The sun., 1905-11-05
divisions OF administration l am well content
10 take your verdict.
WHAT 10 DO WITH rRAScHIsEs

Ilhero Ia another proper issue IN this Cau-
vAsS: What do you purpose to do with the
important questions of municipal develop
mont In the four yenrs thai viii bring New
Yprk to January.l. 1910. II city Of ak million
nfople. II IL evident 10 lis all that the largest
oFthesc questlohs II fkc Ifcatihcht or publtt
htllties the issue Of new Franchises the
control TO be exercised over existing fran
ohises. and the part to Be taken by the city
iteelf In the control and operation OF these
uliiltieB. Many times and In many places
during this campaign ! have told you my
position IN une0uivocal language. ! believe
enat HfV altitude Is Cons stent with ,lc highest
policy OF econom. aud needs neither de-
Tense nor apology. old hat the franchise
wealth belongs to the people. and should not
DO parted with: but h hold also that the city
should be free 10 decide whether these util-
ties shall be leaaed to private capital or oper-
ated by the municipality. Under any and
every form. Of government II II necessary
totrust certain things to th" honesty of pubic
OFFICIALS. II will he necessary. therefore IN
let the men 10 whom you give tlc power of
public ONCE decide whether II Ia the best
bargain for 'the city 10 lease such public
utilities or TO proyidc for their operation by
the municipality itself
THE APPEAL TO THE rhsEH PASSIONS.
The campaign was still young whep The
exposition abandoned the idea OF carrying mat
issue to the polls. ] should hav" welcomed a
division on that questions | reyTrt that for
political expedency the opposition has sought
toEprocure a verdict on issucS other than those
which should control. II has orLaniZed cor
tain elements of social anita gonism aud oGnolitt-
ca3 prejudice and unres-rorces which we
shall have with us SO long as LIE is n struggle
no long as mankind n stimulated ny ambition
or depressed by despair. II is no new con-
solidatlon il is 40 old that II Is amazing to find
honest men again mslcd by IT,
I'VE have not waited until to-day 10 see
selhshness building on the passions II has
infamed. SpolIatlOn always finds its iounda-
tion in the baser side Of human nature. But l
ask you. In all history have men ever built
on such foundation structure that en-
dured?
Whatever our Judgment may be as 10 its
wisdom or tmelncss. We n II respect n owe
mont which has it's inspiration In patriotism
OF takes its impulse from human progress.
Time tries such measures, and men and nations
are better for the EFFORT. Every movement
which has stood the test and has been absorbed
into our creed OF civilization has become
n part Of the plan Of sclf-Iovernment under
which cities States and nations have attained
their greatest happiness and prosperity. Has
any government survived which came into
power pledged TO arrest the organic law.
promising TO the INDECENT portion of the
earnings of the Industrious. teaching the
gospel OF class hatred?
oIb. FOOLISH PEoMIsES or UNIVERSAL HAP
pITEss
Would you take me in earnest II stood
on,ths platform tonight promising vou that.
ne the business director OF YOUR civic cor
poration. ] would repeal the laws OF nature,
tear down the barriers that constitute our
civilization. and construct a condition Of
universal happiness?
No form OF government has yet succeeded
in absolving man from the responsibility
Of earning his own living. Neither lcCsla-
tion nor administration can change his moral
fibre. And no man who is man asks for
more than a fair and free opportunity. under
n dag that stands for free speech, free in
stitutions and popular government. to make
the best living that his hands and his brain
can earn for him.
There is no issue oi party against party
in this election. ReCkessness and revolu-
tion are srrayed against progress and pros
perity. Principles that cannot be assaed
nnd that will not cannot be devated from
are on ono side. Promises thar cannot he ;
fulfilled. whose very eHpounders know that ,
they csilrot make good. are on The other
You must march with tho Tu"n who have
tried for two years to make tho city greater,
cleaner and happier. or with tho-" who seek
TO rend tho fibre OF its government. There
is no middle road
hands or his brain. who does not covet hts
nefgbbor's goods or envy his wclldoug. New
York offers every aid and overy opportunity
He has been denied nothing that is his more
than that, he has not TO ask for IT, To those
men and women who honor the command
ment against theft need not appeal. They |
are the real climbers in civic life, with no |
heights SO great that they cannot reach them.
But they have no heart to climb by way OF
confiscation or communism ih"y VIII not /
''e"'
-, w, ~ - -
Two spirits are in conflict the spirit OF Now ,
York and the spirit of mongre socialism. .
And II is not the socialism of tho honest be-
lieter in socialism, but the half breed creation
OF ,the demagogue. Who clonks his personal ,
ambition and hatred best hn can. showing
NOW the thread bare woof OF the impossible
and again the flaming cloth OF class prejudice.
n this election is to he decided on the issues I
which have been injected into the campaign ,
then you are asked as citizens to choose Between .
n form of government erected by the fathers
of the republic and form OF government .
defiant OF the Contitution, Indifferent to the
Iau and wholly reckless of con seouences II .
tbis election meant no more than 'the
transfer OF the power from one OF the
zrsat political parties to tho other then
vo,i --niI9ht honestly say to yourselves .