New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

stands for and know that he is a friend Of
the people of the State of New York"
Il want TO speak particularly about two
things in his dministration-excellence and
success" Mr wadsworth went on. The people
are willing to pay almost anything for excel
lence. provided IT is untainted. The people
don't realize how hard the Governor has worked
TO obtain success. have him talking
over the telephone. eating lunch and reading
proposed statute at the same moment. 1
was there because he said he would have leisure
then
HOW GOVERNOR WAS GREETED
The Governor was escorted from the Union
League Club, where he had dined by process
sion half mile long composed of many differ
ent political organizations and headed by the
famous Williams Battery in marching costume
II not until the marchers had been seated
that the Governor was ushered on to the plat
form The audience came to its feet with a
bound. and for four minutes the demonstration
shook the rafters of the old building. Hughes!
Hughes. We want Hughes," reverberated from
side to the other. The Rev. David c.
Hughes. father of the candidate, who had a
front seat on the platform. was even more af-
fected by the tribute than his Among
others the platform Canon William S.
Chase. Speaker Wadsworth slipped in quietly
while the Governor was talking and took a seat
beside Chairman Woodruff almost unobserved,
so intent was the audience on the words of the
Governor.
AT PROSPECT HALL.
Governor Hughes cheered for almost ten
minutes when he made his appearance at Pros
pect Hall. going directly there from the mass
meeting at the C1ermont Rink. His speech at
this hall was practically the same at the rink.
James r. Garfield. Secretary of the Interior,
another speaker said that if the sample of
Bryanism which the people had in Oklahoma
was the kind to be expected the country did not
want any more of it. we found Bryanis-n,"
he said represented by such man as Governor
Haskell" He ended with praise for Governor
Hughes.
James w Wadsworth, jr said: 1--WE are
the kind of Republicans that do not write in
eliminating letters and we wouldn't know the
Standard Oil if we met 1t in the street We
beat the bosses at the convention-curses on
the bossesl-and it is the duty of the people to
elect the man they nominated"
The other speakers were Congressman Will
lam NJ Calder, who presided: William A Prem
dergast, Register. and Richard Young candi-
date for Congress in the 5th District.
AT ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
The hold which Governor Hughes has the
homes of the people well shown by the
composition OF the audience which waited three
hours for him in the Brooklyn Academy OF
Music. A full half of 1t were women
Before Governor Hughes arrived speeches
were made by all his running mates on the
ticket and by others, all bearing eloquent trib-
ute to the Governors qualifications for a second
term.
When Governor Hughes entered the hall there
was full five minutes of cheering and flag
waving. which grew to perfect frenzy when
he said that he renewed the promise that
he had telegraphed to the convention which first
nominated him that he would keep his admin
istration free of the taint Of bossism and sub
servience TO private interests. His speech,
which was resume of the he had deiv-
cred earlier in the evening, was interrupted at
every point by long and sustained applause.