The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-24


factories there had closed down long enough
for the employees TO see and hear Mr..
Hughes.
Among the latter was the Union Hat
COmpany's big plant. There were fully
lO employees Of that concern in the crowd
Of e00 which greeted the te at the
station, and each OF them wore an immens
broad brimmed straw hat, the soft, fiexi-
BILE KIND that one sees on almost any Amer
lean farm in summer time.
The crowd was made up almost en- tirely
OF union men, and IL was evident from the
star. that they were not CT enthusiastic Hughes
partisans. But il was evident also that
their minds were open 70 conviction and
that they were TO do a little thinking for
themselves. Mr.. Hughes gave them a
straightforward talk, and before he was
half through he had them on the go.
When he took up the labor question and
promised to see that the labor laws are
enforced and to favor, II necessary, a
larger appropriation for the conduct OF the
department, the crowd cheered roundly.
IL was, however, when Mr.. HUI ghes went
after Mr., Hearst on account OF his personal
business activities tha the Mlddletown
working men responded best.
When Mr.. Hughes had finished and stepped
back into the car one of the union men in
the crowd boarded the train and on behalf
Of the employees in the hat factory pre-
sented him with one of the big farmer straw
hats which had been made by the workmen
especially for him. Mr.. Hughes appeared
on the rear platform again wearing the hat.
The brim settled down almost TO the tops
of his ears. There was a great laugh at
first, then a roar Of cheers, as the candidate
removed the hat and said
Il a to say that / am very much in
debted to those who rave given me this
present, which / shall accept az a symbol
Of your support. In all that / have said |
desire to have it clearly understood and
~--@A.-s--l AkAG -lsI. l. 40 kAIanW~A IN
the policy Of appealing to envy and Great
ing hatred and bitterness, | do believe with
all my soul in doing everything that can
be done to brighten the lot and improve
the condition and increase the opportuni-
ties Of all our workingmen and working
women"
The crowd, at the end Of Mr.. Hughes's
second speech, fell into line and followed
him to the Opera House. where he was
scheduled for a formal address. About
200 people turned out to hear Mr.. Hughes
there. They listened intently and applauded
frequently, but the meeting lacked the
fire and s~pontaneity of the informal one
at the station.
Mr.. Hughes said in the course OF his adj
dress at the Opera House:
We have but one appeal to make. and
that is based on facts addressed to your
rood Judgment. l do not want any man
to vote for me by reason Of a single in
accurate view Of any matter Of fact. From
the time we have started in his cam
il has been our object to make no statement
that was not absolutely true and no promise
that would not certainly be performed.
Mr.. Hughes renewed his pledges TO in
Vestigate the State departments and to hold
the heads OF them and the members Of all
commissions fully for the
enforcement OF the laws. He reiterated
his promise to give an honest administra-
| ton at Albany, to clean out the corrupt
lobby and to compel the public service
corporations TO serve the public in accord
anCe with the terms Of their agreement
with the State.
Mr.. Hughes went On to say that when
| there il a public service corporation that
does not give a fair return for its privilege
il must be taught better.
when we find any one misusing the oppor-
square deal we have" said Mr.. Hughes.
TO teach them that the American people
insist upon a square deal and will take the
proper means to have IT,"
Port Jervis ordinarily is Democratic in
local and often in State elections. Mr..
Hughes was told that the place would proba-
bly, go for Hearst this year. but by less than
the normal majority. The local leaders re-
ported some defections from the Republican
ranks for Hearst, but they said that can
vases had shown that this will be Offset
by the number Of Democrats who will bolt
the candid, te OF the Buffalo convention.
II was 80 O'Clock when the Hughes train
arrived in Port Jervis. A brass band was
at the SJdtlOH dnu NlC CduulO0bC Auii hh "
hind it and paraded to the town casino.
| Eight hundred persons turned out to listen
to the speech, about half Of them employees
Of Port Jervis's industrial concerns. As
Mr.. HuRhes's train pulled out from Port
Jeryis the band PLAYED Aud Lang Syne.E
| A crowd Of BOO at the station cheered and
the whistles footed.
Job Hedges, in the course Of his stay in
Port Jervis, displayed a handy new faculty
a. a campaigner. A deaf and dumb man
approached Job, and the Hughes party was
surprised a moment later to find Job Hedges
delivering a campaign speech with his
hands.
Several brief stops were made by Mr..
Hughes between Port Jervis and Elmira.
At Hancock and Deposit he was greeted
by crowds OF about 200 persons and at the
other smaller stations by smaller gather
ings.
Mr.. Hughes had the tip tina Susque-
hanna is in the State OF Pennyslvania or
he might have made the same mistake
hat Col. Roosevelt did in 1898, when he
appeaIed 10 q crowd OF P~ennsylvanians
there for their support. There was a crowd
out to get aqook at Mr.. Hughes, but the
of his campaign had put the
words mo speech in big letters on the
candidates schedule. and Mr.. Hughes did
not show himself.
why don't he come out anyway May
be he'll be running for President some day."
was the general comment.
Mr.. Hughes will leave here tomorrow
morning. He will speak in the course OF
the day at Waverly, Owego, Whltney's
Point and Cortland.