Morris tribune., 1905-10-21

Hearst said that the one thing to be
considered was the necessity of giving
the people an opportunity Of voting FOR
some man of whom it may be said
that he would not represent any boss
or corporation or private interest. He
was unwilling to shirk a task that pre-
scented itself as a public duty. He
spoke of the gas trust robbery, the in
surance revelations and the plundering
Of subway franchises, and said the ma
chinery of the city government was In
the control Of boss whose fortune is
based on contracts awarded by cor
porations in return for special favors
and illegal privileges. On the same
ticket are John Ford for comptroller
and J. G. Phelps Stokes for president
Of board Of aldermen.
Foraker's Cancelled Engagement.
Senator Fo2aker's acceptance Of the
invitation to speak in Philadelphia at
a meeting engineered by the Penrose-
Durham machine was generally dis
cussed in the press as the first step in
his plan to capture the Republican
nomination for the presidency in 1908
through the support Of the railroads
and other forces antagonistic toward
the administration. Later, however,
Mr.. Foraker Cancelled this engagement
for fear his appearance in Philadelphia
would be interpreted as having direct
reference to local troubles. His with
draWal was generally ascribed to the
attitude Of the administration in max
ing it known that no friend of the
president would lend hand to aid the
Philadelphia machine.
Hughes Declines; WINS Accepts.
After having been nominated at the
last moment for mayor of New
York by the Republican organization,
Charles E. Hughes, the counsel for
the insurance investigation committee,
told the Republican leaders that the
work he had in hand was SO incon
sistent with the position offered that
he could not undertake both without
danger to both. This left the Repub-
licans still at sea for the head of their
city ticket. Mr.. Hughes said that
paramount public duty forbade him
from accepting the nomination.
The Republican committee on va
cancies finally selected William M.
WINS, who served as city chamberlain
under Mayors Grace and Hewitt and
who was largely instrumental In in
PRODUCING the Australian ballot in this
country. Mr.. WINS was willing to run.
Tammany completed it's city ticket
without indorsing District Attorney
jerome.
Democrats Praise Roosevelt.
The Rhode Island Democratic con-
vention renominated Governor Garvin
on Oct. IL and congratulated the presi-
dent on his railroad rate policy, which,
they say, was originally introduced in
congress by a Democrat.
Would LegaIze Lynching.
A number of citizens Of Texas have
signed a petition to Governor Lehman
in favor of permitting mob execution
of negroes guilty of assaulting wom-
en-. The governors response is that
it is impossible for him to countenance
such a policy without violating his oath
of Office.
Rate Control Is Lynch Law.
President Spencer of the Southern
speaking to the Newark IN.
j. chamber of commerce, made a
formal reply to the agitation for rate
He declared that govern
ment control on the lines of the Escll-
Townsend bill would be Commercial
lynch law" as it would be placing the
railroads earning capacity in the
hands of one tribunal which would be
jury and Judge and at the
same time executioner. If it were
proposed that the government should
acquire the ownership of all the rail-
roads and become responsible for their
and the protection Of the
capital invested, that would be an en-
tireIy different matter. 1t was pro-