New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-09
STAMPED WITH HYPOCRISY.
GOVERNOR FLOWERS VETO OF THE TROY
INSPECTORS BILL.
REPUBLICAN LEADERS RIDDLE HIS PRETENsIONs
AND DDNOUNCE IN UNMEAsURED TERMS
THE PARTY WHICH SUPPORTS AND
pROEITS RY ELEarrION OUTRAGES.

THE PARTY WHICH SUPPORTS AND
PROFITS By ELECTION oUTRAGEs.
FROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or TIE rR!BUEEa
Albany, March S.-Not content with withhold
ing his signature from an entirely just ana
worthy measure. the signing Of which, In all
probability. would have prevented the brutal
murder of Robert Ross, Governor Flower to-day
added insult to the injury which had already
been done This insult was directed toward the
Republican members OF the Legislature and came
in a veto message upon the Troy Inspectors bill
passed last week In his message, the Governor
following out the principle of making the best Of
an exceedingly poor case, undertakes to lecture
the members Of the majority for doing. in the
case Of Troy, what he was glad to sanction In
the case of Albany The communication Is as
! follows:
REPUBLICAN MOTIVES IMPUGNED
Assembly bill No $50. entitled AN act to amend
CHAPTER go of the laws of 1892 relative 10 the city
OF Troy" is herewith returned without approval
The bill is defective in form In that it amends
section Of the charter without specifying the ute
ctv Of Troy is divided into titles. and each title
! is suhdividcd into sections, with Il separate con con
out sTecfyng the tit.e is shlftless and defective
legislation which in some cases mlght cause i ,y, S
fusion and litigation. But whether having ms eilTo &
| or not such Il defect should be corrected III '"e
int of ctn
With the general rurpose Of the bill ! in sym,
pathy and after the correction Of the defect alluded
to above would permit the Di sa Would 10 HIeH mper
the prospect OF securing 4 general nonPar,sdhn Ph
ont the. STATE. In my annual message trananllttei
10 the Legislature at the beginning oi the present
Laws governing the selection OF election nspec pee,
tors and resulatins their duties neeu rnese Saes
are not only weak in some important respects @ pu
lar lon as
I suggest the Iropriety OF a law when shali Apply
uniformly throughout the state, and snail II deemed deemed
best provide for a non-partlsan board OF election
inspectors in each election dis;rct; general bill
pr5y,iing for non-partisan or. more correctly. bi-
plrtisan. boards u elecu inspectors vas "py hpn
( 'iuced into the Legislature. discussed III poIh
hranches. and passed in eacn house win amend % g.
meuts which have not yet been concurred in ana f9
two weeks this bill thus m diiied mas peen witln, @
from the Executive. pending agreement as % MS pro
visions Tner' was anplg ppri 6f in time to
cured the enactment Il t.ls s''Ii ~ u''' , ~ ,e.
nave IL operative in the city and village sprnG eie'
layed hut the bin expressly changed 80 as not
to take eN ct before midsummer Wnile thus re-
Ieg-ilturc has FASTENED t. pass four special bills
relating h. insp .cors of election in certain localities
,pectors In the Republican city f Rochester and the
republican vag" of Lirsiugburg, one'pr3Vllrd i2r
cy ii Abtuy and the fourth bill is that before me
Wnile the Albany bill ("hicn approved N orler T.
acted alb ut six weeks in advance of the charter cleo
ri,s5.I t9rugh the L4etsature as A partisan meas
ure few days b fore election. and after the cleo
ton boards In Troy had been constituted and had
performed a larS. part of their work. Moreover
while the pr1vi> ms al ting future elections were
,i.au boards the provision affecting the election Of
last Tuesday merely save one of ne six or seven can
district additional insp IN sympathy with his
where party lines wore to large extent ignored
e % %oI @qt saSe but gould
J have given one candidate who had won an unen.
election returns improper advantage over other
candidates. lnlsmuch as the election has now been
held and this provision would be- imperative II en-
acted this criticism is Of course longer pertinent
but | mention II TO correct misapprehension re-
the one-sided character OF this sort Of legislation
/ Why the legislature should make such political
tina; they exist emphasizes more strongly than ever
! throughout the state and justics the conclusion
/ that such Il law cannot be obtained unless execu-
tive dsapprova be stamped upon ali special bills OF
ties in an Official communication. but have yet to
/ learn that two Democrats ana one Republican are
any less honest in election board in Democratic
/ city than are two Republicans and one Democrat
boards are good for one locality they good for
10 ono party by discriminating between localities in
In returning this bl therefore desire to express
the hope that the general election inspectors bin
now pending be speedily perfected and sent 70 the
/ Executive. 10 the end that the guarantees of an
honest count may be secure to one locality
/ another. and to one party IS to another
/
RECEIVED ~ THE ASSEMBLY.
The audacity Of the Governor in sending in
such a message. knowing as he did the circum-
stances surrounding It. surprised every one. Will
lam Sulzer the Democratic leader. felt COM
PEELED to say something in support of it. and. taxi
ing the cue from the Governors remarks as to
hasty legislation also took hand a delivering
a lecture to his Republican opponents Mr. Aims
he H.
swered both the Governor and Sulzer in 4 short
speech which was listened TO with the closest
attention. When he finished. from the Repub-
can side and from the galleries broke out storm
Of applause which the Speaker checked with
difficulty Mr.. Ainsworth spoke in part fol-
lows:
For the purpose of being in order in the discus
sion of this question. | move that this bin do be-
ernor. and upon that question desire TO say one
My friend. Mr.. sulzer. who is always SO just
secs ni on this occasion to ont the force, of his
h YcS oS Frs 80 e is M tba
the Lesi.lature has been too SLOW in passing the
We have been too fast in passing this law.
A LITTLE BIRDS MESSAGE FRoM WASHINGTON
Another statement: Il have yet to learn that two
| Democratic inspectors and Republican in
| spector any less honest than two Repub-
| lican inspectors and Democratic Inspector" Is
that so? Where in all the State do you find Re
publican city where people go to the polls with
hands red with the blood Of their opponents to win
political contest? II Is a travesty to say that
Troy is not corrupt than any other city Gods
sun shines on. The Republican party mere under
whip and spur passed the bill to try to have an
honest election From Washington came mes
| sage and a little bird sung in his Murphy
must be saved although the Republicans may not
have proper representation" What is the re-
| suit? Mr. Speaker ! read to you from an Albany
paper: Troy situated at the head OF the Hudson
River. sends greeting to the other cities OF the
State: We won. Yes have won" Cain won
In like contest. but the opprobrum Of the human
race for 5000 years has been on Cain. No less will
the opprobrium be on the party which resorts TO
murder TO accomplish its ends and hesitates when
justice might triumph, and then. under the preroS-
ative Of the Governors message. criticses Iegis-
lature for seeking 10 stop that kind OF TRANSACTION
Mr. Speaker. | am warmed In the discussion OF
the bill what Is the cry that comes Ike Mace
DOMAIN wall from all over this state? 1t is cry
that the deaf ears of Democratic friends did
not hear when 1t echoed and reverberated through
the state in the elections OF last fall. II was,