New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
MAKING ROOM FOR CHILDREN.

On the way from Utica to Delhi. over the On
tario & Western Railroad. the Governor had an
unusual experience There was DAY coach an9
a smoker. The Governor rode in the day coae@
1t seemed 70 be a good time for travelling n
people got on ar every stop. The car beans
crowded Colonel TreadwelL the Governors
military secretary is q dignifed man and
strict observer Of etiquette
Colonel said the Governor quietly. 'thsr'
are persons standing up in this car and ~
taking up too mich room Just get To i"
that baggage somehow and make room ~
two or three of these women and children
This the colonel did, and finally whispered l,
the trainrnau that there was a seat alongside q
himself for a small bov standing in front g,
his mother. The traiumau spoke % the he.'
who looked at the colonel dressed in his reg
mentaIs and got an immediate response ~,
the little chap. The trainman str7ighteneu -
and in loud voice said .,
The boy saws ne don't want 70 SCI wa"
YOU and he means it -,
The Governor smoked 25-cent cigar al '''
expense of the colonel afterward-
The people kept pilinE into the car. ana So .
two little children carrying IunCheonS IN gaps
bags wedged themselves into the seat al'ns,
side Of Mr. Hughes. entirely obvious ~ .,~s
fact that he was the states chief exc -
When the mother Of the little ones learned ".
he was she seemed to he greatly sn2cAsG AS
her offspring should no dragging luncneur ~
across the knees Of 50 great q disnitar' ~
the Governor made light of il and rhatted W,
the little folk until they got out az 'le
station. -. tas
DO the farmers like Hughes asked =,
reporter of a hardy old hop grower "ho E-r,-
the train near Hamilton. where the Go'0'
spent two years In Colgate University -s-,srs
'.I'H tell YOU about the way that tlr .-snlr
feel toward the Governor came the Sl"" 81
They amt exactly THROWN ITS shou'-''- -bsv
him but they like him just the sdiIe. -. he
believe he has brains and honesty anu t" IL
bosses can't run him. We feel with hiIh a. IN
many that we've got the right sort OF GlAr +sa
the Governors chair I was greatly 80, T-,,arr.
him the first week Of the session EtSt oIiIl.
I've been to Albany myself dom a Ht'to ss,ns-
cal IogrolIin' off and On and l kno" srs-
thing about the machine There's - NoW
gether too much log rOllin IN TINS St'.e4 in n
what did the Governor do when ne s''. ard
January? lie came out I'm the front ul' ~, Ms
treated every one alike. He didn { take suI ,vge
fellcrs into his private office ana taIN a thsas
with them. but on the contrary ne t ulL
the business of the state could all De horr H.
in the open, as there was nOthin secret a. dons
That's what caught Ever since - as he
that I've been a Hughes man. As ~ L,,-s The
maintains that kind of policy ne VIII -
people with him \, Bur
At Walton Delaware County, Georse ,Is.,ghess
gin. the local Hveryman, rode IN MI A
car TO Delhi - iii TEr-
when Roosevelt was Governor So II toes
gin "he was in Walton one day AN tr ard vs
him out for ride He liked the hiiis shat ns
became very friendly. I told him tHet. .s som,
IyouId he President OF the United states Gov
day I've Just been back there tenn III ~ tbs
ernor that he's gOin' to be Presi"en
United States" -, ,norter.
well. what did he say?' asked the Iep .
oh he said that the grass Iookeo
needed RAIN said Burgin