New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-27
N MAN OWNS HEDGES,
HE RETORTS TO SULzER
psoubIiCan Candidate, Cheered
Nv Nv Biu Buffalo Audience, De-
MES Domination Of Bosses.
NOMINATION AS PROOF
party Never Would Have
chosen Him Had He Not Gone
TO the People, He Asserts
prnnhesies His Election.

STAFF Correspondent Of The Tribune.
'pnraIo, oct. 26.-Addressing an audience
-, s.ysraI thousand people in the Broad
y, Arsenal here tonight, Job E.
,,-s-os Republican candidate for Gov
nor. answered William Sulzer, the
n.-,ocratic nominee, who declared that
-,.sros was owned and controlled by
v,nism Barnes, jr. Mr.. Hedges said
.,..scaIlv that neither Barnes nor any
..ser man controlled his mental or
soi,,caI action. and that Sulzer knew It,
.. asserted also that the bosses knew
,sov could not control him, and would
-, no foolish enough to try when he be-
.,r,e Governor. At this declaration the
audience laughed and cheered loudly.
Mr. Hedges had reason to feel pleased
,Ith his reception here. His audience
vos large and enthusiastic, although this
,,1ntv IS credited with having the best
progressive organization in the state, and
5.sp'te big counter attraction by the
third party.
Mr. Hedges's speech tonight was a frank
5s,'aration that he was seeking the Office
n Governor not only for the honor. but
also for the opportunity to render public
,.-yic,g. He said he was going about MS
ask with no pretence or hypocrisy.
Taking up Suffers charge that he was
bossed. he said that the best proof that
tbe bosses did not consider him their kind
of candidate was the fact that they
would never nominate him for any Office
he went to the people to ask for this one.
81 went after IT,, said he, amid cheers,
oand stirred up a sentiment that they
could not defeat without defeating the
party
Says Sulzer Is Insincere.
The candidate read a quotation from
s7lzers speech In which the Democrat
called Hedges a creature Of Barnes, whom
he characterized as the proudest, most
pufed up, prejudiced. defiant and AFRO
gant boss Of cur times" OF this Mr..
Hedges said:
I had hoped it was possible for my
fIend SulZer 10 20 through the campaign
n full charge Of his mental and moral
faculties. When SulZer says that he says
candid Judgment, and that il is a state
ment for political effect rather than TO
represent the fact. Ny nomination al
saratoga was the result Of a pre-ConVen-
ton campaign, conducted in the open,
in man fashion and in q wholesome
manner Had any one been nominated
other than myself his nomination would
have been without effect because II would
have been interpreted as an action re-
pudiating the open campaign which /
had conducted.
l eliminated political hypocrisy from the
Saratoga convention. Mr.. Sulzer knows
that no man controls my mental or po-
itical action. William Barnes, jr., knows
H. Every other leader in the Republican
party knows il. II they do not know II,
! serve notice on them now that ] will
be Governor, free from preliminary prom
iSe without any obligation TO any man,
and with a commission from the people
Of the state to be Governor, guided by
the oath Of Office which expect TO take.
Mr.. Hedges didn't let Straus off so
easily tonight as he has at other times.