Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-15
RUGHESIN HIGHSPIRITS
MADE FOURTEEN SPEECHES AND
LIKES THE PROSPECT.

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| party arrived in town early yesterday
morning over the New York Central The
| candidate was pretty well tired out after
| his weeks whirl through the state and he
| hurried to his home in West End avenue
| for a full days rest.
Mr.. Hughes in the course Of the week de-
| lvered fourteen political speeches In nine
counties Of the Observation-Disclosures. wayne
Erie. Ontario, Yates, Seneca, Herkimer.
Montgomery and Fulton.
AS expressed in the statement which he
| made Saturday night, Mr.. Hughes Is
| well pleased with the results OF his first
upstate tour. The thing that impressed
| him most. as 1t did other persons who made
the trip, was the extent of the revolt among
old line democrats against the Hearst
candidacy.
| In the country districts and in cities like
i Buffalo, where Hearst is badly tangled In
| the local situation, the detection In the
| democratic ranks, judged from the assur-
, ances which came to Mr.. Hughes, Is re-
markedly. large-a good deal larger. In fact,
| than the republican candidate or his cam
paign managers expected. But In manufac-
| turing cities, where Hearst>h has managed to
! steer clear of local fractional fights-ctties
| like Gloyersville, Johnstown, Amsterdam
and Little Falls-the Hughes party found
! dangerously strong sentiment for the OPP
| posing candidate.
g, Good Crowds From Workshops.
| Good crowds turned out from the facto-
ries in all these cities to greet Mr.. Hughes,
| and there was a generous display of en-
| thusiasm, but at the same time the general
| conditions pointed Enthusiastically to a
strong leaning toward Hearst. In Little
Falls, for instance, several persons familiar
| with the political situation estimated that
two-thirds Of the factory employees would
cast their ballots :. for the Independence
Lacquer, and this. it was said would repre-
sent very considerable detection In the
| republican ranks A straw vote, taken on
one floor of Stafford & Coles factory gave
Hearst q votes. Hugees 8, with three
| blanks. That, 1t was SAID Is a pretty fair
indication Of the Hearst strength among
] the Little Falls factory employees.
John A. Cole. chairman Of the Fulton
county committee. professed to have no
! fear for Hughes candidacy In his county.
| He admitted that there Is apparently 8
strong Hearst sentiment just at present
| among the factory workmen In Gloversvli!e
and Johnstown. But there was, he said.
| campaign, yet when the votes were counted
1t was found that Fulton was safely n the
| republican column. He expected that the
| democrats who would bolt Hearst In Full
| ton county would more than Offset the votes
which he will get from any detection In the
| republican ranks That seemed to be the
rock of hope for most OF the campaign
leaders in counties where Hearst sentiment
prevails among the city factory hands.
| They are looking for tremendous vote
for Hughes In the rural districts.
Flocked to Mr. Hughes.
| It is Mr.. Hughes desire to spend as much
time as possible from now until the end OF
| the campaign in the manufacturing centers,
| in the enemys stronghold. There has been
lot Of criticism among upstate leaders
| over the itinerary of the trip which has
| Just been completed. The candidate. these
men argued. has practically been wasting
his time in going through republican
| strongholds like Ontario. Wayne and Yates
counties. They urged Mr. Hughes to strike
| out for the manufacturing cities for the re-
mainder of his campaign. aDd 1t is likely
that this is what will be done; it certainly
will If the desire of the candidate prevails.
| At Penn Yam the democrats literally
| flocked to Mr.. Hughes with assurances OF
| their support and votes. It was the same
| way In the other western New York rural
| districts. At Geneva, Ontario county. the
democratic mayor of the city, Arthur Rose
! headed the parade in honor of the oandi
| date; at Canandagua Mr.. Hughes was told
| that Hughes democratic club with thirty
| six members was to be formed; at Seneca
| Falls and even In the small manufacturing
| cities in the central part of the state demo-
| Gratis Joined with republicans in extending
| their best wishes to the candidate. 1t was
| noticed, though, that in the manufacturing
| cities 1t was usually the more prosperous
| looking democrats who stepped forward In
support of the republican candidate.
| A Better Campaigner.
| Mr.. Hughes returned to New York
| much better campaigner than when he
| started. Persons who heard him before he
started on the trip gave 1t as their opinion
that he would surprise New Workers the
next time he appeared before them. A
| weeks experience before upstate audi
| ences has taken a good many kinks out
| of his delivery, and he goes at things now
| in the real campaign hammer and tongs
| way. AS Job Hedges expressed it frequent
| ly to the upstate audiences: 'Mr. Hughes
| Is learning"
! The trip up state had its amusing Incl
| dents, and nobody enjoyed them more than
| did Mr.. Hughes In the first place there
| was Job Hedges, who referred to himself
| as 1.-The whole burnt offering" of the cam
! paign. 1t his job to make Mr.. Hughes
| appear human" and he did 1t in the best
| natured way possible. until the chairman
! Of the Geneva meeting introduced him as
| follows:
| "a humorist and a Brooklyn politicitn,
| dyed in the wool, who has touched every
| city In the state-Job e. Hughes" Mr..
| Hedges didn't mind being called a Brook
| lyn politician, and he would stand for the
| name Hughes, but he was compelled in
common honor to protest against being
| called q humorist. And furthermore he
| hadn't touched every city in the state HE
had been touched in every CITY," he said