The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-04

HespOnu 10 DECLARATIONS OF the CM-
didate for Governor He Pledges Him
self 10 Give an Embossed administrator
and Appeals TO the Common Sense Of
the People-CampaIgn Inspired by
President ROoseNeII's Reform Record.
hut Struggle 10 he waked Entirely
Upon state QUESTIONS and interests.
Charles +. Hughes and the other oandi-
dates on the Republican ticket were form
ally notified last night at the Republican
Club in West FOrtieth street OF the action
Of the Saratoga convention. The n~otifica-
ton was conveyed to the nominees by the
entire State committee. Senator W. W.
Armstrong OF Rochester, who presided over
the recent convention, acting a. spokesman.
Mr.. Hughes accepted the nomination in
a speech which set the clubs big reception
room ringing with applause. He didn't
mince matters, but struck out straight from
the shoulder, declaring that the only issue
on which the campaign would be fought
out ia decent government and the honor Of
the State. Without mentioning Mr.. HEARTS
name he described the opposition in soath-
ing terms. He pictured it as a masquerade.
an Independence League whose indepen-
dence had been betrayed and a spurious
Democratic party which has violated every
tradition of Democratic government.
He declared that its motives were selfish
ness and its methods intrigue. and that both
were mirrored in the Buffalo convention.
He applied as a test OF the opposition's
sincerity IT, own actions and described it as
~parading in a livery OF virtue. The cam
paiRn, he declared, was IN no sense partisan
it was an appeal to good citizenship.
Mr.. Hughes pledged himself to many OF
! the reforms which Hearst himself is adj
vocating, but heRsserted that they would
he achieved in an American manner and in
! accordance with the genius Of American
institutions.
The speech made a fine impression upon
the thousand or more persons who
crowded the big reception room on the
second floor Of the clubhouse. Mr.. Hughes
spoke in n clear, ~forceful manner, which
held the att ention. Of his audience from
the moment he started until the last word
had been utt tered. Members of the State
committee aud others who heard the can
didate crowded around him, extending
their congratulations, after he had finished.
II was a critical audience which had
gathered in the clubhouse and Mr.. Hughes
as u campaign speaker. was an unknown
quantity. The prediction was ventured
! over and over again after the speech thai
he would he a shccess ON the stump, He
Used fe " gestures, but he had q force and
earnestness in his delivery which could not
! fail to hold the attention Of an audience.
He was never at a loss fora word.
THE NOTIFICATION.
II was $50 o'clock when Mr.. Hughes,
following Chairman Timothy l.. Woodruff Of
the State committee, entered the reception
room. MIR. Hughes had been the guest
Of honor at a dinner which Mr.. Woodruff
had given in the clubhouse earlier IN the
evening. Behind MIR. Hughes, as the pro-
cession filed into the room, walked Senator
Armstrong. In the long line which followed
were many Of the old Republican war
horses. Benjamin b. Odell, Jr., was there,
and 40 also were Francis Hendricks, former
Supe rinte Of Insurance; Gen. Horace
Porter, George W. AIdridge, j. Sloat Fassett
and ex-Gov. Frank 5. Black.
The other candidates on the Republican
ticket, NJ. linn Bruce, John F. O'Brien,
Merton f. Lewis, julius NJ. Mayer. Henry
A. Van Alstyne and John G.. Wallenmeier,
trooped in and took positions with Mr..
Hughes at the northern end Of the room.
The State committeemen lined up on either
side OF the candidates. Odell and ex-Gov.
Black stood side by side, dropping a pleasant
word now and then, and near them stood
ex-Supt Hendricks. who had almost as
UNPLEASANT a time as Odell when Mr.. Hughes
was questioning witnesses in the insuyance
inquiry.
Admission to the clubhouse was limited
TO members and their guests, but these
crowded the room and the hallway after
the candidates had entered. II was all very
formal, some feared too formal, but all the
chilliness was swept away when half a dozen
photographers armed with hashlight pans
entered and got busy. 7
When the smoke had cleared Senator
Armstrong stepped out so that he was facing
Mr.. Hughes and said:
Gentlemen: The Republican party at
its convention held at Saratoga last week
appointed a committee to notify its candi-
dates formally Of their nomination, n we
nave met you here accordingly for that pur-
pose. The delegates at that convention
we're unanimous in their expression Of con-
AdenCe in your worth, in your fitness and in
your ability for the several positions to
which you are nominated.
The convention adopted a platform
which was made not only to get into Office
upon, but to stand upon as we'll after your
election az before. and it confidently ex-
poets of you that you will live up TO the best
traditions which have preceded you and
will carry the standards OF good govern
ment 20 an even higher plane than they
have yet attained. The nominations come
20 you without other obligation or conditiOn