The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-04
HUGHES REPLIES TO HEARST.
NEVER had ANNUAL RETAINER
FROM A CORPORATION.

IL Not q C~OrpOratIOn I~ntrtEuer. NegOtlator
or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 20 No One.
He VIII serve the People Only-sen.
alter Armstrong; ON Insurance Inquiry.
Charles Z. Hughes, in a talk with re-
porters at the headquarters OF the Re
publican State committee. replied yeeter-
day morning TO the attack made upon him
by Mr.. Hearst on Tuesday night. Mr.
Hearst described Mr.. Hughes as "a cor
poration lawyer Of a corporation party
in such matters said Mr.. Hughes, i
suppose 1t is impossible for Mr.. Hearst to
Se strictly accurate. I am not q corpora
ton lawyer in the sense which the term
implies. l am not an ~intrigler, negotiator'
manipulation or engineer.
Il have never had an annual retainer
from a corporation. The little corporation
work that has come to me has come merely
In the course Of my legal career, and has
formed a. most insignificant part OF my
business.
Il have had less business from corpora
ions thar from other mercantile interests.
Perhaps the most important and the best
corporation work l ever did was done in
behalf OF the State Of New York. l am
committed to no corporation or individual,
and IL elected l shall serve the people only"
Mr.. Hughes's attention was called to the
fact that Mr.. Hearst was declaring on the
platform that he was the candidate who
stood for Americanism.
L think it will be found before this cam
paign il over" said Mr.. Hughes, that l
am standing for the things that are really
American"
Mr.. Hughes said that the number OF Demo-
Gratis who were Offering their support to
him was amazing. The bulk of his mail
each day, he said, consists OF letters OF pro-
test from Democrats who refuse to swallow
the Hearst-M Murphy deal and the Cochran
theories about riot and ~rottenness.
Mr.. Hughes spent only q short time at the
State committee headquarters. He had
a talk with Chairman Woodruff and met
! some of the upstate leaders who were
on hand for the afternoon meeting OF the
committee. Senator W. W. Armstrong OF
, Rochester, who was chairman Of the State
insurance committee INC presided at the
Saratoga convention, was one OF the up
Staters who greeted Mr.. Hughes.
you look as though you were feeling fine
and well insured" was Mr.. Hughes's greet
ing to the Rochester Senator.
Senator Armstrong, whose relations with
MIR. Hughes during the insurance inquiry
were very close, is enthusiastic over the
latter's candidacy and predicts a great VIC
tory for him at the polls. His estimate OF
Mr.. Hughes's plurality was between 100000
| and 100000.
There are" said Senator Armstrong,
about I,5OO.OOO voters in This State and
YOU can't convince me that the majority
of them are 80 deluded as to vote for Mr..
Hearst. In my town the outlook for Mr..
H-h- - 49, o~l rly rDaaafn Manu- nrOni-
nent Democrats are openly advocating his
election"
Mr.. Armstrong was asked what he thought
about the labor vote.
Il don't think it will be cast soldly Tor
Hearst by any means, he said.
Senator Armstrong was not altogether
in sympathy with the plan to divorce state
and national issues in the campaign. He
thought that it was very necessary that
Congressman should he returned to WASH
ington who would uphold tho Presidents
hands. .
eff Mr.. Hearst should carry the State Of
New York it would be "A blow to the Repub-
lican party at large; il would be in the nature
OF a national calamity, " said the Senator.
Speaking personally OF Mr.. Hughes,
Senator Armstrong said:
MIR. Hughes is plaintiffs exhibit A in his
own case. He is his WI best campaign
argument. All we want il to bring him
face to face with the voters OF the state
No one can talk to Hughes for FIVE minutes
without realizing that he is a great man."
Senator Armstrong was asked in regard
to the story that the Equitable Life had
contributed $40, 900 to Mr.. Higgins's cam
paign and that the fact was suppressed in
the inquiry. The Senator replied that he
knew nothing OF any such contribution
He said that. naturally. there were many
facts that didn't come to light in the com
mittee proceedings, but he denied that the
committee had purposely suppressed any
thing that was germane TO the subject
under investigation. In regard to the
charge that has been made that the com
mittee refused TO call certain witnesses, Mr..
Armstrong said that there were cases in
which witnesses who had private axes to
grind against certain of the companies
failed to get q public hearing. but in every
one Of those cases the man had an oppor-
tunity to appear before the COMMITTEES
privately and state his case. Mr.. Arm
strong said the committee felt that 1t was
the best judge as to whether or not the
ends OF the investigation would be best
served by having the allegations publicly
recited.
sTbe COMMITTEES, A" said the Sc nator, has
been criticised for not s~ubp1naiDg George
B. Cortelyou, chairman Of the Republican
national campaign committee, and Cor
nelius N. Bliss, its treasurer. But from
the start the committee took the stand
hat il would pursue the investigation Of
insurance funds only so long as they re-
manned in the possession of the companies
themselves or their agents. To trace the
disposal Of insurance money after it had
passed into the hands Of outsiders would
have made the Investigation an endless
one, and we should eventually have been
Investigating matters which did not pertain
to life Insurance in the slightest degree
Senator Armstrong said that the calling
of Senator Platt and Mr.. Odell was neces-
sary to obtain corroboratory evidence.
Ex-Mayor Low called on Mr.. Hughes
and Herbert Parsons yesterday and ten
dered his services to both. His offer was
accepted and during the campaign Mr..
Low will speak both in the State and in
the county.
Il think" Mr.. Low said. when he was
asked what he thought of the chances
of Mr.. Hughes, that Mr.. Hughes viii be
elected because he in the very man we need
to meet such al emergency as now con-
fronts the Republicans. Mr.. Hughes stands
for reform, but he stands for reform with
out destruction. IL il imperative that
hard work should be lone by Republicans
all over the State in order TO make the cleo
ton of Mr.. Hughes certain. One OF the
most important tasks that the managers
of the campaign should set themselves
IL m Oat ont n large registrations"