The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-03-09
NEW YORK STATE
COMMITTEE IS
FOR HUGHES
Unanimously Endorses Execu-
tive for President
STILL AFTER THE GAMBLERS
Governors Remarks on Anti Race
Track Bill Warmly Applauded at
Pouehkeepsie.
STILL AFTER THE GAMBLE RS


Ing of the Republican state committee
here, with State Chairman Woodruff
presiding, eX-Congressman William III.
Douglas, representing the Fifteenth
| district, in which Governor Hughes
lives, put through resolution pras-
ing President Roosevelt. warmly eu-
logizing the governor and recommend
ing the selection of delegates at large
and district delegates who will present
Il united front at the Chicago conven-
ton in behalf of Charles +. Hughes as
a presidential candidate. The resolu-
ton was adopted by a unanimous
vote.
The state convention Is to he held In
Carnegie hall on April II at II o'clock,
| and eX-lieutenant Governor NJ. Linn
Bruce is TO he the temporary chairman.
At Poughkeepsie Governor Hughes
delivered an address before the Dutch
ess County Republican club, Assem-.
bled in Columbus institute. He spoke
eXtemporaneously and was warmly
applauded especially in his reference
to the antirace track bill.
The governor was introduced by
Francis c. l.an1or president of the
club. and said in part:
I'VE cannot fail to recognize the fact
that mt this time the Republican party
is the party OF golden opportunity, the
party to which clearly is intrusted the
safe keeping of our institutions and
the protection of all that we hold most
dear. We are opposed by some who
represent familiar and long held DEM
ocratic doctrines and by others who
represent the tieetiug fancies of I'M
quiet minds.
THE Republican party to succeed
must represent the conscience of the
American people. 1t has represented
In the past the American conscience.
1t was born rs an expression of the
American conscience. Under Lincoln
1t spoke for the moral purposes OF the
people.
at owed its great progress as new
party to the fact that II voiced the in
tense moral desires Of the people, and
from that time to this II has failed
only when 1t did not measure up to the
standard which il set for itself at the
outset, and today, under the influence
Of the lndomitable spirit OF President
Roosevelt. it still represents the con
science of the people and their desire
for reform and the correction of every
known abuse.
1.-THE Republican party must stand
for the common sense Of the Ameri-
can people. What is to be done must
be done in way that can be demon
strated to the intelligence OF thinking
men. 1t is no time to throw out catch
words to please an idle populace. 1t
is not time to attempt to attract votes
by any measures which are i'll consid-
cred with reference to the just de-
mands Of honest business enterprise.
ut is time for patient considera-
ton of every condition which requires
q remedy, to the end that we may
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good, while we fearlessly destroy all
that we have that is evil 1t is a time
for confidence in our institutions, for
confidence in our future, but because
of that very confidence we must see
to it that we devote ourselves seduous-
ly to every matter which should en-
gage our attention as citizens so that
no mistakes may be made. that moth
ing that needs attention may miss at
tention, but that our progress shall be
genuine because orderly.
Now we have been trying to pro-
coed along those lines in the admin
istratlon of the government of this
state. 1t has been my ambition as
governor to settle every question that |
was presented SO far as my judgment |
could permit me to assist In it's set |
Element, according to It's merits and in |
a way that could be explained salts |
faetorily to every fair minded citizen |
of whatever political belief"