The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-27

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rather stfanss oei.ssdsses e., 80 ss.o1,sss
thst If. Odsll dsolDrsd Tor fuslea. wa
uunicipel oWnsrship - . oAmeeaen ~.
there skouid come 70 my lendr oepy
q Sks plstferm Of The 6ooisllsttc pesM:
which rna6e its nomiAatleas tor loes'
tiokst In Canton, Ohio. % he ntsAt o. ~.
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The eopta,ist platiorm;
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nsessissss o. sss vssd - taz ~ pahse r psivsss
Ssvns. -sNsA epsnuoA - b scleay ~ Ne pusyose
o. lecrsaslae DE sose 70 the eoasumss. anc1eso1s
~ shc,snsy of ~ sesv1cs aid bsstssas NJ eoe-
ditAos Of ~ snp,sysea
TIA p,atform than. In subdivialons that
are marksd "a. 81 and Co. Co.. farther
proyIdes for .ths extension Of public works
10 relisve tho unemployed. and ssul an
other subdivision provides for the build
inR By the municipality OF homes Tor woIH"
ipg psopts, 70 rent st COST Then the No.
cislistic plstform says:
We wan Ne workers against municipal owner
sAip under eAp,saiisuo parties. Ths INCOME from
yub,ie. Utilities would thea 90 70 pay m'srs.s @
roads and 70 decrsese TAXATION. Ths workers
would stin b sxploitsd. whsthsr under private
owuershIp tvssdlsdum or public owAefship tvse-
disdes. The capitalissio class would control. not
ths vcrrtng class; aud the ospataiistso class would
reap the main bsas6t, not The worktnS oiass- IN
der The capitslisto parties. municipal ownensip
would be sop thrown 70 workins men 70 lsep
them auls,: under the Socialist pAIty municipal
ewnsrship would b step toward socialism
In the resolutions adopted at the meet
lnss OF the executive bodies OF the Repub-
lican city and county committee yssterdAy,
90 pu hlished In this morning. Sun. 1t says:
II TO- the purpose Of tn Republican DaFty 70 e.
fsct such fsioa and 70 give its full power In she
TO an aAinis,rstioe Of the Affairs Of this city un.
der which the public utility corporations win nos
bs the masters Of the people Of this city.
II II worth while remembering that whom
the Hon. Tim Sullivan returned from Eu-
rope. q few days ago. the conEressmAn
from the Aoweyy. probably after much
thought, anyway after . study OF munio-
ipsi ownership abroad. said that With
municipal ewnarship hero In New York
Tsmmsny Hail would remain In Sower for
. period Of 80 ysafs at least. ~.
While In soma instances 1t ID made 70 ap-
pear that municipal ownership hes been .
success, stu think you will agree with the
writer that In the vast majority OF tho towns
and cities who're II has and IL now being
tried In thls country municipal ownership
has been 4, failure.
III " COnV0I980bVh N0oJ WIN y AIuhsAs
nept politician. . Republican 1t that. the
latter Enthusiastically said that while tho
municipal ownership issue will probably b
the one on which his party would have the
calcium light turn most prominently, still
1t tho Sams time. he said. these who would
vote for municipal ownership would do 20
With little or no understanding Of what Il
really means. He went even further and
said that with that plank in the platform
tho fusion ticket would be elected this fall,
but added: ~Of courAe. while the Repub-
licsn platform would promise municipal
ownership. the promise could not be made
good, and any ono knowa there ID not town
or city In this country that would purchase
and control all the public utility plants that
would not become BANKRUPT
Under these circumstances. and with all
the lessons that have gone before, II IL wise
for party to 90 before the voters at this time
with the municipal ownership busabooa
NEW YoBK, Aug. 70. A 6UN R1ApBa.