New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-05

ncan control Albany completes record for that
statesmaniike achievement The party, conscious
ad S wR bg resoIv i ASSEMBLIES in this grand
convention, determined that its works snal! Dem
Sgre ante thar seSn the Que
Time forbids anything like full enumeration Of
the worthy things accomplishing SINCE lne idst
OF power came to the kepuoncan parry parry IN IN, lae
mile posts along the highway of reform i. in the
It OF 6 iaeisIstion 10
which we Republicans delight to call atten-
lican Legislature dealt with the question was any
thing like genuine ballot reform aeneyed ana non
Commonwealth; but no sooner had the Democracy
seeo%pishment Of this purpose. long Taged BY the
party unSsr s t bTo g2a1t to nj
issue the clumsy and bastard Ballot reform Of De-
ba6 Sdopa and Sections at @ from
cency and social order.
LAWS FOR LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
made in the Legislature by the two great parties
in recent years is the contrast SO great between
the liquor traffic. Eight years ago the Democrats
and Executive branches OF the Government, enact
ed law regulating the sale Of liquors The
! years This long period had served to disclose
the urgent necessity of radical changes therein
and il might have been expected that legislative
under existing law would result in a distinct ad
vance along moral and ECONOMIC lines The P Pee
statute then enacted against the almost unanl-
sats wS n many nge respects and de
moralizing. This great traffic. which in other
mitteS upon the payment of a mere nominal sum:
low groggeTies proiihc of crime and disorder null
tplied in every section of the State; the law was
in the sale of liquor; licenses were granted as
matter OF favor by local excise boards in the
levied upon dealers as the Rree OF yo21 narf 81
into power than this iniquitouS and nefarious
statute repealed, and supplaIted by the com
leadership OF Senator Raines providing for the
reasonable restraint Of the traffic placing 1t under
awuy frame IN liquors. the privilege Of conduct
aE TIVE %hoa favor 9P"a and ae Without
bringing to the treasures. State and local the
enormous net sum of over S200GOlo annually. and
at the same dime reducing the number or PLACES
thousand Thus Was Accomplished what has been
characterized by impartial critics as the greatest
New-York in malt a century. Under the stron,g
administrations Of Governors Black and Roosevelt
this statute has been improved and perfected,
while the department charged with It's 0dministra
S Ga afs pTSRe M fEq@ ne G and eT
ton to the public interests.
RAPID TRANSIT PROBLEM SOLVED.
! No subject related to the city Of New-York is
growth and development and more helpful 10 its
of the metropolis have pronounced for it at the
polls; statutes having FOR their purpose the accom-
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out Snsibe result. recent iegslation given at the
the construction Of the rapid transit tunnel; work
Is Ss se uG oTs wax a"d this 10 IN
interest Of the people has at last been taken from
! construction begun.
BETTER LABOR LAWS.
The distinct advance in the ameoraton q labor
record Many eTeciive statutes have been placed
upon the books. having for their purpose the eleva-
shortened: conveniences ami comforts for the en-
Piio3 nS1ftionaI PROTECTION has been furnished "a
| these operating dangerous machinery; the frghtfu
mnimi4ed addit91@6 iG tb have been pro-
legislation of our adveraries in former years are
the %sS n @ who E hs MIL the
and the ANA Tno t9q1Eh ne not snHteS
scheme or labor reform. More has been accom-
pished at Albany in the genuine interests Of labor
preceding our record is one s OF positive perform
LESSONS of Democracy.
MEASURES FOR PUBLIC GOOD
The legislative session OF 1900 has standing 70 its
credit a large balance in the public favor While
whole people of the State. Il gave birth to a large
OF Of the e and o x
effective step toward SnT6ing the power Of IN,
for waite, supply; II provided FOR a commission
upon tho tenement house question in cities Of tht
first class looking the conservation OF the health
Of that body OF less fortunate citizens
living in the eongested districts q these grea
cities. II provided for the erection Of hOspita
In tho Adirondack forest to for durable cases
of consumption. enabling the State officially q
battle with the nlost dreaded and fatal disease
known TO our people commission for tn
revision OF the charter OF greater New-York wa:
provided. Useful rapid transit legislation was had
Needed amendments to the Franchise Tax Law
were enacted Restraint was placed upon th'
power OF the Law Department OF the city Of New
YORK 10 confess judgments In actions hrough
! against H. Amendments TO the agricultural law
excluding fraudulent products competing with tn
| produce or the farm. adopted. IL made
good faith and serious EFFORT 20 deal with the veNe,
question OF taxation In the State. and while failing
TO accomplish the purpose aimed az because O
widely divergent views. the effort served TO awaken
public opinion and 10 crystallize public thought
results which cannot fail 10 be useful in the futur