The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-04

I ment not OF our commerce alone. but OK
! the commerce OF the United States by
/ more friendly trade treaties with other
nations
| In such investigation OF the real needs
( Of American industries Massachusetts,
asks no exclusive favors. We understand
that the removal OF the duty on hides
means revision OF the duty on goods
that are made from hides.
Massachusetts stands at the council
board OF the nation. not as broken beg
gar whimpering for an aims. but as a
strong man, demanding aggressive action
frcm his peers
DRIVEN FROM PUBLIC LIFE.
Governor Guild referred to the lavish
use of money in elections saying:
when citizen asked by his fellow
citizens to take public office. is forced
to contemplate such huge expenditure as
a necessity the obvious result Is To drive
the man OF modest means from public
life"
Enlarging upon this topic. Governor
GUILD said
Tho parsiuony of the United states
makes the richest nation in the world the
only one that cannot be represented.
thanks 10 the expense Of the position. by
n poor man as ambassador to a foreign
court Let us not. I'm Massachusetts. make
l. impossible for some future Samuel Adj
ans 10 re candldate Tor governor. ~.
II this connection he made the follow
ing recommendations:
Some limitation on the total amount to
be spert by any candidates: a more strin-
gent penalty which should be strictly en-
forced for those who fail TO nle election
cNperses the voiding OF an election
where deliberate and serious violations of
the provisions OF the act are proved
against the successful candidate and H.
nally, the absolute prohibition OF cortr-
buttons from corporations in campaigns,
either for nomination or election.
The governor advocated the extension
Of the civil service laws 70 include heads
OF departments and salary for the chair
man OF the commission.
TOUCHED ON INSURANCE.
Gov Guild said on insurance matters:
The revelations as TO the practices OF
the great life insurance companies ,f
New York. have reused the country 10
just indignation our own Massachusetts
life Insurance companies. organized un-
der our own laws. contain no instance of
subsidiary trust company. organized for
stock speculation. nor are they burdened
with the scandalous salary lists OF the
New York companies.
Not one hint OF graft or even OF no.
litical interference Is directed I'm this gen
eral storm OF criticism. against the in
surance department or the commonwealth.
II is the admitted standard for efficiency
in the country. At such n crisis, n com
monwealth with such record cannot
relinquish leadership.
"Our first duty Is to re-codify our own
laws therefore recommend that the
governor he authorized at once 20 APP
point temporary and advisory board.
who shall revise and codify our Insurance.
laws"
no SPECIAL PRIVILEGES.
The governor recommended the aboii-
tion Of special railway privileges and that
telegraph and telephone corporations be
brought under state supervision He
urged stricter inspection OF boilers, say
ing:
Present conditions are menace not
only TO property but 20 humanity"
He suggested legislation for p more
general medical inspection of school chill
dren. ON this point he said:
"a child may he a dullard at school anf
q failure IN life because of undiscovered
defects IN eyeslght or hearing"
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