New-York tribune., 1906-10-25
CORTLAND WITH HUGHES
WARMEST RECEPTION YET
Candidate Also addresses CrO1cds at
WaUerlg and O1cego.
rBy Telegraph to TIE Tribune.

Hughes in this manufacturing city OF 11.08o
tonight BY o'clock the street in front OF
the opera house was crowded with people The
tnrong extended down to the next corner and
up that street When the doors were opened
at I:4o o'clock the rushing OF the people into
the haIl sounded Ike mighty roar In ten
minutes every bit Of space in the auditorium
and on the stage was occupied. and so anxious
were the people to hear Mr.. Hughes that thes
crowded clear down the aisles in the galleries
The police in enforcing the law against standing
in aises haSdiffiCulty in getting the people out
When the doors were closed there were nearly
two thousand persons who could not get i1
When William Randolph Hearst was here he
filled the hall, but the audience was not so en-
thusisstic. The crowd that greeted him at the
station not more than One-third OF thai
which met Mr.. Hughes.
When Mr.. Hughes came in at 3 o'clock the
audience broke out in cheers that lasted nearly
a minute, and were renewed again and again
L. r. Chase. of Marathon. candidate for Dis
trict Attorney. was the presiding officer He
spoke briefly of the character and achievements
of Mr.. Hughes. and his last words were almost
drowned by the eagerness OF the crowd to cheer
the candidate.
1T is quite evident to that Cortland is
| awake" said Mr.. Hughes. inspired by the
warmth of his reception. II do not believe there
Is any apathy in this county"
Then he took up the question OF William Ran
dolph Hearst's insncerity and pointed out the
many things in which his opponent showed that
he did not practise what he preached
TELLS OF REFORMS AT ALBANY.
Taking up the work for reform and the regula-
tion of trusts and corporations done by the las,
Congress- Mr.. Hughes got the audience to cheer
Ing by reference 10 President Roosevelt's leader
ship. Then he told of the reforms and the ad-
vanced legislation accomplished at Albany last
he To- he. h6i oh OF
enthusiasm when Mr. Hughes told them the
way he believed in accomplishing reforms in
public service-1rst TO find out what ought 10 be
done. then to do il honestly and fearlessly. and
last of all to tell the people why it done.
When he left the opera house TO go TO the
second meeting the cheers OF the crowd
still ringing in his ears He was cheered along
the street and greeted with a tremendous shout
when he reached the second meeting. There. all
the chairs had been taken out in order to make
more room. and the eight hundred men stood for
hour The candidate spoke there along the
lines of his opera house speech The latter was.
in part, follows:
What is there more important in representa-
tive government than that delegates and repre-
sentatives should be honestly elected and when
chosen should have the seats to which they have
been chosen. What is more important to Demo-
cratic Institutions than that those who have
been elected to serve in political convention
should have opportunity TO present their
views When has there been greater travesty
of Democratic principles than was shown in the
proceeding at Buffalo. Men nswho beyond ques-
tion entitled to their seats were unSeated
by manipulations of the worst political trickery.
Men who entitled TO be heard we're not
heard, and instead of standing independently
upon independent platform the leader of the
Independence League sought through an under
standing with a boss the nomination Of the DEM
oCTatc party. (ApplauSe).
He stood for independence of party. and he
desired TO get control of party machinery He
cha 1NfnT anti -F0CGz Qnf
took the hands of a boss 10 achieve the object
of his ambition He was lavish in his denun-
citation of corpora tions. and he was corpora
ton himself Applause)- He poured OUT Ihs
viaIS of contempt upon rich men who eVaded
the process of the courts, ana the record OF tle
Supreme Court of New York County SHOWS tndt
he has evaded the process Of the courts. He
has denounced in scath1ng terms corporate
abuses and the negligence OF great corporations
in the discharge of their public duty, and he is
convicted by his silence and by the records OK
the departments in New York of having his cor
poratiOns, with their important plants' evans
the payment of just taxes
These have been tests OF political sincerity.
and can it be possible that the people of the
state of New York will be deceived by such
leadership: Is il possible that profession can
last in the face of such performance believe
in the policy of the labor law. This body OF
legislation is one Of the most important OF
our statutes, for the reason that you can test
the civilization of country, Its refinement, It's
real prosperity. when you ascertain 10 what ex-
tent the conditions of wage earners are Seri-
olsIy regarded and TO what extent wage earners
themselves share in the benefits of the indus
trial life of the community (ApplauseD
If a man comes before the public or cor
pOraton comes TO the public and obtains a fran
chise or a special privilege in order that IL can
do business and make money, the first and patri-
otfc consideration for the who engaged
in that enterprise should be, what can we give
10 the community for thls-not how much can
We get from the community AT its expense for
our enrichment. (Applause1
The enrichment of community is the enrich
ment of all. No Is truly rich except in
what he gives The man who gives not, but
takes is the most miserable Of all poor men.
(Great appause)
SPEECH AT TAYLORS HALL
In Taylor's Hall Mr.. Hughes said:
This campaign was opened with a sonorous
declaration of independence. 1t declared inde-
pendence of party and arraigned both parties;
lar will, IL made much of the Importance OF
representative government; it chose as its leader
one who Processes to stand for political liberty
and for true representation.
Hardly had the words of this declaration died
away when there came the test Of the profess
sion. the which met by the shameless
proceedings of the Buffalo convention.
We meet tonight under Republican auspices.
/ am a Republican candidate, and l deem il a
high privilege to stand as Republican candi-
date when the Republican party welcomes the
support of all good citizens who desire that il
this important issue il should be settled once
for all that the reforms We desire to accom-
p!ish shall be obtained in d sane and Ordsriy
manner. .
Therefore it is when old line Democrats come
10 me as they have come To this evening In
cortland and have assured OF their support
that welcome that support. not simply
Republican. but citizen. and can tell them
and they know that tell the trUth-that IL I am
elected I viii be their Governor. and the Cover
nor Of all the people irrespective of party.
believe in a recognition of the fact that we
are all bound together in this country and one
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