New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-10-26
oDELL SPEAKS AT DUNKIRK
mr. TELLS OF SUPPORT BY MEMBERS
ar STATE COMMISSION IL LUNACY.
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y,urkirp N Y. oct. Ex-Governor Odeu and
..,.+or Depew left Buffalo this afternoon 10
Ike 2 brief tour Of Chautauqua County, in
.o,aing 20 make speeches on the political issues
-. this afternoon and az jamestown in the
--snIne The meeting here in the Opera
house Lester S Stearns, State Tax Commits
-,,er. presided. Mr.. Steans, in introducing
-orernor Odell praised the latter's administra-
.on and said that the State taation of Chau-
mona County had been reduced this year from,
So 800 10 $1,000.
Governor Odell said that il VAS 2 pleasure to
-ooe 10 Dunkirk and see those who assisted in
rouing up the msjorities for the Republican
rertv which came down To the Bronx River
The county Of Chautauqua possessed one of the
states great educational institutions, and he
thought with pleasure Of the fact that the leg
stature this year had increased the appropria-
,i0Ds for the maintenance of the rural schools
Of the county. Plainly referring to the recent
rersonal attacks upon him by Democrats the
governor said:
hold IT. and I speak adyisedly. that there is no
sse oweToT OF New-YT who onId Us r Sr ~
lend his efforts, who would ever dare 10 descend
TsisT ne misfortGnes Of The wards Of the State
for either msIeehhST5 or partisan purposes " That
70 the people is so strong that he would not dare
70 v9lete ms PeSses he save 10 mem or me Ga N
al Governor, aid there, in my opniou Is the safe
sSs! y department. Of the sta 9 Ths pe0Pe 0o of
NeN-York are becoming more intelligent year by
year; they expect more from their representatives
Than ever before. They expect that those whom
faithful Recent personal attacks. aside from the
act that they re reproach upon the great Office
%R every dec nj citizen a tee I that the G Posit0h
= Governor and the man who MIS- thar once
Sg EMS bus for the pur5ose Of saining partisan
adv
! am willing leave this matter without further
Il was my pleasure to meet to-day in Buffalo two
members OF the state Commission in Lunacy, one
LOCKWOOD. the other Dr.. Peterson. an independently
n politics ana one OF the most olstngI'iShed
az over the State, visiting The State institutions,
ana h5d nSNe loUilu 9Itoi4s 50 laEofstoIe ana
soSditoa as today and that they we're willing.
a a 1aa kese s8nders Should be refuted in The
most positive manner and in the only manner that
they car be reoukeo-by the vote directed by the
intelligent mind.
The Governor said that one OF the causes Of
the reduction Of direct State taxation was the
passage OF new indirect taxation laws. He
added
Our Democratic friends assan US because we
have imposed tax upon the surplus or savings
me savings Of the poor In the State Of Massa-
chusetts they have a iaw whlch Is more nurden-
some than ours. We take nothing from the DE-
posters, and # any institutions have taken ad-
vantage OF this reduce their of interest
they are treating their depositors unfairly; be:
cause the total deposits IN the savings banks q
so that in reducing the rate Of interest from 10
~ per cent these institutions are directly benefited
institutions are pi!ins up surplus OF the excess
between the amount o. the tax and the y per cent
fbtT Construction Of the law. instead OF pedcing
should not reduce ii beyond one one-hundredth of
per cent which is aoout the amount Of the State