New-York tribune., 1906-11-06
STRONG HUGHES FINISH.
ENTHUSIASM At CLIMAX.
Candidate Holds Cheering Crozrds
IN Hearst Strongholds.

~ ~ the SITOHc OF nl0nlght, WliCn DrOuSnI IN
the day Of victory for Charles E. Hughes. the
candidate swung in a circle around the city,
silencing the batteries OF the enemy and spiking
MS guns. From a tent in 125th street and
series of crowded East Side halls and back up
town to where eight thousand frenziedIy en-
thusiastic friends waited for him at Durland's
Riding Academy, Mr. Hughes's way was marked
by wave Of enthusiasm which swept around
and ahead of him like surf curling around a
rock.
Husky of voice, but still strong and vigorous
Mr. Hughes grpped and carried his audiences
OFF their seats. Down the East Side and on
the lower edge Of Harlem. in districts that none
had dreamed Of finding other than solid for
Hearst, Mr. Hughes found himself, as ever. sur
rounded by friends
At the third meeting an organized ATTEMPT
was made to break it up This was held in the
Harlem Terrace at No. 21O East 1O4th street
There was no police protection at this place
worth mentioning, and the long narrow hall lent
itself TO the scheme admirably.
When Mr.. Hughes arrived he was cheered by
three thousand persons, who filed the streets
from curb TO curb for half a block. AS he en-
tered the hall he was mobbed by his friends
and had TO fight his way to the platform. His
shoulder must have snarted from the weight
of the friendly blows showered on him. A small
crowd at the door. and Mr. Hughes had to
shake hands with them. too. Then he took the
smallest girl and lifted her to one side, out of
the crush. before he went on.
HEARST ROUGHs REMOVED.
As soon the applause which greeted his
appearance on the platform died away small
group in the back of the hall began to yell
the Madison Square slogan. Hearst. Hearst.
HearstF Mr. Hughes smiled and kept on He
likes a meeting like that The yells died out,
and were taken up again at a signal from the
leader Mr.. Hughes kept on speaking. his voice
carrying above the uproar which marked the
progress of the Hearstites' removal Then
he had his audience with him. so much with
him. that he was ten mintes making his way
from the platform to the street
The climax Of the trip and the climax Of Mr..
Hughes's wonderful personal campaign came
when he entered Durlands Riding Academy,
just before IL o'clock Inside the big arena
eight thousand people stood on the chairs and
cheered and applauded and cheered again, the
flags which each carried making the floor of
the arena and the surrounding galleries blaz-
ing, riotous mass of color. the long lines of
motion, which swept waveIike from end to end
of the hall as the audience kept time to the
| music. making it look like an angry sea. Ten
persons more could not have been crowded into
the hall, yet so perfect were the police arrange
ments that absolutely uoJ a hitch occurred in
! handling the enormous crowd.
There were three Thousand more people in the
street. half of the crowd which had been unable
to get into the ridiag halI three hours before.
As Mr.. Hughess automobile made its way
through the crowd man after man jumped up
on the step of The car 70 shake his hand. while
every one cheered from the time the car turned
into 66th street from Columbus avenue until
the outburst within the hall showed that the
crowd there had sighted Mr.. Hughes. On the
edge of the crowd in the street a Hearst orator
was harangung crowd Of some tuosc0re
street arabs. who Kissed Mr.. Hughes as he went
by, Mr. Hughes smiling as the sound reached
his ears. to be drowned out by the booming of
the cheers
After Mr.. Hughes had stood waiting vainIy
for chance TO begin his speech the band
started playing to silence the crowd. Instead
of this. the crowd was wrought TO more en-
thusiastic frenzy as The strains OF "A Hot Old
Time" America" and The Star Spangled Ban
ner'' foated out to mingle with the plaudits.
For fully twenty minutes the cheering con-
tinUed. Then Mr. Hughes was able 10 make
himself heard He said:
Fellow Citizens: 1 am very glad to be able to
be with you tonight. This has been ardu-
Gus campaign, but it has been well worth while
As l have gone through the state and become in
tmateIy acquainted with it's great resources 1
have realized never before the proud position
of the Empire State, and l have felt myself
thrilled with ambition give to this Empire
State an administration of government TO which
it is justly entitled.
have appreciated the splendid reserves Of
citizenship that it contains. We want this cleo
ton TO teach an important lesson, We want il 10
teach lesson that the champion of political
purity must himself exemplify in his own meth
DDS political purity.
We want it clearly understood that if any one
wOuld office in the state of New York he
must seek IL by honorable means and if he
would lead the people In a championship of the
peoples cause against bosses he must never
take the hand of boss to achieve the goal of
his ambition.
He must leave our judiciary alone. He must
see 10 it that the price of an election he is
not willing 20 give 10 boss of Tammany Hall
the nomination of a majority of our justices OF
the Supreme Court. with all that that implies.
He must see TO il that delegates that are elected
TO a convention have a right to take their
seats and scorn 10 receive from a convention a
nomination which given to him at the price
OF every principle of democratic liberty.
KEPT ABUSE OUT
Now my friends, we are at the end OF the
campaign. I have not INDUCED In abuse. I
have not made a statement which is not true
/ have not made promise that I cannot keep
to the people Of this state. 1 propose that vi
tuperatiOn shall not take the place of argu-
rnent that a crusade Of calumny shall never
be successful; and if one thing is learned to-
morrow I hope il will be that in everything
that is true and honorable in American life we
prize above all things truth and veracity and
square dealing in ali public concerns.
/ have said that II is my ambition to give TO
the people Of the State of New York decent
government What I mean by that is this that
if | am elected 1 shall be answerabIe 10 the
people for doing my conscience dictates IN
controlled by any favor. by any interest. save