New-York tribune., 1910-10-07
MR.. ST|MSON Wins
UPSTATE FARMERS
RepubIican Nominee EScheWS
Politics at Montgomery
County Fair.
FIRST SPEECH IN CAMPAIGN
Refers to Standard of Good Gov
eminent in Rural Communi-
ties and Duty Farmer
Owes the State.
rRy Telegraph TO The Tribune. !

rPy Telegraph 70 The Tribune.I
Fonda y. Y. Oct ct wasn't Henry l..
Stfrnson. Republican candidate for Gov
e-nor who made an address at the Mont (
eorery County Fair here this afternoon !
7 was Henry 1. Stimson farmer. OF Long
Island, who had q mighty good time talk
ing 70 his brethren or the Mohawk NaIiey- |
There wasn't word OF politics in what ne
said either. which pleased both the party I
o. the first part and the party Of the sec
ono ps-t Just e reference 10 the standard /
Of good Citizenship in the rural communi- /
ties and the duty the farmer owes to the 4
state crept IN. but that was from one farm /
e. to Others.
As t-vout OF the disposition OF the 1
ups1arers toward Nj Stimson. candidate. I
mis- dav was important despite any lack
Of political speaking or political stage-set- 1
rinEs Il was Mr.. Stinsons first appear I
ance before any group Of upstate men 10 1
those he met to-day he was merely q name
before they caught sight Of his soft nat
,obbtug along IN the centre Of q group OF
other hats as ~ made mis- way 10 me
grandstand After he got through his
short taIk-it wasn't an address, and hard-
" could he called q speech-and had gone
around the exhibits. ne was friends with
Al who had heard and seen him Ind1ca-
rsors are that Stirnson. candidate. viii nave
g very engaging wsv With MIN and be able
70 make friends wherever he appears, II
this days events count in the reckoning
Addresses $500 Persons.
rne crowd hadn't come there especially
70 see Stinson. Il wasn't as biz an at
tendance as the fair management regis
tered yesterday. Tor instance IN the
rrandstand and scattered around within
aa-shor when M Stinson spoke were,
-ouErlv from 2soo 70 2.5e0 persons. II had
bAcrne whispered around that he wasn't
exnected 20 talk politics. and this oisap- |
pointed many Of the Republicans there ! !
However. II didn't diminish their desire
10 learn Just what their candidate would
say And as they heard his sTaigntfor- 4
ward. Simple talk, they warmed Up 10 MIN 4
There was some appIause-not great zeal
through the talk. II wasn't the kind OF 4
z talk which demanded applause There
wasn't any high falutin' waving OF me
Starry Flag Of Freedom in IT. and the
"A-7,1-1csn Eagle" didn't scream triurn-
pnant ron the topmost mountain peaks
But when M Stimson got through talk
.re be hsd 70 shake hands with all who
could press I'd 10 him for half an hour.
s-d Democrats as well Republicans
were in the throug-
s'EIe-U DO" He's all right the COM
-1ents ran. spoken by the farmer folk as
Z some doubt, which they usually have
about these New York lawyer persons, had 1
beer resolved IN very satisfactory fashion
NJ Stiusou was net al Amsterdam by /
Charles z Nichols Of Jefferson, Schoharie I
County. who is the Republican candidate !
for Senator n thiE district and Karl Is 4
br-rh OF Amsterdam. the Montgomery /
County Republican candidate for The As
senlbIy. They rode OF here with him AT /
TIE railroad station vas an automobile with |
some Of the fair authorities waiting for the /
parrv They were hustled out 10 the fair 1
grounds and Nj. Stinrson was taken az
once 70 the grandstand 4 little burst OF
applause greeted him.
M Isburgb introduced him. There was |
some more applause. Mr Stinson thanked /
his hearers and then began his simple talk |
He said that though he had been horn in I
New York CITY, he really was a country :
boy and had come Of country stock HIS /
r-ear-great-grandfathe he said. was one /
% The first 10 settle at Window, Greene /
County. and that farm stiIl was in the
S-imson family. His great-grandfather. he
said. was pastor OF a Presbyterian church
there for many wears Then he told story
about that ancestor. He was taken over
into the Catskiils from Massachusetts by
hts father. M. Stiu7son said Il was well
along In the fall when they got there. and
ire father having built 2 shack left the
hoy and went back TO Massachusetts for
The remainder Of the family The journey 4
took longer. much longer. than he had ex
lecred Winter came, and the young Slim
sons food supply ran short He stayed
there though. as his father had told him
% d. Even when one Of the rare travellers
through the mountains found the lad, near
u starved. and sought 10 take him away
-he voUngster persisted IN staying. Many /
ears later. Nj Stimson went on, his great
grandfather was talking with chance ac-
cuaintance on a Hudson River boat. Look I
Ing Up AZ TIE CatsEills. the man said:
7 always hate those gloomy mountains.
They remind ne Of boy who starved 70
death many years ago.
Then he told the story Of his encounter
with young Stimson. portraying the lad
as dvfng there, alone. OF starvation. When
he had quite finished the subject Of mis-
touching obituary undeceived him.
Country Boy Has Great Advantage"
AFTER this story Mr.. Stimson spoke OF
the great advantage which the country boy
has over the city boy.
The country boy he said. can 20 back
% find the old associations Of his boyhood
days, but the city boy has no such posi-
hiliry J S-lt this keenly that as soon
= vas N 4 position 20 Go II ! moved
hack r. the country 10 a farm in the town
snip o. Huntington. Suffolk County, Long
Island ! purchased 4 real farm. FIVE miles
rom the nearest town. and if il weren't
Tor the rural free delivery We would practi-
oaIy have no connection. with the outside
world
! remember that Governor Hill. in ad-
dressing q fair az one time. drew distinc-
ION between the farmer and the agricult-
-Tlsf The farmer. he said, got his in
9o-ne out Of the land. the sgriculturist
put his into the land. I'm afraid II
t-st Tule were applied 10 me Ia have 10
qualify n the second class. So far am
concerned the money ] have invested Is no
measure of the return ] get from the
farm
J Mess man gets his feet back on the
farm he never gets his proper measure OF
men and events. II gives not only enjoy
nent and health. but proper standard OF
T1eWlng the world about one"
NJ. Stimson called attention TO the i'm
portance II the back 10 the farm move
1nert throughout the country. He alluded
10 Theodore Roosevelts Country Life Com
mission and similar bodies studying this
question
50 long as We had unlimited resources