New-York tribune., 1906-11-03
CAN'T RESIST HUGHES
KINGS AND QUEENS HIS.
Cro7cds Cheer When He Promises
Better Transit Facilities.

In q trip through Kings and Queens last night
Charles E. Hughes spoke to nearly twenty thou
sand persons, large part of whom were work
ingmen and received welcome that warranted
his assertion made at the beginning of the trip
in Long island City, that everything east of the
East River all right.
For the most part Mr. Hughes spoke in halls
which earlier in the campaign>had been visited
bv his opponent and in each case had a larger
and more enthusiastic audience In half dozen
instances he made such impression that even
the patrolmen, many Of whom are for Hearst
declared that they had been converted.
Mr.. Hughes. despite his arduous campaign up
state was in fine voice and health He spoke at
ten different meetings, and at the last one his
voice was practically as unimpaired as at the
start.
Mr.. Hughes dwelt at length in his speeches on
the American sense of decency and fair play OF
Justice and old fashioned common sense Whlch
revolted at the indecencies and falsehoods which
had been injected into the campaign by Hearst
and his followers
He told of his determination to serve the en-
tire people of the state regardless of special IN
terests, and aroused the most intense enthusl-
asm by referring 10 the shameful transit faclli-
ties in Brooklyn, promising to study all possible
ways to remedy them and to force the Brooklyn
decent and adequate service
He made his first speech at Frenzs Hail. in
Long Island City, TO an audience composed
largely of laboring men. He was met at the
Third Ward Republican Club by well known
Republicans of the distrct-the 1st Assembly
and escorted to the hall, block away. Nearly
five hundred persons followed. cheering him,
the chant Hughes, Hughes, Charles E.
Hughesi'' beating the effect OF the Madison
Square Hearst slogan.
When Mr. Hughes reached the hall it
about half filled, because of the early hour. but
before he was well into his speech several hun
dred men marched in, filling the hall TO its
pacity Here he said in part:
I have been going through the state a Re
publican candidate, standing as the nominee of
the Republican Convention. and l have been
meeting oldine Democrats all the way along in
every county, who have come 10 me and said,
I'VE have never voted for a Republican candi-
date, but We are going to vote for you And
have told them as I tell you, that if I am
the Governor of all the people of this state.
irrespective of party.
We have got great prosperity in this country,
and TO keep il.
We have got business enterprises constantly
expanding. and we want them TO increase. We
have got opportunities for men TO get employ
ment. and we want more of them and not less
It is a great deal better that work should seek
the workingman, rather than that the working
man should look for work.
Now, ii is the easiest thing in the world TO
destroy that prosperity; Talk about the ditu-
got 10 have the prosperity first before you can
diffuse It.
We want clean business and we want clean
politics. We want men to run for office who are
disinterested. We want men TO understand that
it is great deal more important TO have the
administration of this government conducted in
a proper way than ii is to sell some newspapers.
We want people to understand that it is more
important in government that a man should
,-i.rI,r hot Slofr1t MT
office: that it is more important that he should
be fair and just than that he should make
money; that it is more important that he
should do the square thing. and honor What IS
good and true, and try to correct evils IN the
right way than that he should achieve any am
hition, or that he should achieve an ambition TO
become Governor of the State of New York.
Now I am for the laborng man. I believe in
our labor legislation. l believe in all the good
that has been accomplished in response to the
just demand of labor. During the last twelve
years we have had lot of laws passed relating
to labor.
great many things of Importance to the laborng
man. with regard to hours of labor, with regard
child labor, with regard to proper safeguards
for employees in dangerous employment, and we
have had things done which show more than
anything else in our legislation the response
that people make TO the just demands OF every
body in the community who works with his
hands.
Now. am for those laws If I elected,
so far my power goes. they will be enforced.
believe in labor organizations. 1t has been
a great thing for this country TO have wise leau-
ershp in labor organization and mutual help
fulness.
There is absolutely nothing that see in the
Governorship save a chance TO give the people
square deal.
1t is a great honor to be nominated for Gov,
ernor-it is q great office 70 hOld-but as read
the history Of the past, the only honor and the
only distinction that any Governor ever had has
depended on the extent to which he has done his
duty.
FOR REAL REPRESENTATIVES,
The people want TO see their representatives
feel that they really represent the people. They
want TO see them anxious TO find out what the
people need; desirous of meeting every need OF
society that can be properly met by government.
They want departments and commissions run III
the interests Of the people
Now so far as l am concerned, If am elected
I shall hold every one who is responsible in any
way TO me- responsible for acting solely in the
interest of tho people and not in the interest of
anybody else
/ want TO see fair justice done by everybody
who works. That is the American idea-Work.
Everybody ought TO work. The man that can
work and does not work, that man Is not en-
titled TO our respect, because il is work that
makes this country great. And the one thing
above all others that should see TO is that We
should have a fair opportunity for work.
We want TO get rid of unfair determinations
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