New-York tribune., 1906-10-27
HUGHES WINS STEUBEN
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| tional Bank Oscar NJ Rothfus Of the Morris
Run Mine Company; Joseph Boyle, a coal
dealer; Police Justice George Hitchcock and
| Harry Kraiger.
From all the sentiment that could be learned
to-day, Steuben County will not give much less
than 5000 plurality for Mr.. Hughes, which the
Republicans consider their normal figures.
| The independence League is running James
| NJ. Hurlbut, traininan of Hornell for the Sen
| ate against Senator Tully He has the Demo-
| cratic Endorsement and his friends counting
| on his popularity with labor union men to cut
down the Republican plurality, but Senator
Tully elected by a plurality of 5000 last
! time
| GREETED AT STATION WITH SHOUTS.
When the Hughes train reached the Corning
| station this afternoon there were several hun
| dred there TO greet the candidate with mighty
! shout. Mr.. Hughes escorted TO carriage
| and the crowd formed a procession that escorted
him to the Dickinson Hotel, nearly a mile away
| II up Bridge street, through the laborins
section Of the city. all the way. For this
| the reception he got particularly signih-
cant. Most Of the houses had Hughes pictures in
the windows, and only and then there was
a Hearst lithograph by way of making those OF
the Republican candidate more noticeable. Along
the streets and on the stoops were throngs of
men and women, waving at and cheering the
featuring establishments crowded to the win
dows to add their cheers to the welcome.
When Mr.. Hughes's carriage got to the G. W.
Drake Cut Glass Works a group of fifty work.
men intercepted Mr.. Hughes. They Cheered him,
and then he took them all by the hand. while
they told him they unanimous in support
ing him. Then the procession proceeded. only
to be halted again block or two further on by a
crowd of hundred workmen from the Syning- |
S0r Cor
in their working clothes, with grimy faces and !
hands, were eager TO greet Mr.. Hughes that |
he jumped out among them and in a minute was |
the centre OF a throng of workmen, each one OF
whom was eager TO take his hand first. The re-
ception pleased Mr. Hughes greatly and he
would have been glad to have stayed among
the men for half an hour, but he expected
at the Dickinson Hotel, and was obliged to
climb back into the carriage
poll Of th3 Symington works shows 1o5 for
Hughes and II for Hearst.
Along the route member of the local COM
mittee pointed out the store OF ]. Percy Carr
one of the leading Democrats of the district
which was plastered with Hughes pictures As
he got near the hotel the crowd grew more
dense, and in front Of the hotel the carriage had
trouble In getting through. flying wedge had
to be formed to get Mr.. Hughes into the hotel
There in the lobby Mr.. Hughes held an informal
reception and introduced to many Demo-
Gratis who going vote for him. Several
men who wore Hearst buttons replaced them
with Hughes buttons after the reception A Re-
publican observing this said Every time we
save a soul it makes US glads
Mr.. Hughes and Mr. Hedges were the guests
of Senator Tully at dinner. and will remain there
to- night The others of the party were enter
tanned at the Corning Club.
WARM GREETING AT BATH.
After a night spent at the home Of President
Jacob Gould Schurman, of Cornell University.
Mr.. Hughes and his party started from Ithaca
for Bath this morning at 40 O'clock Owing
TO wreck, which delayed the regular train 10 | {
which the special car was 10 have been attached
at Owego, the Lackawanna Railroad made up A
special train, which did some fast running 70
Bath. II stopped at Corning long enough to /
pick UP Senator w. j. Tully and other members =
Of the local committee of that city Including a
County Judge A. W. Burrel Postmaster Harry |
H Pratt who is also Editor of THE Corning {
Daily Journal" and Sheriff w. O. Feenaughty
The run from Corning to Bath a distance OF
twenty-one miles made in seventeen min I
Ites. 1t was practically holiday in Bath and q
It was said that every interest and every store :,
was represented In the crowd OF several hun II
dred who met Mr.. Hughes at the station and c
walked in the procession behind his carriage to h
the courthouse. half mile away. d d
Ihere were nunQreQS or veterans from the n
Soldiers Home at the station and In the other q
assemblies that greeted Mr.. Hughes. There are a
200 old soldiers in the home. but many of them IL
will not be able TO vote this year. owing to the ,,
fact that Bath is not their voting residence and
under the new law campaign committees cannot ei
furnish transportation for them to go home and ~
vote. 1t said. however. that a majority of Il
those veterans at the meetings vote in Bath. G
The old soldiers added picturesque feature to u
the Bath celebration. One old Negro in his u
Grand Army uniform planted himself IN front T
Of the step when the trap pulled into the II
station and nobody could disodge him. There W
he stayed with his eyes glued on the door h
until Mr.. Hughes came out and greeted him ir
cordially With two bands competing with each II
other in their musical greeting the procession m ~
proceeded to the courthouse. where Mr.. Hughes Il,
led reception. Among the four hundred per al
sons with whom he shook hands was the Negro
veteran again He had evidently prepared a
lice little speech 10 make to the candidate, but D
t stuck in his throat when the time came and
10 passed on, dancing up and down with joy
until he got out of the door. o.
During the reception the stringed orchestra /,
from the Soldiers Home. which played most !,
Most of the music sentimental adding 10 II
The impressiveness of the occasion. Three OF II
the happiest persons in the crowd We're small a
boys III khaki suits and red sweaters who v
carried flags in their hands and to whom Mr.
Hughes spoke kindly. -
HEARST NOT FRIEND OF IABORERs." n
I'm a workingman and Democrat" said u
1ne burly fellow dressed in nemanS uniform :"
with his tools IN his belt. but I'm for you
Hearst is not the friend of the laboring man."
Among those who spoke TO Mr. Hughes was y
Reuben r. Lyon. the state committeeman Of ~
The Independence League IN that district He u