El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15

of this state, declares that he is, al
ways has been and always will be ac-
cessibIe to every man, woman and
child in this great commonwealth"
rich or poor, high or low, seeking to
approach him, whether member of the
state legislature, which he was, mem
Der of congress, which he is, or gov
ernor of New York, which ne hopes and
expects to be after the first of next
January.
William SUlzer, the man. is hard to
reach. To get at the real SulZer you
have to wade through, not a mess of
red tape and ceremony or a retinUe OF
lackeys, but an eXasperating bog of
bOmbaSt and 'hifalutin' CraUOry, best
summed up in the effective slang word
bunk When you do get past the pose
or. by unusual good fortune catch him
off his guard in some moment when ne
IS the real "Bill' Sulzer, out of hand
reach Of his habitual mantle of morbid
Inconsistencies you find the real
man.
SuIzer stood up before a group of a
dozen newspaper men after the close
OF the convention under the delusion
that he was granting an interview
Actually, he was making a rather tire
some stump speech, pauSing every few
words so that the exact phraseolOSy
could be written down. To one who did
not know Sulzer it sounded as if he had
been rehearsing it for days. He had not
rehearsed it at all; or, rather he has
been rehearsing it for % years to every
body who would listen. This is the way
Sulzer always talks.
In contrast With Hedges.
It afforded a striking contrast to the
conversation which some Of the same
newspaper men had at Saratoga with
Job Hedges, his Republican opponent
for the gOvernOrship. Hedges sat back
in a rocking chair, smoking the stub
OF cigar, talking in a conversational
tone, without. apparent effort for ef.
feet, talking off the top of his mind,
pretty much as one man talks with an
other on a street corner.
SulZer never sat down at all He
strobe on long, thin legs, back and
forth across a space about four feet
wide. spOuting words; gesturing with
appraised hand or clenched Quivering fist
as he eXuded OratOry, as spellbinder
eXudes to group of yokels about the
town pump. For fully 10 minutes he
acclaimed thus:
Il want to say to you. and through
New York, that my nomination is not
a personal triumph, but VindicatiOn Of
the slogan, Let the people rule
Yet every man in his little audience
knew and SulZer knew they knew, that
he has pursued the nomination for gov
ernOr for nearly % years with the
sIeepless relentless persistence of
woods indian.
If ever there was a personal tri-
umph' in politics, won clearly without
the use OF money or unworthy schemes
Tor the acceleraElOn OF puOllc SenU-
ment. this was one. Hedges went out
and worked like a mailer for few
weeks for his nomination likewise by
honest methods; but SulZer has fairly
earned his by nearly % years of patient
industry in the public service
A Man of the People,
Or this; I am a man Of the people
have very little vanity, but / am
Democrat unafraid, and I form my con-
victions IN The silent En9rs. "hen L
think what Is best for all
Just what do you mean by a man Of
the peOple2' inserted one of his hear
ers. Then this man with very little
vanity replied. without a culver;
Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lin
coin were men Of the people.
questiOner, was your definition of a
man of the people
Il mean a man who loves his fellow
man and is in sympathy with his hopes,
his aims and his aspirations; who gets
up in the morning and works hard all
day, and thinks he has earned good
wages, If. when night comes he has
done one human being good turn Ny
idea of a man of the people was gov
ernor Silas Wright, and l am trying
to emulate his example"
Judge Hedges gave US an interest
ing Interpretation" said somebody, "oI
the progressive spirit underlying the
Bull Moose movement What would you
The candidate looked aloft with a
rapt expression as he replied: Tt is the
spirit OF progress that has made US all
we are through the ages Of the past,
and in the ages that are to come VIII
make US all that we may be.
The logic of that would lead to the
question, why are you not N the BuL
Moose party2"
It was the politician who came to
earth with q thump TO reply with haste
and lust suggestion of asperity: THE
sccalled Bull Moose party is a mere
faction of protest against the reaction
airy element in the Republican party,
and after this campaign the Bun
.1IoOsers- will all come over to the
Pressed for a general statement. Mr.
Sulzer said Il want to give the gov
eminent back to the people.
An Embarrassing Question.
as distinguished from the bosses
This was distinctly unpleasant Ine
4 do not want to reflect upon any
body I don't want to antagOniZe any
body. I want to feel that just the fact
of my nomination mas MADE huIu J! reus
Of thousands OF poor hearts happy
do YOU think Mr.. Murphy, for IN
stance, will help you do this thing.
IT want the help of everybody. =
fOf course you do, but do you thlnk
YOU viii have it from Mr.. Murphy .
''I feel every confidence that 1 shall
Murphy allowed Sulzer to get the
nomination when he could nave pre-
vented it by the crOOking Of his little
finger; but he did not give ii to him
It NAV be said with confidence thar
of these facts. and quite alive to the
| liberty ne holds by reason Of the sec
Ond. It is probably true, and lact
/ of much Importance, that the nominal
Z ton came to Sulzer without any sort
of 'negOtia tiOns" with Tammany Hail
( The only promise I have made, re-
/ neat now to you" said the grandilo-
! duent candidate 1T is that no act OF
] mine will ever bring the blush of shame
to the cheek of any of my fellow cltl-
! zens" and behind the rhetoric OF the
J candidate stood plainly forth the sin
/ ceritv of the man who wants 10
/ emulate Sflas Wright"
! SuIzer sincere and a Worker.
/ When Sulzer said to the reporters
/ that ''the humblest citizen in all our
{ great state can write to me or come
/ TO see me sure of as much cOnsidera-
{ ton as the greatest. the richest. or the
! most powerful citizen 1t sounded ike
/ the familiar hot air. of the typical
! vote getter But Sulzer meant it.
I He doesn't look like Lincoln, though
( he thinks he looks like Henry Clay. He
/ is one of those men to be described
! as so homely that he is handsome" His
! hair is aggressively red. His eyes are
/ of the Opaque kind; you do not see far
! behind them.-New York Evening
/ Post