore Roosevelt
Tonight you will have the privilege OF hearing
one who in all the great events of forty years and
more has never been a negative factor; whose life
has been identified with every forward movement
that made for national prosperity, national prog
ress and national honor IT would be prepOSterOus
in me TO speak of introducing 10 any American
audience one OF the greatest living Americans and
the foremost diplomat in all the world Not merely
wherever the English language is spoken. but in
the chancellery of every nation earth. there is
one name that is synonymous with truth with
Justice with international morality and fair deal
ing with leadership in every movement among the
nations for peace and broader national brother
hood and that name is John Hay.