Evening star., 1907-08-29

Edward he met by committee OF the
citizens of the town and driven to the
home, in Sandy Hill, of Marcus c. Allen,
| an old friend of the family.
The governor was accompanied by his
son, Charles E. Hughes. jr., and Col.
Treadwell. his military secretary. After
luncheon the governor attended a reception
at the Hotel Cunningham. He went to the
fair grounds at o'clock and received a
warm welcome from the big crowd. He
was introduced as the 'Sext President of
the United States" and at this the crowd
rose and shouted Itself almost hoarse. The
governor emphasized the statement that
I'VE are all one people," and said that the
real responsibility of all government begins
at home. Then he urged the people to dis
continue looking for special legislation be-
cause the principle was entirely wrong. He
said:
Democratic Principles.
Il have been sitting there in Albany try
ing to maintain a few principles Of our
democratic government. and 1 have been
appalled, at the enormous mass of local
special legislation which I had to sign
simply because OF other special legislation
which had preceded it. When one attempts
to draw a line between these bills it is
found to be almost impossible to distin-
guish between mertorious and other meas
ures. 1t gets that governors along to-
WdTQ tile last OF the session nave Deen WILL
ing to sign almost anything in this line
We want rules that apply to all the people,
not to any particular person or class"
Speaking Of the recent legislative session.
the governor said:
Work of the Legislature.
eve had legislation of great Importance
during the session touching the vital inter-
ests of the people of the state. believe
that 1t would be hard to find a session Of
the legislature in which so much general
legislation of great importance was en-
acted. We had, for example, the great
question Of the control of the operation of
our public service corporations. 1t is q
question of great Importance to the people
and one Of the great questions of the day.
Now there are some who would have passed
these bills upon the general theory that
you don't understand such questions and
the quicker you do something the better.
Now, 1 believe that the way to deal
with these matters is to understand them.
The way to make the government and it's
administration supreme is to show the peo-
pie of the state that there is no corporate
power or financial power that has any
strength to defy the will of the people that
they are going to have fair understanding
public franchises. That is what we stand
for. We want to see great extension of
our transportation facilities. We want bet
ter railroad facilities and we want to see
this.
The Transportation Problem.
I'VE are not going to be fooled by any
Of these people who tell US that they can't
do these things and live under fair regula-
ton. On the other hand we are not going
to prevent their doing these things by max
ing absurd and impossible rules. The peo-
pie OF this country are perfectly fair and
square in this matter. The great dihculty
Is that the problem is SO intricate in many
of its phases that some say: What is the
use? You can never understand it.
Now, l say that theoeovernment should
be perfectly contented to find out the facts
| and tosenforce the regulations under which
| franchises should be managed and to see
that every citizen of the state interested in
| our transportation problem gets good serv-
| ice at reasonable rates That is what we
! have been trying to provide governmental
machinery for in this state