The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-16
Discus ses Highways.


tratlon of State highways. saying that
inasmuch as Mr.. Whitman had raised
the issue" the speaker would meet II
gladly with the statement that since Mr..
Glynn had become Governor more miles
OF good roads have been built than In any
other year in the history OF the State,
and the breath OF scandal has not touched
n single mile OF those roads.
Il must confess that | have disap-
pointed the sensation mongers by devOt-
ing more attention to the actual building
OF good roads than TO Undertaking and
abuse Investigations ! have made or
the past history In the Highways Depart
ment have been made without the blare
of trumpets or the beat OF drums.
Every instance OF past wrongdoing
that has been brought to my attention
by my own investigator or by any other
man has been turned over to the Dis
trict Attorneys Of the various counties
for their action. In the majority Of cases
these District Attorneys have been Re-
publiCaus
Il do not believe that Justice has been
sighted by these officials. Let me ask II
Mr.. Whitman does.
81 am and have always been anxious
70 protect the public against fraud, hut
I believe that this can be done without
destroying innocent regulations and with
out attempting to make tho people believe
tnht representative tpH'i '''i''''N 10 " $50
ure in New York"
spoke In Ten Towns.
From Tarrytown at the south in the
morning to Troy at nightfall Gov, Glynn
spoke to enthusiastic crowds at ten towns.
all on the east bank Of the Hudson River
and stretching through five counties
Westminster, Putnam, Duchess, Column
bia, where he was born. and 'hnaily
Rensselaer,.
The west bank OF the Hudson. down
which the Governors special train courses
tomorrow to Manhattan, will have to
show It's best II 1t wants to rival In en-
thuslasm the outbursts OF its east bank
neighbors OF to-day Certainly II IL ask
ing too much up the west bank tomorrow
TO surpass or even equal the glittering
glorles Of the uniforms of the brass bands
blazing In cloth OF gold at every place the
special came TO "A stop and some places
whore 1t Just breezed by.
To greet the Governor and the other
speaker who accompanied him throughout
the run Thomas u. Lockwood, candidate
for Ii-utenant-C Governor. there were
crowds at railway stations of the larger
towns knots Of people at the tiny village
platforms and from end to end OF the run
the brass crashed and the trumpets
brayed, sometimes alas. with more en-
thusiasm than art; nags fluttered and
there were whOops and yells in quantity
sufficient to gladden. the heart OF any can
didate.
lie outlined for the crowds at Tarry-
town. Ossinlng. Peekskill, Cold Spring.
Flshkill where Aviator j. Bayard Yer
planck in his flying boat met the train
below the town and circled about in salute
when the train stopped at the big noon
meeting al Poughkeepsle at Hudson
chatham and at Rensselaer,, why they
should indorse President Wilson by re-
turning Democratic Congress at the
coming election and why they should elect
the whole Democratic State ticket Every
where the audiences were voters who
listened in silent attention when not APP
plauding vOciferously.
Reviews His work.
Briefly he took up his successful efforts
for direct primaries. his land bank bill.
his stoppage of direct taxation, his cut
ting Of the expenses Of the state $1,000
900 compared to the amount expended in
the last year OF GOV. Hughes's admins
tro,inr and Sppnding $40, 900 900 less