The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-11
LABORMG MEN CHEER HUGHES


hiNtgoN VI uCDdIJltuNA hCtiOIls AlCIE WI
be no interest that will get anything that 4
Ii not entitled to. or that can obstruct any
thing that the people are entitled to.
Il have been before the public in a con,
spicuous position for a year and a half, anC
II you do not know my methods. what l Try
to do and the way l try to do it, nothing tina
| could say to you could make II any more
clear. l think you do know, and ask yoI
with confidence for your support. lGreaI
~applause.l
h candle bearers jumped to their feet
with the other 400 men in the theatre when
Mr.. Hughes appeared in the doorway with
his party. The semi-darkness Of the room,
with the shouting crowd and waving lights,
made a weird scene.
Mr.. Hughes b. gan his ak to the laborinR
men by saying that a though 1t was cold and
stormy outside, it was p enty warm enough
within. Then he added; 1T is pretty dark
in here. but we'll try to throw a little light
on it," Mr.. Hughes started out with a
straight from the shoulder talk.
Il com before you" said he, . on a plat
form broad enough to support all good
citizens. I am not a politician. l have
had nothing actively 10 do with politics.
l have tried to do my duty as a citizen
when duty has called me. l am a Repub-
liOan, but / am a citizen first and ! am an
American first and 1 l ave something to tell
you in a plain and direct way"
Mr.. Hughes then took up Hearst's In
discriminate talk about corporations and
brought out simply and with just as much
effectiveness as he did in Westchester
county the other night the facts about Mr..
Hearst's personal corporations. The crowd
howled it's delight when Mr.. Hughes de-
clared hat Hearst was to all intents and
purposes himself a corporation.
The laboring men listened attentively
to every word the candidate had to say.
There was not a discordant note in the
meeting. They cheered and cheered while
Mr.. Hughes denounced Hearst for his in
sincerity, and they followed that up with
further evidence Of their favor when he
declared that he was no mans man, that he
was nominated without a string and that
he would, il elected, serve nobody's IN.
terest bu I the people.
Now. W hat do we find" asked the oandi-
date, when we desire to test the political
sincerity Of my opponent in regard to his con-
duct of corporation business? Now, bear in
mind, l am not the sort Of man to desire TO
inject anything personal in a campaign.
Not at all. But here is a question Of sincerity
on the part of a man who makes the most
lavish promises and declarations, and talks
freely Of independence and Ameri-
canism. and advances many general state
ments in regard to the control that
should be exercised over matters Of
business. Now. l tell you that reforms,
like charity. should begin at home.
And when anybody talks to me about
corporations and the evils of corporations
and l find out that he il TO all intents and
purposes a corporation, | want to know
he does. And il he comes before the people
asking him to constitute him their leader
in great mea sures Of reform | want to
know whether that is straight. l want to
know whether we have in his own relation
to corporate business such evidences OF
g~enuineness and sincerity that We can take
any stock in what he promises"
Mr.. Hughes then challenged Hearst for a
second time to tell whether the corporation
that publishes the Journal has paid taxes,
Il asked hat the other night at Moun
Vernon" said Mr.. Hughes. Il say again
that / have not been able to find out that
il pays taxes. If it does l should be very
glad to know il. / looked in the Neu York
American this morning and yesterday morn
ing to see il it answered the question. The
only thing l nave been able TO find on the
records is about another star company,
and this other company is a New Jersey
corporation"
Mr.. Hughes cited the results Of his in
vestigations of other Hearst corporations
in which taxes had not been paid and asked
the crowd what was the use of paying at
tention to denunciations made in the face
of the record like that.
Mr.. Hughes took up the statement made
in one of Mr.. Hearst's newspapers thai
he had got a retainer from the State to
assist in unfolding the 80 cent gas law
and then run of to Europe on "a vacation.
He reiterated the denial which ne made
a few nights ago that he had ever asked
or received a cent for that service to the
State. Mr.. Hughes called attention to the
fact that Acknowledgement Mayer also had
publicly denied the journals charge.
But" said the candidate, was there a
retraction published in this paper conducted
according to the principles Of Thomas
Jefferson? Was there an honorable state
ment that somebody had misinformed
them. Was there an endeavor to put
me right before the community on a matter
affecting my professional reputation and
my reputation az a citizen Of this State2
No. Absolute silence. | am speaking now
OF the editorial column which made the
charge in important type, and which should
in decency and in Justice have retracted
it in equally important type"
5000 CHEER HUGHES IN CONVENTION HALL
In Convention Hall, where Murphy and
his men nominated Hearst, Mr.. Hughes
met a much different but not less enthu-
siastic crowd II is true that there were
many laboring men in il. but il consisted
for the most part Of the great body Of men
who conduct Buffalo's vast business in
terests. IL was an immense audience,
every available inch Of space being taken.
The Republican Leaders OF the city are
amazed at it. They knew that Mr.. Hughes
had a strong hold on the people OF the CITY,
but not even the most ~sanguine would
have ventured an opinion that 5000 persons |
would tramp through the slush and storm
b see the candidate.
job Hedges and Congressman Burton
had talked to the throng while Mr.. Hughes
was delivering his address before the labor
men. What they had to say was heartily
received, but IL wasn't a marker TO the
demonstration which occurred when the
candidate got there. Thousands jumped
10 their feet and cheered him to the echo,
and the applause continued intermittently
during his entire speech. Mr.. Hughes
in his address at Convention Hall pretty
closely followed his speech in Temple
Theatre.
Mr.. Hughes and his party were driven
in cabs from the William street theatra IN