New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-04
LOCAL POLITICAL NEWS.
TAMNANY AND ANTL-MONOPOLY.

TANfMANY AND ANTEMONOPOL4.
THE URsE or JOHN EELLYs LEGISLATORS COM
MENDOZA SPEECH HY GENERAL SAMUEL h.
CARY
The invitation to the public to attend the
meeting Of the Tanunany Hail General Committee last
evening and listen to addresses against monopoly
was not largely responded to. The hail Of
the Wiswam was fairly nuod the floor.
There were four solitary persons in the
the gallery The great majority OF those present be-
longcd to the General Committee. John Kelly was pres
ent looking somewhat palcr than usua! alter his recent
illness Most the prominent members were Observable
scattered through the hall Senator Boyd, Chairman Of
the General Committee introduced the speaker Of
the evening General Samuel +. Cary, OF OHIO lie said
in part:
..Our Government has squandered upon corporations
1000 900 acres more contained in the New Eng
land States Iowa and Illinois. people who own the
Land on which they live Will be free people. II is TO
the interest Of the Nation that the ownership OF
land shall be widely disseminated How this be
done II we are to go suandtrns it on railroads
with all the chances open to HIM, the ordinary aDOriG@
man can do more than obtain fair
living There should be no antaGonism
between labor and capital Both are dependent one on
tie Other What do object TO is that the laws are
framed in the interest OF the rich Everything is
under the control OF the corporations. The trouble is that
by cunniney devised system OF laws, labor is tributary
10 capital You ship car load OF milk from here to
ST. Louis aud back less than Is actually charged to
bring Il thirty miles al local rate As specimen corpO
ration take the Standard Oh Company II has driven all
competitors out OF the market, and on capital OK
50 100000 declares a dividend OF SlOOO,OOO month.
VINO dcclar the price OF wheat The farmers 80,
synGcae Of thieves in Chicago, another in St. Lous and
third here IN Ncw-York, with National banks TO furnish
the capital aud Gould and Vanderbilt back Of ALL TIC
railroads do not charge much for Hour nom Mnueap
oils Minnesota they 90 from Rochester to this city
Cattle shippers DO not pay much from Chicago or ST.
Ious er car as farmers 100 miles from this city. Is
because this condition oil things mat We nave million
aires and tranls,'
A preamble with "a resolution passed unan
muu-y. II Is rccitcd that the Tammuuy minority IN the
LEGISLATURE has borne the brunt OF new battle IN poll
tics. Its course was heartily approved. The anti
MONOPOLY question declared 10 bo the most lu-
pnrtan ana vital issue before the country 10 was stated
that the railway aud other corporations nave secured
influence in Congress Legislatures ami the
which amounts almost 10 control OF the Government,
and il not checked wOuld place the whole country
al their mercy. By currptug Congress n was declared
that 296OOOOOO acres OF pubic lands hud been Obtained
by railway corporations. the rapid accumulation uI
pfoperty in private hands said 10 be pubic peril
shall corporations or the people Tuci wa, To De the
one sharp vital question which would soon ih- lhrouEh
| America. The Democratic party WAS pledged 10 the
Dr0pes cause It's representatives Ia the Legislature
and An. Ieadrrs ryWurrc asked 10 ACT IN such
80 a. 10 secure the rights aud interests OF t4f people
ains tine rcssons OF consolidated ana Incorporated
| capital. 90, $500, ..,t,.,,or ,rs-. ogo-.d o,h
unanimously passed. The preamble declares that the