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ernor suggested some other form Of
taxing franchises. The corporations
became alarmed. and Benjamin B.
Odell, Jr.. and Senator Plat were in
Albany most of the time. Senator
Plat became the quest of Gov. Roose-
Welt. There IVES an attempt to side
track the BILL There was no
doubt in my mind at the time nor in
the mind of any other senator or news
paper man with whom l talked, that
the special message was intended to
kill the Franchise Tax bill. Al
though the governor had solemnly as
sured me that he was going to sign
the original bill, he was induced to
call the extra session. | urged
the governor TO sign the original bill.
which lay on hts desk, and then make
the pending bill an amendment of the
new law, in order that if any feature
of his proposed amendments should
prove to be unconstitutional 1t could
not affect the validity of the original
law This the governor declined 10
do
These are only a few of the old
scores against Mr.. Roosevelt, which
New York voters will have to settle
when the President asks for voters
there in 1904. He said in January,
1900 that under no circumstance"
would he accept nomination for the
Vice Presidency. Had he felt certain
of reelection as governor he probably
would not have broken this pledge
made to leading Republicans, and
would not have been called a bril-
liant, cratic and curious sort of man"
by that old wheel-horse Republican,
Gen. GrosvenOr.
There are others in New York be-
sides ME Wall street element who
will not vote for Roosevelt. In fact,
it is safe to say, that Well street viii
not only support him in 1904, but viii
furnish the dough for his campaign
Mark the prediction!
I BYRON w. HOLT.
The New Republican, Way and the Old
AS the constitution does not follow
the flag into the Philippines, of course
our subjects there lack many other
good things that SO With freedom.
There is no trial by jury in that be
nighted land and the many officers can
act as judges, and anyone is liable to
be convicted of a crime that an enemy
can trump up against him. The Dec
laration of Independence is a forbid.
den document that can only be read IN
secret. The newspapers are suspended
and their editors thrown into prison If
they unfavorably criticise the doings
OF the powers that be. Even the plays
that show the Filipino side too favor
ably are suppressed by the government
and the author and actors are liable
to be punished Cor sedition. Does any
old Lincoln Republican think that such
a condition of affairs could have con-
tinued under the martyr Presidents
Would Lincoln, who said, mo man is
good enough to govern another with
out that others consent" have allowed
such under his administration? Danisl
Webster said: AN arbitrary govern
ment may rule distant territories by
different laws ard different systems
We can do no such thing" Is that
sentiment any less true to-day than
when it was uttered?
The confidence of cur Porto Rican
subjects in American justice has about
vanished since the army and navy Off
Gals have escaped punishment for
smuggling and the Porto Ricans who
committed the same crime are in the
penitentiary. The greatest surprise
they experienced was that President
Roosevelt should have encouraged this
favoritism.