New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-23
BREAKS RECORDS
HONORING HUGHES
EAST SIDE OF BUFFALO
DOES 1T.
"Enemy's Country" Not Found
HostiIe-Speaks also at Genera,
Canandaigua and Seneca Falls.
TBy Telegraph to The Tribune. J

[By Telegraph TO The Tribune
Buffalo. Oct 22.-This city, particularly
the great East Side. considered by some tine
enemy's country" gave to Governor Hughes to
night the greatest reception he has had in this
any other state in this campaign. 1t far sur
passed in enthusiasm even the splendid meet
ings at St. Paul and Chicago, when he stumped
the West for Taft, and equalled them in num-
bers
From ten to twelve thousand persons were
packed into the 65th Regiment armory Ninety
five per cent of this throng were men, mostly
workingmen and small business men, including
many foreigners. the plain people who in other
critical times have by their support won notable
victories for the Governor. Their conduct did
not bear out the reports of lukeWarmness or
positive antagonism which have been made con-
cerning this territory. For ten minutes after
the Governor walked up police guarded clear
ing through sea of wildly waving flags and
hats and human arms the persons behind them
cheered him, cheered him with enthusiasm
amounting almost to frenzy One old man IN
the front row took an umbrella and waved it
like flag Next to him in shirt sleeves
emitted wild yells at intervals as regular as A
minute gun All over the huge armory men
stood on chairs and almost shriel<ed their lungs
out
Martin H Blecher, chairman, East Side
merchant. tried still the tumult to intro
duce Governor Hughes. but still the crowd
cheered The band struck up, but gave up
the unequal contest. The cheering ceased
only when Governor Hughes arose to speak.
but even then II was renewed at every telling
sentence.
HUGHES APPLAUDED EVERYWHERE.
But the meeting itself not the only
exhibition of enthusiasm FOR Governor Hughes
From the time the local committee, headed
bv Postmaster Fred Grener, State Committee
men Daniels and Grimm and County Chair
man Zimmerman, met him at the station peo-
ple applauded him wherever he appeared. AT
the Hotel IroQuois there was q reception in
which a solid line of people took hour to
file past the Governor, shaking hands and as
surfing him of their support.
Preceding the meeting a big parade cf
marching clubs. The armory was filled an
hour before the meeting began. and when the
Governor came hundreds were waiting out
side
Governor Hughes began his speech by
little missionary work for Mr.. Taft
I'VE want the wisest and the best man for
President" he said. and we've got him, William
Howard Taft That set the crowd to going
The Governor soon got down to the state ques-
tions faying Chanler mercilessly for his tardy
declaration on the gambling and Public Service
Commission questions. He tore to pieces the
idea of having Public Service Commissioners
elected any more than banking, insurance. agri-
culture, water supply or any others of the host
of department heads in the states service.
Nj Conners, Mr. Murphy Mr.. McCarren
might desire to have them elected by the peo-
ple" he said They'd like to get the commits
sions close to them" A chorus Of Kisses and
catcalls greeted those potent names.
Personal liberty has been the proposition
on which anti Hughes men said the Governor
would lose the East Side. Yet when he de-
clared tonight that he had opposition to any
lawful form of sport amusement, but did
stand for the law and the constitution. he
evoked a demonstration almost equal to his
original reception. OF Mr. Chanler he said:
Il wouldn't ask for any more eloquent COM
rnendation of the events of the last two years
than the feeble attempts made TO criticise them"
Abiding to the charges of extravaganza lev
elled at his administration the Governor recited
the rise in New York Ctty's budget from s64,-
100000 in 1898 TO $142,00O,o00 in 1908, THE
Democrats are in complete control there" said
he What do you think of that for a glass
house,"
The mountains have labored-and brought
forth mouse" SO Governor Hughes described
the answering of his questions put to Mr.. Chan
ler He said the answers came after an i'm
pressive. depressing and eloquent silence" and
added:
won't characterize the questions he asked of
me You know what they were: but answered
them at once. The desire was to sidetCaCk mine.
divert attention from them. In less than tWen-
ty-four hours we were right back TO the same
nertinent questions. They had to be met.
| endeavored to call forth the constructive
programme Of my Opponent-if he has got any
particularly with reference to the Public Service
commissions law. Finally we have got some
thing of a statement on the subject. Now that
I read il | don't wonder at the delay, because
there was so little to say. This great OutCry
against government by commission results in
approval of II. Only my opponent wants the
commission elective instead of appointive.
In the city of New York are some of the ablest
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