The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-16

tised on the management OF the prisons.
In the board OF inspection was appointed
the Superintendent OF Prisons, thus putting
In his hands both the responsibilities OF In
spection and the duties Of management.
'The Governor next stretched out his
hands toward the charitable institutions OF
the State. But there had been such an out
cry against the evil effects OF the lunacy
legislation that the Legislature was obliged
TO call halt. All that Gov. Odell could get
Ellsworth law, by which there will be ap-
pointed state fiscal supervisor OF charities.
This supervisor has entire and final control
Of the expenditures Of all the State chart
table NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. $i,6O0,0o0 each
This supervisor, that eminent and dis
tinguished philanthTopist, II. II. Bender
laughterL receives for his philanthropic
services a larger salary than most Of the
constitutional officers Of the State, as he
C was appointed BY Coy 9de H. He Is the
One Of his duties is the purchase Of groceries,
Laughter and applause In the conduct
Of his office, outside Of the purchase OF
groceries, this tender hearted patriot, Mr.
i BENDER has praetised reforms too also IN IN
compelled the. unfortunate children In the
House OF Refuge on Randalps Island TO
live on three and one-half cent meals
jeers and hissesl and at one time al
lowed them less than 10 cents month
each for clothingl
Now for the purposes OF this discussion,
l am less concerned with the practice than
with the theory Of this method OF CENTRAL.
zation. The system Is ubiquitous 1t should
be stopped and At once. Applause 81,
Mr.. j. I. Alling Of Rochester was the
in the penal and charitable institutions
in New York State in the party's confer
ence OF 1908. In the report Of that COM
mittee Mr.. Alling, who Is. incidentally, a
Republican, Is a very distinguished and
eminent gentleman. He said:
State has made determined effort to add
twenty-five state hospitals and charitable
institutions to his patronage column and to
over the people of the State by playing politics
with the interests Of the sick innrm and
name Of economy and under the pretence Of
correcting abuses. but everything that he
has accomplished up to date makes the pre-
seeking to extend his power over these in
stituuons to make them contribute to the
political welfare Of the orgapzatiqn OF which
he IL such prominent member. Applause ]
Now, Mr.. Chairman. this policy. of CEN
tralization finds here it's most vicious de-
velopment In the ordinary affairs of
politics men give blows and men receive
them. Men can stand up against one
another and fight, their own fight, But
and incompetent and the helpless wards
of the State. He has them now at his
mercy. To endanger their health, their
welfare and their salvation for his party
and his own political machine Is vii
famous prostitution of party government.
Prolonged applause.
Let us see what the figures say about
the true virtues of the brand of economy
which we have been discussing. In the
first three years of the Oden administration
tI>av ,iv,fn f,ff hn pho itnh not
lions OF the State, including the Board of
Charities, exceeded the expenditures under
the first three years of the Flower admin
istration by s298, 1853, or more than Al per
cent. increase.
"A great point is made by the defenders
of Gov. Odell that comparisons with Gov.
Flowers administration ought to make
due allowance for the fact that the insane
institutions should not have included
among them the Manhattan State Hosp
tai or the Long Island State Hospital when
comparing the expense of maintaining them
with Gov. Flowers expenditures. Let US
subtract the expense of these two hospi-
tails from the expenditures under Odell and
still we find that Gov. Odells administra-
ton has spent 81 PSI ,230 o. more than did
Gov. Flowers administration in caring for
the insane"
Mr.. HARRISON also devoted. some time
to a discussion of reciprocity in response
to the speech of Secretary Shaw, delivered
here earlier in the week.
Origen NJ. Seymour and John II. Crosby
also spoke Comptroller Grout was ex-
pected, but late this afternoon the COM
mittee got despatch from him down State
somewhere, saying that he had met up
with a railroad accident and that he had
not had any sleep for week until the nap
from which he had Just been walked up,
and that the speaking assignments given
to him vera impra cticabla anyway. So
he couldn't como. Mr.. Harrison will spend
sone tays here