The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-21
HEARST SPEAKSN TWOClTTES.
BTG MEETINGS IN GLENS FAILS
AND SCHENECTADY.

The Candidate Cheered and Wakened ~ by
the Apparent enthusiasm He Attacks
Hughes for Doubling HIs sincerity
and Tells what He Has Done for Labor.
SCHENECTADY, Oct. 2O.-At the very tail
end Of this speaking tour William r Hearst
did the most Effective stumping OF the whole
ten days trip tonight in this city and IN
Glens Falls. The encouragement he re-
ceived ct Malone, Ogdensburg and Sara
toga, following close on the dismal, dispirit-
mig meetings at 0wego, Watertown and Nor
wood, appeared to cheer him up and at the
same time wake him up. This trip started
like the squeaking Of a fiddle out OF tune.
1t ended like the banging OF a full grown
bass drum.
Al to-night's meetings Mr.. Hearst dropped
his calm, Unconditional frock coat habit OF
speaking. the unrufied placidity which has
characterized most Of his talks. and . at
his audiences in his shirtsleeyes, 50 to speak.
He got away from the long, heavy phrases
and threw out his talk snappily, briskly,
smphatically. He got in reply q musketry
rattle OF applause after every pounded
period, where heretofore he had been rather
used TO. disoonceFtilg siicrce or a per-
functory cheer or two. He addressed two
open air meetings tonight and two indoor
ones.
Here he talked first out OF doors to a
crowd in Crescent Park and then went TO
the Schenectady Opera House. A vaude
vile show was doing a good business at
the opera house and the manager refused
TO vacate early, even for a large cash con-
sideration. Mr.. Hearst spoke after the
show was over.
Mr.. Hearst reached this city at o2S
O'Clock. A good sized GRO wd at the depot
oheered him, and buI ned red powder Law
ishIy. The local committee OF Independ-
ence Lsaguers and Democrats dragged him
over an old switch track, where he lodged
holes two feet deep. In h jam several
~pickpockets were busy. One OF them got
a smash in the face when he tried to lift a
watch from one Of Mr.. Hearst's party.
The streets were crowded when Mr..
Hearst drove along on his way TO Crescent
Park. There was a fair measure OF APP
plauss as he progressed and cries Of Where
is Hearst2 We want to look at him.
Mr.. Hearst acknowledged the shouts by
o %fa4s MS rolled HSs Or along UaS'ns STATE aas a aaee as the PSs
demonstration seemed to please the a
/ didate, who had expected a first class re-
ception in this city.
In Crescent Park 5000 people were
listening to Clarence j. Shearn when
Hearst got there. They ripped out a cheer
or two and then TANNED around the band
stand, attentivelr and fairly quiet. As
Mr.. Hearst sprung his new brand Of oratory
on them they responded enthusiastically.
II was after 10 o'clock when Mr.. Hearst
began to speak. He repeated what he said
at the Crescent Park meeting.
Mr.. Hearst will leave here a little past
midnight for New York and will arrive
there early in the morning.
Tomorrow it IL likely that he will issue
a statement estimating his hances Of being
elected.
In part Mr.. Hearst's speech follows:
My friends, | am glad 10 be among so many
workingmen, and to have an opportunity
IN state the ISSUES in this campaign TO labor
ing men. know ! have many friends among
the laborinR people. hut ] do not ask their
votes for friendship. I would not ask my
best and most intimate personal friend to
vote for me out OF friendship. The only
thing an American citizen should consider
when he casts his ballot il what IL best for
himself and his associates, and what il best
for the general welfare. and I do not ask any
workinRman or any citizen 20 vote for me a.
a reward for anything ] have done or tried 10
do in his interest. bat l ask him to consider
carefully what can be accomplished by an
honest administration Of this great State,
and without prejudice on the one hand or
friendship on the other, to cast his vote for a
man who will in his opinion do the most TO
benefit him and his associates and the whole
people.
am attacked on the one side by the organs
of socialism as an enemy Of rsdicslism and
OH the other hand by the organs Of Wall Street
as an Enemy OF conser vatism, ] am willing
TO be opposed by both extremes. as ] do not
think our dihicu!tles can be remedied by
either extreme. MY programme is not ex-
treme Of any kind. but simply Americanism
A thoroughly American idea il embodied
in the principle Of good wages for good work.
] believe that good wages for good work
as an American principle IL Just as important
to the business man who keeps a store or
conducts any other legitimate business as
il il to the labortng man who works for wages.
The prosperity OF any legitimate busin ess
man depends upon the purchasing power
Of the masses. Where the masses Of the
people receive the greatest amount in wage
and salary they spend more money at the
stores, the stores order more goods from the
factories, the factories demand more raw
materials from the mines and the farms, the
standard Of living is higher and the VII ole
business community and the IA rminR COM
munity prosper. Furthermore, when the
trusts eXtOrt money illegally and unjustly
from the mass OF the people, they take away
money that would be spent with the mer-
chants and other legitimate buslness men
and interfere to that extent with the distribu-
ton Of wealth and the general prosperity.
l do not entertain these ideas for campaign
purposes. but have entertained them and
advocated them and practised them all my
life.
Mr.. Hughes is parading around the country
prating about sincerity and questioning my
sincerity. Did he ever take an attitude in
favor Of union labor or Of the farming COM
munity, or Of the people generally, that cost