New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-12
INTEREST IN HOME RULE,
DISCUSSED IT 1LBANI
state L1odcre who UH Confer
sfH. GoucRor 0H Monday.

kr.r- T.r 1.-THE remarks a. Governor
os.r ou the suHler, of home rule in Ne"-A ORR
,+s. la.t 1..-.t have been topic or coHsiaeiao'e
...er.e. e. .He Capitol to-day. Senator john
I.afr,e whore opposition go any home rule has
t.-r ID fiarkly expressed ia the past reafilin 81
sts -....seae declarations. and even went SO Tar
go r. declare that .a fIs opinion. there "oui4
,.rf...f, d.. no excise legislation OF lhe sort iH-
-.r7r-.. B. ere Governor fn his speech.
Hardly ices significant were the comments
- senate victor j. uovl-1g who. both as the
-. olsesulaa az Charles D. Murphy and rs the
,-.-oaara- os tho omnibus home rule measure
a- is.- week sreess with authority on the sub
.~ct seuat1r DoWiIng's comment amounted To
ga Charge -hlt the Governor had avoided every
..-are % home rlIa. save only excise. aud i1at
10 had orere1 10 solution for t,'s question
The situation in the matter Of home rule Is
coming fraurht With su kinds or conpllca-
LOIS. and rho legis at0rs are waiting With aHK-
fatv fo~ the outcome OF the conference on Mon
Cay while excise and home rule viii both be
c-reful'y considered. 81 is GENERALLY believed that
r.-ary other questions o. State policy and legis-
1a-fan v#U re brought up. and this conference
1854 decide Tire direction and the character OF
-ae activity az tle present Legislature Senator
EaIncr -la1~ the following comment on The
Governors speech .n New-Yorlz last night:
have bean wondering ar read The Govern
or's speech just what DC means by home rue
I'D Il esr-of dererrrsue I'd from anything he
ssEs After assuring the New Aorkers that thet
F.-raaT possess power 10 fnaras' lieI '''
franncz franchises civil service. eleouons ana
other affairs. ne talks about su,h -ekis-allp- ',N
nay settle the excise question before thls SEES
non ad'ourrg. nUt he indicates 30 rah Nlla--
ever It must De- apparent to those VINO snow
--e sentiment 90 the legislature that no radical
amendments 90 the excise law can he approved
bv g. That being The case. see no chance Tor
Had rrr Hr9. n aC s. .
r.uless Uc pass hu authorizing The hoarG or
Aldermen ir each OF the cities ~ me s[ale 20
enact and enforce the penal code and mus 90
way with The courts
VI senator Bowling prefacsd ls remarks with
n tr, declaration that he had already received
thousands ~ kilograms indorsing his home rule
measure introduced last week Then he
launched into an attack upon the Governors
position ar outlined last night lie said;
Governor Odeu appears TO argue that II The
burden ~ local option in excise matters IS lald
upon the cities he viii have shifted the responsi-
bility for home rule from Albany 10 NeW-1ork
and other cities. He ignores the fact that
scarcely "a dap passes without the Introduction
- a bill vouched for by his political friends.
which Is designed 10 force The city Of Newly ork
10 grant franchises 10 railroads gas and electric
corporations and other private concerns. regard
less % grants already made by the local author
1-ieH Notwlthstaudiug the fact that the cleo
in the city OF New York the puUest and
the faf~est ia the state and ir the nation the
stale OF New-TOgk has taken control Of them.
and the Governor seeks 90 maintain thar control
Tor his party machine The city Is constantly
,0nlpaiuinp 81 Interference from Albany. AL
we ask is that NeV-York City De permit ed 10
govern itself majority OF its citizens desire.
That is just what Governor DdeN and the Re
YubIicans say thai We shall NOT Go.
The list of those who have been asked TO az
tend the conference includes nearly all the Re
publican members from NeU-York and Brook
IAN 80 wen as a number OF state committeeman
and is as follows. Lieutenant Governor Hig-
sins. former Lieutenant Governor Woodruff,
Speaker nixon. Senators Raines. Aialby. IzlsBerg
end Marshall: Asseubymen Rogers, AgneU,
IsostWick. Remsen. NeWcoub. Finch and J. H.
Adams. and the following state committeeman.
George ". Dunn. William Barnes. jr.. J.. ). II.
Kracke Michael J. Dsdy. Charles II. Murray.
William T. Ward. Louis T. Payu Isaac Y.
Ralzer ir John r. Mott. Francis Hendricks.
George ". Aldrdge. J. Sloat FassetJ william
e.. Warren and George ri. Writer.