New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-08-03
POOR BID FOR FARMERS.
Democrats Felt To BE Without an
Issue an T0mph,inS.

Iron a Special Correspondent of The Tribunel
Dryden. n. Y, Aug. 1.-Representatve John
w. Dwight, after preliminary canvass Of a
part OF the Both Congress District, says that the
Republican vote this fall. judging from the pres
ent outlook, will be little short of that of two
years ago. He predicts success for the Repub-
lican state ticket and says that the movement
among the radical Democrats to nominate
Hearst for Governor is a direct and positive
benefit TO the Republican party
The Both District includes the counties of
broome. Chenango, Toga, Tompkins and Cort-
land 1t is one Of the largest districts in area
in the state, and Mr.. Dwight is thoroughly ia
miiiar with the conditions in the greater part
OF it. He will be renominated.
1.-THE radical Democrats are electing Hearst
Governor in July, just as they did Bryan Presi-
dent ten years ago" said Congressman Dwight
to Tribune correspondent. Our Democratic
friends are about the most successful campaign
ers in the world in electing their candidates
three months in advance. The Democracy of
Tompkins County is demoralzed. and it looks
as IL it would continue to be demoralized for
long time The Democrats have not single
substantial issue to begin the campaign with.
It looks to me as though the principal issue this
fall would be the trusts The Republicans here
and elsewhere are prepared to give battle on
that particular issue
Perhaps there have been times when Demo-
cratic orators could have charged us with being
overfriendly to the trusts and it might have
been difficult at other times to have fought the
contest that issue. The record of the Roose-
welt administration in the last two years is
clean-cut demonstration of the fact that the Re-
publican party has the courage to deal justly
with men who violate the laws aimed at the
regulation of corporations. I would like TO have
our Democratic friends who like to charge US
with being too friendly to the trusts tell us
whether President Roosevelt has been too
friendly with the Standard Oil Company or with
the Beef Trust, with the railroads which have
broken the important provisions of the Inter
state Commerce law. The Democrats this fall
cannot maintain themselves with the trusts as
an issue. All we have got TO do is to compare
the record of the last two years with the record
of the last Cleveland administration. There
isn't any stampede of Republicans into the
Democratic party this year, and there isn't
going to be any. The only stampede in sight
is the stampede Of radical Democrats to Hearst.
The Republicans witnessed stampede Of that
sort i'm 1906
DO you look for a Republican victory?" he
was asked.
There is not the slightest doubt of it," said
Mr. Dwight. 1T is a utter absurdity to assume
that the farmers of the State of New York are
going over TO Hearst. notice that in the In
dependence League platform bait is held out
to catch the farmer. 1t is stated there that the
league advocates the building of good roads
throughout the state the abolition of discrimina-
ton in RAILROAD rates improved transportation
and protection from unjusty heavy tax bur-
dens. Well let us look at those points for a
minute two. The Republican Legislature in
this state started the building of good roads
three years ago a most comprehensive scale,
and the state is spending thousands of dollars
in every county toward that very end The
Hearst people seem to be little bit late with
that plank They are in favor of the abolition
Of discrimination in railroad rates While they
are talking about it, the Republicans have abol-
ished those determinations. The Hearst people
seem to be i'm favor of relieving the farmer of
unjustly heavy taxes. That is a good idea, too
but the Republicans have been busy that
very problem for the last twelve years in this
state, with the result that they have wiped out
the state tax All of these things that the
Hearst people have promised 70 give the farmer
have already been signed, sealed and delivered
to him by the Republicans.
The federal administration is constantly eX-
tending the rural free delivery system and the
independent telephone companies have
nected nearly every farmhouse with the villages
and Cities that the farmers in purely agri-
cultural sections, like Tompkins County. are
able to get daily mail and TO communicate
with relatives and friends by telephone Farms
in Tompkins County which ten years ago were
worth only $40 are to-day worth SIS
acre, and still increasing in value. Person
ally welcome the prospect of Hearst running
as Governor the Democratic ticket. 1t will
make my campaign work this year a good deal
easier If Hearst captures the Democratic State
Convention.