Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-03
HUGHES MAKES SUGGESTIONS
New Governor of New York Tells Legisla'
ture Of Necessary Laws.
POLITICAL AFFAIRS RECEIVE ATTENTION
Candidates Should Have Right q
Prosecute Contests without Com
sent of Attorney General
of the State.

ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 2.-Governor
Charles E. Hughes in his first message to
the legislature made the following recon-
mendations:
A recount of the votes cast for mayor
In the New York City election in 1905, when
feated by George B. McClellan; that the
courts be empowered to order a recount
summarily in the future and that the power
to bring an action to try title to office be
taken from the attorney general and con-
ferred upon the supreme court.
The adoption OF new ballot whereupon
once.
That the amount of money which can
didate may expend to procure his election
That the courts be empowered to review
| the acts of political state conventions and
state committees in expelling delegates and
That any general committee of party
may adopt rules for direct nominations of
candidates at primaries.
| That the State Board of Railroad Com
| mtssioners and the Commission of Gas and
| Electricity be abolished and a new board
be constituted with power to enforce its
orders through the courts.
Hearst Incident Unfortunate.
On the Hearst recount matter the gov
ernor said:
| 1t is a matter of the gravest concern that
| the view should be largely, even though
| seat through invalid returns. The failure
TO obtain summary recount through a de-
| injustice.
Referring to the lack of any Limitation
upon the authority of political state con-
ventions and state committees arbitrarily
to exclude honestly elected delegates and
members and. the fact that the fraudulent
or corrupt action of such a convention or
committee cannot be reviewed or corrected
by any court, the governor declared that
'minorities should not be permitted to
make themselves maJorities by the arbi.
trary seizure OF political organizations nor
through corruption or dishonest methods
and the courts should be vested with ample
power TO review in a summary manner all
such abuses and to restore to defraude0
persons the political rights to which they
are justly entitled"
Regulation of Railroads.
The present scheme OF regulation OF rail.
road operation I'm this state, the governor
said, is inadequate. because the board OF
railroad commissioners has no authority to
compel compliance with its decisions. The
expenses of the commission. the governor
asserted, should not be borne by the cor.
porations which It regulates. The enact.
ment of law to- secure impartial treatment
to shippers and insure more regard fol
public convenience ana safety Is recon-
mended.
All the existing transportation lines II
Greater New York, the governor said, are
. overburdened. The people of Brooklyn who
are in business I'm Manhattan are sub
jected TO such maltreatment and indgnitie.
incident to their disgraceful herding thai
relief should be enacted at the earliest pos
sible moment. "Over capitalization and
the improvident creation Of guarantees and
ixed charges to suit the exigences Of sue
cessiVe combinations entered into for the
purpose Of monopolizing the traffic have
produced their natural results" he de
clared
An anomalous condition exists in New
York City. said the governor, where tbs
State Board of Railroad commissioners am
the City Board OF Rapid Transit commits
, siOners divide their authority, ana whers
the same corporations control the surface
and subway lines. This should be met bS
the abolition Of the present city board anc
the creation Of new board having all IL