The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-27
~ ,ba TACT that Whitney had represented

10 the fact that Whitney had represented
| Mr.. Hearst In one of his lighting suits.
1T seems utterly impossible said Mr..
Hughes, for him to understand that a man
can have a conscience and do HIS duty and
be an honorable man in society. Mr.. Whitney
voted for my opponent in 1904. lie has
represented him in legal battles; but he
was not satisfied with his action In regard
to an important matter in connection with
traction in New York city, and. as l am
informed tonight. has publicly stated that
he did not believe my opponent was aklng
the measures which should be taken against
a public abuse. What are you TO say OF
political sincerity when you find the object
Of profession, the object of promise. IS To
get nomination for office and that when the
| test comes, when there il a chance really
10 serve the people by putting in men who
are unfettered and who have proved their
capacity, he turns them down TO make a
deal with the boss Of Tammany Hail."
Mr.. Hughes and his party left Ithaca,
where the candidate spoke last night, at 7
O'Clock this morning over the Delaware
and Lackawanna road. At Owego, WHARF,
the Hughes special car was TO have been
attached to a westbound regular tram 4n
the main line, word was received OF a freight
wreck which had delayed all passenger
| traffic from two to three hours. A long
wait at Owego meant the d~sarrangement
| of the candidates plans for a day rally IN
Bath. Steuben county, but this was avoided
bv prompt action on the part of the railroad
officials In Offering to fulfil their contract
by making the Hughes car up into a special
train. A remarkably fast run was made
between Owego and Bath. On one stretoh
of track twenty-on miles was reeled on
in II nut
A crowd of 300 was waiting at the Bath
station when the train pulled in at about
IL O'Clock, and the reception was started
were many veterans from the big soldiers
home at Bath. They raised their faded
hats and sent up a cheer which went
straight to the heart OF every one VINO
herd it. One old colored veteran, whose
kinky hair was as white as snow, hobbled
up beside the Hughes carnage and let out
a Iusty Hip, hip, hoorah!'
Don't make 80 much noise!' shouted
one of his comrades, who also was crowding
close TO the candidates carriage;
bat your eyel Go binkl" the colored SOL
der shouted bark, which was a new one
for Mr.. Hughes and most OF those In his
party.
twenty-five Of Baths prominent business
men. many of them Democrats. They fell
in behind the Soldiers Home band and
marched with the candidate to the heart OF
the town. a distance of about a quarter OF a
mile. The crowd that had turned out at the
station wa only the tail end OF the throng
that had gathered to see and hear the can
didate.
Democrats themselves admitted that
there were three or four times as many
| people on the streets as had come out TO
greet Mr.. Hearst when he visited the place
a week or more ago Special Delegations
had come from Hammondsport, Avoca and
Pr9ttsburE and farmers from all the sur
rounding Country had driven In with their
families. Every public hitching place had
its farmers rig and the church sheds were
filed. There were b~uckboards, running
boards, plain carriages. lumber wagons and
family carryalls. Almost everybody within
a radius Of seven miles who had a horse
and a vehicle of any sort was out to con-
tribute his share toward the general well
come.
For more than an hour Mr.. Hughes was
kept busy shaking hands in the court hoU e.
The soldiers orchestra played while the
crowd filed in. One Of the men who greeted
the candidate was Reuben r. Lyon the
Independence League State committeeman
for this district. He told Mr.. Hughes hat
he couldn't vote for him. but he didn't see
why that should prevent him from shaking
hands. Frank Campbell, the old David b.
Hill chairman Of the Democratic State COM
mittee, who Is said to be behind the lnde-
~pendence League movement in Steuben
county, didn't call on the candidate. He
was on the street, though, n predicted
that the Republican majority in Steuben
would be cut considerably this fall. Some
OF the local Republicans said that Campbell
had put up an awful kick because a Churn
factory in which he holds stock had blown
it's whistle for Hughes al the candidates
train pulled into the town.
There are almost 1000 veterans in the
home at Bath, and a large percentage of
them filed past Mr.. Hughes and shook his
hand. There were the usual number Of old
line Democrats who assured the candi-
date Of their support. One Of them, after