New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-01
WAGE Farmers FLOCK
TO HEAR JOB HEDGES
Republican Candidate for Gov
ernor Spends a Day Talking
to Men Who Work.
ALBANY MEETING A RECORD
Largest Crowd of the Campaign
Drawn by Any Candidate
Cheers the Nominee at
the State Capital

F'ror a stan Correspondent Of The Trihune0
Albany. oct. a.-Coming into the terri
tory OF State Chairman Barnes with the
declaration that he would be absolutely
unfettered and Embossed in office, Job f.
Hedges. Republican candidate for Gov
ernor, ended his second upstate campaign
trip with a big meeting here tonight. II
was the largest political gathering this
city has had this campaign, and easily
surpassed the meeting addressed by Will
lam sulzer, Tammany's candidate, and
third party meetings, both IN size ana
enthusiasm. ...... ..-. .-
Mr.. Hedges and DR.. Nicholas Murray
Butler, president Of Columbia University
were the chief speakers at ,to-niGhts
meeting. which filed Harmanus Blocker
Hall with a throng Of enthusiastic, cheer
ing voters. At the same time James W.
wadsworth, IT,. candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, was addressing voters at sew
eral meetings in the suburbs Of this city.
After the big meeting Mr.. Hedges ana
DIT. Butler we're guests at a reception a'.
the Fort Orange Club. .. . ..
Before coming here. Mr.. Hedges spoke
at half dozen nearby places. Al most
of them he addressed wageworkers, ana
anybody who believed the claim OF Pro-
gressives that their movement had. en-
listed all the mechanics and wage earherS
would have had his eyes opened. oy 'Ae
reception Mr.. Hedges got from these men
The candidates first meeting, an carry
morning affair. was at the local theatre III
Amsterdam. There followed noon meet
ing, where the candidate MADE straight
forward talk to the employees Of the West
Albany car shops. This afternoon ne
went over to Watervliet by automool'e
and spoke to employees at the WaterVHel
Arsenal s-..... s. ..r..
Thence Mir. Hedges went. to a meeting
of employees, at the Delaware HUDSON
Railroad shops al Colonie, and later 10
another factory in Watervhet. ihen ne
went to Schenectady, ate hasty dinner,
and hurried to a theatre. where ne talNeu
20 big and attentive audience, made up
mostly of employees Of the General Elec-
trio Company and other factories ,.. .-,
Talks Common Sense. .-.
Mr.. Hedges talked plain common sense
20 his hearers al atl these meetings and
they seemed 10 like IT, even if 1t hap
pened. to be different from the regulation
political orat6ry, lie told Them he was.
not trying to be elected Governor Oy
promising things he could not DO, as was
Mr., 'straus. He said he could not cure
the sick By the laying on nj hands. Of.
leefslate a ton of coal into mans cellar
hit az Governor he could see that every
agency of the law was used to assure a,
so,,trrF- elraf tcs eSezy man an he7state,
regardless of social and hnanciA eondi-
ton and Ne cotld see that every man
on the, states payroll earned his salary
or got fred. and that svery dollar OF the
state s money had full purchasing power.
and was not. spent with some favored
dealer or contractor.
The candidate talked LABOR unionism 70
the extent or saying re believed It to be
a splendid thing. so long as the labor
unions recognized that. they were nTereiy'
aggregations Of citizens, AID did not Try
10 force political recognition because
they were Organized laboc.'
Mr. Hedges also paid considerable at
tentfon TO the tariff and Governor VIII
SONS FREE trade views. This country, he
said was getting along mighty well The
real trouble. if there were any, was that
everybody was too prosperous. and that
started some Progressives 70 grieving be-
Gauge they hadn't cornered everything IN
sight He urged the workingmen 10
stop look and listen before they did
anything 10 change this condition OF pros
pefity. surely THEY did not want TO 20.
back to soup Kitchens, he exclaimed:
keep your hands of prosperity IN the
nation" was Mr.. Hedges's ADVICE TO his
audiences, but put your. hangs on ! am
many corruption IN. this state stat. governments
and uproot i. .t..,r...
Atthe meeting here Mr.. Hedges drew a
striking contrast between Sulzer once
eulogist OF Richard Croker, Who declared.
that Tammany Hall was the entire Dem
ocfacy OF the state, and himself lie said:
The man. Doesn't walk this side OF
Jordan's River who owns q PORTION OIL my
mind and everybody VINO KNOWS me
bosses and all Others knows IL
Even Too Bad for Wilson. .--.
Tammany Hall, Mr.. Hedges said, was so
had that even the Democratic candidate
for President of the United States fed
,,ke a deer al the thought that he might
be- photographed with the leader OF Tam
many Hail. whose assistance he wanted
He went on:
I. have had enough promises made to
me- conditional. on promises IRON me, 10
insure my election, and the promises
could be made good. But not one single
nromise have | made, or will | make, eX-
cent 10 be fair and recognize that other
people have as much right 10 live as l
have That is all they are going 10 get
out OF me.
Mr.. Hedges said this wasn't "hurrah
boys" red fire sort Of campaign year
He was sure the voters were thinking
hard this year, trying harder TO decide
what was fair and best for the country
and for them than they ever had before.
He was equally sure that IL they thought
long enough they would see the only
thing for them to do was 10 vote the Re-
publican ticket as that was the only
agency for political oetterment this year.
The Progressives could only hope TO drag
enough votes from the Republicans to
elect the Democratic ticket, and that
would not help ANYBODY but the Demo
Gratis, who wanted to make the state sup
port them In idleness-
Among other things Mr.. Hedges said:
want to put this state back on the
level 1t occupied when Hughes was Gov
ernor. and Improve on, that want to
demonstrate that 1t 4 possible in the
State Of New York TO have plain,
normal, everyday, unspectacular man.
fashion kind Of an administration that