The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-02
GREAT HUGHES RALLY In UTICA
STREETS AGLOW WITH RED FIRE
AND FLAMING TORCHES.
rhree Thousand Cheering Men Greet Him
AT the Majestic Theatre Hundreds or
Others I'm the streets ClamOr for Ad-
mission - Bls Meeting In Norwich.

another triumph to his list tonight. Utica
gave him a welcome second in point of
enthusiasm to none hat he has received
since the campaign began. He addressed
two audiences, one of 5000 and the other
Of 1000. and hundreds Of other people
clamored in the streets for admission.
The presence on the same platform of
Secretary of State Elihu Root. 0neida's
f~avorite son, was an added inducement
for Utica folks TO turn out, but hearty as
was the crowds ribute to the distinguished
Cabinet officer. IL was evident that the
uppermost thought in their minds was to
show Mr.. Hughes that they are behind
him heart and o
The candidate was about an hour late
in getting here and that disarrsnged the
reception plan a little but 1t did not cool the
spirit of the crowd any. Even II he could
not 20 in the parade. they were ready 70
start out alone and meet him later at the
theatre for IA final grand sendof. For
an hour early in the evening the streets
were aglow with red fire. Sizing roman
candles and flaming torches,
The Majestic Theatre, where the princi-
pal meeting Of the night was held, was filed
TO its utmost capacity half an hour before
the time set for the opening speech. The
aisles on the main floor aud IN the galleries
were packed. The speakers when they
attempted 10 enter at the stage door found
that they were up against a solid mass
Of humanity. Three or four policemen led
the way, and finally, through the assistance
Of one OF two others in the rear who acted
as pushcrs, Mr.. Hughes and the other
speakers were catapulted into the hall. II
was a case then Of squeezing their way
through the dense throng that filed the
stage wings.
As Mr.. Hughes and Secretary Root APP
peared the great crowd jumped to its feet
TO a man. Hats we're thrown in the air and
the men cheered themselves hoarse.
Col. William Cary Sanger, former Assist
ant Secretary of War, presided. A wild
cheer greeted MIR. Hughes as he stepped to
the front Of the stage, and it was renewed
a moment later when a lot of American
flags we're lowered from the flies. The
crowd listened intently to everything that
the candidate had to say. Mr.. Root was
perhaps rs earnest a listener as anybody
in the theatre. It was the first time he had
ever heard Mr.. Hughes make a campaign
address.
Mr.. Hughes. in beginning. paid a tribute
10 the Secretary Of State. He said:
1T is particularly gratifying 10 me to-
night TO join with you in meeting that dis
~tinguished son Of Oneida. who has twice
left the great opportunities offered by the
highest professional distinction to serve
the people Of the United States, and who
has conferred the greater distinction by
his services upon the two offices which ne
has held in the national Government: lap
plause.l He comes to us tonight the hero of
the victories of peace, and when the history
of his country is written there will be few
brighter pages than those which recount
the reforms he made possible in the adj
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the service he has rendered as Secretary
of State of the United States Applause
There were a good many Democrats in
the audience. That was evident from the
applause that followed every reference by
the speaker to old line Democrats who had
repudiated the Hearst-Murphy deal. Re-
ferring chiefly to these Democrats, Mr..
Hughes declared:
If am elected Governor | shall be their
Governor and your Governor and the Gov
ernor of all the citizens Of the State, ire
spective of party ties.
The candidates attack upon Hearst for
his political insinCerity took as well with
Utica folks as il has with the people Of other
cities.
n II one would set himself up as a leader,
let him !. ok to it," said Mr.. Hughes. that
he does not barter his independence to
achieve a party nomination
Cheers greeted this declaration.
The memory of the Buffalo convention
action will be written clear in the ballots
cast on election day
Mr.. Hughes renewed his pledge TO see
10 il, if elected, hat the streams Of legisla-
ton at Albany are kept clear.
n measure, he asserted, not promoted
on its merits will have any chance OF sue
cess in the executive hamber.'
Mr.. Hughes declared that he would not
ask any more Of the heads of his depart
ments than he would ark of himself, and
he would apply no test 70 their actions that
he would not apply to his own.
IAN end must be put TO petty graft and
endeavors 20 milk the State exclaimed
the candidate. and the crowd shouted is
approval. Every dollar that is needed to
enforce the law OF the State. but not a cent
extended extrava gantly, was the economic
policy outlined by Mr.. Hughes.
" want to sec a gospel of good will
preached, we want to make reforms because
We love our country
Mr.. Hughes was Cheered heartily at the
conclusion Of his address.
The candidates second speech was de-
Evered before an enthusiastic audience OF
1000 in Maeunerchor Hall.
Mr.. Hughes will leave here in the morning,
speaking in Schenectady and Catskill, aud
arriving in Now York at 4 O'Clock in the
evening.
Mr.. Hughes had made three speeches in
the course of his days campaigning before
he appeared on the platform in this city.
At Norwich, in Chenango county, he de-
Lvered an address before an audience OF
1000 in the opera horse, and at Hamilton,
where two years Of the candidates student
life were spent he talked TO a crowd Of people
about half Of them undergraduates. The
third afternoon meeting WAS at Herkimer,
Just outside of this city, where the candidate
addressed an enthusiastic gathering OF
w~orkingmen. Mr.. Hughes was in Norwich
from 1890 o'clock in the morning until ,
o'clock in the afternoon.
That town ordinarily is strongly Re-
publican, but this year il is doubly so. II
was almost impossible 10 find a Hearst
lithozraph in the place, and about the only
sentiment that could be discovered for
the Independence Seague man was that
displayed by one of his lieutenants, who
filled an automobile with boys, the most
of them With free Journals under their
arms, and insisted on driving up and down
the street in front Of the Hughes party
while the youthful occupants whooped Il
up for Hearst.
Mr.. Hughes in his afternoon speeches
repeated for the most part the things he
has said before in the campaign. In the
Norwich speech. however, he ret forth
for the first time his attitude toward fra
ternal insurance companies. Tn Arm
strong insurance laws. which were drawn
by Mr.. Hughes, prevent the organization
IN the future Of f%raternal compa MES. Mr..