New-York tribune., 1906-04-08

ncan party never lost by having courage to 90 waI
right; # never gained by trucking TO 5soWs {af T
naurnur when the deeps are dumb. e men ,ters t,
the arena. and not the straw man. which our oppo-
nents love TO label Repuhlicanisfn ana kCh CihasrteS
nor apologize or equivocate or retreat sing 45 e
inch We shah go on as Of old sile Win 1eii inteiii
Eence, love courage and admire manhood
GOVERNOR GUEST OF wooDRUFF.
other speakers We're Lieutenant Governor
Bruce. ex-Lieutenant Governor Timothy l.
woodruff who discussed direct nominations
and the Rev. DR.. S. Parkes Cadman- MI Wood
ruff took the Governor TO his home in Sth ave-
nue. early in she afternoon They. spent several
hours in talking over the political situation.
After dinner with Mrs WoodrJff they went to
the Assembly. arriving there half an hour after
the dinner had begun The diners waved silk
American flags as they entered the room and
there were cheers for the Governor. Mr.. Wood
RUIZ and Lewis Lafayette Fawcett. president of
the club and toastmaster.
There were three hundred diners in the main
banquet hall and others had 30 be scattered in
smaller rooms. Michael J. Dady, Mr.. Woodruffs
rival for the Republican leadership Of Kings
County. and his allies. were conspicuous by their
absence. Among those present were State Con-
troller Kelsey. Public Works Commissioner
Franchot, the Brooklyn Congressman. Rear Ad-
miral Coghlan and Postmaster Wilcox.
in opening he speaking Mr.. Fawcett spoke
eulogistically of the Governor. whose name, ne
said. was a ''synonyne for honesty integrity, In
dependent strength and devotion 10 public serv-
ice" Great applause followed when the toast
master said:
when YOU are nominated for the high Office you
hold among the first messages you leSelNed ~
in America the highest type Of American manhood,
President Theodore Roosevelt, IN when ne ne
The good fortune to be thrown with any public ser
want of higher integrity or of greater admins
II there ever WAS time in the history Of our
party IN this state when harmony should prevail,
il now for we are on the eve Of pEspsFsIon Tor
BRUCE PRAISES GOVERNOR.
Lieutenant Governor Bruce said no Governor
would go down 10 history as a more patriotic
statesman than Governor Higgins. He said
7 agree with him it is no time for faint heart
edness. no time for pessn1isnl: our party mas
never been SO brilliant in lis achievements.
We are nov al the ebbtide Of the socialtstic
movement that came out Of the Vest in 1876 l
don't Know where the Democratic party will
stand. but the attitude OF the Republican party
has not changed
Mr Woodruff said he was proud Of the Repub-
ncan organization in Kings County. He said
that il The new Academy Of Music were COM
pleted there would be a banquet hall large
enough 10 hold the 0llleFS Al Qillllet tlldI NOo
be given TO Governor Higgins in his second
term. two years from now.
Referring 10 William Barnes. jr-, chairman Of
the state executive committee. who was pres
ent Mr. Woodruff said he wished the Repuhli-
can party had more leaders who could 40 what
he had done-take a sure Democratic county
tAlbany County, and make il Republican by
1000o. The Democratic party the speaker said,
was divided over the municipal ownership idea,
sn6 he added that Republicans had the oppor-
cF 10 b11i1d he ri
Dr Cadnan had 10 speak quickly TO keep from
the necessity Of preaching a sermon, he said, be-
cause il lacked only few minutes 10 Sunday
when he called upon. He said the Repub-
lican party owed its success more to the master
ful position taken by President Roosevelt on the
questions Of public honor than TO any other man
or cause.
Attorney General Mayer. who arrived at mid
night paid his tribute TO the Governor.
As the diners were leaving the hall there were
calls for Barnes" ana the chairman Of the
state executive committee was called on. He
said he had been political friend Of Governor
Higgins since he came to Albany in 1894.