New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-02
CHANLER REBUkES
CONNERS TO FACE
PREFACE TO HIS SET NOTI-
FICATTON SPEECH.
InterUie5o Citing Outline of Pdrty's
Policy Betrayal of Confidence,
Says the Nominee.

Poughkeepsie. n. Y. Oct. I'm accepting to-
dav at Rolzeby, the ancestral Chanler estate.
twenty miles from here, the nomination Of the
Democratic party for Governor, Lewis Stuy-
vesant Chanler, the present Lieutenant Gov
ernor of the state. created decided stir among
his hearers by prefacing his set speech with
statement TO the effect that State Chairman
William J. Conners had betrayed 4 confidence"
If he had attempted in interview given out
yesterday afternoon to dictate what the policy
of the Democratic party in the coming campaign
in New York should be. Mr.. Chanler declared
that he had revealed to the party leaders the
trend of his probable remarks with the under
standing that nothing was to be said concerning
them until they uttered by himself. He
recognized neither the conception nor the in
tes.ct Of any other In outlining his own
policy, the candidate declared and emphasized
further along in his prepared remarks the state
ment that free from all hampering obligations
of every kind. shall know no master but the
peoples viii and the peoples interest"
Chairman Conners sat just behind Mr.. Chan
Ter during the latter's speech With Charles F
Murphy. leader of Tammany Hall; Daniel F
Cohalan, State Senator Thomas F. Grady and
other representatives of the New York City and
Brooklyn Democratic organizations he arrived
only a few minutes before the exercises Of in
forming all the nominees of the Rochester con-
vention began. With the others he left !nme-
diately after they had ended There was no con-
sultation OF Mr.. Chanler with these leaders
Norman z. Mack, national chairman, also vas a
guest at Rokeby during the afternoon.
Ex-Judge Alton B. Parker, who served as
permanent chairman of the Rochester gathering
had just ended his brief speech of notification
when Mr.. Chanler stepped forward and after
the cheers Of the dense crowd, which spread
fanlke in front of the portico on which he stood
had subsded. he said:
Before I begin nv prepared speech OF ac-
ceptance. I must. though l do ii regretfuIy
preface my remarks with explanation which
is made with all charity, but with all earnest
ness. My attention has just been called to an
editorial in a morning paper in New York. based
on an interview published in the afternoon of
the day before. purpOrtng to give outline OF
the policy OF the Democratic party in this state
Whatever of my speech of acceptance has found
its way into the public prints is due not to the
conception the intellect of any man other
than myself, but presents what 1 must regard
a betrayal OF the confidence which a candi-
date OF party has always been warranted in
reposing in the chairman Of the state committee
In revealing to the leaders of the party the
trend of my probable utterances upon this occa-
sion, had supposed the publication of my views
upon public questions there expressed would
await their formal announcement by me.
l favor the strict enforcement of all laws
and if elected l shall feel il to be not the least
part of my duty that all other officials
who are subject to the control Of the Governor
all law
Mr.. Chanler declared that he believed in party
organization; that the American govern rnent
was 9 government of parties and that "a Coy
ernor who ignores or scorns the party that has
placed him where he stands is but an migrate"
At the same time he added that "a Governor
who blindly serves the leaders Of his party
whether right wrong. is a traitor to the cause
his party represents-a traitor to all the people
on the porch OF the house sat the nominees of
the state ticket the party leaders members Of
the state committee and score of county chair
men. on the driveway and lawns in front we're
gathered the neghbors of the Lieute - Gov
ernor. MT. Chanlcr addressed a few personal
words to his fellow tovnsmen and received an
enthusiastic response from them. on one sec
ton of the porch gathered a contingent OF
persons Of social prominence and descendants
of old New York families whose estates dot the
high hills Of the Hudson. Mrs. John Jacob
Astor was one of those present.
CHAMBERS SPEECH or ACCEPTANCE
Mr.. Chanler's set speech follows, in part:
The Democratic national platform anl our sreat
national standard bearers. william Jennings bryan
supreme issue to be, sh4d 1he peope r-ie.
forth III tlat platform anI for the @. car
national ticket
l5ut the people cannot rule, in nation in state.
SO long as the p"l.er am ralFon"se OF lhe fresi-
4.n..y SUGGEST Li. cNe.ied 10 control the de-
,ar;. TONS nation conventions
10 dictate shall be sciccted fer the Presidency
ana the governor shy.
ap.rc,e the platform Of the state DemJc-ucy,
as oLtlmed al the Roc ester couvcndcn, aS upon
rho Y hole well experimenting g4tIuu4i ,r-,G
I'niikc that II the Republican parry. adopted at
SJtatoca il contains eonap.cuDus= piaHkl yhicn
the caudidatr for Governor must, il consistent with
his public record. nout and Tepudate.
am It nIyn believer in PARTY LanIZatifn. NJ
great TnaNetnFrt for 20 UuuT rights I'Ie "a
SIcceed without an effective ana vel managei
no political orkanizutiou succeed. ought
succc@F which fo.Ects that the party organic alton
is made fer the party. ard not tie party for the