The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-10
4EARSr'S SELFISH AMBITION.
HUGHES SPEAKS TO a BIG AUDE-
ENCE AT LYONS.
Says That . Systematic AtSsava . BelnB
Made Threawh D Needless asPess %
COatrOl GSvernnseat -AppeaE BASED
On Passion. Net Reason "Trip Upstate.


LYONS. N. Y, OCT. 9-Chzrlss Z. Hughes
opened his upstate campaign here to-
night. addressing an sudienOe Of 100
people in Memorial Theatre.
Mr.. Hughes's ~recepsion in Wayne county
started on dismaliy, but Ivsned up In m
style after the towns brass band teRan
to make Q noise and the red fireworks were
touched of. IL takes more than q mere
G~ubernatorisl candidate to stir thir stolid
old Republican stronghold, but vhen
Wayne county folk do get their enthusiasm
up It Is the real thing. They closed the
meeting here tonight with a demonstrs-
ton which amply made up for the apathy
shown in the earlier part Of the day.
It was Mr.. Hugbcs's fret days expert
enCe in practical country politics. and be
came out a winner. making q host OF new
friends and impressing hundreds who INST
him for the first time.
A heavy rainstom spoiled the reception
which had been planned for the candidate
upon his arrival at S O'Clock. state Com
mitteeman Charles n. Retts and two or three
Of the other local Republican lights we're
q the station, hut the rest Of the welcoming
crowd consisted largely Of newsboys.
Mr.. Hughes took up quarters at the Hotel
Baltzel, a two story frame building OF the
usual country hostelry type, and things
soon began to warm up. The farmers and
the political sharps from surrounding towns.
Sodus Centre. Clyde, Newark, Savannah.
Tolcott and Huron, began to drift in, many
I nf shaun anaEal khroHt1h ThAro nA
roaring fire in the stove in the combination
Office and lounging room, and there Mr..
Hughes, the candidate, look his stand. He
greeted politician after politician, sherilfs
and eX-sheriffs, supervisors and highway
commissioners and a superintendent Of the
poor. Mr.. Hughes talked good roads,
butter and eggs, wheat and life insurance.
all apparently with equal facility.
LYONS LIKES Mr.. HUGHES.
II was, however, at the meeting in Me-
mortal Theatre that Mr.. Hughes got thor
oughly into the good graces Of the Lyons
people. His intense earnestness as he
lashed Hearst, charging him with insin-
| certify caught the crowd just right and they
warmed up. cheering him time and again.
A good deal Of Mr.. Hughes's speech was
along the lines that he has followed in his
4 AuuIc III INV YIN al DIOOhIyu, but
toward the close he started on q new tack,
going after Hearst for his deal with MUIR
ply. II was only another phase Of what
Mr.. Hughes says is the supreme iesae Of the
campaign, political insincerity. Mr.. Hughes
declared that IL a man would convince
the American people that he stands for
freedom from all improper alliances his
Rrst evidence should be absolute freedom
from an alliance which seriously calls into
question. II 1t does not give the lie, to such
professions"
Mr.. Hughes was introduced al the Memo
rial Theatre by sx-Assemblyman j. W.
Hoag. other speakers were Senator W. ".
Armstrong Of Rochester, Senator Merton
+. Lewis, Republican candidate for Comp
%troller. and job Hedges.
Mr.. Hughes spoke in part as follows:
MN. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW CITIZENS:
Your presence here tonight attests the
keen interest that you feel in the fundG-
mental issue OF this campaign.
In past campaigns we nave discussed
policies Of administ ration, financial policies,
matters Of great import In connection with
the conduct OF our government, but tonight
we are here to consider something that un-
derlies all the questions that nav hitherto
been moOted. We are here to consider the
very foundations Of our social order.
TRUTH ABOUT THE HEARST MOVEMENT.
"Wehavsa an attempt a systematic attempt
through q powerful and reckless press, TO
obtain control Of the government Of the
State Of New York in the interest Of selfish
ambition. The question Is, Shall that at
tempt succeed? ICries Of Never" and
applause.I
1T is an attempt to marshAl the forces
Of discomfort as such. IL IL based upon an
appeal not to reason, but 70 passion. u
is based not upon q sober consideration Of
evils. but upon an attempt to confuse the
judgment. II IL based not upon 9 sincere
desire to remedy that which should DO
remedied, but upon q desire to make q
propaganda long continued successful in
the elevation to Office OF the one who has
been responsible for il.
Nothing IL more characteristic Of our
day than the sensitiveness Of tho public
conscience. IL In dangerous to deal In
general comparison, but I think IL might
fairly be said that seldom, II eveF, hss the
government OF the country either In State
or nation been conducted with such closa
reference to the interests Of the people "A
to-day. And. notwithstanding that fact,
j do not AZ all deplore the evidence OF an
insistent demand on the part Of the people
that there should - progress; that there
should DO continued edorts 10 secure the
privileges OF our government and the equal
opportunities which our institutions are
intended 20 afford to all citizens alike,
without any exploitation Of the people on
behalf Of any ono. be he onioer or be he
individual, OF be it q corporation
Mr.. Hughes reviewed the achievements
OF the last Congress and characterized
them as a wonderful record. The men
ton Of President Roosevelt's name evoked
tremendous applause. The record Of the
last Congress, Mr.. Hughes declared, shows
the possibility OF Government proceeding
in an orderly a TO deal with intricate
troublesome public questions. He con-
tinued'
LAS L~E0IsLATURE BEST ~LEGIsLATURk.
I'm our own State we have felt the sam~
influences at work. and results have been
accomplished. II You we're to consider
the events OF the past year, what has 70
distinguished the life OF the people Of the
Empire State as a determination that WRONGS