New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-27
noSwEILP. FLOWER HIS TEXT
.,,r GOVERNOR TELLS THE DEMOCRATIC
CLUB ABOUT HIS vETOES.

ADMINISTRATION.
-..o-ror Flower made speech at the Demo.
n clubs dinner last night, and II his words
e'1. ,s ns set TO music they might make merry
GU, song FOR the Democrats next fall. The
oa ,s,, of IT would run something like this: For
r . a. the great big man who killed the bills at
", NAV The burden Of the song would be me
scd Ny Veto"
81 80 the Governor had finished his remarkable
~ last n,sht some one in back room whistled
s,,ushy Of Democratic satisfaction; and no Won
- for the Governor had. as he said, hit out from
w shoulder" and had pictured so wildly the won
s.,..l power of Roswell T. Flower that every one
I'd almost see countless slain Republicans before
HIS OWN WORK AT ALBANY.
,v.arnor Flower was to respond TO the toast THE
-. NJ New York" but he took up the greater
vt OF his time in making q personal defence Of
,-ssf and telling about his services to the
"a, Commonwealth 1t almost sad 10 hear
Zen telling about the misdeeds Of the Republic
..,s and his description OF the one redeeming
,..,ure OF the sessionss work at Albany, the veto
,0vsr as he expressed it. was awful to listen to-
rSs, IS 1t was awful because ne showed what
,,seues and calamities would have fallen upon the
Tmp,re State had he not been there to prevent
them
A DELICATE PLEASANTLY
rsa Governor was so harsh upon the Republican
LEGISLATURE that he even went as far TO hope
"a. when any Of them happened 10 be In bathing
=, coney Island the dead cats and other lifeoss
creatures would float into their mouths. The Gov
s,,or was rather mixed this point In his speech,
MT II was though; that he referring to the
BIZ which put al cats and dogs in the city
up,sr the protection Of the Society for the Pre-
yeatlon Of Cruelty TO Animals.
TIE GOVERNORS SPEECH.
HIS speech was in part as follows;
have come down to you after thirty days
struggle Ti'n me Ok DIS Whcn hepdDi;cah Lesis
s sI1T me on April q, You will appreciate
s2r % ssF 70 get p1 have n Ggn Df@ss anS
lave refused sign lS5 filing reasons in each case
In with the Governor a; the adjournment Of the
kzislatUre By constitutional provision, they all
hS 10 be signed within thirty days or they failed
10 become laws. This devoved an immense amount
d work upon the Executive, If he desired TO per
form his duty CsnscientiOusly and give faithful
consideration 10 every Bill This have endeavored
70 d.. although have often wished during the
Impossible for Governors to WORK more than ten
hours a day.
acted during the recent session. he cannot but be
struck with the paucity of legislation which is
ersl In scope ana Of any great public Importance
The most important perhaps was that providing
Tor bipartisan boards Of election inspectors, in
message The election laws were strengthened
somewhat in other ways. chiefly by increasing
The penalties Tor OIcnCeS, but unfortunately the
legislature refused 10 adopt the further recon-
mendation OF my message in this line, namely.
the OF the requirement of personal regis
iraiion 10 the villages and towns OF the state the
necessity for which was plainly shown by the cleo
ton outrages last fall in Gravesend Neither did
the legislature adopt my recommendation to re-
cure the publication Of registry lists In cities as is
As / recommended. extend the Corrupt Practices
act 50 as 10 compel political committees 10 file
statements Of their receipts and expenditures Nor
did the legislature provide simpler ballot as l
recommenGed -.
Controllers office the accounts and eNpen0tures
/ observe that some OF the Republicans in the
Legislature boasting Of the record which they
profess to have made there In the matter Of econ
omy. They say they have reduced the tax rate 40
" mil below what 1t was last year Even then
T1 8s,E more 'h Tedneon from las; Year is
owing partially to the reduction In the rate ioi
2 s, snd canal FSer
meet this year than last ana 70 the rae. tlat ne
I'asury surplus on hand last year was underesti-
r,ied. as matter Of fact, the teX-rate ought to
y lower than II Is.
