New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-19
A VICTIM OF MORAL STRABISMUS.
TWO ACCOUNTS OF Mr.. FAssETT's RECEPTION Az
SANDY HILL, Y. Y.


SANDY HILL, y. Y.
Not s,nce the 1888 campaign, when Calvin s.
price saw rainbows I'm the lining OF every thhhder
cloud and persstently asserted his BELIEF that tnerc
were unlimited Democratic malOrues az uie Gnu W
each one OF them has there been any one so capaov "
seeing Invisible objects with the naked eye Us Aoe'
W. Orr the genial press agent OF the present Dei"O
cratic state Committee. Mr. Orr hhoituahS "o"
chromatc glasses which give TO everything that comes
within lis vision, and 10 many things ehufey o''Oi''
A. a beautiful rosy hue. For example, MI. UT OH
saturday night assured all the reporters who came
10 him for Information that the big hcpuDnc"n
meeting at Sandy Hin on Friday night l'N'
boen an absolute hzzlc that the Republicans has NOV
turned ont to listen to Mr. Fassett, ana tH't "pdh'
and indifference prevailed among them to""ru ~.
Rcpub,ican cause To prove his assertion he exhol'ed
~ rns,,nod Letter from Sandy Hill. In this con-
rection Il Is interesting to read the dispatch sent from
SANDY I'm by "The New-York Worlds special corre-
spondcnt who has accompanied Mr. faSse' "h h''
triumphant tour through the State INC descrip'Io"
OF the Sandy Hill meeting prnlVeu Ill i'9 "0
Saturday was as follows:
sandy Hin gave Mr.. Fassett fine reception inc
whole county SIDE and the population oil 'ehs fas O
sides had made Fassett day fete day EVERYBODY "A
out rain or no rain and 1t was the real Sinon'Pui0
article OF Republican rain that fell There was TO
conton committee IN horseback and stylish carriages
enough and 10 spare for any almost who chose "
ride and band and tofchlight club ana great ueN
OF shouting and dignity.
The reception committee had for its chairman Loren
Allen and a member from each OF the seventeen towns
Of the county Besides there were congressman 'o''
A. Quackenbush and II. g. Burlegh, Ponce Coni.S90n'
Collins, OF Troy; Zeph f. MeGll, chairman Oh Une Nv
publican County Committee; a. f. Homestead T. H.
Van Alstvne and Charles $. Francis, Of Troy Full
score OF carriages wound up the hl and Into Town. anu
were promenaded about the public square at inc MUS
Il an expensive band. The hotels In SANDY li lens
none too GOOD some Of the most delightful homes In the
village including those the Allen brothers ana Joh
H. Derby were thrown open to the Fassett party Al
together It was the and most hosptabe welcome
Mr. Fassett has met with
Last night Mr. Orr had some more interesting he"S
for the reporters. He waited at the Holman House
until he had seen the reporter Of every paper IN the
city in order that all might have the Important news
that the labor vote all going sOdy against fassc'
because of his record on nine bills, winch Mt VII
named Mr. Fassett is on the black list OF the LaDol
unions so Mr. Orr declares, because he voted against
these bills How utterly foolish these charges are
wouId appear even to the men who make them, they
would only stop TO consult the facts. To assume
that laborng men will be deceived by such false charges
is TO assume that they do not know What position MI
Fassett really did take.
Two Of the bills in question arc the Anti-Pnkerton
hill and proposed amendment 10 the conspiracy laws
The records will show that both Of these bills, when
thew were introduced In the Senate went at once to
| the Judiciary Committee and that they never came
back The Judiciary Committee decided by unani-
nous vote that the bills were vicious and ought not 20
become laws, and not Democratic MEMBER
OF the Senate ever even suggested that they
be reported back for action. Mr.. Fassett
was not a member of the judiciary Committee
and had nothing TO do with It's action The only ex-
cuse the bills ever had for existence TO allow Gov
ernor Hill to plA with the worklngmen Of the state
and make political capital. The bill to amend the
conspiracy laws thoroughly bad that even the
Democratic Assembly refused to pass 1t, and it was
| NJ itc auth Mr.
Another Of the bills that extending the provisions
of the weekly payment law to railroad and steamboat
companies. This bill introduced BY Senator Can
tor "by request 1t went 10 the Committee on Cen
eral Laws and never came back. Mr.. Fassett was
not member Of that committee and had nothing To
do with It's action. There were three Democratic mem
OF the committee, however and what one OF them
ever asked the senate to recall the bill
Still another bill which is named to show how Mr..
Fassett is opposed 10 labor that providing for
state printing Office. Mr. FasSett did vote against
that BILL and quite properly, too. He would no doubt
do the same thing again. The newspapers
of the State, almost without exception, opposed
the blu and this is what "The Albany Argus" hide
bound Democratic organ, said about 1t at the time
State printing onice according to the Bush bill,
means an expenditure. after the first year. Of
half million dollars MORE nursery for political heol-
ers the exclusion Of recognized legitimate printers,
political boss" at the head OF the department corruption
and extravaganza OF uneXampcd character abso
Lutte freedom restraint in wasting the peoples money
no safeguards unrestned steals and the Typographical
unions left the cold IN the end Can such mon
strous job become lawl
The blacklist as the Democratic State Committee
cals It, also mentions bill introduced for the relief
of the collar and cuff manufacturers Of Troy from the
] unfair competition OF the prisoners in Dannemora
State Prison. This bill made necessary by the
refusal of Governor Hill to grant the relief whic1
already lay in his power. 1t was good bill, ana
MIR Fassett was in favor OF Ii. In fact II had no
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brought on by Governor Hill and the Democratic
| minority In the Senate, who were unwilling 10 nave
the canals investigated lest Democratic stealnSs ana
corruption be exposed. Now they attempt to saddle
the blame for the defeat OF the measure on one OF It's
strongest advocates. $500 . . H.,
! The Rapid Transit bill II Is useless 70 discuss:
Everybody who knows anything about the history OF
rapid transit knows that Mr.. Fasset introduced the
bill that finally passed one year before Governor
Hin allowed II 10 become law and that Mr. Fassett
was the real author of the for which the Gov
| ernor and his friends now claiming credit.