New-York tribune., 1908-10-11
HUGHES MAKES VOTES
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| people svarrnod around the station and over the
| tracks To hear the two Governors. Governor
| Deneen making brief speech of introduction
| at each place and leading In the cheering for
| Governor Hughes.
| CROWD HEARS HIM At SPRINGFIELD
| Springfield was reached Just at the noon hour.
when the streets were lined with people Gov
crnor Hughes and his party bundled into
motor cars which fell IN behind a band from
the works Of the Illinois Watch Company. and
|, parade to the courthouse was begun There,
facing u wide lawn surrounding the old struct-
ure, stand had been built. rooted with a
gigantic American flag. Senator Shelby NJ.
Cuom and repre- sentatves Of the Saugamon
County Committee greeted the Governor, and
Senator Cullom presented him to the large
dicnce as model Governor whose presence
there honor to the city.
AS Governor Hughes stepped forward there
was craning of necIs TO see this Fastener
who had been bazoned all through this state
as the "oue hope Of the Republican party I'm
this campaign" He caught the fancy OF the
crowd Immediately by expressing his pleasure
at meeting the senator and spending the day in
the company of Governor Deneen.
When the Governor of Illinois meets the
Governor OF New York" said ne. each asks the
question, 'Comradc, how is the fight in your
part of the field" and We feel drawn together
by bonds Of mutual sympathy and common par
pose"
Governor Hughes paid high tribute to Presl-
dent Lincoln. declaring that mis- childhood had
been nourshcd stories of the Martyr Presi-
dent and the inspiration of his manhood de
rived from his example.
To-day we are in a critical period" he said
land if we would know the decision 10 make we
must take counsel of that strong common sense
which Lincoln trusted
THROWS LIGHT ON BRYANIsM
Then he showed how Bryan failed to meet the
test of that common sense, declaring that
Bryan's omissions from his platform might bind
the candidate, but certainly did not bind the
American people who. he said, had long memo
res and shy of patcEt medicine takers. All
the time the Governor was speaking the audi
ence was increasing until when ne finished.
there must have been a throng OF two thou
sand persons or more good part of whom
followed his motor down the street, re
peatinG the cheers with which they had sped
him from the courthouse.
At Lincoln the Governor, again introduced by
Governor Deneen made a short talk to more
than a thousand persons gathered in a little
square by the station. They listened ntently
to every word Of his talk and cheercd him as
long as his train remained in sight
Bloomington turned out a mass of people
who overhowed the station platform and GOV
cred the tracks both sides of the Hughes
train The Atoms Chicago special due at
the station at the same time the Hughes spe-
cIal. and the Governor could not begin his
speech until it had passed but the crowd did
not want to move 10 make way for IT. Finally
Governor Deneen and a corps of railroad men
got a path cleared. the Governor declaring:
I'VE can't afford to havo any of you people |
killed until after November g."
Governor Hughes talked there for nearly ten |
minutes emphasizing Bryans Inconsistencies |
and the danger of his latest set of "cure-aIls" |
Congressman Sterling Joined the party at this |