The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-28
LOWS BILL OF GREEN GOODS.
BOUGHT FROM TIE GOVERNOR,
SAYS COLER, GLEEFULLY.

Unexpected Bit OF Calculation 1t the
Democratic Harmony Dinner In Brook.
!n-A southerner Nominates 6hep-
ard for President-shepard's Speech.
OF all the guests at the Brooklyn Demo-
cratic dinner last night, Bird 8. Coler en-
joyed himself most. The affair was to
commemorate the birthday Of James Mon
roe. and was given by the Brooklyn Demo-
cratic Club at the Germania Club in
Schermerhorn street
Mr.. Coler sat beside Leader Charles r,
Murphy Of Tammany Hall. Next sat
Edward NJ. Shepard, and at the other end
Of the guests table was Lewis Nixon.
Mr.. Coler was not down on the printed
toast list for a speech, but Attorney Gen.
eral John Cunneen and John B. Stanchheld,
who were scheduled 10 talk. sent telegr ans
OF excuse. and Mr. Coler, who had kept
Leader Murphy laughing all the evening.
was called upon.
Mr.. Coler said 1t would be impossible
to review the many over acts inflicted on
New York, but, as both the Governor and
the Mayor bore Biblical names. be did not
think 1t would be amiss TO state tho truth
about some matters. He continued:
Every, one knows Ben, and no one knovs
better than do his mathematical ability in
the former pres dent Ola great college. Mayor
cope, in a small desree, with Ben but Il seems
hss 80 S ns DOWN 10
Seth. you are about to confer 2 great
dock for our Hudson River Steamboat
Company. and ! know YOU wish 70 reduce
he ns ele election have srHsr plan
to help you. oy increasing the excise tax
hs to % 1f Beth h &c sses s ss 81.
two-thirds Of that excise tax. but In order 70
make The change and make my pp-ststs
give You nearly s7So.coS n more ran %onsS from the
setS sIsfied @ death s over ,hl. srea. sen.r-
o.ity Of the GovernoTs. immedi stely an.
10 s Fl ss y Of .S s 1S sa
because II will yield the city great revenue.
Ssss.y iSs HSs + 4 sss e &:
ex-president allowed TO be perpetrated on the
s Of S1S TS.s a9s sas oosa pss.
beleynS that the city would be financially
Now this 1. the way it work. out:
Last year the total tax was. 80. 81 .e77. as II
The city's share was............ 5.3is.27sss
The States share was. 7oSe.i3e.Ss
Under the new law the total excise TAI
be the same as last year. which probably
will not be the case) the total will be Gil .9t6.-
The s sSsrs ; n :, viii Il. Ss
The Increase In the city's share will be
,ee!,7s4s7. or ~ per cent. =. The in increase
I25 per cent. and the increase in the total
tax will be s3,9ss.709, ?s.
As there wall, no doubt. De very large
any increase whatever. but Il Is more likely
Esau sold his birthriGht for a mess Of pot
tage Seth does not seem to have been
able to have ibl hardy snat fer Z. the Sty
Commissioner Greene would surround tho
City Hall and the pathway up to Madison
IL order N to keep seih's pathway clear Of
bunco steerers.
Mr.. Shepard pointed the career Of James
Monroe in historical narrative and then
came to the politics Of to-day. He said:
When a single Congress- sxpends $780,
twice as much as under the same period, Of
the ssg Sens psysd Tor s
ships and disaster. Every dollaI, Of that is
SuS ~ ss IF sS1r sns ss
or perversion OF the results Of such labor.
The increase Of two years OF Roosevelt over
tsSt wouid % tive ns the peaceful benscsnSs
and glory OF the Panama Canal.
Mr.. Shepard took UP the question Of labor
and capital and said
Democratic civilization ts the maintenance
Of order and freedom. No class or body OF
from 81 ana *. pre
lection Of public order. The rights OF pen
are not G trade xS SnSn ;s.T :sSr hG Ds
pom such terms as are satisfactory 70 them
must beyond q doubt. be effectively pre-
Sav 81 and our Thso shf s
evident.
But. all the more because ,t that I: .sli-sv!.
ehall not create or foster any scheme Of special
privilege on the side Of capital. The captains
S 1o inau fortunes. 0 exercise today consoii-
dated control OF employment
Mr. Shepard quoted from his recent
Chicae 20 speech on the subject. and said II
must not be thought strange II the wage
earners created for themselves power Of
discipline equal to that OF their employers,
Every special privilege 10 capital raised
a claim OF justification for the establish
ment by labor OF a kind OF tyranny which
society must and would resist. Then he
continued:
The suggestion that meant TO encourage
.sO Fellow sborsrs Of eou rssss
is eratuItous. The contrary Ia the case
i am and always will be hostile to any such
remember that every Injustice Of one Kind
tends TO produce an injustice OF another
kind,
Mr.. Shepard thought that vested rights
we're often really vested wrongs. Taking
up the question Of the antitrust litigations
he said:
The President seeks to divert the attention
Of the people from the real question 70 two
or three picturesque ltisstons he waited
pedieIcy OF the Northern Securities suit.
! Such prosecutions, are. In the end, futile.
Restrctive law. and lawsuits may do
| something 10 prevent monopoly, but until
| human nature Is changed and the basis Of
| civil zation 10 altered they cannot do much.
| they can prevent the manufacture OF ono
| Kind Of Wall Street securities or make nsces-
sary the manufacture Of smother kind
| They may, indeed or rather they do, accom-
| pli.h another thing for they consolidate In