New-York tribune., 1906-10-31
mination to deal justly and fearlessly with what

NV opponent seems to think it is impossible
| to practise law in an honorable way ot;sa
| YOU it is a great deal more honorable 10 piau..ae
law than to sell some newspapers. ~ he fair
The thing that is honorable In Ire Is " 20 - 81 g.
and the level. Applause9 Inc hor aahS o,.' like
| honorab BILE in life is to treat your nelghoor Nno
yourself The thing that is holoIdpI1 ei " ,b,1;t,,
ness life is to regard talent anu bp,cb vou can
and skill in labor something Willcn you ia Co ~
nee for the benefit of your fellow men ana 70
| regard the only true advantage whicn YOU & ssii
possibly possess an ADVANTAGE wnlch rs ox
ercisa or Your ability for your fellow citizens
| (Applause) .,. ohoy the law
and meet their Just share of the public puroe,'.
| I want to see an end put to evasion Oh IaM W
| cornorations whether the corporation runs
| newsnaper or a railroad. (Applause). our pun
| lie service corporations must be compeiIeo 10
| render the service which under their chai 'eio'
| they are bound to render j want 10 sec 80 o
buciness men and those in charge or our great
corporate activities patrotcally inclined 10 WEI
come the just interference OF goverhnient'
ing that if these matters are dealt with Win d
desire to be lust to business interest and invest,
| ment on the one hand, and on the other hsiiA
| to insist that the public shai hase 10 . 49,
| there will be the greatest opportunity lor ti.o
legitimate expansion of business ana tne eAei
else of the most conservative FORCES winch ~
nossibly be put forth in this community CAP
nlausel ! Yet If there are those who Will not
voluntarily yield to that sentiment ana express
It in their business life, then the pupllc mus IN
say: You must, for the public interests snail Dc
supreme
reached North Tonawanda at u: 90 o'clock. The
sleet was driving down and mud puddes sur
rounded the end of the car, but in spite of these
unfavorable conditions a crowd of laboring men
pressed forward In solid phalanx.
With eager faces the laborers listened to a
brief statement of the candidates platform and
then rushed forward to grasp his hand. They al
most crowded him against the in their anx1-
ETY. to meet him.
WELCOMED AT NIAGARA FALLS.
The train soon pulled out for Niagara Falls.
Here there was meeting in the 1nternatlonai
Theatre four blocks from the station. MI
Hughes was cheered all along the line. The
original schedule brought him here earlier, and
many workingmen hand at the noon
| hour, but had to go away before he arrived
There were nearly thousand in the audience
however, who welcomed Mr.. Hughes with will.
John H. Williamson became enthusiastic in
| introducing Mr.. Hughes that he consumed much
| of the short time the candidate had to stay.
Mr.. Hughes made a strong speech. which
| enthusiastically received. Shouts of approval
| greeted his sincere, earnest declaration: "All
| that 1 have and all that will be devoted
| to securing clean and wholesome government
| in all its administrative work" He added:
I believe most heartily IN every effort which
causes our representatives in government to feel
| that they owe their allegiance directly to the
| people. l want to see that sense Of conscience
| and that desire to meet responsibility which is
the only restraint upon action, whether it is in
the counting room or in the shop or in the
Capitol at Albany.
Among other things Mr. Hughes said:
! Now We are very prosperous community; we
glory in our manifold industrial development
| The American name is honored the world over
for its ingenuity, its organizing Skill its talent
Tor business enterprise, in the opportunities that
| are afforded to labor and in the diffusion of
| prosperity throughout our broad land. Now We
want TO keep that prosperity. We want our
industrial life to expand and not to contract. We
! want greater opportunities for work and not
| fewer opportunities. We want business conf
| dence in the stability of institutions. We
| want contracts for further development signed
| without hesitation We want everything that
! conduces to the expansion of our trade encour-
| aged, and every thinking American citizen
| knows the conditions of which we are proud to-
day exist only because Of the good sense OF the
| American people
| We have to-day greater prosperity than we
| have ever enjoyed simply because the American
| intelligence has had chance TO work, and sim
| ply because all those who are in a position to
embark in new enterprises have known that
they rely, in the event of discussion of any
| question in regard to which people differ, on
| a decision of that question in the light of the
| American conscience and good sense. The man
| who substitutes vilifcation for honest criticism,
| the man who tries to breed bitterness Of feeling
| by distortion of facts the man who is not con-
tent with the evil that exists, bad as 1t is, but
| wants to make 1t worse in the interest OF a
selfish ambition-that man is the greatest enemy
! of prosperity.
| If YOU could fool the majority of the people
OF this country for any length Of time, it would
not be a country worth living in, because every
thing depends upon the peoples INTELLIGENCE. We
have manhood suffrage. Every one is on par
before the law. Every one goes into that booth
TO vote on Election Day, standing before his
| Maker and responsible to one, doing in secret
what he ought TO do And as long as that man
goes into that booth with conviction, with ear
nest determination to do right and uphold the
right this country IS safe. But if majority
go into that booth inflamed with indecision, with
Judgment distorted by q perVersion of facts
with desire to create feeling of class hatred
as a prey TO malevolent impulses. then. 1 tel
YOU, my friends, nothing is safe and your
boasted prosperity, If that went on, would not
last and could not last.
The train reached Lockport at 2:25, thirty
five minutes late. but a crowd had waited pa
tiently in the storm. Mr.. Hughes driven to
the Hodge Opera House. In front of it was
good sized crowd, which raised three cheers.
In spite of the bad weather and the unusual
hour of the meeting there between nine
hundred and one thousand persons In the au-
dience which was made up largely of men. The
greeting was a hearty one.
In opening. Mr.. Hughes said: THE fact that
such an audience as this is gathered on such a
day and at this time Of the day is evidence that
you are earnestly thinking of the issue in this
campaign.
Argument, reason, fair and just criticism are
the pure food of Democracy" added Mr. Hughes
"Calumny villifcation and distortion are the
poisons of Democratic institutions"
The following statement made big hit: az
am against unfair combinations in trade, and
am also against a Murphy-Hearst alliance In
politics"
Mr.. Hughes then spoke of the alliance and Its