New-York tribune., 1910-11-01

East Side gatherings. Evening clothes
were i'm evidence; the gowns of the
women in the boxes gave the occasion
the air of some social affair But the
greeting which that audience gave Mr..
Stimson differed little save i'm volume of
sound from that of the downtown gath
e-ings Mr.. Stimson was introduced to
his hearers by Henry w. Taft, brother
OF the President.
His Standards Like Huehes's.
/ Representative Herbert Parsons who
occupied a prominent place on the plat
form. smiled when MIR. Stimson told of
working with him in district politics. At
this meeting Mr.. Stimson devoted con-
! siderable attention to the Hughes stand
/ ards of administration and the splendid
record of the Republican party in labor
matters. He said he was e-eminently
d Progressive Of the Hughes type, de-
/ t,ermined to keep the state administra-
| ii On on the Hughes level. He continued:
] think il is a clean cut issue between
rCgress and reaction. Take, for instance,
our labor legislation. In no single element
OF Governor H1ghess administration has
/ greater progress been carried on / have
/ beer trying to find out from my opponents
whe q they have attacked what they have
4 been pleased to call the extravaganza of
| Governor HugheSS administration, whether
| they would, for instance, cut OF the extra
/ expenditures which have gone TO labor, and
| | have received no answer.
! Bear in mind a minute what those are
! There has been expended in the effort to
I; maintain better inspection throughout tire
factories Of this state an additional sum CT
Si5.O00 over and beyond former expenditures
during the last year Now, l believe that
! Llization Deen more signally backward than
| in tie protection which it has given TO the
I lives and limbs OF our workinSmen, wheth-
| er in railroads or in our factories; aud
I believe that in no single element of gov
ernment is progress greater IequlIIeu I @ .ii1n
m that. ana there 1t Is Whefe Governor
! Hughes has made most signal strides.
! Not only has the administration of our
labor laws been better. but last year theIe
! was placed upon our statute books a work
/ ingmen's compensation law. a statute
| which ] think has placed the State of New
work in the very Van of progress | am a
| lawyer. but ] regret to say that 1t has al
WAYS seemed t. me that one ne OF o,, the in
I which the old law of negligence was ad-
,ninisteree-a law under which only one out
0uately compensated Now, this new series
of law has in certain trades changed all
! amounted virtually 10 a system of lnsur-
/ .anCe. and I believe that ought TO be eX-
tended. I believe II viii not only Denent
! the eT1ploye. but the employer, by cutting
/ n,Tt EXPENSES of litigation, and I stand for
/ an increase in their efficiency and develop
| Ioent-
Thence the expedition swung over to
tbe, West Side for meeting at the Am
stel dam Opera House. On the way a
proc ession of sandwich men was passed.
all bearing signs attacking the Repub-
Iican party on the tariff. the high cost
of living. Rooseveltism and urging the
p1Iblic 10 vote against Stfmson MI
Stirnson chuckied as he noted the ehar-
acter Of the placards, and threw little
/ e~tra steam into his remarks to the big
/ audience when he was introduced He
/ +o1d there of his record as a trust prose-
/ c,,tor and affirmed his determination to
,ontinue the standards OF the Hughes
administration.
| At Leslie Hall, SD street and Broad
way. there was such crush that the
naonle having it I'm charge lost their
heads completely and tried to shut out
! half of those accompanying the candi-
date. AS the Stimson automobiles
whirIed up to the door of the hall there
came a shower of pamphiets-Demo-
cratic pamphlets on THE Empty Mar
ket Basket which fell all around Mr.
Stimson and on him. He grabbed one
and took its title for his text
I'm willing to have my record com
pared with that of my opponent on
either the trusts or the tariff he de-
clared amid wild applause. Then he
told how he had done his part to keep
down the high cost of living by bust
ing few lawbreaking trusts and break
ing I'D the pleasant habit of railroad re-
batting.
From there up to Manhattan Casino
at Eighth avenue and 155th street was
a long run. and the automobiles sirens
shrieked and footed as the cars sped
through crowded streets. 1t was the big
meeting of the night there. At least
five thousand persons were damned into
the hall. all of them on their feet as
Mr.. Stimson and his party eibowed their
way through a narrow lane UP to the
platform. It seemed as if the candidate
were walking through a forest of flags.
Mayor Schoeneck of Syracuse. candidate
for Lieutenant Governor, was speaking
when Mr.. Stimson appeared He stopped,
laughed and sat down to rest while.
| Finally Collin Woodward. leader of the
! district, got the applause stiiled long
! enough to introduce Your next Cover
nor" a while after that Mr.. Stimson
got a chance to begin his speech He
.old there of the peculiar record of Dix
on the public service commissions laws
and the race track laws OF the public
| service laws Mr.. Stimson said: II leave
! il to you if a man with such a peculiar
record could be trusted to carry on this
/ important work with fire and fight
Big meetings at Suffers Harlem River
/ Casino. the New Star Casino and the
Bohemian National Hall wound UP the
! nights work.
! FORM DIX REPUBLICAN CLUB