The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
WOUKINENEN CHEER HUGHES.
REMARKABLE DEMONSTRATION
IN THE CITY OF CORNING

Factory Employ eCs Addresses Fully
a-kOO PeOple-BiE Meeting In Bath.
CORNING, Oct. 28~There was a remark-
ab,e demonstration OF w~orkingmen here
to-day as Charles f. Hughes entered the
city. In some respects it was the most
notable evidence that labor has given OF
its sympathy with the Hughes candidacy.
Twice in the course Of his drive from the
railroad station to the heart OF the town
the candidate was practically held up by
factory employees and forced into leaving
his carriage to hold informal receptions
in the street. Hundreds Of bluejeaned
EMPLOYEES who had left their work in the
factories greeted him in this manner and
assured him Of their support at the polls.
This was only one phase Of the splendid
reception which the candidate got in this
city. Thousands OF citizens, including
a host Of Democrats, turned out to honor
him in the evening, but only about half
of them could gain admission TO the opera
house, where the principal meeting OF the
night u held. The others were sent to
the town hall, and when it was filed the
stream of enthusiasts was turned toward
the county court house.. The latter place
was packed with a crowd of 500 and 0nally
many had to be turned away without hear
ing the candidate. Altogether Mr.. Hughes
addressed fully $500 people in Corning.
The candidate ended his nights work
satisfied that the reception which this
little city had given ain was one Of the
best that he has yet received in tho CAM
paign.
Mr.. Hughes and his party arrived In
Corning at about 4 O'Clock in the afternoon
The Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad
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Of the city, but fully 200 people were there
70 greet him. In tho crowd were about
seyenty-hve OF Corning's representative
business men, many Of them Democrats.
A reception committee, headed by State
, Senator William j. Tully and Mayor Rettig.
Aad met the candidate at Bath and came
on 10 Corning with him in his special car.
The delegation Of business men and the
reception committee headed the parade.
which started from the station toward the
city.
The first ~workingmen's demonstration
incurred at the Drake cut glass factory
on Bridge street. That concern employs
about eighty men, and they were out almost
To q man. As the Hughes carriage got
opposite the factory, they Cheered. The
candidate raised his hat in response, and
then two or three of the cut glass men rushed
toward the carriage intending to shake
hands. The rest followed and In a few
rounded. The candidate ordered the
driver to hold up, and. jumping out Of the
carriage, opened his reception. For ntteen
minutes the men crowded around him,
telling him of their confidence in his in
tegrity. AS Mr.. Hughes climbed back into
his carriage he got a rousing cheer.
Mr.. Hughes had gone only a few blocks
when he was confronted with the second
crowd of workingmen. This was a larger
gathering. There were about one hundred
employees Of the Symington car journal
factory out at this place. They practically
repeated the glasscuttere' holdup, except
that some Of the men CLIMBED on tne shouiI
ders Of others and formed a human wall
which was almost impossible. The informal
reception which the candidate held there
also lasted about fifteen minutes.
The streets were lined with people in the
business part Of the city az Mr.. Hughes
drove through to the Dickinson Hotel.
The crowd followed him and he " as obliged
to hold another reception in the CORRIDOR
of the hotel. There occurred one OF the
most interesting incidents OF the candi-
dates upstate trip. When he was sur
rounded with Republican partisans and al
most overwhelmed with their enthusiastio
endeavors to give, him a rousing reception
somebody shouted, Mako room there"
Through the lane that was opened ap-
peared Senator Tully, leading by the arm
Police Justice George Hitchcock. one OF
Corning's most sterling Democrats: As
Mr.. Hitchcock Rrasped the Candidates
hand the Republicans in the hotel corridor
sent up a cheer that fairly raised the roof.
Then they showered the Democrat with
praise for taking his independent stan d
against the Hearst candidacy. Mr.. Hitch
cock is secretary Of the Board Of Education
and Ia one Of, Corning's leading citizens.
The reception which Mr.. Hughes got from
his principle audience in the Opera House
was lust as enthusiastic as that accorded
himself earlier in the day In an informal
way. The 1900 people in the building
cheered his ~utterances in regard 10 Hearsts
political insincerity and followed that up
with an equally noisy demonstration when
he declared that he was no mans man and
that he would, II elected. give an Embossed
and honest administration at Albany.
Many Of the clty's prom nent Democrats
were on the platform with Mr.. Hughes.
Among others were George Bradley, former
Justice OF the Supreme Court, and George
Austin Lathrop, a member OF Grover Cleve-
lands military staff when he was Governor,
and superintendent OF prisons under the
Hin and Flower Administrations.
Mr. Hughes repeated the stat ement which
he has frequently made in the campaign
that there has been a systematic EFFORT for
many years, through a reckless press, con-
troIled In the interest OF a selfish ambition,
20 create a feeling Of bitterness, envy and
hatred. He went on:
sOur business life has been paraded az
though It consisted OF organized robbery
Those In charge OF great enterprises have
been piloried as plunderers and bandits
Now I would not say a word In defence OF
any one who attempts to exploit the people
I would not raise a finger TO stop just con.
demnation OF any one who gets something
from the public and does not render to the
public it's due. But I do say that in thii
great land of ours, where we have so mucf
that gives occasion for rejoicing, where
we are the envy Of all the nations OF the
earth, where we have so much business
organization that IL straight forward anc
honest, where we have 50 many contenteC
and happy homes. where we have so many
that are rejoicing in the benefits OF our great
prosperity, l say that we shall not bt
traduced, that we shall not be slandered
tha we shall not be brought into contemp
simply because the owner OF great news
papers wants to get Office
There wa a time when ambitious men
sought to control the soldiery and march
upon the State and capture the seat of gov,
eminent. There was a time when the cffort'
Of ambition were directed to the control OF
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