New-York tribune., 1908-10-05
PRAISE FOR HUGHES
DR., Cadman Brands Personal Lab
erfu 4dUOcates as anarchists.

In q speech that bristled with pertinent politlca
aIlusions during which he frequently interrupt
! ed bv loud applause the Rev Or. 5. Parkes Cadmar
Yesterday afternoon praised IN the strongest terms
! the administration of Governor Hughes. ana sai1
that all those who opposed the Governors re-eleC-
ton on the ground that he had tntertered WIN te
ersonaI liberties Of people whereas he had been
'one Of Gods great men, brave enough to do Wha'
was right" anarchists In spirit WhateVer IheS
might be in actions.
It had been announced that Senator Otto G. Foei-
ker who cast the deciding vote for the antl-Face-
| track gambling BILL aud Dr. Cadman. would speak
| Yesterday afternoon az meeting of men held oy
the West Side Young Mems Christian Association
in West 57th street. After Senator Foelker had
finished an address in which there was no mention
of politics he requested 10 discuss the past ana
present political situations.
y have been asked many times why. when was
so sick / didn't stay at home, said Mr. Foelker-
Persons interested in gambling have asked me
that voted the way my conscience dictated ne
said and following most noble example by a
most noble man. l content 10 stand or fall by
that act. Omittlng. if please. all moral phases
involved in the subject. 70 look at the question
merely from the point of view OF the American love
of a square deal. the so-called Percy-Gray law was
rightly repealed If a man can't stand up and de-
fend the constitution it is time for him 10 be rele-
gated to the rear.
It was some time before he permitted 70
continue because of the applause. The auditorium
crowded
Senator Foelker then said that he regretted he
had not framed a bin whereby when a public
want did not do what the people who elected him
10 represent them deemed right, they should have
the right 10 recall him. He said he yet hoped 70
draft such law.
Dr. Cadman's topic was "Educatiou-Its Relation
to Character but there politics in the air.
and he asked
What is this maudIiu CRY We hear against Gov
ernor Hughes. charging him with abrogation Of
ton? We have too much personal liberty in this
country. There are more murders in Kentucky, in
nrebended some of IL would be stamped out Let
me ask YOU What. my friends would Mr.. Belmont
say If the Governor would far forget the re
sponsibilities of his great office as to neglect
force the constitution if somebody tried to do
thing Illegal to his property as well as on il? We
not going to break up the constitution for Mr.
Belmont any other racetrack gambler
The gamblers or the saloonkeepers are net
going to run this country he said. and he re-
ferred TO the majority of the opponents Of Gov
ernor Hughes as mot fit wipe his boots He
said he did not believe in the Sunday closing OF
museums or any decent place where good music
could be heard. and added:
Everything | have said about Governor Hughes
Chanler says he is-so might as well make it
unanimous"
Paris he said was in the hands of horse loving
people.
Il have just returned from Paris. where at every
railroad station, corner and public place YOU have
poked under your nose things that prove Paris
has the morals of the stable yard; and. mark you,
France is dying nation
He deprecated the lack of education Of the
American people. which. ne said. had permitted
the free silver agitation. Free silver meant one
half educated men" he said. The peril of America
is TO be found not in the great influx of foreign
emigrants. but in the ever increasing number OF
men who are neither educated uneducated.
but who can't think, or don't We hear of some
men stealing letters. and of other buying let
ters and we hurrah. We like To read them. We
forget that we have not morals enough to despise
the way they we're got
The air Is full OF nostrums and quackeries and
the rhetoric Of the demagogue The demagogue
is the man that is the peril Of America but he is
in deadly feaF Of the man who can think.