Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-11

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| lshed and not publicly challenged, that the
following increase has taken pls ce during
| the several administrations succeeding Gov
| erncr Cornell, the last republican governor:
the avetdge being also given under Governor
| Robinson. his immediate democratic prede-
CeSSor.
summary Of State Expenditures.
AVERAGE PER ANNCM.
| Gov. Robinson. 1871, rs, 'T9....... 1851. ISL
| Gov. Cornell, 1881. 81, 'S2........ 629S 3D.
| Gov. Cleveland. 1sS'. 'Si............ 1870 702
| Gov. Hill, 1885, So 81, 49, ....... 1858 500
Gov. HILL 1850, 90, 81 ............. TO- IS2 Gt9
| Gov. Flower, 1892 '93............... 1892 532
| Such results do not seem to be the legiti-
mate outcome of n business adninistra ton
| of the affairs of the state. Education and
experience nave not permitted me to doubt
| that economy OF administration is quite as
nj cessa1y in large in small affairs, to
produce beneficial results.
The state of New York is rich in her re-
sources, but they should not be trified with
even in times of great prosperity, lest in
other times it he difficult to disincumber her
| Of her burden. In the present crisis de-
crease in taxation will be relief to all our
people and will materially aid returning
prosperity.
The approval given to the laws enacted to
secure the secrecy and the purity of the bal
| lot meets my hearty concurrence. Through
| the opposition of the democratic party those
laws have been rendered more burdensome
and less effective than they should be, but
even in their present form they go far to
secure to the voter absolute freedom in the
exercise of the elective franchise, while
they remove the excuse for large eXpendi-
lures at and prior TO elections. We may
also. insist upon an Improvement of our
election laws adequate to make frauds sub
stantially impossible.
The Canal system.
! could not fail to speak with earnestness
| our canal system, did not the submission to
the people of special constitutional
| amendment remove the necessity for doing
so. l must, however, call attention to the
| fact that when twelve year ago the people
decided to abolish tolls and to maintain the
canals free the majority for free canals
was :i.bSjiS.
Whatever can be done to foster and pro-
mote agricultural interests and the protec-
ton of the forests must be done with gen.
crosby. and the officials specially charged
with the supervision and care OF such inter
ests should be allied to them in sympathy
and community.
The state can well afford to assist in i'm
proving the highways, in order that the
farmer may bring his products to market
with material reduction of the profit derived
| from them.
Such betterment Of the highways will also
| cradle our people. and especially our
younger people, to engage in those outdoor
exercises and pleasures that increase the
measure of health. make men better for the
| performance of duties of profession and
| handicraft and in the end produce a
stronger race for the practice of virtue and
defense of our institutions.
Let us have fair ana honest ballot an
excise law that VIII promote temperance,
VIII reduce expenditures in order to set the
example Of economy in private affairs, the
most enlarged education to teach us the
value of our citizenship, and, with jealous
n nj for that eifizpnShiYo lot ms
the liberty-loving of all lands to the enjoy
ment of the largest liberty regulated by
law.
Under the Constitution of the United
States, as well as the organic law of this
state, all citizens are placed on a footing of
absolute equality before the law. This pro-
vision in the supreme law i fully recognize,
not only because it is obligatory as a
statute, but because 1 am in favor of the
fullest freedom in the worship of Almighty
GCd.
In conclusion desire to emphasize my
hearty concurrence in the provisions of the
platform of the Saratoga convention where
In the party pledges to the people "a free
fallot and fair count, practical ballot re-
fcrm. free and fair primaries. as fully pro-
tected by law as general elections, an i'm
proved civil service. municipal home rule a
Just apportionment, reduced state expendi-
lures, an equitable system of taxation, an
acceptable excise law, adequate protection
from unjust determinations by monopoiies
and minimized tax rate"
Very faithfully yours,
LEVI p. MORTON.
Anti-Tnmmnny Democracy.
The anti-Tammany democracy held their
convention last night at the Lyceum Opera
House in New York for the purpose of
nominating county ticket.
A feature of the convention was the pres
ence in the boxes and balcony of 100 Of the
Women's Anti-Tammany Association. The
convention passed a resolution nominating
William Strong for mayor and John w. Con
for recorder.
The other nominations were left in the
hands Of conference committee to select
the other candidates.
resolution was also passed appointing a
committee of five to investigate and deter
mine whether there is in existence in that
city any such body as an American Pro-
tective Association. and, if SO, to ascertain
their purposes and functions.
Nominations for Congress.
Eighteenth New York-Jacob Lefever. re-
publican, renomnated.
Second New Jersey-Martin l.. Haines
democrat.
First New York-Joseph Fitch, democrat;
Fourth South Caroiina-Lawson ID. Melton.
Twenty-fifth New Yorktown ]. Reese,
popuiist.
Seventeenth New York-Benjamin b.
Odell, jr., republican.
Drove Twenty Miles to Speak.
Mr.. w. L. Wilson. Congressman Blanch-
ard, Ex-Governor Wilson, Congressman
Isidor Straus and Col Chew, booked to
speak at the democratic barbecue at Moor
field, W. Va, yesterday, arrived after hav-
ing Travelled twenty miles in buggies
through a driving rain. Two thousand
mountaineers met the party at the out
skirts of the town and acted as a guard of
honor, escorting them to an immense field
where several beeves, a dozen sheep gallons
Of oysters, coffee and wagon loads of bread
were furnished to the hungry crowd. Not
withstanding the weather and intense cold
the miserably wet crowd. which was too
great for any building there. stood for hours
wrapped in heavy coats and intently lis
tened to the speeches.
DR.. Buckmaster Accepts.
DIR. Augustus Harper Buckmaster Of New
York. who has been chosen to succeed to
the chair at the University Of Virginia, re-
Gently made vacant by the death of DIR.
William c. Dabney. has accepted the posi-