 I shall accept the nomination without pledge, other than to do my duty according to my conscience. If elected, it will be my ambition to give the state a sane, efficient and honorable administration, free from taint of bossism or of servitude to any private...  The Cornell Era - Page 511906Full view - About this book
 | 1908 - 882 pages
...as he sat in his library on West End Avenue, he telegraphed to the convention this acceptance : ' ' The Republican party has been called to defend the...honorable administration, free from taint of bossism or servitude to any private interest." That very night he mapped out a campaign strenuous enough to satisfy... | |
 | Charles Evans Hughes - Corporations - 1908 - 348 pages
...stand for the honor of the State. In my message to the Convention I stated that if elected it would be my ambition to give the State a "sane, efficient,...of bossism or of servitude to any private interest" This is my position in a nut-shell. It will be an unbossed administration. I believe in party organization... | |
 | Jacob Gould Schurman - 1908 - 350 pages
...stand for the honor of the State. In my message to the Convention I stated that if elected it would be my ambition to give the State a " sane, efficient,...bossism or of servitude to any private interest." This is my position in a nut-shell. It will be an unbossed administration. I believe in party organization... | |
 | American literature - 1908 - 874 pages
...Convention nominated him for Governor, he again felt the call of public duty and accepted, with this pledge: "To do my duty according to my conscience. If elected, it will be my ambition to give the state efficient and honorable administration, free from taint of bossism or of servitude to any private interest."... | |
 | Charles Swain Thomas, Will David Howe - English language - 1908 - 536 pages
...above the din and confusion, as the agonized inmates rushed to and fro in an effort to escape. 41. If elected, it will be my ambition to give the state a sane, efficient, and honorable administration. 42. The platform denounces the protective tariff and states that the Democratic party in New York does... | |
 | United States - 1910 - 762 pages
...pledge other than to do his duty according to his conscience, saying that if elected it would be his ambition to give the state a sane, efficient and honorable...of bossism or of servitude to any private interest. The campaign was a memorable one in the history of the state, and he was elected Nov. 6, 1906, by a... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - Americans - 1911 - 474 pages
...pledge other than to do his duty according to his conscience, saying that if elected it would be his ambition to give the state a sane, efficient and honorable...of bossism or of servitude to any private interest. The campaign was a memorable one in the history of the state, and he was elected November 6, 1906.... | |
 | United States - 1916 - 632 pages
...nomination of Mr. Hughes. During the convention Hughes wired to Senator Page, in reply to an inquiry : I shall accept the nomination without pledge other...state a sane, efficient and honorable administration. When he accepted the nomination he sounded the keynote of his service as governor: No interest, however,... | |
 | George Luzerne Hart - Campaign literature - 1916 - 398 pages
...the Convention held in Saratoga. He immediately sent a telegram to the Convention in which he said : "I shall accept the nomination without pledge other...elected, it will be my ambition to give the State the same efficient and honorable administration, free from taint of bossism or of servitude to any... | |
 | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ). National Committee, 1916-1920 - Campaign literature - 1916 - 448 pages
...the conventien held in Saratoga. He immediately sent a telegram to the convention in which he said: I shall accept the nomination without pledge other...If elected it will be my ambition to give the State the same efficient and honorable administration, free from taint of bossism or of servitude to any... | |
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