Addresses.

1906-16.

of

Charles Evans Hughes

1906-1916

With an Introduction by

Jacob Gould Schurman

President of Cornell University

Second Edition

Revised, with new material, including
The Address of Acceptance
July 31, 1916

G. P. Putnam's Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press
1916

COPYRIGHT, 1908

BY

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

COPYRIGHT, 1916

BY

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

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Address in Accepting the Republican Nomi-

nation for President, at Carnegie Hall, July

31, 1916....

I.—PUBLIC OFFICE AND PARTY PRINCIPLES.

I.-Reply to Committee Appointed to Notify

him of his Nomination for Mayor of

New York City, October 9, 1905.....

II.-Speech in Response to Formal Noti-

fication of his Nomination as the

Republican Candidate for Governor,

at the Republican Club, New York

City, October 3, 1906....

III.-Inaugural Address, Albany, N. Y., Jan-

uary 1, 1907. ...

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IV.-Speech at the Dinner of the Republican

Club of the City of New York, October

18, 1907....

V.-Correspondence with James S. Leh-

maier of New York City....

VI.-Address before the Republican Club of

the City of New York, January 31,

1908....

VII.-Address at the Union League Club Meet-

ing in the Auditorium at Chicago,

Saturday, February 22, 1908........

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II.-REGULATION OF PUBLIC-SERVICE CORPORATIONS.

I.—Message to the Legislature, January 2,

1907, Recommending the Passage of

a Public-Service Commissions Law..

II.-Speech at the Banquet of the Utica

Chamber of Commerce, April 1, 1907

III.-Speech at the Glens Falls Club, April

5, 1907..

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159

IV. Speech at the Banquet of the Buffalo

Chamber of Commerce, April 18, 1907 172

V.-Speech before the Elmira Chamber of

Commerce, May 3, 1907..

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VI.-Veto of the Two-Cent Fare Bill....

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