The evening times., 1898-10-03
THE new YORK CONTEST
Strong Upstate Sentiment for
the Democratic Ticket.
ALL LEADERS CONFIDENT
Chairman Frank Campbell Impress
ed With the Conviction That
the Syracuse Candidates Will Be
Elected by nm Immense Majority.
Republican Financial Methods.

Bath, n Y. Oct. 3.-Frank Campbell.
chairman of the Democratic State COM
| mittee. feels more than confident that
, the entire Democratic State ticket. as
/ named at the Syracuse convention. will
! be elected next moth. He has made a
canvass among the upstate leaders and
has talked with a large number of up
/ State farmers. and from these CONVEX
sations Mr.. Campbell feels sure that
Judge Augustus Van Wyck, of Kings
/ County. Will not only be elected gov
| ernor. but that his majority will be SO
/ great that il will express in the most
! emphatic manner the Indignation Of the
! people especially of those who live out
! side of Greater New York, against the
| Republican administra ton in this State
There are few persons better able to
discuss the political situation of New
! York today than is Mr.. Campbell. He
| was State comptroller under Gov. Flow
! er, and is the president of the leading
| bank in Steuben County. And he is Il
great admirer of Justice Van Wyck.
Record Perfectly Clean.
Justice Van Wyck'' said Mr.. Camp
bell. lis most excellent candidate, one
| against whom nothing can be said. His
ItiOId ID CieStH I1G las dlNatS DSSu
! loyal to his party. and for that reason
! alone deserves the support of every true
| Democrat in the State. Whenever he has
| been candidate for Office before the
| voters of Kings County he has run thou
sands ahead OF his ticket
Have you talked with the country peo-
pie about Judge Van Wyck since his nom
| ination?"
Il have" answered Mr.. Campbell "and
! they regard the ticket as very strong
one. l am satisfied myself that IL is go
ing to be very popular with the voters up
| the State 1t is well known that the Re
publicans have extravagantly expended
the peoples money, and while the reve-
nues of the State have largely increased
the tax rate has not diminished. This is
owing largely to the fact that the Repub
lican party, or the Republican legislature.
if you please. has continued TO appropri-
ate more money each year and has alb
sorbed the increase of her revenues.
In the fall of 1898 the States bonded
indebtedness was all paid. l was then
the comptroller of the State, and | caus-
ed a statement to be made of the finan
cial condition OF the State as to its la
bilities / found that after everything
was paid there remained for the treas
ury a surplus of between 100000 and
s., O0O 900. and il was believed by those
who were in a position to know, as well
as by myself, that with the increase OF
Indirect revenues, il would not be long
before these would pay the general eX-
penSeS of the government, and that the
taxpayers would be correspondingiy 1e-
lieved With the enactment of the Raines
law and the 81, 000,000 or $5,0o0,o00 or rev.
enue received therefrom, such condi-
| ton ought to have existed. At the same
time our charitable institutions could
| have been kept to the high standard that
they are in today, and all the other
branches of the State government could
have been literally provided for. But
owing to Republican extravagances, such
| as creating new offices and new commits
sions. and other unwise expenditures,
these revenues have been expended. and
the burden upon the back of the tax
PAYERS has not been lessened.
Remedy for Present Evils.
what can the Democratic party do
| to remedy this state of affairs?
"A man like Judge Van Wyck IN the
executive chair could reduce the ex-
penses of the State S2,OO0,0O0 or s3,O0oO0a
a year. at least, and in that way. with
the same tax-rate that exists To-Day,
easily wipe out our bonded Indebtedness
of So. oo0, 900 in five or six years In my
opinion. the people have a right to de-
mand that their affairs be administered
with the same business care and caution
that any large private corporation de-
| mands To get this they must have
governor who Is a man of the people,
who is painstaking and who possesses
the good business ability that; Justice
Van Wyck is known to possess. Col.
Roosevelt was undoubtedly a good SOL
der. and made a good colonel of the
Rough Riders, but we are now at peace.
The financial conditions in our State
! are anything but satisfactory to the
people The canal scandal is an outrage.
| The force bill and other obnoxious laws
| should be repealed, and with Gov Van
| Wyck in the chair these things will all
| be done
Views of the Farmers.
"And what do the farmers say to all
this?"
1.-The farmers in the country and the
upstate people in general believe that
| a man with Judge Van Wyck's reputa-
ton will look after their interests better
than would any tax-dodging candidate,
and have no doubt that4hey will so ex-
press themselves on election day. / base
my opinion upon the expressions of DEM
ocrats with whom l talked both before
and since the Syracuse convention"
Asked concerning his plans, especially