Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-29

party in the past. and to apply those
principles in the living present to the
needs that we have today.
Il ask you to put yourselves uneuuivo-
cally on the side that says we trust the
people and believe that the people are
competent to rule themselves instead OF
being obliged to be ruled by the decree of
others 1 ask you to stand for these
principles because they are right l ask
you to stand for these principles. be-
cause by so doing you back up the re-
publican governor and the majority OF
the republican legislature that met in
the last session, and l ask you to do it.
because sooner or later you will have to
do it, and because l wish TO see you
lead the march of progress and not be
run over you stand hating and SILVER
ing and then be forced to come on In the
rear of the procession; and, therefore, my
friends, in the name OF expediency and
in the higher name of righteousness l
ask you to be loyal to the cause OF popu-
lar government and support the princi-
Piles embodied in the majority report be-
fore YOU"
Stimson Nominated.
Mr.. Root called the final session of the
convention to order shortly after d
o'clock. There were no more sky
rockets.
The roll call for nomination for govern
OF brought forth Kingsbury Foster of
New York county, who nominated Repre-
sentative William S. Bennett.
When Nassau county was called on the
roll call Col. Roosevelt stepped To the
platform
Il have a genuine regard and respect.
said the colonel, for Representative Ben
net, but the situation calls for another
q I n a
Henry L. Stimson OF New York. He is
a very good man. AS President of the
United States / appointed him United
Itates district attorney of New York. 1t
was necessary to have an honest man in
that place, a man of truculent integrity.
1 conferred with Mr.. Root at the time,
and We decided that Mr. Stimson was
the man who must act against the most
powerful combinations OF business inter
ests in the world. / believed that Mr..
stimson as United States district attor-
ney would be called upon to meet the
very ablest lawyers the corporations
could employ. Mr.. Stimson made good
He was pitted against the best lawyers
of the land. 1t was his business to bring
to book the sugar trust, which had de-
frauded the government out OF enormous
sums, literally vast fortune. Mr. Slim
son convicted man after man In the
sugar trust. He proved his case so true
that the trust threw up it's hands and
ment Mr.. Stimson is a man of trench
ant ability, and 1 have the very greatest
pleasure in nominating him for the high
honor of governor of the state of New
York
The total vote for those named for
governor was as follows:
Stimson, Gas: Bennett 242; Dunn, 3S.
and McEwan, So.
Other Nominations.
There was only one name submitted
for lieutenant governor, Mayor Edward
Schoeneck of Syracuse.
Former Judge Julius NJ. Mayer put
Secretary Of State Koenig in renomina-
ton. Judge NJ. A. Tierney did a similar
service for James Thompson for con-
troller. Assemblyman Harrison c. Giore
put Senator John Kissel also in nomi-
nation for controller. The result of the
ballot was: Thompson, 600; Kissel. :G3
Representative Fassett nominated Mr..
Fennell for state treasurer Wesley C..
Dudley put Attorney General O'Malley in
denomination Senator Ralph Thomas re-
nominated State Engineer and Surveyor
Frank NJ. Williams, and William Ruben
of Onondaga put Associate Judge of the
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