Morris tribune., 1906-02-03

agitation started W 4 she commission
men and not with the growers. He
says the former were disgruntled be-
cause the private car has prev ented the
commission men from doing business
upon the capital of the growers. He in
s1sts that it is merely selfish common
sense to keep the refrigeration rates
fruit industry.
For Hearst Recount.
The expected bill authorizing the re-
opening of the ballot boxes containing
the votes in the New York city election
was introduced in the state senate Jan.
% by Senator Raines, the Republican
leader. The bill is retroactive, as it au-
thorizes the opening Of ballot boxes if
application is made within six months
after any election. The fact that 1t Is
brought in by the Republican side
promises a sharp contest.
New York Democrats ReaIigning.
The repeated rumors since election
to the effect that Mayor Mcclellan of
New York had broken away from the
leading strings of Tammany Hall and
Charles F. Murphy have now been re-
liably confirmed, and the break be-
tween the two men is believed to indi-
cate the coming realignment of the
Democratic forces in the Empire State
The talk is that Murphy has made
terms with the Hearst and Municipal
Ownership faction looking to the nom
lnation of Hearst or Color as governor
At the same time the New York Daily
News, which has been strong Tam
many organ, has come out for Hearst
and charged Mcclellan with attempted
bribery of it's editor, T. c. Quinn
Walkers Constructive System.
A solution for the insurance problem
as our most immediate necessity. in
volving the larger problem Of distribu-
ton, Is proposed by John Brisben
Walker in the February issue of the
Twentieth Century He starts with the
declaration that ''the proper function
of the government is to perform all
those things which 1t can do better
than the Individual" Referring to the
recent disclosures in the five leading
insurance companies, he asks what
will an investigation accomplish when
these twice $1,O00,OO0,O0O will still be
in the hands of the men who have
been engaged in destroying republican
ideals and what will be the legislation
at Albany in the face Of existing polit-
ical parties? He therefore proposes
the radical step of governmental insur-
ance, which has already been tried In
Germany, Belgium, France, Switzer-
land and New Zealand.
Third Term Talk Renewed.
The possibility Of President Roose-
velt's becoming the Republican candi-
date for a third term has been again
widely discussed, following the state
ment made by Jacob Riis, the intimate
friend Of the president, to the Wash
ington correspondent Of the Toledo
News-Bee: IF duty demanded Roose- /
velt to continue this fight he would do !
It. know he does not want to be- /
come candidate for another term, but I
1T the bottom Of his heart he believes !
n the people and will fight for Them"
In many sections Republican leaders
have come forward with pledges Of
support, and the pros and cons OF the
question have been on every tongue in
In the face of all this
he president has not deemed 1t neces-
'ary to add anything to the definite
voluntary statement made the day aft
# he was elected-that he would nei-
her seek nor accept third term nomi-
lation.