The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-25
HUGHES FLAYS INSTNCERITY,
GREATEST WELCOME or HIS
TRIP ar CORTLAND.

III Z NkilkNfN ~ N
Cortlaa.i Audiences That Hearst Vas
Not Answered His Many Charges.
CoNTL.Sp, y. V, OCt. 2i.-StaTt;ng out
from Elrnlrn this morning Charles +. Hughes
carried his campaign through ChemunR,
Tioga. Eroome aud Cortland counties, wind
ing ED with two gpeCchcg in this CITY TO-
night. Eyervwhorc the candidate was
grcetad by. big crow dis and lots of enthu-
siasm, but it remained for this place to give
him what was in many respects the pest
welcome he has received from any city
since the campaign began.
This place has n population OF about
$1,000 and fuily a third OF the city turned
ont TO greet Mr.. Hughes when bis train
pnlled i'm A. 30 O'Clock. The station plat
form was TANNED and lines OF enthusiasts
extended from that piucc up both SIDES
Of the street 20 the Hotel York, half a mile
away. The town was decorated with
aaEs and Hughes Autographs, and almost
every window had a head in it.
AS Mr.. Hughes passed down the lane
many Of the cheering fell IN
behind his carriage, and when he reached
the hotel there was a crowd with hin which
filed the s.rcet. 1t took Cortiand's en-
tire police force 10 open up a passage Tor
the candidate TO the hotel door. Then the
crowd flowed in until the corridor was
choked. Mr.. Hughes was pinned IN among
the cheering partisans 80 tightly that he
could scarcely move.
There were shouts Of Form a linel Form
a Incl" and the COrtlandites began to file
past him. For an hour the candidate was
kept busy shaking hands. and when he was
obliged to call IL of because Of other en-
eagements many were waiting to meet
him.
Many Democrats were in the line which
fled past the candidate. One Of them
was L. j. Fitzgerald. who was State Treas
urer under the David B. Hill administration.
Il am ore Of those c~ockroach Democrats
who hope 70 live until November 0 to vote
for you. We have no party now" was Mr..
FitEceTald's greeting.
Another old time Democrat who made
Mr.. Hughes's presence in town an occasion
for announcing his reputation OF Hearst
was Hugh Duffy, president Of the Cortland
Wagon Company.
A crowd Of 1900 listened to Mr.. Hughes's
first speech in the Opera House. Long
before the doors were opened the street
was blocked with enthusiasts. and after the
hall had been filed hundreds were still
clamorinE for admission. These we're
turned into another hall about a block
away. There were no chairs in this place,
but a crowd of 600 listened to a twenty
minute address by the candidate. At
both meetings Mr.. Hughes was cheered
again and again as he reiterated his pledges
70 give a clean government at Albany and
run the executive Office according to the
dictates Of his conscience.
In both speeches Mr.. Hughes arraigned
Hearst for his political insincerity. His
attack ON his opponent was the sharpest
he has made in the campaign. He said in
part:
This campaign was opened with a sonorous
declaration Of independence. 1t declared
Independence Of party; it arraigned both
PARTIES: it declared for the free expression
of the popular will; it made much OF the
Importance Of representative government;
IL chose as it's leader one who processes to
stand for political liberty and Tor true
representation.
Hardly had the words Of this declaration
died away when there came the test OF the
profession; the test which was met by the
shameless proceedings OF the Buffalo con-
vention. Applausel. What is there more
important in representative government
than that delegates and representatives
should be honestly elected and, when
chosen, should have the seats to which they
have been chosen? What is more important
to democratic institutions thar that those
who have been elected to serve in a political
convention should have an opportunity to
present their views? hen has there been
a greater t~ravestv OF democratic principles
than was shown in the proceedings at
Buffalo?
Men who beyond question were entitled
to their seats were unseated by manipuiG-
tions Of the worst political trickery. Men
who were entitled 20 be heard we're not
heard, and instead Of standing indepen-
IDENTIFY upon an independent platform the
leader OF the Independence League sought
through an understanding with a boss
the nomination OF the Democratic party.
Ia stood for Independence Of party and
he desired TO get control. OF party machinery
He stool as the champion OF anti-bossism
and he took the hands of a boss to achieve
the object of his ambition. He was lavish
in his 6enunciation OF corporations and
he was a corporation himself. Applause.
He poured out the walls OF contempt
upon rich men who evadod the process OF
the courts and he record of the Supreme
Court Of New York county shows that he
has evaded the process OF the courts. He
has denounced in scathing terms corporate
abuses and the negligence oil great cor
porations in the discharge OF their public
duty and he il convicted by his silence
and by the records Of the departments
In New York of having his corporations
with their important plants evade the pay
ment Of just taxes.
These have been tests OF political sin.
cerity and can it be possible that the people
Of the State Of New York will be deceived
BY such leadership? Is it possible that
profession can last in the face of such per.
formance7 On the contrary, the test Of
political sincerity which has been submitted
during the weeks of this campaign has moi
been met. and while there has been ample
opportunity for criticism and for abuse
and for pisstatements, there has not beer
a word IN the columns Of the American In
answer to the questions that l have asked
which would show that my opponent IL
his own corporate activities has Loyalty
obeyed the law.
Mr.. Hughes had this to say in regard tC
his candidacy:
Il nave promised nothing in this cam.
paign that / cannot perform Applause
and there will be no exigency OF this cam
paign which will lead me 10 promise a singh,
thing that l cannot perform in order b
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