New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-01
CROWDS PRESS TO HEAR
STRAUS IN TOUR OF CITY
New Party's Nominee for Gov
ernOr Shouts Defiance to
Bosses Again and Again.
GOING TO WIN, HE DECLARES
Meeting in His Home District
Hears Impassioned Dis
cussion of Cam
paign Issues.

palgn issues.
Oscar S. Straus in his race for the gov
ernorship covered plenty OF ground In
Manhattan last night, adding consider
ably to the roar Of a great city. His
limousine deposited him at the entrance
to Corrigan Hall, 18th street and Broad
way, promptly at 8 o'clock From there
he Jumped to Camp Roosevelt, at Amster-
dam avenue and 124th street. Then he
lunged into a riotous welcome at Lenox
Hall, Lenox avenue and 10th street,
stopped next door for moment to ad-
dress the members Of the Austro-Hun-
garian Progressive Club, sped to meet
ing Of "highbrows" at Leslie Hall, Broad
way and SD street in his own district
and ended with monster demonstrations
on the lower East Side.
The hope OF seeing and hearing him
packed the little hall on Washington
Heights. About one thousand men and
women squeezed inside and half as many
more, with a generous intermingling or
boys, pressed about the street entrance.
His principal message TO them, az to all
his audiences. with the exception or MS
neighbors in Leslie Hall, was one OF de-
fance to the bosses. Mr.. Barnes, he said,
had remarked that he CStraus) would be
failure as Governor. and he agreed with
him to this extent-that he would prove
a failure so far as Barnes and Murphy
were concerned. but not in the eyes Of his
own bosses, the people Of the Empire
state"
This made such a hit AZ Corrigan Hall
that 30 repeated Il With the same result
at Camp Roosevelt and at most OF the
following meetings Another thing he
found popular was this remaTEi
Not Promising the Millennium.
Now, when I go to Albany I won't
promise 20 bring about the Millennium,
because don't think you are quite ready
for IT. I do promise you TO conduct an
honest, straightforward, business admin
istration. Every dollar taken from the
people in taxes-and not an unnecessary
dollar shall be taken from them-will be
expended for the people and for nobody
else"
lie promised also that one Of the first
acts of his administration would be an
honest attempt 70 supersede the Levy
Law with a direct nomination act which
would actually put the nominating ma
chinery into the hands of the people. THIS
was to be followed by workmen's com
pensation and minimum wage laws. But
the greatest and most important achieve
mcnt would be the permanent dethrone-
ment OF Barnes and Murphy
MIR. sulzer says he will follow In the
footsteps OF Samuel J. Tildeu,' said Mr..
Straus We'll, Mr. Tilden is q splendid
man 10 follow But | want to remind
Mr. sulzcr that one OF the first acts or
Mr. TnGens administration was to ria
the city Of Tammany Hail and send
Tweed away. Why doesn't Mr.. SuIzer
say he'll clean out Tammany Hall and
send Murphy away? Because he owes
them his nomination and he has been
their candidate for twenty-five years
when Mr. Sulzer comes here Mr..
Straus cried at Camp Roosevelt. ask him
why he doesn't do like that other iellow
Straus-hold Murphy and Tammany Han
ND 10 the Just scorn OF the people anu
he'll say his time is up, that he's got to
be going That's the way to put the acid
test on him
Going to Win, He Declares.
II was at this meeting, later addressed
nv Frederick NJ Davenport. Progressive
candidate for Lieutenant Governor, by
Amos Pinchot William NJ. Bennett ana
others, that Mr. Straus voiced this opt-
miAtic prediction:
ct have been through every county in
the state, and ] can bring back the cheer
ing news that we are going to win. The
penple are tired Of boss rule; we have
got the bosses on the run, my friends
He referred here 10 Job Hedges as a
brilliant scntllater." Il think he's
laughing up his own sleeve" he added.
The only way he ever expects TO go to
Albany is to pay me visit"
He took Governor Wilson severely to
task for saying that the passage of a
law prescribing minimum wage for
women and children would tend 10 drag
down all wages to its level.
Camp Roosevelt held about 80. Twice
that number damned the LenoN Casino
and a thousand more surged tumultuously
about the entrance In ll6th street. keeping
a lot OF husky policemen as busy as bees.
Although tho other meetings lacked moth
ing in enthusiasm, Mr. Straus really first
came into his own in this big community
OF Harlem Jews. Their Joy was deiirious.
II was all he could do to get into the hall,
and he nearly lost his clothes getting out.
He had better opportunity for calm
discussion of campaign issues at Leslie
Hall, where William Grant Brown pre-
sided. He devoted his time there ia an
impassioned exposition OF the merits OF
the minimum wage and worSmen'S COM
pensation planks Of the Progressive plat
form, a platform which on another occa-
sion he called the most important docu-
ment emanatlng from q political body
since the Emancipation Proclamation. he
didn't neglect his opportunity to mention
the name Of Theodore Roosevelt, which
everywhere brought down a tempest of
applause.
The meeting in Seth street was Mr.
Strauss last appearance on the West
! Side. From there he was whirled through
| Central PARK to Turn Vereln Hall, at 10th
street and Lexington avenue. where he
was received enthusiastically by crowd
of about fifteen hundred. Amos Pinchot
| candidate for the Assembly from the 18th