New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-30
STRAUS SAYS HIS
IS PEOPLES FIGHT
Prefers Defeat to Term in AL
bany with a Barnes or Muir
ply on His Shoulders.
VISITS STATEN ISLAND
Has Exciting Time and Disap-
points One Audience to Hurry
to Unadvertised Browns
vile Meeting.

| oscar s. Straus nearly frightened TO
I death old Peter Hemingway. the watch
man in the German club building. in Sta
pleton, Staten Island, last night by march
! ing in unannounced, followed by his man
! ager and the newspaper men, almost an
hour before he was expected. Old Peter
dropped and broke his clay pipe and then
scurrled about the streets gathering In
various struggling speakers and enthusi-
asts In a very few minutes there was
quite cheering crowd. headed by Arthur
Won Briesen. a close friend of Colonel
Roosevelt.
Mr.. Straus explained that he was
forced IN sneak only few words OF
greeting and then hustle away to another
meeting in West New Brighton. and then
OF to faraway Brownsville, in BROOKLYN
! After the West New Brighton meeting
! Mr. Straus confessed that his entrance
! to that towns Columbia Hall was quite
| The most exciting he had ever made 10
public meeting.
| The automobile jerked to standstiil
outside the door. Headed by Mr.. STaus'
the party stumbled through dark ana
! stony rear yard and brought up at the
| foot of an iron ladder that was bulIt nat
AGAINST the wall and ran to an iron door
| two stories up. 1t was with totterihs
IL. hlt
stealthily picked its way up the slue VI
the wall. II was with growing rear 'ha'
they clutched tightly to the thin IRON ran
| ings, while the great crowd ondea'oIeu "
make way for their entrance. Beio"
| ustv gathering OF street arabs ho"led
! their delight and applause.
Inside, however, was cheering crown
OF easily five hundred persons. Inc pun
Moose candidate for Governor expiaihen
that he had TO hurry over to BROWNSVILLE
He told how he had spent the day In con-
, ference at the railway arol'rauoh' anu
must therefore be brief.
Il made a solemn promise to mysei,
he said. that my campaign duties "oulu
not interfere with my work and equltao'e
adjustments. would. however, rather
thousand times go down to defeat h6ht'hE
the pecplc's fight than go 10 Albany with
either a Barnes VI Murphy on my
shoulders. When / get there / am goihS
to fight hard for my bosses the people OF
this Empire State.
''If YOU want to continue Tammany Hail
in power. ladies and gentlemen, why. |
can but advise you not to vote for me.
wish also 10 assure you that ! shall FOL
low closely in the footsteps Of that great
and good Governor Charles z. Hughes
and I here promise 10 continue the work
that both Barnes and Murphy would not
hermit him TO continue. But when you
arc not I'm the Progressive party you can
not hope 10 make your choice. for the
yokes OF Barnes and Murphy are heavy
upon you"
In speaking Of the hardshps through
which the American workingman is now
going he said
Il purpose to put through a working
mans compensation act that shall protect
those men who have made this country
the great and glorious one that II
now is"
In his talk Of the other candidates for
the Governorshlp he said: Hedges IL
good friend OF mine and says that he Will
go to Albany or course After i am
elected he can come TO see me just as
often as ne chooses, and will always be
most welcome. / want my friends to visit
me at the capital"
Then Mr. Straus had to hustle into his
car and whirl of on the long trip to
Brownsville.
Because OF the short time In which Mr..
Straus had to cover his three Staten ISL
and meetings and get over to the one In
Brownsville he was forced to forego
speaking before the crowd that had gath
cred in the hall Of the Knights Of Pythias,
at Main street and Amboy Road. Totem
vile.
Mr.. Straus reached Palm Garden, in
Brownsville, at II o'clock. He spoke be-
fore a moderate crowd. For some rea-
son the attendance OF Mr.. Straus had
not been advertised in advance, and the
hall was only comfortably filled when
he mounted the speakers platform. He
was enthusiastically received. however.
as he made his way to his automobile
after addressing the meeting.
The audience showed great enthusiasm
when the Progressive candidate attacked
Mr.. Sulzer with numerous verbal broad
sides. Frederick NJ. Davenport, Pro-
gressive candidate for Lieutenant Gov