New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-04
NEW-JERSEY COAL TRUST.
TIE BrIL LATELY PASSED GOOD EXAMPLE,
OF DEMOCRATIC LOVE OF COMBINES
SENATOR GARDNER REVIEWS HIS cHAR'Es VI
CORRUPTION AGAINST THE DE- N"
PILES OF DOODLE HIGH ENOUGH
TO REST THEIR ELBOWS ON.

copPrpTIoN AGAINST THE DEMO CRAFTS
PILES OF DOODLE HIGH ENOUGH
TO REST THEIR ELBOWS on.
Atlantic City. March i (specia).-eenaDor 'o"" =.
Gardner. whose scathmg fve-ninne speech upo' Wv
f,,I Trust bill pending lis passage by the Nc"'oS.
legislature last week, has been source Vi oo
alarm TO the Democrats who voten lor TIC n''' :,
and to which has been added the dre''u u'' "e VIZ" .
amp!lfy his remarks ut II h'er my ''''' .
although almost overwhelmed with Dusihc'' nc
sory neglected while he was In Trenton dufi'S 'no
legislative session. briefly to review the Coal trust oi
and to glance at another piece or two oil tne eei'"
ton by the Democratic majority during the cioa''s
hours His attention had been SeVera uh'e' .a"oN
he said TO the plausible assertion maoc Dy 'e '''e'
Of the Coal Trust combine that the TIC" a'i"',oo
ment would do away with the middlemen' ana Una.
business would be transacted directly Win INC 'e"'
cnol dealers Senator Gardner was not disposeu !"
accept the intimatcd promise OF magnani'hi'S "po, ~
mart OF the combine toward the public as soo" ',o
gotiablc paper In the bank OF common so"'c' anu N
niIed broadly when he alluded - the promised saw
ing under this particular combine, OF III oo per 'oh
OF coal 10 the consumer. Continuing nc sdu'
How the combination viii, under the new law,
have the mower Co shut out the mlddlcmen AMI deal
directly with the people, which was not aireaoy
possessed by the combine, haS not yet oeeh na'e "
appear only know that it has been ciamea ny '"o
friends OF the coal combination from the beginning tas
the lease was worth u.s. 100000 annually 10 inc com
pancs included In Il. This s6,OoooOo must come
either from the pockets OF the consumers vi tue
product OF the combine, from greater economy IN
producing and delivering the product NOBODY ABOUT
Trenton attempted 10 point ont any new method IN
management By which there could be any material
saving. so, as the stood, 1t looked as II me
consumers we're TO pay the SG,ooOooo aud'io"ai
profits 10 the combine. However. 1t was difficult IN
fact impossible to get the argument upon the ques-
Tho ate fhp NJ
the combine was made party measure by the Demo-
critic majority, and was supported By no argument
but their votes which, being all in the affirmative,
showed that they had been convinced.
Whether they will he able TO convince the people
Of the State that II was toerabe legislation remains
to be seem Under present methods of declaring the
popular will from the ballot boxes N several localities
i'm tho State results are uncertain. II seems true
enough that the Democrats in the New-Jerscy Lcgis-
ature In the session Of 79l passed Suflicncy ~
bad legislation 10 raise political rebellion among
any people who were not past political resistance and
set the Democrats successful in the elections OF
The legislation of the last session differs In
wise I'm principle from the work OF the previous
sion. 1t Is supplementary and germ1nc TO the leglsa-
ton Of 1891. II the people OF the state in The next
election show any marked disapprOval OF the work OF
the last session. it will indicate that they object, not
TO the mechanical principle OF the Democratic MILL or
10 the quality Of its grist. but to the quanlity-e
Over-producon. to speak.
1t has been asserted that the Governor IS some
sort OF controlling power u guardian-at.largc, IN
connection With this measure. There IL nothing In
Bill No. 4i9 requiring the combination which
10 rallies u submit anything TO anybody,
as understand 1t. and al such state
mens are erroneous. They file their lease
within forty-eight Tours after the Governor
signs the bIl and that Is the end of IT, Future
bnailons by the bill required TO submit their pur.
poses to the Governor for his approval or rejection.
II this meant anything 1t would DO only clothing the
Governor with the power TO protect this combination
against rival ono. But II Is rot to what the
provision means. since the law Of 1855. retennng
combinations. WAS not repealed by this bL but
pended for forty eight hours.
This bill may be, one OF It's admirers and spOn-
sors claimed "A blessing in disguise; but the fear is
general that 1t will continue 10 its mask for
time 10 come at least until the people realize its trua
character and overthrow II by enforcing through their
representatives its repeal.
The talk about General Sewell In connection with
the Electric subway bill. with corporation money be-
hind him to defeat H. Is wore than nonsense, and a
direct violation Of that portion OF the Decaogus which
says Thou shalt not bear false witness The bar-
gain 10 stop tho Electrical subway blll II there was
one. made with Two Democratic leaders. Other
Democratic leaders used The party lash and pressed
the bill because they omitted from the deal Bu,
the Governors signature TO the bill was necessity.
both factions gathered under the same umbrella.
Jay Gould has been accused OF good many
things. but never before Of being fool. The Demo
cratic story Of hi, contributing the Republican
paisn fund In state whore the Democrat, were en-.
trcy dominant calling him the hind OF fool that the
fellows who tell the story would emphasize with
adjective not heard I'm good society. The simple truth
Is that the Democratic PARTY at Trenton were mas
qucradlng - the friends Of organized labor Tho
Governor had t',cn such position IN his message.
Cornish had assumed 10 be their aggressive
champion I'm the senate. Both houses were ready TO
pass hi, that would attract The labor vote, provided
they Only the corporations. But into the hall ot
TIL, masquerade came the friends OF the combine with
a bill 10 Iafy IL. prepared 10 offer very seductive
temptations. and oil went the masks To make certain
that the temptations should not be resisted, they
made the bin a party measure. some
needed sudden transformation. and they needed
chorus in great discOrl and bad tmc hOwled scNcll"
Then the Democratic Legislature of lS93 adjourned
shouting he confession which II, leader, In Interviews
aud rcapuatiuns still cch0ing that Sewel single
/ handed. had the power 10 make Il Legislature TWO
! thirds Democratic In each house, reverse the record
which II had been trying TO make on the labor qucs
tnn, uninask Itself. show H. real character and >cn
| mentS. and bruce It's members with piles Of doodle
high enough to rest their elbows on 10 beatSewell'
" IL reasonable 10 presume that the public will
later understand what the people around the
State House NJ Trenton have understood for years that
the Democratic leaders OF New Jersey have convic
tionS upon the question and issues OF corporations
combines Kindred organizations I'm harmony
sentiments In sympathy with the public 10 get
The only they have had for these votes force
the corporations and trusts into an alliance with them
| selves"
DEEPENING THE WELLIND CANAL.