New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-12

tIovv tho case stands free from all technlcalIirs,
is again set forth in the report IN '"s 'O'''N
"Ivhen the people voted 10 supply $500 ~ bsr bsr
me v ,be nmonnt was suicen, for the work
The entire been exnendsd ana Tns that
fbav he informed why the money has not su'neea t
for the improvement ana now n lnenn ttnfor,,stion
oeen n eeNIlnInSifres as digent investigation has
brought forth. They have also dss to com
,ie,o tba u,ork they have sanctioned. ana We hhss
feped with all the defniteness posSitpldd ,,th the
fects The cost OF improving the canals %'n n,.r pe
about two and onehaf times ~hat ne s PsoR we Ssvs
told would be necessary whle the e .sL ,La nnroner
asnerraned and reported account for me oe,d
expenditure Of rScg5lys oI repairs wRioS
sroun, 70 not less than N,5oovJ -. .,,,s nro,
The sDrt be m nrred Tsfe 'Yr from Fher Sb,
scure IL under cover Of references 10 G ,nn Cow
are In 70 degree beir refusal 70 admit that there
has been any wrong done ar ana ,,drn lr1'h '"7
If thfTs aTe errors in system and n the
law we will correct them II ther@ has oss"
We VIII nus evident that TO the involving OF the
state in an expenditure likely 70 prove vte ,h nsn
o tbev attach no OF importanos 1nat my
decline 10 accept the report OF tns tn,ni,,s of any-
{D and that they not yet become convnceg 90
that there have been ethe. ettos remcmber that
irauos l 10 pud and frauds and partisan misuses OF
power traced home and fixed 6y tne
were all COMM ~ the gentlemen who controlled
tho convention from whose pa'torn onaai FOR a new
quoted II ng were addressed rather TO the lovers
Of comedy than 20 men wtn bsuess That the sober
Ipninded taxpayers OF this state WI TO, har nsSs
ni,uue IN gaoers whose malfeasance mas peen na1o
70 70 ,est the ask Of reforming. remoV ana a. an
tns.ing themselves, is an expectation Jus""'" W
comnarativey recent history ,,,r, b.inv
Ar the present time there Is an ln1sihsy, vs ynn~
conducted hy commission OF distnSulsn&Su & nv noy,
Giants into the causes G1 s ,ne reatye ascendancy
among the commercial centres OF the counS Se ,ovna
~ pt 1,vrntched condition 10 which the WATERWAYS
Of the State have been reduced o, ,hat =, mn
o. S1, reform be With little delay ap
nIiaS TO the work Of substituting neIis aa ~
intesri'y ,Ua II there be. in any quarter
tatnre 70 appreciate both the importah, $500 aS
which en .iation In which they still stand 70 tne
.ne n,mercs Of the State the following passage ron
the report OF ,bn lme nurposes Of enlighenment
..On the lines OF these canals are 10 % nat i'm
less Than lso cities and towns many cf sreas
n5rtsnce all active ana 1ourish.ns Is ,so heen
bv those best informed mat me ,shns h MS been
taelt taeltIII% aidsd bv the streams Of commerce on
tie canals upon which 1t Is located no o"' "a"
degg 1856 there has passed over the Erie Canhs hs
an aggregate Of Tonnage of ,nns representns
snoTmOys Ss,ns sus ot s hsurss ,hst me human
mind cannot srase 81 oS cs0TTs IN vsre se ScaCo
0s In the light these facts no nssgns @ srnn 70 an
fall 10 percsa sra the shocking and runous process
OF adminstrator lad bare IN '"e '.p
nnrsN.r LIKE THE RAINEs LAW
~. other points In the platform OF
49, n,r,v I deem Il unnecessary 70 "r"o .
our pn,, ps.H The Ranes law s. in my ,nds-
sN, mseh Justly Justly denounced partisan in its pusp0ss
ana s' oppressive in dreeson. ,avorrOs, rom,,
all 70 inc ,ha means provided for IT'S enforce.
sn Utterly ss e sa aSnemp upo what
which mas srned The spy system Of ADMINISTRATOR
That It nscessary to ,sar proSsons sSf 9or ali
nGms Of the same class due Wholly 70 the VIOLA
cities % ,ha Intent Of the State Constitution oy our
ton OF 'ne 'ennnenss Had the declared purposes OF
ponuIi pS, Instrument been conformed to there would
sara hsen no such morstrous law passed as that
hteb singles out the city ot New-York for spe-
c,,I surveillance In the matter Of the oaot-ocx.
Ia could the cities OF the whole state be once
more threatened with return 20 the system un-
der which the will Of the people OF the several elite:
was nullined BY the votes ot Assemnlymen ana