The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-09-27
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the expectations they had aroused.
We came iA,aot promising the millennium;
not saying we could remove ali the lpsquall-
ties which have existed on this earth aiAce
our skln.clau ancestors came out Of their
caves but bent upon doing what In uS lay
to tighten to somt extent the burden Of In
justice; to make conditions q little fslrer,
little more equal. In consequence, we now
have put upon the statute books for the
first time In New York's history laws which
make the heritage Of the rich man pay
reasonable toll to the state before passing
to his heir; laws which make corporations
pay to the state for the privileges they have
obtained; and hnally, a law which lnsures
that the franchise hoiders who have re-
celved their franchises from the public shall
pay the fun and Just amount which the
privilege we have given them entities Us to
receive from them.
Injustice RemedIed.
The Inheritance tax, the corporation tax,
the franchise tax, are enc and all our handl-
work; the handlwork Of eur party; OF our
party 40 1t Is now, as appeal to you for 1t
now; and they represent the nrst great at
tempt that has been made In New York
state to meet the new conditions caused by
the upgrowlng of great corporations, the e1-
ploitatlon Of municipal franchises. In each
instance, and especially In passing the fran
chise tax, In which had the honor as gov
ernor to play a certain part, we had to face
the opposition Of the great and wealthy cor
porations; Of those very corporations which
our opponents delight to describe as the
money power We dlsregarded their Opposl
tiOn because we thought them wrong, just
as fearlessly as we would have champloned
them II we had thought them right. We
did no injustice. We simply remsdled In
justice.
What we promise Is what we have act
ually done in New York, not only as re.
CARDS corporations, but as regards labor
legislation. Our opponents IN New York
promised very much, but all that they prom
ised 1t was impossible to do, and 50 they
did nothing.
II has been the Republican constitutional
convention, the Republican legislatures and
the Republican executives to whom nine
tenths Of the best labor laws put upon the
statute books of New York state have been
| due. We abolished the contract labor sys-
TEN; we established inspection of factories
and the bureau of labor statistics; the eight.
hour law; the law providing for the abolition
Of sweat shops; in short, every labor meas
ure has been initiated and put through by
us. At best, our opponents Have followed
in our footsteps, and often, as was the case
last year, when both branches Of the legls.
lature and the executive were In our hands
the whole work has been done by US. The
board OF mediation and arbitration has for
the first time become a live factor In the
settlement Of labor troubles; sweat shops
are controlled; the elsht.hour law is en-.
forced. In our state convicts do NOT CON-
| pete with free labor, aud the bureau Of Ia.
Dor statistics and the factory Inspectors .
department work practically hand In hand
with the foremost representatives. of the
wage-workers to do all that can be done In
| the interests of labor
| Squaring Performance with Promise.
Again let me remind you that what lay
| emphasis on is that In New York state,
with the legislation OF which am best ac-
| Quainted, we have, in upholding the inter
ests Of labor by legislation and admInlstra.
tiOn, and In controlling corporations and
making them deal Justly with individuals
and the public, not only done more than
our opponents, but also unlike our oppo-
nents, we have made our performance
square with our promises.
We have been able to do this very largely
because we have declined to play the part
Of the demagogue, and to make promises In.
capable Of fulHllment, meant not to be full.
/ filled, but TO help carry IN election. In
other words, we can be trusted and our op.
| ponents cannot be trusted, and the differ.
ence between being trustworthy and un.
Trustworthy is SO great as to swamp all
other differences.
What is true Of New York is true Of the
rest Of the country, and what is true Of la.
Dor legislation and Of the control Of corpora
tlOns, will be true OF trusts.
| In other words, instead Of trying to lnciti
one class against another, Instead OF induIg
ing In mere denuncatiOn Of one class o.
people, or Of making impossible promises Il
another class, We set ourselves to work IL
practical common sense fashion to face the
| HS" PAVpiShS thut hau hilSthi btTlously u
study them; not to try to solve them BY
crude legislation entered into before W,
really knew what we had to encounter bu
when we once had satisfied ourselves as Il
the facts, to bring In the remedy the fact
called for.
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