Der Democratic officers as they expected 10
ind and found no bureaus or commits
sons which they could wisely abolish out tnneg
TIED 10 create two new ones. one was so-caHed |
nautical school which would cost the state at
a asi sJ ySar ana ihF Utnsr o nobod knovs
how much These bills vetoed. Nor was this all. |
leans except one Chat OF the State Treasurer) they
Increased the appropriations. To indulge in this eS-
traYdganCe. the economists In the LEGISLATURE nad
70 cut down elsewhere 50 they cut down appro-
lrauons for the promotion OF agriculture. for the
LABOR Bureau FOR the o-d soldiers VINO are copying
military records for the Blind Asylum at Batavia,
and so on. They even didn't spare the Governor.
sad when sent 70 them special MESSAGE and a
report Of 4 sanitary engineer. showing the danger
"a, condition Of the Pam9ng in the CapSo dy aad
lssel 70 allow dollar 10 save us rev reInatnlns
Democrats in the building from being killed off by
TYPHOID fever or some other contagious disease
i Sli have endeavored to show them that could
A.ep awe IOT thirty days az least
But. after all, the achievement which VIII make
Ne State It's intensely partisan bills and its
sssncalous violation OF the principle of home RUE
hs political point Of view of the Republican party
LAST year ana the Yeer before the Democrats
o.a1 themselves for The first time in years IN Pos
session o. the legislative branch Of the Govern
.nnt For years Republican legislatures had con-
Io-.a the charters Of cities This control had been
abused time ard again. and when the Democrats
~ v IN power they naturally tried to change these
sast,eTs 50 that al political advantage under them
No1d NOT BE- he'd by the Republican party. In this
ros Of reform their political zeal perhaps, IN
s3ne political injustice. These exceptional abuses
y the Republican and Mugwump press. and by
Republican and Mugvump politicians. We were
if 49, OF ro0Oing Lanainsburg ana BuHalo OF
.Yca self-government. whatever that meant Take
.e case o. LaDsingburg. which was held up against
~ ana which without doubt was the most radi-
eS bill Of this kind passed by the Democratic Leg
Stature Ne leeislaieI ont Of Office in that village
issiores local self-goycrnment 10 Lansingbure
as year b. trying 10 egis.ate out Of office twenty
ne village
ms Republican Legfsls has tried TO iegisate
~ q once directly not less than l65 local oihcers,
~ moirecily not Jess than l,SoO-making total
iy;l Of nearly 1850 local officers. appointed by
~ authorities, - De thrown out OF position at
W peAesi O. a party legislative caucus
t.,sGss ,p4rusanshp Of the legislature has shown
~ n otaer "1ys. also than n deadly blows at
I've ,S se..-goyeTrment IT has found expression IN
n.y. 'nfee investigating committees 10 20 rum
ashg about os;ensib.y for informal ton, but real
t,, ~. political patronage, and IN imperEing Inc
s-r s Appropriation bill for the supper; OF gov
rsa,' sAi by insisting upon attaching rider Wnlcn
es- ,a the Attorney-General 10 designate al the
,.sei employed by the various State commits
w 50 as 70 give mis- party additional patronage
p,nN, nave IN his State siTa!ghi-0ut Democratic
=; n. IuHeW2rm Democratic papers, ana lndepead-
IN DSe.ocratic papers. and for the first tine IN
sos'aSes' lars tn~y have all beer standing shoulder 70
hcss ~, against The encrOachmentS Of the Eepub-
ess< p0intcian5 al Albany. There is only one ex-
az - ~ IN the entire llst-"rhe New-YcrH World,
ain told. s. preparing 10 support the Re
,spsyssh ticket next fall. But the quality OF this
H. n ~ mOcracy has been for n long tIme waVer-
.Dofing par u the legislative session this
rsd ~ established q paid lobby al Albany ana
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