New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20
Crowds Hear His Plans in
Fight on Bosses and
Their Rule.
EMPHATIC DENIAL
TO POWER INNUENDO
Candidate Says Record Shows
That He Fooled Grab Plot
Bills In Senate.

Brooklyn warmed up enthusiastically
last night to Harvey d. Hinman, candi-
date for the Republican primary nom
ination for Governor. Mr.. Hinman,
with Charles E. Hughes, jr., son OF the
justice, visited four Republican clubs
in the borough in an automobile and
told thousands of men just why he de-.
serves their votes and what he will do
if he is nominated and elected.
He didn't crack any jokes or drag in
any of that Gas l look down into your
intelligent faces" And he didn't fling
any mud. He spoke briefly Of his
record, and asked his hearers to con-
slider it when they tried to decide on
their choice.
HIS first stop was the 18th District
Republican Club at 400 9th st. The
chairman-rara Avis-introduced the
Senator without ton or two OF pre-
liminary words.
In beginning his speech the Senator
called attention to an alleged attack
made on him by 1.-THE Standard Union"
a newspaper printed in Brooklyn. In
an editorial Friday the paper intimated,
he said, that a large power company IN
the northern part Of the state "favors
nv nomination because il and like con-
Germs would profit thereby"
at concludes the editorial" asserted
the candidate, with there are forces
behind the Human candidacy that APP
parently have not come into the open,
"The man who wrote that editorial
knew--or at least it was his business
to know-my record while q member
of the State Senate. The insinuatlon
that any power company is supporting
my candidacy is not only a falsehood,
but a ridiculous falsehood. The records
show that ! opposed and voted against
the power grab bills when they were
before the Senate. | was one of the
four Senators who voted against the
Long Sault bill
Fooled Power Grab Bill.
"On the last day of the session of
1912, when a power grab bill was re-
ported out of committee to be passed
in the closing rush of the session, un-
der an emergency message from q
Democratic Governor, | led the fight
against the bill, and the bill was de-
feated.
"The men and forces who are sup
porting my candidacy are not operat-
ing in secret; they are out in the open;
their names and their work are known
of all men. On the other hand, some
of the forces which are opposing my
nomination are working, as always,
under ground and in the dark. The
fact is that at least one concern in
this state which is interested in OBJ
tanning power rights and privileges
from the state is opposing my can
didacy.
81 want the people of this borough
to know that the same forces which so
bitterly opposed Governor Hughes and
the things for which he stood. whose
opposition resulted in the defeat of
our party, and who are indirectly re-
sponsible for the present deplorable
conditions in the state, are to-day Sc
cretly opposing me and are supporting
one of my opponents. This is, OF
course, their privilege. But insist
that a newspaper editor, who must
know such facts, is treating neither
the public nor the party fairly by mis-
representing or misstating the situa-
ton in an endeavor to mislead the
people"
His Senate record Of eight years, he
said, would show clearly that he was
always independent of control, did his
own thinking and took orders from no
one. And if nominated and elected
Governor no man or set of men will
control his acts. Nor will the Office be
used to further the personal or po-
litical ambitions or the fortunes Of
any man, himself included.
War Declared on Bosses.
The fight that Governor Hughes had
made against the bosses in his own
party was now his fight, the Senator
continued and he feels honored by the
opposition of William Barnes.
Senator Human pledged himself to
amend the primary law and make it
what it was originally intended to be
and to abolish useless commissions.
clean up the useful ones now parts of
political machines. AMI to throw out
the numerous holders of useless jobs
and the jobs with them.
Mr.. Hughes spoke at each of the
meetings. The other stops were the
18th District Republican Club. at 2431
Church av.; the 23d District Republi-
can Club, at 81 Truxton ST.. in East
New York, and the Attn, at $50 Bedford
av.