New-York tribune., 1895-09-27
X GRIGGS OPENS FIRE.
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e0n out prison they hsS
N hat suI the head Of the Democratic Government IN
whose these frauds ort had oefn ef paTdons re-
lea sed these convics and allowed every one Oh them
TO 30 sTUs as fe bc record Of the Democratic machine
in Hudson County sig years ago wh rega5a Lo M at
lei tSe W Of the @ people render
suffrage mere farce Ihat at "a9 ban me in anv other
County co.. Ty'i in the state. % b.. tom
system spread and 1t seemea smorrac 20 o party
came by large maiorties in the two houses 2r ivI d
resentation They already had the Goyernors ~ wbl"S %
have e" spoken they formed Legislature eminenty
adapted to new methods OF passed bill and
then sent IL TO the Governor for his assent but oy
the system sy a1 in @ anq PUT and M IF
with It they pas,sed, it, nscame farce it be-
Conseqnent 10 rseister the viii of the big bosses
OF the Saefabout ha.f dozen In numb anu . IN
tba small local bosses and then in turn It became
machine turn out laws whereby new sor
hungry politicians 10 s'ee t"e" "'"'' ~ VIZ
ury.
CREATION OF SOFT SNAPS"
Thus We can point 10 upward OF two hundred
laws passed by this Legislature for no other pur-
pose than 70 afford political meat and drink for
those who returned by these peculiar methods
to Trenton
subscrviencv Of the State complete and in order 10
put the entire power of the State In the hands OF
treasmrv the subserv!ent Democratic Legislature
passed law the Ike OF which was never peiore
heard in any free ne n Ss Of peop sde
and retained by them: There have been many
Britain which should control the purse and It
only because they maintaihed their power over
retain the liberty they wrung from the throne
But without debate. without discussion this sub
Governor to draw on his own warrant upon p the the
public purse for any amount dor any sum, ana r LOT
in pursuance of some appropriation. (Hisses)
DO you understand what that meant? mt, lsy'
Jersey for many years There are standing APP
proprlations all sorts OF subjects so that man
he wished and thus this LEGISLATURE put in the
hands of their Democratic Governor an absolute
power over the millions or NeW-Jersey. .--
WHERE 1T WENT TO.
wen what did he do with 1t? Where did 1t go?
Well gentlemen, the answer to these questions can
be readily found In the testimony taken at Trenton
las. winter before the VOORHEES, Investigation COM
mittee Cheers and cries of GIVE 1t to them j.
When l member OF the senate, ana I,n 1he
control Of the houses In the hands or the ne
publicans there was a fire at the Capitol. ana II
consequently necessary to vote monsy @ , ~ le
OF earnest consideration we APPROPRIATED sU"D
for the purposs o o Sut nd me then oniv the Assembly
chamber was restored ,o
And this done under the la" Oh WHICH "a''
ton you When we asked who was the architect who
had been aPpontedf fonud to was? Why Barney
Ford loud laughter) The Superintendent o. the
intend Hne Hf"se the reconstructon Of the building and
got with the approval of the Governor, $9oV tor ms
in venatng apparatus wnch was sn rst ~
found to be obsolete ana useless aha m 200 a 'y
proved by the evidence adduced before the commit
Tee Ao no, ito Why the favored Democrats
not the angel sort. but the other kind daughter
and APPLAUSE 1t was scheme whereby tne nun, rI
might be fed at the public expense; Certainly 1t
was scheme the power pd or hs ne 5ower of
great political body was to be used for the welfare
% 6r, the of certain section Of he rat
and then to help along individual members In due
ratio down the descending scale OF importance
AGENCIES OF PLUMBER
The story OF this conspiracy. OF these dark
schemes. includes the taking under control the
charitable and penal institutions of the State for
the purpose OF making them agencies of Democratic
power For instance. the State Board Of Educa-
ton was a body which had always been strictly
bipartisan. But they put majority OF Democrats
with them had they been of the angel kind; but
they were OF the other caore Then they strnGk s
was erected the governing body was composed
equally of Republicans and good Democrats. who
Executive about whom we have been speaking.
insisted entirely upon ,S or
asylum contains LOO people. II is big town In
and the number o. employees required to run il?
II so you can understand then the object OF the
Of it, There is not an institution in the State it
did not put It's hands upon In the interests OF this
Now let me speak to you about the Board of AS
SCISSORS helped to draw up the bill relating to that
Democrats agreed that such an important body
should not be partisan, and SO, IN ACCORDANCE win
under way they ns repealed the % S and the
o one Republican, and they had Democrac
Well. II IL not beyond the range OF possibility TO
non partisan In character the irregularities which
urged against the clerk might never have hap
pened
A HYPOCRITICML CRY.
And how have they used this great scheme OF
Democratic confederation? The favorte cry OF that
party in this State has been antmonopoly and anti
corporation 1t was even stated to-day at the
Democratic Convention that the fact that l had
acted professionally for corporations was reason
speak on this subject you would infer that rattle.
than favor corporation like railroad they would
a time when the coal companies had an idea that
they could form big trust to to control % the anti snthra
several millions Of dollars They tried TO carry out
was little law which held that no corporation OF
this State could combine with the corporation OF
another State without the express consent OF the
Legislature.
hut did that balk them7 Not a bit. Did they go tC
the Legislature In an open and legitimate way? No
They simply went to the four or hve gentlemen wbc
comprised the legislative power OF the State anC
said they wanted the necessary legal right 10 form
the combination. And these four or five passed
! a law giving them this power. In consequence o
/ which the price OF coal rose 30 cents ton and re
mained at that price for nearly year (hlsses ant
cries OF shame" "shame). and thus they went OF
! until everything that was asked for By the disor
| dery members OF society. by the racetrack men ant
thelr like the Democratic party was ready to grant
! They passed law 20 legallze gambling. they re
sponded 10 every wish OF the gamblers OF the STATE
B until the matter got to be so bad that the peop,
could not stand IL longer and In 1898 they turned
tho Democratic Legislature out of the State House
! ,,as s,acted IN ,ha SENATE tha, scanned