New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-16
GOV. HUGHES DEGREES
BOSSES In ON0NDAGA
HENDRICKS, SMITH AND
OTHERS ON STAGE.
Banner Upstate Reception at Syra-
cuse-Cr0zcdS at Rome, Oneida
and CanGStOtG.
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Syracuse Oct. 15.-Whatever TINS city anu
Onondaga County do on Election Day-atld '"ei
are many Hughes men here who fear they Will
- IT, nm 70 the concentrations of the or
SANITATION leaders-to-night they gave Governor
Hughes the banner reception of his state cam
Daien ND TO date Hughes Independents ana or
ganization men Joined TO do honor 10 the 0oN
ernor and the result was meeuhe Oh Su0i'
proportions and demonstrating. snch
that Governor Hughes commented Oh Il Ae0Iiiie''
81 b;e snaech All the clements of the Onon-
daga County organization which foNsht tIle re-
nomination of the Governor so bitterly were
there Francis Hendricks joined IN a reception
~ the Governor. and sat in the front rank on
the stage. Ray B. Smith, county Chairman
and Mr. Hendricks's first lieutenant, was In
charge of the meeting, and under him were
ranged all the lesser lights in the organization.
Senator White whom this county hoped to
nominate for Governor, and landed IN second
place on the ticket, and Speaker Wads"or'h TO
whom it swung were there too
Before these men and a great throng of citi-
GERS from four thousand to five thousand
hacked into the Alhambra like the proverblaI
timed sardines, Governor Hughes preached his
gosnel OF honest service to the state by honest
public officials without bosses to obey or special
interests TO favor and protect. With world Of
fervor in his voice he declared that 1t was this
thing which was at stake in this election For
himself while approaching deeply the conf
dence Of the people. and desiring their support
election or rejection nothing compared
with the support rejection by the public OF
things accomplished in his administration and
the principles for which he stood,
The climax Of a speech reviewing the big
things done in his two years Of public service
and dissecting the Democratic situation so as to
-.
ton a i miserable weaknesses, brought his
audience to its feet. Cheer after cheer, long
sustained indicated the state of its feelings on
that subject under the stimulation of his eo-
quence
ALMOST a STATE FAIR CROWD.
Governor Hughes reached here this evening
after a day campaigning in Oneida and Madison
counties. a big committee met his train and
took him TO the Vanderbilt Hotel, where there
was a large reception. Meantime big parade
Of handsomely uniformed marching clubs pa
raded around town amid a profusion of red
lights and skyrockets, through streets almost as
crowded they were during state fair week
and the big local carnival. BY the time the
Governor got TO the hall if was almost fnpos-
sible 10 jam anOtl person into it, but the
marching clubs and leather lunged delegation
of Syracuse University students, who furnished
noise enough 10 SliSilCe cannon battery, got
side, somehow.
The Governor the first speaker. He won
the sympathy Of his audience Immediately by
paying high tribute to ex-Judge Andrews who
sat near him. and thanking Onondaga County
for the assurances of support he had received
from this territory. Referring to Senator
White. his running mate, he declared there
was every reason why every Republican in
Onondaga should do his best for the success of
the national and state Republican tickets We
look for the best Of returns from Onondaga
November g." he said.
of the marching clubs while the big audience.
cheered nadly.
CARRIES AUDIENCE WITH HIM
All the way through his speech, when he was
reiterating the questions of Mr.. Chanler about
the Public Service commissions and the resto-
ration Of public gambling which that candi-
date has lodged up to date; when he was tell
ing of his work in the departments and of the
antagonism encountered in effecting his big
legislative reforms the Governor carried the
audience right with him.
I don't object to opposition" he said at one
point. Il thrive on It" The declaration. in the
presence of so many of his distinguished Cd
ponents, caught the fancy Of the crowd and 1t
roared with laughter.
Governor Hughes said that nothing in his adj