The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-06
HUGHES APPEALS OSTUDENS
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Y Ar COLUMBIA MEETING.

He and Hruee. Both a School Alumni.
de q warm Welcome ~ Monopoly
ef Cavic virtue mat ignores Me, says
m Candidate PROF. BurdIck Bolts.
More than 800 Columbia students. mem
bers Of the University Republican Club,
cheered themselves hoarse yesterday after
noon In honor Of Charles Z. Hughes and
his running mate. NJ. Linn Bruce. The
candidates, themselves Columbia law school
men, were uhterrlhed by the demonstration
and laid down some good, hard facts in
regard to the camoAign.
The Columbia meeting was held in Earl
Hall on Morningside Heights. Long be-
fore I O'clock, the hour scheduled for the
appearance Of the speakers, the little
place was packed with undergraduates
Whip gave vent to their enthusiasm by
shuffiinR their feet and cheering every
time q sco-ed" managed to squeeze her
way into the hall. Tn appearance Of Mr..
Hughes and Lieut.. Gov. Bruce, escorted
by Dean George ". Kirchwey and Prof
Burdick, both Of the law school faculty
was the signal for a great racket. Away
went the -Rah-Rah-Rah" Of Columbia
with Hughes Hughes Hughes tackled on
the end Of IL. The Republican candidate
for Governor smilingly acknowledged the
compliment, but that only added fuel to
the fire.
There vas another volley Of cheers and
a lot Of hand clspping and then more. until
visitors got the idea that probably the
real reason why Mr.. Hughes had been
invited 20 Columbia was to give the students
an opportunity TO let OF a little Of the excess
steam that has been storing up ever since
President Nicholas Murray Butler abolished
football.
Murray X. Jennings Of the class OF, 1907
Law school was chairman. He discovered
after Mr.. Hughes and Lieut.-Gov. Bruce
had reached their seats that according to
the rules Of the university no political
meeting could be held except for organiza-
ton purposes. So il was up to the audience
TO organize, and they did this ina manner
that made a SNAP convention look like a
lemon.
Somebody nominated somebody for presi-
dent. Somebody else moved that the nomi-
nations be closed. Il move the election be
by acclamation,' yelled a third student,
but before the acting chairman could put
that motion he was interrupted by a pro-
fessor III told him to cut hat motion out
and let il 20 by putting the first.
Dean Kirchwey introduced Mr.. Hughes.
He Characterised the meeting as IN occa-
sion when Columbia men might renew
their plighted oath to the republic. He
declared that he could not believe the ma
iofity Of citizens in this State would vote
for riot in order to cure what Hearst calls
r~ottenness. He expressed the opinion that
the evils which are complained OF to-day
can be eradicated without resort to councils
OF desperation. Mr.. Hughes was greeted
with another round Of cheers when he
arose. He said:
Mr.. Huehcs's Speech.
I do not share the idea that educated
men are more v~lrtuous than other men.
| la We q notion that among the plain people
who have had little opportunities for educa-
! ton, who rave had but few of the Injuries
Of life, who are patiently bearing the tolls
and the burdens Of the day, there are more
Of the elemental virtues than you will find
in any other class in a community. But l
do believe this, that there ia no class that
has the responsibility upon il under a free
government as upon the class you here
represent. And this is q time when you
are called TO the discharge Of your duties.
] do not ask for anything because l was
at Columbia, or because / was a college
man or a law school student, or because
We have educational affnities. sum-
| WOu you W n dEA dB hIllCIhCdDFs Il SuIu-
mon you to a discharge OF your duties, for
not in forty years has there been an emer-
genoy which makes such a call upon in
telligent manhood in this country as Of this
hour, in this State.
And therefore l make M appeal, not to
Republicans, not to independents. but on
the plain ground Of good citizenship. I'm
doubtedly there is discomfort. Why should
there not bet Has anybody got any better
right to talk about 1t than / have? Is there
| a nvkrsAv nhn knnWa mora about itS re-
sources than I do?
No man can claim before an audience in
New York city with any hope of success
to represent . monopoly Of civic virtue in
my presence and leave me out.
No, the question Ia whether we shall go
forward with a sure step in a just manner.
/ We have complex questions presented to
Us and demanding thought and not
demanding reflection, demanding intelli-
gent consideration, demanding, above all,
that fundamental love Of truth and sense
Of responsibility for every uttered word
upor which you alone can depend when you
listen TO promises. l hope that the cam;
paign OF which you will form a part will
not be q campaign simply OF shouts and
enthusiastic applause.
You know that when l say l desire to see
a complete divorce Of business from politics
and that no private interests will influence
my action against the public interests II !
am elected / mean II,
The presence OF a systematic attempt
TO give currency to defamation. to destroy
everything that Ia good and to make the
plain people believe that everything ia evil
and that there " no one who can be trusted
save one who desires to elevate himself to
office, a systematic attempt to under
mine the foundations Of our institutions
by interfering with the Judgment Of our
citi gems by improper means-that, gentle
men, II the danger you must combat, and
you must combat it by earnest. fair dis
cussion OF the questions Of the day, and
by approaching that the foremost issue
OF this esmbaign II not whether this position
is hight or that position is right or whether
this should be said OF that should be said,
but whether we shall deal honestly and
soberly, and in the American manner
and l say American manner, for there Is
nothing American that IL not fair.
Now, I appeal to you gentlemen, for that
sort OF work which you are peculiarly
fitted to do. You have the advantage of
youth, the advantage Of energy, the ad-
vantage OF acquaintance with afairs-yOu
read and you reflect. Don't think, on that
account, that you are better than any
body else. Don't go around giving the
impression that you have a superior mind.
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