The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-04

IL may be AN efficient administration, sntiS-
factory to the people and creditable to your
aelvcs and the party. @
-The committee performs it, duty with
very great pleasure, especially because
since your nomination there have come
from many sources such signs of popular
approval that your election ~ foreOrdained
lAPplauscl.
-1lcl. Of you in this campaign and back
OF tho administration into which II con-
ndentIY expects you will be ~inaugurated,
you will find an organization, united and
coherent which will give 10 you every nS-
%gistanCc which il il roper for You TO have.
Mr.. Hughes and your colleagues, ] am
proud Of the opportunity a. chairman OF
this committee formally 10 notify you OF
your nomination,
Mr.. Hughes stepped ont. Hi1 face was
slightly pale and he looked n little nervous,
but hi. y, $50 was perfect. He said;
Mr. HuxhcS's speech ~ Acceptance.
Nj. Chairman and gentlemen Of the
notification Comnittee;
Highly apprcc eating the honor you have
conferred and realizing keenly the respon-
sibility to 10 assumed, | accept the noinl-
nation. As a lifelong Republican, a. one
loyal TO the principles and best TRADITIONS
of tho party, | respond TO the unanimous
call Cf The convention. | especially clain
TO represent true Reput licanism when |
promise TO administer the affairs OF the Safe
IN the interest 81 I II its citizens. lrecoRnl2-
the e~xigency which ina : made us the trustees
of the conscience and sober sentiment OF
the people of the state and has charged
us with The duty OF leadership in a contest
for decent government. To this contest,
humf w G, nsci lus Of my own limitations.
hut strong IN the strength OF the cause, |
,nmit myself heart and soul without
dlubt AS to the reHu l..
We-put.r UPON The campaign inspired
by trs example and fortified by he chlev
mentS Of our great leader, TheodoreRoose-
welt. Tbe national administration, with
it's record Of este blished reforms, has
strengi hened its hold uPon the confidence
Of the PEOPLE. Governmental powers Tor
investigation and prosecution have been
tnanty used to end be abuses and discrlm-
inn l1rs which ha We afflicted interstate
coEprAercn, to break up unlawful com
biHaEions and to enforce the proviions
ofSKe Anti-Trus; act. The activities Of
Congress in tho interest of all the people
have been at,es;ed 10y the passage of the
Railroad Rate act. the Meat Inspection
act, the Pure Food act and the Employer
Liability act.
Irrrferring to this record Of the Federal
Rdminist ration, | should not be- understood
TO implythat This il a campaign Of national
The ISSUES in his CAM
patkn are :, ate issHes. But in the matters
whtch-E have mentioned. we find a notable
record Of achievement which presents
a striking contrast to the noisy pretensions
of the hour.
STATE REFORMS TOO.
nuFState administration has also accom-
pHPhed many genuine reforms.
The gas and electric monopoly Of New
York city has been subjected TO impartial
Investigation and u atatHte has been passed
fixing The rate TO private consumers at So
cents per 900 cubic feet. While this act
has been attacked and the claim OF tho
companies that the rate II so low a. 10
pmount to confiscation IL before the Federal
courts for determination, the state has
done all that il can do cOnstitutionally to
rive the residents Of this city cheaper gas.
Corporations have been prohibited from
coutributing to political campaign funds.
The law as to perjury has been made
more stringent.
Corrupt LOBBYING has been made more
difficult and the honorable presentation Of
argument relating to legislative measures
has been promoted by a statute compelling
the registration Of persons appearing and
the filing Of statements Of compensation
paid. -
Good roads have been provided for.
An act has been passed extending the
liability Of railroads for personal injuries
suffered by employees.
The LIQUOR license la " has been amended
&C as TO abolish the %iniquities which had
grown up in connection with the so-called
Raiues law hotels.
The business Of life insurance, Of vital
consequence to the secIrit0 OF our homes,
has been purged Of its abuses and placed
under restrictions conserving the interests
Of policyholders.
Our great life insurance companies, which
were mutual in theory. have been made 80
in fact, and the pOlicyholders have been
given free opportunity to elect their repre-
sentatiyes.
And in connection with tho proceeding s
which led to these legislative measures the
attention of the country has been directed
20 correct standards Of business morality,
and the conscience of the people has been
aroused to a more insistent demand for the
strict discharge Of fduciary obligation and
for honesty in public and private life.
II is proper that we should rejoice. and
we do frankly rejoice, that while these
reforms had the support Of the sentiment
of the State, they were accom- lished under
the Republican administration. And apart
from his official relation to the legislation
20 which 1 have referred. il is with special
pleasure that | refer to the cordial support
Of which was constantly made aware dur
ing the gas and insurance Investigations on
the part OF Gov. Frank w. Higgins.
WHAT THE OTHER SIDE Al FOR.
What do we find in opposition 20 us?
A mas lCerade. An Independence Lea que
who's independence has been betrayed,
and a so-called but spurious Democratic
party WIlCtt NhF Nfpldlth tNtIy DIA1ClDle
of Democratic government.
No one can Ceny III the right to pay Just
trhtne to "Jeffersonian Democrats or to
Lincoln Republicans" Our contest il not
with them, and the candidates opposed to
us are not Of them. Vain is il for our oppo-
nents to parade in the livery Of virtue
Empty are their professions and hollow their
declarations and promises.
If you would know the sort of administra =
ton we should nave in Abe event Of their
success, look at the Buffalo convention, for
there you will find their motives and their
methods mirrored their motive, selfish
ness, and their method. intrigue.
We test the sincerity of their assertion Of
INDEPENDENCE by their efforts to procure
the Democratic nomination.
We test the sincerity of their denuncia-
ton of bosses by their deals with bosses.
We test the sincerity Of their appeals to
American ideals by their d~espotic pro-
ccedings.
We test the sincerity Of their attacks upon
the use Of money in politics by their use Of
money in politics.
We test the sincerity Of their devotion to
the interests Of the people nv their efforts
"a. foment disorder and exploit ignorance in
the interest of selfish ambition.
THE SUPREME ISSUE.
What. then. ia the supreme issue Of this
campaign? II is not IN issue of the Repub-