New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-18

acceptance, ] have stated them IN my Va. ~,
Gus speeches, and so far as 1 know ne tbs
OF them has been answered by any o r,.rs
SPEAKERS or py any OF me NJ side
which are representing the other ~
What IS their issue? What are thSA u = ii -
10 bring into this campaign? hell' >. -
very interesting and / am willing 10 rae
il. They say that | am Mr.. RooSeNeiC >
man. They say that if l am eieSIeI W
are making Roosevelt king. Uaughltt' IN
Well, now. let us see for 4 moment ol'
| that subject | have several things 10 =,
In the first place, let me call your aiteiluo I
10 the principal sources of that ATTACK ~, ~,
me. one of the principal features IN lIl9
campaign is the way in which every NV.
paper over which Wall street has any a., g.
fuence Is against me and against az
Roosevelt. one of the chief OF those news
papers, newspaper which seems 10 be IN
Sieaks OF me only as Mr.. RooseNell ; - 90.
didate Is The New York Herald Nov:
what has The New York Herald ~
against me2 You probably don't know. pc
cause il was not published very widely at
the time il happened. hut four years ago,
when | was United States attorney foI ne
cuted The New York Herald" ana I
prosecuted James Gordon Bennett hlmstil
at the time. and L prosecuted them Tot me
in the United States mails.
THE New York HERALD had for years
published a personal column which was 4; a
scandal TO the city. You all remember II II
YOU have ever seen that paper. 1t existed
for years until l became United States Al
tOrneN. ana j prosecuted It and ] ~ oHC
cuted James Gordon Bennett for maintain
ing VI. tApplauSe)- l brought James Cor
don Bennett hack from Europe and / maze
him stand up in an American court ana
plead guilty 10 that infamous offence NOW
he thinks that | am Mr.. Roosevelts man
Well. II believing in what Theodore
Roosevelt has done for this nation in the
various Offices that he mas held makes me
Rooscvelt's man. well. then, | am kooSe-
velt's man. tApplausel. II believing as ne
believes in asserting the rights Of the pup
lie against graft and against special priVl-
leEcS la the shape OF our big corporations
where they overstretched the law makes
me Roosevelt's man. why. then. I want to
be RooseVelts man. and they can make
what they want out OF it, (ApplauSe). .
But If, on the other hand, they mean mat
when elected TO the office of Governor L
am going 10 run that Office according to
any other standards or beliefs than my
own, then ! am not RooSeVeltS man, and
Colonel Roosevelt will be the first to tell
you that ] never would be. I served under
him, as ! have also served under President
Taft in the administration OF the DISTRICT
Attorneys Office i'm New York, and both
didacy to-day, and all l can say to you is
that II you honor me by electing me 20
the office Of Governor of this state l VIII
try TO administer II I'm the same way that
] did that Office in New York applause.
without fear or favor. in absolute justice.
neither unluStly against the corporations
nor unluStly in their favor, but right on
the line Of Justice. That is my position in
this campaign. and in that I ask your sup
port. Nppause)-
The Stimson special left this city at
midnight for Kingston. The candidate
viii swing through Ulster and Delaware
counties tomorrow, with a night meet
ing at Kingston.