New-York tribune., 1906-11-01
THOUSANDSSEEH HUGHES
SYRACUSE HONORS HIM.
Reception There Beats Hearsfe
4uburR and Fulton TiSited.
IBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.l

GBy Telegraph The Trfbune.1
Syracuse. Oct 31.-Charles E Hughes was
greeted here tonight with an audience which
was the nearest approach to a Madison Square
Garden campaign meeting in size and IN spirit.
that has probably ever been held outside of New
York City. There were forty-fve hundred per-
sons N the immense Alhambra Theatre. and
several thousands stormed the doors in a vain At
tempt TO get in This Unexpectedly magnificent
outpouring Of the people OF Syracuse made 1t
necessary TO hold overflow meeting IN the
assembly room of thi ~ Hall. There. between
eight hundred and sand persons climbed
four flights of stairs . they might hear tho
Republican candidate for }overnor speak
William r. Hearst had tour thousand peopls:
in the Alhambra on Monday night. and spoke to- !,
an overflow audience in the street. but tn point
of spirit and enthusiasm it was far ovarshad- &
owed by the Hughes demonstration to-rts<s-
This was declared to be the greatest pont:cS
rally ever held in this city II there ts an
apathy among Republicans in onondaga eosrtss
it certainly was not apparent to-nigh+
Mr. Hughes. in one of the most earnest aal.
able speeches he has made. hayed Mr.. Hearss
for trying 10 evade the charge that he is dodg-l
ing taxes by saying that he pays more taxes
than does Mr. Hughes The latter declared that
he has always paid every dollar of tax TO which
he is liable. and that the question was not
to what taxes Mr.. Hearst paid. but 70 what
he did not pay. The speaker read OF tbs
statements in bold faced type from The Even
ing Journal" many Of which being given
away throughout the state. and turned it against
Mr. Hearst in way that nailed the Inde-
pendence League-Democratic candidate fast TO
the mast of insincerity. The statement declared
that rents of homes were going up because the
criminal corporations were not paying their
taxes Mr.. Hughes showed that the Hearst COR
porat ton publishing this same Evening Journal
had sworn off its taxes and did not contributs
a dollar TO the revenue of the city. thereby caus-
ing rents to go up on the homes
1t was from the platform of the Alhar1ora
on Monday night that Mr. Hearst called Mr..
Hughes an animated feather duster-' If Mr..
Hearst had been here tonight 10 see how he
and his pretenses were demolished by the clear
cut logic of Mr.. Hughes he would have felt
if he had up against desiccating machine.
OSBORNE AN INTERESTED LISTENER
The Syracuse meetings tonight followed en-
thusiastic receptions at Fulton. in Oswsso
County in the morning, and at Auburn. IN Cay
uga County in the afternoon. The latter is the
home of ex-Mayor Thomas NJ Osborne. the up
state leader of the Democratic revolt against
Mr.. Hearst. who was one of the interested audi
tors.
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pairing a right royal demonstration for Mr..
Hughes during the afternoon. but ii was noe
until evening that the city was stirred to its
depths Long before o'clock, when the doors
OF the Alhambra were opened. there was a vast
throng in the streets. 1t did not take long for
the four thousand seats to be pre-empted- Out
through the streets a campaign parade that
was a reminder Of those Of the old days was
In progress. 1t was. headed by the Es-
cort said to be the oldest campaign marching
club in the country. II has been in exstenco
since 1S6i. and at the head OF the club to-
night was carried a banner that has been IN
every campaign national and state. and bears
the names of all the Republican candidates for
President since that time. Commanded by
Major Leon Dexter. dressed in rough rider
uniforms and carrying ianbeaus. the members
of the club. with drum and fife corps led =
marching club of more than three hundred stu
dents from Syracuse University. Each student
carried a round Chinese lantern at the end OF
a stick. Pans of red fre were set of at various
points casting glow over the surroundings.
STUDENTS BEAR TRANsPARENCIEs.
Among the features of the students parade
were number Of transpareneies- one OF the
transparencies read:
syracuse University Hughes club. The stu
dents indorse the student Of good government
the man who cleaned the insurance machine
Another inscription read: College OF Law
Republicans Hughes: Law, order. right
Against Hearst: Insincerity. destruetiveness.
untruthfuiness You are a juror"
Still another read.
syracuse University Engineers Club We
do business on the level; SO does Hughes"
Seats had been reserved for the college boys.
who marched into the Alhambra after Paradins
an hour, while the Escort went up 20 accom-
pany Mr.. Hughes to the meeting.
Meanwhile men were battling 20 set Into tho
big hail. but the hall was full and she police
stood firm against the pleadings OF the uulti-
tude So strict were the orders of Chief OF Po-
lice Cadin that Congressman Michael Drisco4i.
who was chairman OF the Saratoga convention,
was turned away from thu stage door and had