New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-27
RALLY AROUND HUGHES
CHEER N4ME.
Demand That Legislature Pass Antt-
Gambling and Other Bills.

Ringing tributes were paid to Governor f1usieS
at big meeting in the Clermont Avenue
Rink Brooklyn yesterday afternoon 10 pro'es'
against action of the State Senate IN raining 10
mass the Agnew-Hart anti-gambling bill and 10 de-
mand that Legislature at its special session not
only pass the antigambling measure, but also any
other important measure which the Governor de-
sires to have enacted into law. The floor OF the
rink was crowded by two thousand three thou
sand men and women of all religious and political
persuasons. who applauded every mention OF the
Governors
The Rev. DR.. S Parkes Cadman, pastor Of the
Central Congregational Church. threatened that II
the politicians continued to oppose the Governor
and his reform measures the people would get to-
getLer and run an independent ticket next fall.
! His words applauded for half minute.
William McCarroll, one of the Public Service
Commissioners and ex-president of the Manufact-
urers' Association, who presided, said:
This question touches the honor. the conscience
and the patriotism of every citizen of this state
now and the special session. our state motto is
Excelsior upward and onward. Other states have
Now we are called upward and onward to higher
plane with a righteous Governor in the lead
He then read the following dispatch from the
Governor:
greatly regret that cannot be present at the
ment of Brooklyn Will have emphatic expression
This is the peoples Tight and if the Intelligence and
doubt TO the result
He also read letter from the Rev Father John
l.. Bedford pastor of the Roman Catholic Church
of the Nativity, and one of the most influential
priests of Brooklyn denouncing racetrack gambling
as one of the fundamental evils and probably
responsible the development Of more thieves
than any other form of temptation
r. Fulton Cutting. the Citizens Union leader. of
Manhattan struck the keynote of the meeting when
he said:
More than in the racing question, I am inter
ested in the man. Our courag eous, single minded
Ne have hero real one kind not seen before
in Governor. Are We going TO let the upper
House of the Legislature put the uanaces upon ms
capacity? What is democracy? Is II not the free
political parties is 10 frame issues but It is also 70
back great public servants ITS Mnfn are she ro;ns
TO DO with them?
Register William 4. Prendcrgast aroused great en-
thusiasm by asking permission take his place as
one of the leaders in the fight sustain the Gov
ernor. He said
In the words Of Grant. we are going To fight
it out THIS line if il takes all summer. II
ne +o tbe next eleeton Let us make It under
stood that the attempt to siderack great leaGer
He was elected TO carry out the ideas of the
he Is the man to elect next fall TO continue the
work
He added that the cry that the poolrooms would
flourish even If the gambling at the tracks was
stopped was not necessarily true. Arthur j.
O'Keefe was put out of the Deputy Police Com
nissionership because he attacked the poOlrooms,
he said but the officials OF New York could shut
the places up If Tom Johnson could shut them
up in Cleveland
Let us say TO the Governor: 'Godspeed IN
YOUR good work! The conscience of the state is
with you he ended.
Rabbi Martin A. Meyer, of Temple Israel be-
gan with the remark that he glad that the
Governor had received setback, because il
served to bring out the underlying public con-
science and showed the people who were their
friends and who their enemies among the legis-
lators He said:
a saint is one who goes back at the devil every
tine he aPpeabF sc 70 saint t and ada heI9
that he asks Of us is 10 uphold his hands.
He said that We had such a in Washing
ton and in Lincoln and that he believed that the
future would give Hughes his place with them as
leader of the forces of decency against evil
He ended by saying:
We have only ourselves to blame for the present
conditions, because We have allowed ourselves 10
he led by political bosses and corruptionsts. Our
es nc gSe me pg + 11r tights and
their oaths after taking office.
Dr. Cadman began by assaiIing the political
machines as soon as he got his feet He said:
In the last week We're chilled by discovering
that the federal crowd was not nanifestng the
Presidential nomination. Not in my time has
there been as great a in the Governors chair
at Albany as Is sitting there this afternoon | ask
nothing of the Democrats. and blessed be he who
does ask nothing of them. for he will be disap-
pointed The only thing that ! would have asked
of them has been forestalled by the action of SEN
ator Grady In retiring. The Republican party
withdraw il.
There is a possibility of an unholy alliance he
tween the two machines. Let their
tons for the next few weeks. Part their money
supply has been cut off: let us discover where they
r"plenish it. II We find th4t there a combination
between Them well take this matter IN ourselves
ana carry II to the last ditch. The constitution
was adopted by a majority of 13J. 900 votes and
You've got no right TO tamper with the C6nstitn-
ton for any set Of men. We ask no favors of The
Legislators merely the observance OF their oaths
me people are SICK and weary OF both political
boo hooed the Governor and Will attend to then,
later Word has reached from Albany thai
the Governor IL worst hated by the politicians Of
any man who ever sat at Albany He is the best
crowd. Trey are no more than a pine shinrle in
Niagara 10 the people The trouble with you moo
pie is that you do not rise UP in your power often
enough Another statesman said that eternal vigil
10 lose the victory in this q the
ask the Jews. the Catholics. the Profcsfants tba
men OF no religion who wish o keep our state DIirc
ana clean 10 rise up and tell those who would drive
and times NO" ~
4 dispat ten was returned TO the Governor sssur
Ing MIN OF he support Of the people at the meeting
ana resolutions were passed by q standing vota
lndofslng me Governor and calling upon the Iage-
lature TO pass the AgneW Hart bill at the snAcial
session. and also any other reform measures which
the Governor deemed necessary,