New-York tribune., 1906-11-04
HUGHES HAILED VICTOR
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powerful presentation Of the various issues of
the campaign and of his personal platform
He said in part:
have spoken nine times to-day, ana six times
in the open air. ] have just come from very
large and enthusiastic meeting In the open air
at Abingdon Square have very little voice
left, and regret very much that In my enuncia-
ticn will be unable to express the intense ear
nestness that feel.
am deeply grateful TO you for this splendid
greeting. I have gone through the state seeing
in an our meetings evidences of the greatest in
terest on the issue of this campaign; rscogni-
tion of the fundamental character of that issue;
determination that once more ii should decisive
ly appear that the people OF this state are people
of sound Judgment. of sober reason. and desire
that good sense shall triumph in the settlement
of all political questions.
paign IN regard to corpoNtions- great oea!
that has been said insults the intelligence OF
every schooboy In the community. insults the
intelligence of every man who has the smallest
degree of information in regard to the condition
OF our Industrial life.
What we want in this state and throughout
the United States is desire TO be right rather
than to be famous, a desire to be just rather
than to be great
I believe in our destiny and have confidence
in the good judgment of the American people,
and the determination TO keep that judgment
sound and pure and uncorrupted. That is our
only safety.
1 have been before the community for the
last year and a half, doing my work under
your gaze II you not satisfied with the
method IN which that has been DONE and the
Z IL
1 can tell you will give you any satisfaction
What desire you 10 understand is this. that
If am elected Governor. while am conscious
OF my limitations. and while 1 know full well
the difficulties that may beset me. Il propose to
act exclusively in your interests in endeavor-
ing TO do my duty according TO my oath Of
Office in the light of my own conscience.
In the Bethel Church Mr.. Hughes said that the
Union for which much blood was shed should
be vigilantly preserved. and that no opportunity
should be given for its disruption by the de-
velopment OF class hatred 1t speech that
appealed particularly to Negroes. but was ap-
plicable to all classes Of the community whose
lot is not set in easy places.
Mr. Hughes said
It is a great satisfaction for me TO be able to
be with you tonight I glad that have
voice enough to make myself heard. although IL
may seem TO you somewhat harsh.
We have had very arduous campaign. We
have been going through the state, meeting per-
sonally thousands Of voters. Everywhere there
has been evidence Of great earnestness.
We desire in this campaign to make prominent
the fundamental issue in regard TO which Re-
publicans and Democrats are united 1t isn't
question at ell OF mere party achievement, great
honor what the Republican party has done 1
have always acted with IT, but in this campaign
we have bigger question than what the Repub-
lican party has done We have a question OF
whether the people of the State of New York
will insist upon having their affairs soberly and
decently managed whether the administration
Of government shall be honorable and a source
OF pride to all the citizens Of the state.
Forty years ago we had great crisis in this
country-a little more than forty years ago
and TO preserve the Union we poured out our
money our treasure and the lives OF many of
before the law. We desired to have the benefits
OF free institutions extended to all those that
were Just much entitled 10 them those
that already enjoyed them.
The Union was preserved, but our efforts to
preserve our free government must be unremlt-
ting We can never stand idly by and watch the
administration of government though IL were
a matter with which we. as citizens. had no
in this campaign there has been brought home
10 all the citizens Of this state that they must be
alive to what is essential TO the perpetuity OF
decent. free. honorable government.
You have the question of the preservation OF
law and the maintenance Of order: No man is
a good citizen who is reckless with regard to
the requirement of the law.
PLEA FOR JUSTICE FOR ALL
No one knows better than you how important
IT is that appeals to passion should not subvert
the judgment. No one knows better than you |
that in dealing with those who are guilty we
should proceed according to due process OF law. |
We want every one who offends against the law
punished, but we want justice to be done. We
want the spirit of fairness always to prevail |
Once you abandon that conscientious desire to
do right. that desire to accord to your neighbor |
the right that you demand for yourself, you |
enter upon path that leads straight TO anarchy !
We don't want any lynch law in this country |
We don't want any lynch law in criticism. We !
don't want any lynch laws in newspapers. We |
manifests itself in lynch law, anywhere.
We can accomplish our reforms IN orderl|
and sober manner; indeed. that is the only |
way that anything good is ever accomplished. |
Screeching and rending the air with shrieks |
and shouts do not settle any vexed question |
either in our business or our political life. We |
have got 10 have study OF our problems and |
conscientious effort in the direction OF doing |
exactly what is right, no more, no less IN order
TO remedy the abuses with which we have been |
afflicted.
HITS AT BUFFALO CONVENTION.
We want sincere and disinterested leadership. |
honor any man who aspires 10 public office |
as an opportunity to serve the public. II is eI |
honorable ambition TO desire TO hold political |
office, but II is a most dishonorabls thing to |
attempt to achieve office by intrigue, by deals, |
by the unseating Of delegates who have been |
political conventions, by those things which /
cannot be done in the light OF day. because they
the unanimous condemnation OF all good citi-
zens.
We want more of the spirit Of sacrifice and |
willingness TO lose in the defence Of the right |
rather than desire TO gain by the use OF what |
is wrong and improper. We desire In this cam
paign TO have II established to the satisfaction |
OF the people Of the state OF New York that they |
are people OF good sense and sound Judgment. |
who wish our institutions maintained. our pros |
perity conserved. order zeaIously protected, |
and we will take OF the abuses that exist
desire TO see tbs government at Albany ad-
ministered solely in the interests of the people |
OF the state and in the interests OF all the people
OF the state 1 stand for equality before the law.
against any man on account OF his color on |
account OF his race account Of anything.
We are all together in this country working /
out our salvation under the greatest plan Of self
government that the world has ever seen. Il /
was founded for the purpose Of equalizing op-
portunity. Its foundation principle is that all I
men stand before the law citizens with equal
rights and equal opportunities and with an
equal chance to get the rewards of Industry and
integrity, with equal chance 10 win the reputa-
ton that is due TO manhood and honor and !
decency in life and honor in all the activities
OF life.