New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-01


1te The next minute the rowdies were being
conducted rapidly and forcibly toward the
woods
A DECLARATION OF FAITH.
AS an offset to this unpleasantness a throng
at Piedmont cheered to the echo when the Gov
ernor made. this declaration of political faith.
Whenever there is a contest with regard to
popular rights l want TO be counted On the side
Of the people. Whenever there is any question
straightforward administration, of just avs in
partially enforced, want TO be counted on the
side of the public interest. | have no Speclal
interest to serve and no object but TO do the
best I can in support of the public welfare. 1t
is precisely for that reason l against Mr..
Bryan and warmly supporting Mr. Taft
The Governors work waiting for him
even before he awC1le. His train reached
Clarkslurg W Va. about o'clock, while he
was preparing for breakfast. A throns lad as
sembled at the station and began 70 shout:
Hughes. Let's hear Hughes The Governor
hustled himself into a and went cut to
give them Republican doctrine II was an audi
ence. as We're ell the others at the way sta
tions with considerable sprinkiing Of Demo
Gratis bat all cheeced Justify for Hughes. 1t was
noticeable in this part OF the country, as in
India,.a aud Ohio, that the people knew the
Governors aims and achievements, and every
incidental reference to his OWN stand for clean
administration and the square deal brought out
a round Of cheering.
At CIarksburg Senator Scott Congressman
sturgis and W. A. GIasscock, Republican candi-
date for Governor of West Virginia. boarded
the train ani remained with Governor Hughes,
occasionally addressing a few words to the
crowds along the route until Washington was
reached.
At Grafton an audience Of several hundred al
most all railroad men, received The GovernoS4
To them bis arguments against the Bryan falla-
cies were especially pertinent, and they epplaud-
ed and cheered when he declared:
The question for depositors in our banks is
not whether we shall have a new-fansled sys-
TEN of guaranteeing deposits, but whether we
shall have any money to deposit" His shot at
Bryans tariff revolution" told also, coupled
with the characteristic remark:
# we've got to have our leg taken off for
heavens sake cut it off. but don't cut it off by
inches. But purpose 70 save that leg. We
uurpose TO have a prompt. thorough and far
tariff revision. but a revision in the interests
of the policy under which this country has
grown prosperous, and which is essential to the
prosperity of our wOrkingmen more than il IS TO
the interest Of any other people in the COM
munity.
Governor Hughes discussed in his West Nir-
ginia speeches Mr.. Bryans proposition for
trust control by prohibiting any company from
manufacturing and selling more than 80 per
cent Of the total quantity of any article used in
the United States. He said:
This scheme is impracticable dangerous and
a step toward bureaucratic government The
shop, in order to pay good wages mus run 20
the maximum of its efficiency
Under his proposed plan concern tflt pro
duces 100 per cent of the production of any
article can not make q single thing until some
other concern makes the same article What
becomes OF the workingmen who are living in a
town with factory having the exclusive pro-
11ICtion Cf an article like that2 II not
Go anv better than make regulations that hit
the good man Well as the bad man. we aad
better get ont Of the craftsmanship business
The, first question for the Wor;ngman is not
whether he is So be punished for contempt of
court but whether he is to have chance to
work The first question for the Wur,Ii0gman
ia whether the policy of the candidate asking
for his vote U III he for tho uphuildinC Of the
country or for business uncertainty and CON
fusion We want full time work and more fac
tories not fewer factories. We want expansion
Of business and the first question is not how
non shall be tried for contempt Of court but
whether we are going to give license 70 pro-
granmes which will domoraIize honest in
dustrY.
rjcd;nont, With n throug Of railroad men and
Villagers. received the Governor and his Taft
measure enthusiastically,
FIRST SPEECH IN MARYLAND
Crossing into Maryland. Cumberland the
first town where the Governor spoke, and there
hte New York antagonists tried unsuc,t s3fully
to disrupt the large meeting. Mr. Hughes alked
anout ten minutes to the crowd which gathered
at the station. He discussed the issues Of the
campaign on the same lines laid down ir his