Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-06-15

Objects to Recount Bill.

While not in bis official capacity
conducting the hearing on the recount
| bill-a duty which was allowed to de-
volve on Acting Mayor MCGOWAN
! Mayor George E. Mcclellan Of New
| York has sent to the state legislature
J a vigorous protest against the passage
! of the act. He asserts that the bill is
dishonest and unfair in that it per-
mits Mr.. Hearst, his opponent, to Sc
| lect for recount as many Or as few dis
tricts as he chooses, which would pre-
| sumably be those in which Mcclellan
had the largest majorities, and if even
a small percentage Of the ballots were
| found to be technically defective the
Mcclellan plurality might be serious
| ~ threatened, if not overcome. While
| the bill will give him also the privilege
of selecting districts to be recanvassed.
| it involves the giving Of bond, which
he considers hardship almost equiva-
lent to prohibition.
Public Utilities Bill Law.
The public utilities bill, which is con-
| sidered oneeof the most important re-
form measures passed by the present
session Of the New York legislature,
| has been signed by Governor Hughes
and will go into effect on July 1. The
bill places under direct state control
every public service corporation, great
| or small, in the state, with the excep-
ton of the telephone and telegraph
lines
Bryan Is Puzzled.
William J. Bryan, who has recently
| made several public addresses in the
east, In discussing the policies of
President Roosevelt stated that he
was not consistently Democratic nor
consistently Republican. He said the
president had espoused many Demo
| cratic principles, such as the income tax,
| the regulation of railroads, the prose
| cution Of the trusts and the arbitra
ton Of labor difficulties. On the other
| hand, he was un-Democratic in his
advocacy of a ship subsidy, an asset
currency, large navy and the respec-
| tive spheres of the state and federal
governments, but, he declared, "his i'm
| pulses are good and his sympathies
| seem to be with the masses on several
| questions. / am always glad to COM
! mend him when | can, for public ques
lions ought to be considered on their
| merits and not from partisan stand
point"
Olive Branch For Foraker.
The appointment of General William
V. McMacken as collector of internal
revenue at Toledo, O., which was an
nounced at the White House June 6,
was somewhat of a surprise to all the
| Ohio factions, inasmuch as McMacken
| had been Endorsed by both Senators
| Foraker and Dick, while his opponent
| had been favored by Representative
Burton and other administration men.
| In some quarters this appointment was
| looked upon as an effort on the part
| of the president to bring about har-
| mony between the Foraker and Taft
| factions, although the official announce
| ment simply states that McMacken
| was more generally supported than
| any other candidate and was recon-
mended by 10th senators.
| Powderly Again In Office.
Terence v Powderly, y formerly head
of the Knights of Labor, who later
| was commissioner of immigration I'M
| der President Mckinley, has now re-
entered the service, being appointed
| chief of the bureau of information in
| the immigration bureau.
| Knox In the Field.
| PhiIander G. Knox, United States
| senator from Pennsylvania, has been
| indo2sed By the Republican state con-
| vention of that commonwealth for the