New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-11
HIS OWN MASTER, SAYS
SULzER At NOTIFICATION
4BosS" Murphy Among Those
Present at Ceremony in the
Democratic Club.
PRAISES PLATFORM HIGHLY
Democratic Governorship Can
didate Declares Himself
Free, Unafraid and
Progressive.

AAOS AS604'N'
r-s "If elected I viii be the Governor OF
~; The people, and the Executive ONCE Will |
~ be In the Capitol William Sulzer never |
had a boss and his only master is him |
- seIf"-Declaration by Congressman VIII |
re lam Sulzer in his speech of acceptance at !
p his formal notification at the National
- Democratic Club No GIT Fifth avenue, |
~ last night.
~ Mr. Suffers words rang out with all
Fthe declamatory power at his command
and he did not change the direction IN
which he had delivered almost his whole
Sc speech, facing that part Of the room
= where. by coincidence, sat Charles f.
Murphy. leader of Tammany Hall.
~ The notification ceremony Of the Demo
cratic candidates the state. ticket was
80 attended by FIVE hundred enthusiastically
inclined Democrats, who filed the lin
2 tied space completely. All the candidates
were present-Ar. Sulzer, the nominee Tor
Governor; Martin Glynn, slated for Lieu
tenant Governor; Thomas F. Carmody'
- renominated for the office Of Attorney |
g. General; Mitchell May nominee for Sec
Fss rotary of State; John A. Bensel, again
candidate for State Engineer; ]. j. Ken
20 nedy, nominated for State Treasurer;
50 William sohmer renominated for state
Controller, and John w. Hogan and Will
sd' fam H. Cuddback, nominees for judges
81 OF the Court of Appeals.
~ 81 Alton B. Parker delivered the formal
i1tnotihcations Among those present were
>Zs Senator OGorman, William G. McAdoo'
~ Charles F. Murphy John F. McCooey'
cct Henry Morgenthau and George NJ. Pal
r., nner. chairman of the Democratic State
rfS Committee.
Dix Administration Praised.
In response TO Judge Parkers speech
ION which Judge Parker declared tha' the
administration of Governor Dix had luI-
,q. = Alled strictly all the pledges Of the KOCH
Easter platform, Mr.. Sulzer said:
TO- 1t is gratifying to me to know t fTnr1 my
- free and an unfetteIsd convention OF IN |
dependent delegates, elected ACCORDING 10
law by the people b ano D Snt party
from one end of the state to the other
n : He declared that he had studied the ]
N syracuse platform and had bestowed upon
<-oit his fullest approval, and that he prom i
q ytsed to fulfil all its pledges. adding:
as q am a Democrat through and through, |
els;a Progressive Democrat. and an 4 pliinns
>, ,, cation Democrat, If you Will peneve /
~ thsf through the agency Of organization 1
so and Systematic effort the greatest good
: FOR the greatest number can best~oe ac-
y
: : I want to take the people into my con-
- hdence as / want them to take me into /
J their confidence. / trust the people snS
ss- other, and we must work together for
~ the general welfare. 49,. "a |
They say am o commoner. am prou95
-" OF that The plain people Know me ana
a-fknoV what have done. They know |
sscan be trusted. They have seldom oeeh
deceived by one of their own 80
n is said am simple man-of little 1
re vanity and less prejudice. That IS true
sssE Il am no novice" exclaimed Mr.. Sui
ger. amid cheers from his audience. 1
know. the needs Of New York" and he /
*; explained how he considered that the !
Termination for Governor had come to
him because for long years he had worked
for his party and had earned the good |
=. will of the Democrats by deeds done and /
works accomplished.
- Lapses Into National Issues.
~ Now and then Mr.. sulzer was swept |
5sa;into 4 discussion Of national issues-the |
ll,rnerchanta marine, big navy, the abro-
cation Of the treaty with Russia-and a |
-. feature OF his speech was a ringing |
81 declaration that this country should not (
@sgenter into treaties with any foreign ma |
ton that did not recognize American citi- |
,fs zens irrespective of their race or re- |
-iigion. !
He declared that If elected he would do |
everything in his power to reduce the |
high cost of living ard make life less
of struggle for existence. He attacked |
a high tariff and said;
- am opposed TO special privilege II l |
am anything am an individualist, and l |
~" believe In keeping the door OF opportunity |
81. open for every man in all this broad land |
-. That is my democracy, and II is true |
:" Democracy, and use the word "democ- !
tie ht1f In tie IL
sense. I
7-s'- Fair play and equality before the law
'f1sw were all the workingmen wanted. Mr.. |
20 Sulzer declared. and his own record of |
re- hard work for nearly quarter of CEN |
s-.s Jury 'in. the vineyard Of the people"
- proved, ~ II proved anything, that no man |
-czoin all our land stood more squarely than |
she did for personal liberty. for home rule |
- and for the reserved rights Of the state. |
- There was nothing narrow minded about
~. his view of political questions. Mr.. Sui |
'>zer went on. He was opposed to anything |
that would estrange employer and en-
re ploys. he said. or cause breach be-
=. tween capital and labor. as he was a
friend OF both. He wanted to give each |
IAN equal chance, he declared
s. ~ Some Causes He Approves.
He had been always q firm believer
in the civil service he said. and the SYRIA
cuse platform was explicit regarding that
point Good roads. the continued con-
servation Of human life and of our nat
ural resources and the constant improve
: ment of waterways, appealed TO him now |
:, as they always did in the past Mr.. Sui
ger said and they would have his earnest
=. support and attention.
In closing his speech, Mr.. Sulzer begged |
leave TO relterate what he had often said
before, that he was Democrat, unafrald,
-. free, progressive and Independent, and
u that he bad the courage of his convic-
tions.
AZ. Rsalstsrl Rsaistsr!l This is the
:, first day Of registration. " you DO not
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