The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-06
IOSGsHOREMEECHEE HUGHES
TOW R0Ck CONES ACROSS TOWN
70 LEND hin 4 H4ND.

Don't VERY About U.s." Is the ary From
the Crowd when the Candidate Tss
Governor Arrives: We're Tsr You.
n Make Any Mistake About That "
More thai 1000 w~orkingmen. many OF
them longshoremen. turned out at a noon
day meeting at West and Bethune streets
yesterday TO hear the Republican candi-
date for Governor. Tom Rock was ad-
dressing the crowd when Mr.. Hughes
arrived at the meeting. The two had never
met before and they grssped hands cor
daily.
bit. said the union man.
You deserve a great deal OF credit,
was Mr.. Hughes's reply.
Ii was Rocks first speech Of the day.
and although he was far from his district
everybody seemed to know him.
Tommy, = cried a grizEled old longshore-
man. Tommy. crowd on every inch OF
c~snvas-you're sailin' a winnin' craft
It's no scab affair. anyway replied
Rock. because I'm no scab. II I didn't
have a paid up union card you might have
believed Winie's patent medicine sheet
to-day when il said that PAYERS Union
No. 4 had declared / was not a member
Of hat organization and repudiated me.
No-I'm a member Of No. 1. No. 4 has
sixty members. Thirty were present
yesterday-all al present in the employ OF
the city on the public highways. These
were the mes that repudiated me-.
He then made a special plea 70 the long
shoremen'
-Fingy Conners. chief cook and bottle
washer for the Democratic aggregation.
the friend OF labor they tell you about.
drove all the union longshoremen from
the grain elevators in Buffalo noe and
treated them worse than dogs
When Mr.. Hughes arrived the crowd
was packed around the platform like figs
in a box
Don't worry about us shouted n
Of the longshoreanen near the platform;
we're for you, don't make any mistake
about that
Indeed l am counting on YOU replied
Mr.. Hughes. hut don't forget 70 urn
out early tomorrow"
Mr.. Hughes renewed his pledges to en-
force the labor laws Of the State. Said he:
i stAnd for the nights OF labor: i stand
for fair treatment Of every just labor in
terest. That is what We wan in this cOun-
trv-simply fair. treatment and decent and
honest administration Of siains.r
Mr.. Hughes told the crowd tina; he ap-
proved heartily Of the policy reflected in
the labor legislation Of the last ten years
Il believe said he, in the tenement
house legislation; / beliey 9 in the legislation
against sWeaiEhops; ] believe in the legs
lailon regarding hours of labor; l believe
in the legislation regarding child labor;
! believe IN the legislation protecting men
-, . kasW avn nla-wnnYs- F~lrn - sNa--. \ Inla.-A
in the legislation regarding Inspection,
10 see to II that business Is run under proper
conditions: believe in every Measure
thai has been passed in the last twelve
years for the benefit OF the wage earners.
And l want you men TO know thai II l go
10 Albany everything that is. for the real
beneht Of will have my cordial sup
bort. ] want TO see fair and honest govern
ment and representatives Of the people
sensitive TO the needs Of the people.
Government L. not a thing 70 be set I'D
for the benefit Of a few II isn't a thing to
be run for the benefit % oA1ceholders: II
isn't a thing TO be rim for the benefit Of
any party. The highest partisan expe-
Giency L. 10 make government a thing OF
benefit in honest and fair administration to
all the people Of TIE State. and II | take Office
at Albany II will De under a solemn sense
q responsibility 10 DO nv best. to give all
the 10 yer that Is IN me TO see that every
interest IN the State, 10 agriculture, industry
OF NQIlAAAANINf "a AAF GAurAlNDu lTOIA lie
state that i l. entitled 20 receive.
i have 10 political obligations. You
know that. lou Know inst as we'll "a / do
that ] took this nomination because il came
- me in a way which leaves me entirely
free.
Mr.. Hughe- sad that he had no patience
VITA talk by those who do not pay their
taxes ahotr corporations evadlng the law.
He continued
IT j. an easy thing 10 te=t whether a
- "a IT,
purity. II he want- 10 make the admins
tration 81 our Government right. then he
would cut Oi hIs right hand bel ore he would
turn ont Of a Convention an honestly elected
delegate. II a man II really deSirous OF
doing the night thing and freeing this coun-
irv OF bosses he Nculd cut of his right hand
before he wolld make a deal With . boss
IN orje- that he might get an ofce.'
Mr.. Hughes declared that he is for the
enforcement Of the law aEainst unfair dis
elimination in business He added. There
Is no COT Grafton that has any line on ne.
and no one knows il better han my op-
ponent. Only a short time ago he had
occasion TO I raise what ! cid, and nov he
censures. What is the digerencet Only
the DIFF erence OF a norma ton. A short
time ago he put a man in stripes with whom
now be IL in close association. What is the
difference. Only a nomination. Now the
American peoy le cannot be fooled in that
way. the American people are going TO
deal with lie questions before them hon
estly and =qlarely. l pun ose that any
measure. to have any hsnce Of success
with me, will nave TO be advanced hone stiy,
IN an open handed way. pun oee TO find
out the facts and 20 deal with those "a is
fairly. 10 find out what ought 20 be done,
and then l will do il. and you will know
the reason why ! do it. That il my platform,
and uy on that ! ask for your support to-
MORROW
Hundreds crowded around the candidate
at the conclusion Of the speech TO assure
him Of their SUPP OFT.