New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-05
RETRACT|ON BY STRAUS
DENIED TO BARNES
State Chairman Says Candidate
AsCribed to Him Words That
He Never Uttered.
RIDICULE FOR MURPHY
Governorship Nominee Heard
by One eighteenth of Gen.
eral Electric Employees
at Schenectady.
rBy telegraph 10 The Tribune. ]

! IBy telegraph TO The Tribune
| Johnstown. n. Y. Oct. i.-As he stepped
on the stage at the Darling Theatre at
Gloversville this evening, Oscar s. straus'
/ Progressive candidate for Governor. was
handed a telegram from William barnes'
+ jr., which indicated that the Repupiican
state chairman was not going TO SIT oy
/ and allow the Bull Moose to gore him UNI
resisted. The telegram referred 10 the
alleged quotation from Mr.. Barnes WIN
which the ex-Ambassador generally opens
: his speeches. that II he Is elected he VIII
prove failure. 1t read:
II is reported IN the New York papers
this morning that you opened your speech
In Albany last night by putting WORDS
into my mouth which l never uttered IL
is not my habit to make progresses ns D oo
discuss matters about which i have no
knowledge. II you are correctly quvteI,
I | ask YOU to retract the statement winch
you made at Albany last night.
The Bull Moose candidate locked horns
with the Republican leader by beginning
mis- talk with the same quotation But ne
softened the onslaught with the remark
that he, too. had taken the words from
a newspaper. He said:
/ am so In the habit of telling the truth
that / have nothing to retract l have
quoted correctly that Interview as II was
contained In the newspapers. And II he
now feels sure that | will be elected,
why. ! give Inn the liberty OF saying so.
( Five Talks in Four Places.
Mr.. s;raus ended his nth day Of Upstate
campaigning here to-nigh' with a rousing
meeting in he Grand Opera House. After
the most energetic day OF the trip yester-
day he confined himself to-day to Ave
talks in four pla ces. the easiest schedule
since the opening day OF the tour
Mr. Straus remained IN bed until q most
10 o'clock this morning cisarranging The
plans which We're made TO take him from
Albany TO Schenectady by trolley. He ex-
plained that he needed the rest after the
strenuous work g. the day before, but
showed no effects OF the strain. The trip
to Schenectady was made in the candl
dates special car. Watervlict aud Co
hoes, at which stops were scheduled. were
omitted.
The day was opened 1T noon with a
meeting in the square before the General
Electric Company's plant one thousand
of the eighteen thousand employees stop
ping on their way home 10 luncheon 70
listen 10 the nominee. He spoke from
the tonneau OF an automobile. laying his
failure to stick TO his resolution not 10
speak IN the open air to the inspiration
OF his audience.
Il wear no mans collar, aud would
rather go down fighting with the laborer
than be elected with either Mr., Barnes
or Mr.. Murphy on my back"
/ Mr. Straus confined his talk almost en-
tirely to the subject of employers llabl-
ity. Frequent applause Interrupted his
words, rising TO climax when he said
/ The great captains Of Industry do not
object TO having justice done. The most
OF them that ! have spoken to do not
object There is the human element
still left. but we are going To overthrow
a system OF legal precedents founded
upon serfdom and upon slavery Of man.
ana make all Of our principles square
| with human justice and with our mod
| ern ideals OF nrogTess
Senator Frederick NJ Davenport, can
didate for Lieutenant Governor, followed
| the ex-Ambassador with a talk In which
! he told the men OF Schenectady that the
reason they put Socialist administra-
ton into power In 1910 was because they
were dissatisfied with the rule OF the
| bosses. He believed he said, that the
most of them would espouse the Pro-
gressive cause this wear.
II was said that straw vote Of the
| General Electric employees had shown 20
per cent Of them for the Bull Moose
cause, but thousands OF them passed the
candidate for Governor on the street as
| he motored TO the works to-day without
so much az cheer Of welcome A second
talk was given In Schenectady 10 five
hundred people IN Crescent Park, oppo-
site the new County Court House. before
| the campaigners boarded a special train
! Tor Cobleskill, the home Of Portland ce-
Inent and the stronghold OF Democracy
The meeting there, while not wildly en-
| thusiastic. showed that the Bull Moose
| candidate was not going 10 draw all his
votes from the Republican ranks. one
| old man hobbled up to Mr.. Straus as he
was boarding his car with the remark:
i've voted the Democratic ticket ever
since / was old enough to cast ballot.
but I'm going to vote for you. sir, this
time"
Sarcasm for tho Bosses.
The meeting here this evening vss pre-
ceded by one In Gloversville, where ff-
! teen hundred people vainy stroye to get
into Darling Theatre, inside which were
as many more, who had captured every
| available corner. Local politicians gave
! as the reason for this demonstration the
dominance in this section Of Lucius N.
L.ttauer. fatniliarly known as the Glove
King" who was az Harvard with Colonel
Roosevelt The candidate uttered some
cutting sarcasm In referring 20 Mr..
Barnes and Mr.. Murphy and repeated
his stock complaint against his two op-
ponents In the most forceful language
he has yet employed. He said
II Mr.. Sulzer is opposed to Tammany
Hall, watch him and see II he breaks
with II after he Is elected. And watch
Mr.. Hedges. whether he breaks with the
Republican machine. Even IL they do
break with their organizations, that ia
not I'm itself conclusive evidence that they
will escape the domination of the bosses
We Progress.ves stand for new laws 10
take the place Of the old laws concerted
amended and framed to suit the bosses.
Ridiculing the "openness" of the Demo-
cratic convention. he said: Mr.. Murphy