Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-06-15
HUGHES HAS A HUMAN SIDE
What the Man Looks Like With
out His Official ArmOr.
His Precautionary and other Speeches
Show Much Of the Poet, wit, Pa
triot and Lover of the Plain
People.

lie seems to have so largely 1OTPOtlei'
was well illustrated repeatedly during
the former governors participation in
the Vermont New York tercentennary
The real Hughes, the man of which the
public official was only the outer armor,
was revealed repeatedly to prominent
Nermontcrs who met him on these occa-
sions. For strangely mixed up with the
stern DICTATOR Of politics and law there
is certain amount of the wit. the poet.
the patriot even, which made of Hugh
a delightful companion.
There are many other sides to Hughes
the man leisure, if such phrase could
he used of him. as contrastcd with
Hughes, the man-of-work, that fewer
still know: Hughes, the climber of noun
tains in Switzerland, Hughes the quiet
fisherman at Lake Placid, Hughes the
father. etc.
The speech of Hughes which Vermont
ers perhaps know best. and the speech
thoroughly Chara Ct eristic Of the other SIDE
of Hughes, was one he delivered Septem-
her 6, 1907, before the Vermont Fish and
Game League at the Hotel Champlaln,
Bluff Point. As Vermont sportsmen we'll
know, these annual gatherings are large
~ political in nature, but they are IN
formally SO. The dinner referred to gave
Vermont and New York fine chance
to shake hands in greeting once more.
Some of the big men of the two states sat
down together and with them sat men
prominent in and out of the nation: eX-
Speaker Joseph q. Cannon, i-ncle Joe;
Baron Rosen, the Russian ambassador;
Governor Fletcher d. Proctor, ex-Gover-
IL 4.
Governor Hughes led the list Of after
dinner speakers. With pointed finger
and clenched fist he said:
II feel in talking to Nermonters, or GO
ing into the state of Vermont as though
| were approaching one of the sources of
power Curtis, i'm his work on the bat
tie of Sara toga relating the manner OF
the Nermonters to the New Workers, SAYS
the Green Mountain Boys distrusted the
polished discipline of New York, while
the New Workers thought the boys brave
but dangerously independent My friends,
YOU have got a great deal of that dam
gerous independence in the United States
Of America and cannot have too much of
it. even though it had its origin in the
State of Vermont.
you have heard a great deal upon the
stump upon occasions when the electorate
was sought to lie reached, about the rights
of the people and the voice of the people.
and we want to see more of such recog-
milton Of the rights of the people in the
administration of government.
Il was glad to hear about your manage
ment of fish and gam. legislation. sign
ed special fish and game bills in the State
of New York until my hand got weary.
| 1--WE should know no man because he is
rich and we should forget no man because
he is poor Md in the administration Of
our State governments we must remember
| that when a man takes office he holds
that office for the people and not for any
/ special interest"
/ The former governor was born in Glens
Falls. which he reminded Vermonters, or
the occasion of the tcrcentcnary celehra-
ton here, was hard by the scene of
bloody strife between the two States
when they had IA boundary dispute all
their own 81 belong to this highway and
| have cherished from my earliest memory
the stories that are connected with this
beautiful valley. | am son Of NeV
York in every sense and | rejoice in tho
power and resources of the Fmpiro state
Cut I also recognize what You have ir
Vermont in that inhon love ol
liberty, without which our pros
perity becomes Il mOCkcry. Here
among the Greer Mountains are
those who will never forget what indie
pendencc means. What was more dis
tnGushed i'm the career of Ethan Aller
than his capture of Ticonderoga was the
fact that he was a home ruler, He wa:
not n Ncrmonter. He came to Vernon
and he cspoused the cause Of the settlers
and while he espouscd that cause aGlins
New York, he espoused it in defence ,
a fundamental principle which has mad
you strong and all New England strong
and we must hold tenaciously To it il
New York if we are to maintain gu
strcneth."
That was not the only address he mad
in connection with the celebration. \
the banquet in the university gymnasium
at night he reused n different set of emo
lions in his hearers. For example:
THE troupe has dishanded the chic
actors have played their part, the lead
ing man U'res. TafU has gone his way
nothing remains but for one of the super
to roll up the rugs and, in a tired am
sleepy state, wend his way home QLaush
teri
1.-TWO thoughts have crowded upon m
; as | have imbbed inspiration and nothin
else. Qflughter) The one Is that
Champaign, as he star ed on that me>nOr
able day, had seen the vision of this val
ley and the democracy # the future worl,
out its problems in contrast with tn
France of Henry of Navarro, and if i
particular he had Witnessed in imagina
ton the events Of this week ana ha
been compelled to listen to the addresse
that have been deliVered-in prophetic ar
ticipation of the consequences of mis- act
: us? N4aughter)
THE other thought that has occurre
to me is that the Champlain valley, pc
square mile, has got more out of III
President of the United States and tn
French and English ambassadors tina
any other section Of the country"
L Hughes "AmeriCanism" is no new thin
with him, no new note in the Eamut {
1 public sentiment which he has struck,
> spite of the new meaning the term ha
aiken on Read some of these cxtrac,
- from his speech at Ticonderoga durin
y the celebrations
T. 1T is not for me to detain YOU with an
i formal address, or to attempt in the lie
l. moments in which ! shall speak any ad,
= louate statement of the interest whic
I thrills us all to-day. This is the plac
= of romance, this is the scene of conflic
, a spot dear to every intelligent American
q We are not "A cynical people; we are ne