New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-28

/ Mr. Roosevelt addressed two meetings In
/ Utica this evening. one a monster labor
gathering in the open air, the other in the
Majestic Theatre. for which three thousand
tickets We're issued and apparently every
one was used. All tickets were exhausted
a week ago and late applicants had 10 con-
tent themselves with attending the open
air labor meeting Before the arrival of
Mr.. Roosevelt Frederick G. Finke of Utica,
made a heated reply 10 the recent attack
on the ex-President by President Stryker
Of Hamilton College, and Senator Daven-
! port made strong appeal for Stimson and
the ticket
AssaiIs Dix's Labor Record.
/ Mr.. Roosevelt received enthusiastic greet
| ings at both meetings His chief topic was
1 the labor record OF Mr.. Dix and those sup
1 porting him. After charging that Dix over
worked and uuderpaid his men, as COM
pared with other concerns in the same in
dustry. he said:
! Mr.. Dix, by his Endorsement of the view
/ that the bakeshop bill was unconstitutional.
has definitely taken the position that the
! State of New York has no power TO pro-
hihit laborlng men from working eX-
cessive lumber of hours under conditions
that apply against their hygienic we'll be-
ing. We take the exactly opposite view.
We hold that the State of New York has
J IL is
duty 10 restrict employers from forcing
their employees TO work an excessive num-
Der OF hours under conditions which neces-
Sar1ly tell against their health and strength.
When / was President we actually did en-
force this principle against railways doing
an interstate business and secured limita-
men, and hope that both the nation and
the state Will follow the example then set
whenever occasion arises. Mr.. Dix practi-
cally asserts that he as Governor would
stop the state from following this example.
AS Governor OF the State of New York. l
secured the passage of a bill which made
the eight-houT law obligatory as regards
w'orkmen, not only in the employ of the
state. but I'm the employ Of contra ctors who
worked for the state. Our purpose is TO do
ali we can TO help the movement for an
eight-hour day
In the State of New York thanks to the
action of the Republican majority, we have
o. recent years made great strides along
the path of effective labor legsia ton, and
We are pledged to continue this work, both
CARDS safety appliances, and as regards all
the conditions that surround labor. Our ef-
fort Is steadily TO shape our governmental
action SO that the conditions shall be favor
able for the laboring man and so that he
shall he able, If he has the right stuff in
him, 10 achieve standard of living fit
for a self-respeCting man. and TO live his
life under favorable conditions. both for
his own welfare and for that of his faSIily.
Harry StiTnson stands fearlessly and sin
cerely for this movement How well the
worst enemies of labor understand that.
After speaking Of the record of Mr.. OIL
ney. Mr. Roosevelt said.
Mr.. Dix has made a recruit in Mr. Olney
Why? Mr.. Olney knows well that from Mr..
StimSon and from Mr.. Stimson's party he
will never get the special favors he per
slstenuy demands; that ne will never. II
we can help il, be allowed to coin money
cut Of the lives of young children forced
TO work for excessive hours in factories.
He has gone over To Dix because he be
lieves Dix will be better for business"
Stin1son Foe OF "TranquiIIity."
So Taramany in its circular to Wall Street
has announced that Dix stands for tran
quillity and business peace and ''he is
opposed 10 the wild doctrines of Roosevelt,
which would unsettle values" Mr. Olney
and Mr.. Dix and Mr. Murphy and Tam.
many Hall are quite right in their opposi-
ton to Mr.. Stimson and the doctrines for
best 10 upset the tranquility and business
peace or men who announce that they do
not obey the law, and that they intend to
work small children an excessive number
Of hours. Mr.. Dix says he is for ''bus-
ness Is child exploitation business? Is
the right TO oyerwork employees under IN
doesn't Mr.. Dix, in his own practice as a
business man, stand for the elemental
laborer. his exemption from excessive toll, !
are essential to the national prosperity of
American industry. The exploiters of child
labor are most enthusiastically supporting
Mr.. Dix
This action suggests a new and legitimate
field of inquiry. The promises Of a Candi- |
UP ny performance The action of one OF
NJ. Dix's business partners in asking for /
taTlh increase for his wallpaper company /
Is known. and the action of another part
her in putting the company in the trust
for the purpose of artificially enhancing
the prices o. WalDaper is known Has Mr.
Dix also been willing. as has been publicly |
alleged without contradiction TO overwork /
ms own employss by long hours for the !
teIligent man. who knows what he is about /
He doubtless knows the answer to these
Questions. and the past record Of the candi- |
date he has espoused must afford comfort |
to him. 7 DO not wonder that men like |
Mr.. Clney support Mr.. Dix
Senator Davenport who preceded Mr.. !
Roosevelt. declared that Governor Hughes /
had been kept literally in hell in the four |
years he had been ar Albany by the oppos- !
ing forces there
Davenport Speaks at Utica.
mo party is competent 10 control the
affairs Of the state until it can control it
self" said Mr.. Davenport. and the Repub- /
ncan party has demonstrated its power TO /
control itself. and therefore il properly ap- |
peals 10 you 10 continue II in control"
Exactly, exactly shouted Mr.. Roose- |
welt as the audience applauded.
Mr.. Davenport then read a little poem. a |
simple but well written expression OF faith
in Mr.. Roosevelt, which ended with the
line, Whatever Wall Street says. you are /
a man"
The Senator acclaimed we'll, and, while
the audience cheered Mr. Roosevelt's eyes
filed with tears. He was obviously greatly .
touched by the simplicity and intensity Of |
the assertion that he had renewed the
writer's faith and treasured him that we
az ,-,1lsd bx men and moi bx-r cold
In his remarks Mr.. Davenport dealt
severely, although not by name, with those
postmas ters in Oneida County who, inlag-
lining that they are carrying out the Vice
Presidents wishes, are opposing the inter
ests Of Stimson and himself.
In the course of his speech Senator Dav-
export said;
There Is the young mOuthpiece of the
Utica Ice Company, who personally boasts
that there are two hundred voters in the Sth
Ward TO be stealthiiy withdrawn from the
ticket Think Of it, People Of the Sth Ward
both Republican and Democrat being told
now many Of them are 10 be voted against
this ticket OF Election Day"
"a Lie," Says Shermau's Son.
No sooner had Mr. Davenport made this
statement than Thomas Sherman, son of
the Vice President of the United States and
vice-president of the Utica Ice Company,
who was in the gallery, shouted: It's a
Ijer' and Il 5art'' He apparently would have /