Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-10-24

ask or a lawyer or such hlgh legal attain
ments as Governor Russell las we known from
| the testimony OF his friends and the character
| OF his important clients) that he should be IA
miliar with a decision Of the supreme court
six years old in regard 90 very common class
| Of legislation.
Mr.. Lodge then charged that Governor
Russell had appointed secretary Of agri
culture before the law creating the offics
had gone into effect. Judge Staples ol
the superior court had died on Aug 2 and
his successor was appointed Aug. q, which
Mr.. Lodge thought undue haste. He then
| criticised two appointments of the gov
ernor as not creditable. One WAS Hanni
| gan Of Lawrence as a member OF the dis
trict police, and the other whom he did
not name, as n member Of the board ei
trustees for the hospital for dpsomaniacs
! He charged that they both had criminal
records. Another was w. B. johnson. ap
! pointed member Of the firemen's fund
commission.
Mr.. Lodge defended the police commits
! sion of Boston vigorously, and then read
what purported TO be an autograph letter
in manifold TO liquor dealers asking con-
| tribution TO the Democratic campaign
/ fund
The chairman announced that Mr.. Rus
sell would now be granted thirty minutes.
! etc.
Russell to Lodge.
Mr.. Russell was accorded most cordial
reception. Mr.. Russell gracefully ac
| knowlcdged the welcome and began very
very calmly as follows:
will first take UP some OF the appointments
OF the governor that my friend has criticised
| There is one of them that | especially regret
| for the sake Of human nature. IL il the case
| of Dr. Terry OF Fall River, who was appointed
n trustee Of the hospital for the inebriatss;
| believe he Is tho man whose name was used.
Ii Is perfectly true that that gentleman 3
| namo was presented to the governor and sent
| by him 10 the council upon recommendation,
such as every appointment has had made by
| every governor OF Massac achusetts from the be.
| ginning down to the present time. My friend
| would lead you TO suppose that the governor
| or Massachusetts, is competent Ia his position
90 investigate the case of every ndiyid ual that
comes before him. DR.. Terry WAS recon.
mended upon the advice Of men like this:
Mr.. Russell hero read letters showing
! that DR.. Terry was recommended by most
OF the clergymen Of Fall River. He
sh we'd. too, that the doctor was Repub-
lican. In the case of HarriGar he showed
that he had been recommended by Com.
missioner Merrill and nearly all the Re-
publican Office holders Of the city of Law
renee, who said he was worthy man and
well qualified to fill the position 10 which
he aspred. He then quoted from an ed
itoral in The Evening Record Of yester
| day which, he claimed. showed that the
| police commission wa s working for Allen
and declaring that he had the sympathy
! of the saloon element, where the most ef
fectve work was being done In quiet
way. Continuing he said
Mr.. Lodge has declared here tonight that
the governor, against his opinions expressed
| to the legislature, had created fve commits.
| sions. He did not create one OF them. They
were created, each one, by an act OF the iegis.
| laturc. They are not TO be compared with the
commissions that govern the state; they are
not executive commissions. They are neces-
! sary commissions appointed for temporary
| purposes, and, AZ he himself told you, but one
Of them has salary attached TO his ONCE.
The Governor Is attacked hero because Of
the fact that he refused to sign, or neglected tc
| sign, seven or eight bills
Incorporating Trust Companies
when he had already signed one. Tho gov.
| crnor may be justifoi in signing one. but
| whom they come in shoal he may more
properly do as Governor Russell did--not sign
! them, which was perfectly proper for him Ia
| do under the constitution OF Massachusetts. II
is n right that is exercised by our governors
| whenever they choose TO exercise IL, and by
| the President OF the United States. under the
| constitution OF the United States, when he
chooses TO let bills become laws without his
! signature. II IL very common and not 10 be
! denounced At this date.
Now about the governors veto Of the bill to
| build the insane asylum in Medfeld because II
| was 20 he built by saiaried commission In
stead OF trustees. The governor had presented
! 70 him the facts that whenever salaried COM
| missions undertook the building of an import.
! ant building In the state Of Massachusetts,, the
| con rstruction OF the building lasted "a long as
| the commissioners found IL profitable TO draw
! their salaries, and enormous sums OF money
had been spent, and IL had also been proved in
| tho experience of the commonwealth that
when these buildings were under the charge OF
the trustees who were 10 manage them after
| wards, they were more economically built and
| more promptly finished, and IL was more tc
| tie advantage Of the commonwealth.
| III is true that the governor signed the bill
| allowing the city OF Boston 20 spend nearly
S,COO.0OO upon library building that is being
| built by trustees BY the city OF Boston. Yet
will ask Mr.. Lodge II lie would have
had the governor Of the common.
| wealth veto the bill completing the
| public library OF Boston because under
trustees 1t was costing sl,ODn,0o more than II
had been expected to cost in the frat placer
The Close.
"Mr. Lodge has thirty minutes" said
| Chairman Allen, and the Republican
champion was given Eearty cher. He
| closed the debate in the fol- wing words
| No, | would not have Governor Russell veto
| the bill for the Boston public library, but
| would have had him kecpa straight course
| and sign also the bill for the completion of q
| great public work for the guardianship Of the
| insane, which was being conducted by COM
missoners every whit "a honest as the trustees
| Of the public library IN Boston.
! Ny distinguished friend has raised n shelter
| fOr the governor on tho matter of the appoint.
ments which thought be might raise lie
has got him under Republican letters OF in
| dorsement He has also tried 10 put him un-
! der the executive council. They suspended
| the Terry case and never toJk action on II
| The district police force is appointed by the
! governor alone.
You talk about Hennisan on the police
| force. A Democratic mayor and q Demo
| cratio board OF aldermen removed HIN unani-
! mou.iy from the police force. Republican
! mayor pfterward nominated him and he wa
! rejected b. the aldermen.
| cannot pause to 60 over the old points.
| have some other matters TO which | want "a
lall attention. The governor asked for more
! Responsibility. propose 20 look ~ one OF the
duties which he Is called upon TO perform.
| submit that IL Is his duty as governor Of tho
| commonwealth 10 yi.it the public Institutions
Of the state. especially II he proposes 10 reform
/ them and change their management viii
/ do him the justice 10 say that he has been con
/ slant st other public occasions, at parndes oi
4 the militia and at the agricultural fairs. Ala'
| for human nature! The erring and unfortu-
! nate, the rsuper and the insane, are like III,
! territories In a national election