New-York tribune., 1906-04-08
BATTLE LINES SHIFTING
The GovernOr Talks of State Politics
and Legislation.

Governor Higgins at dinner. given in hig
honor by the Invincible Club az The Assembly.
Brooklyn, last night. spoke OF the necessity for
the Republican leaders to get together for tbs
coming campaign He referred TO the interest IN
the independent movement on account OF the 3
revelations Of lawIess greed in high places
and said II was time 20 CLOSE up ranks ana
map out plan OF battle
The Governor spoke OF the SO-cent Gas bUI.
the insurance legislation and other laws for the f
welfare Of the community. Laws that bring in .
their wake financial panic and business depres-
sion. that drive capital into concealmeut. thas
fetter the hands Of industry are not the laws
which will preserve our financial supremacy
he added
The Governor said that he claimed no credie
and accepted blame for the enactment OF the
Mortgage Tax law He had signed IL becauas
he believed It was sound IN principle. After ~
ferring TO the Recording Tax bill which has
passed the Assembly ne said that he was IN
complete accord with the principle that adds
least TO the cost Of living OF business and work.
ing men and falls heaviest on the tax dodgers
THE GOVERNORS SPEECH.
Governor Higgins said:
am glad to be with you tonight am Glad "a
have the opportunity to express my appreciation oG
the good work which has been done BY the mTitanEl
districts fairly consistent and conservative !
In our adherence to party principles and party I
candidates. but down here. amid the excitement OF
city life. party ties bind less tightly. and those who
party must De alert nd active II they e5Sset -
win I am glad to be here to-night with my friend
eTous rival at Saratoga and my no less generous
champion IN the campaign that followed -,
The Republican party succeeds by doing thingAs
by adopting wise policies and by putting them into
not the party that tears down IL is the party that
Constructs not the party tlat eritclses: a. tines
been defeated for what il has done. It's doVnfal
ana aggressive Ieadership IL has marched fearessV
against the foe again and again 70 victory,
supremacy in the Empire State. Changing ecndi-
tions have shifted the battle lines We have wen on
over revelations Of IawIess greed in high places
manifest everywhere The time Is drawing near
when We must close NJ ne faRNs NAP & tt
plan Of battle and g forth fearlessiy against 90"
common enemy
party the voice OF calamity has been upralsel on
dicted / do not believe in shaping the policy Or
the Republican party upon the SIiuSIs1s SSI ., It5 g
Of vantage won after hard fghting because shs
enemy asserts vocferousy that it can carry them.
Should the Democratic party come into power lu
this State again ] confidently pIeQiJIt '.lss saT
cost Of state government would not q o TsIu' Tbs
that the eqsuFss Of taTst9n RSeG vd not
he re1esIed. and that. to-day the peHoisra1c
orator paws tribute TO the memory oi Lincoln - -
Republican laws the tribute OF imitation
COsT OF GOVERNMENT GROWS
The cost Of the state government sTS5 I7 sa ne
increasing wealth Of the st9te, anu tbet the staf0
soverHment ne s economically administered From q
long study Of its finances am So5id Sos result only
in crppIing the ehicisncy Of the state Eoyss S @
Of the state in charitable and penal 'cb "a
in lowering 5e ih4oGeRous S4@Ge6a S our bordsr adding
10 the burden OF the laws delays by euFtslLTns T ON
provement which the people have repeatedly M
u0Isso , HS jse economy In the man % limited re-
sources may be niggardly meanness IN the man g
W %eal'e small State IN times OF financial depression
would be shoTtsighted % ~ s5rosperifv 01 @
eConOmv be the test. We have Dut 20 turn 70 tns s
S The 'city OF New York and the rapidly increasing
debt OF your city . knoW a, - DerToeIafic parfT'
is placed n power and the cup Of political retTs2
ens hel6 6 70 T.TaT5 Tamnany Hall the fount o.
wisdom in political administr ,,,,,.tso,
which made IL necessary. in order 70 meet ~ ~nonot
ably the oDnsetioi1S to- S6 r - ana new sources oe
revenue II is the boast Of the Repnoncan Pa5SS ~
oeSn met hCI S,cI 9S m - WeIiination Of that tax and
corpOrations. ipheTitaneeg Ine IaSO to ,,lSse a.
trihing n amount, upon transfers or stoeSt e
speculative trading IN secuTitiss s SUD- HpJl r.c5sDIS
and in the bucket shop When the stock tEansIss
9tIeTe'T tT E.c5sISs Would be driven from boun-
stoeA S - tsts rsfrgo IN the neghboring state Of
New Jersey and that the busy marts OF trads
lions wall street would be closed
Jersey STOCK EXCHANGE A FAILURE
But the practical operations OF the law have more
nav fIsffied the expectations Of those who adv0-
,ated It. and have brought elsapp % saoS
nT p has rarely II ever. reached The voums that
eW Inontn7S 7sl Cft- rroved A dismal failure 80
1o-,ocrafic orator can face the people OF this
-tsfe with a proposition that the operations Of
he oT6f sI9ek n9 rsssd thereby be Imposed upon the
arm the home, the small owner and the small
Tbs legislature in response to a widespread de-
mortgage taxation, and that question may stil
'e regarded az an open one. Ine ne Aissen3oiy has
Z the present annual tax which was imposed LAST
TndivIdualiy. / claim no credit and accept no
-sx law It was not recommended BY me. and IS no
sSfe S Is 5acs9 on the statue books n ne ves
500 ! believed that the btu was sound In pTin-
An increased land tax ia reason for raising
ents- A uniform tax on mortEages may, for The
interest believe that each dollar OF wealth should
government but tax laws must be practical ard
workable as well as sound IN theory This one
ain. it. permits the lender permanently 70 shift
N matters OF taxation. favors measures that add
east TO the cost Of living of our business and
odser, who Is able bur unwilling TO pay. WITH
hat peey Ian, an 1 n eoial ShS - eo1niete aeeosa
as bill We putting the business OF insuranc}
pon a satisfactory basis We are enactinE laUt
or the welfare OF labor. In all our legislation w
must remember that 10 Is even too 1af
han not 70 90 far enough, that laws that bring IN
heir wake financial panic and business depression.
drive capital into cOnCealFueUt fetter the
lands of industry. not the laws which viii pFe-
erve our financial supremacy although in theory
hey may seem wise and laUdable The Repubt
Why use harsh foreign WateTsT Congress WaseF
better than ever All druggists have a.. Geo.
7Tess Spring Co. Saratoga sPgs. n Ts-Adve