New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-30
SULzER HEARTENED BY
BIG BUFFALO MEETING
City Turns Out Largest Crowd
of His Trip After a Day
of Small Audiences.
PLEA TO POLES AND JEWS
Reminds One Element of Pulaski
Shaft and the Other of Rus
sian Treaty-Returns to
New York To- night.

From STAFF Correspondent OF The Tribune. ]
Buffalo, Oct o9.-The largest crowd lie
has yet addressed greeted William Sulzer.
the Democratic candidate for Governor,
at the Broadway Arsenal here tonight.
Between six thousand and seven thousand
persons filled the small area of chairs in
the centre OF the great floor and banked
1t around with solid wall behind.
Nett er was enthusiasm lacking Shouts
lasting several minutes made the steel
girdeTs ring when the candidate appeared
on the raised platform at one side, and
frequent bursts of applause punctuated
mis- talk. Oscar ". Underwood, Demo-
cratic leader in the House of Representa-
tives, and Martin II. Glynn, candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, were warmly well
coined.
The meeting was the third for the can
oidate within the limits Of Buffalo. After
cordial reception at the Iroquois Hotel
here late this afternoon, he went by auto
mobile to Lackawanna, a suburb largely
populated by steel workers, and invaded
st. Stephens and Dom Polski halls on
HIS way 10 tne arsenal.
Tells Poles He Is Their Friend.
He evoked shouts of approval from the
audience of Poles who listened to him at
his second stop by referring to the work
he had done toward the erection of Il
monument to General Pulaski. lie said:
The Poles I'm America have always been
my friends, and have always been their
friend. The records prove II: You know
! was Instrumental in passing the bill
through Congress to build a monument to
Pulaski In front OF the White House at
Washington.
Away back in November l779 the Con-
tinental Congress passed a resolution to
erect monument TO that great hero OF
the Revolution, but nothing further was
done until 1907 when ! took up the mat
ter. The monument now stands in Wash
ington and every Pole in the country
knows it and appreciates the work 1 did
for his fellow countryman.
At the arsenal meeting Mr.. Suzer made
a strong bid for the Jewish vote after re-
peating the attack on Oscar Straus which
he made In Rochester last night. Observ-
ing that Mr. Straus should stop prating
about Tammany and tell what he had
done to aid his race at home and abroad.
he continued:
What | did for the oppressed Jews in
Russia IS known. The Jews are my
friends here and everywhere. In many
hard fought political battles they have
SHOWN me that they can rise above race
ana vote for the man who has always
stood by them. | am not a bigot
stand for humanity. ! have struggled all
my life to help those who needed help and
push the lowly forward.
The local Democracy was tubilant over
the showing made by the city this even
ing, and the general expression Of opinion
was that the three Democratic leaders OF
Eric County were at last working In har-
mony TO promote the candidacy Of Mr..
tional chairman, did not appear 10 well
come the candidate, but the excuse was
given that he was out OF town, and that
his followers were widely represented.
William II. Fitzpatrick and William J.
CFingey'D Corners, the other leaders,
were in evidence.
The reception here. however, was in
strong contrast to that which followed
the candidate on his way from ROches-
ter. Leaving there at O'Clock this morn
ing he spoke at ten places along the
exceed 800. Even where the crowds were
largest there was a marked absence OF
enthusiasm, except at the last stop before
reaching Buffalo-North Tonawanda-
where blast of factory whistles greeted
the arrival Of his train, and his audi
ence in the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation hall was particularly sympathetic.
His earlier stops included SpencerpOrt,
Brockport, Holley, Fancher. Albion, Me-
dina, Middleport, Lockport and Niagara
Falls The last two were the only other
places at which hall meetings Here held,
and at both the GOODNESS Of the meetings
was commented on by members of the
party. A short burst Of enthusiasm closed
the Niagara meeting when Mr.. Glynn de-
clared that Lincoln had freed the slaves
and that modern Lincoln had arisen TO
strike the shackles from the wrists Of the
laboring men.
Mr. Suzer will speak tomorrow night
at a meeting in Brooklyn and will de-
vote the rest OF the time before election
to Long Island and the East Side. SO
far he has no meeting scheduled for Mon
day. On Saturday he will review the big
Democratic parade.