New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-03
DEFENDS LEGISLATURE
NO GRAFT-WADSWORTH.
Er-Justice HeTick Praises Co..
ern0r-Talks on States Rights.

] ter what might have been the case in past years
| He declared that to his mind, the growing tend
| ency to paternalism in legislation dangerous
| one.
| Speaker Wadsworth, Introduced by Richard 7.
Greene. president of the society and POSTMASTER,
spoke of recent Legislation to control public ser
| vice corporations. which he declared were In es-
| sence monopoles He added;
| The ultra conservative may shudder at the vast
! extension OF governmental power, but II has come
control of these corporations there has arisen de
mand for further attempt TO regulate the ordinary
business OF the citizen. An invasion Is bems n9 9
into private business. The whole tendenfE To-Day
sthds OF people in Europe have been heeihg 20 our
! progressed The national and state governments
control IN one way or another many arH2teS, 10
barn ana ship it out OF the state without permits
! It is about time for us to pause and make up
our minds whether we want this carried to l2g f
ours is great danger. For one reason it increases
& 2sn of y3 gshsoH w YRS s NH 9d
| the public to say: Verify it Is a terrible death
Ia. The a., aogg9tless agaor charges against the
! humble judgment we have laws enough and the
fewer general statutes enacted now. the better fer
| It seems 20 be the fashion now vfy and abuse
the pubic Official BY men with whom he does not
l9ok on public officer and the legislator with sus-
N fE | desire 70 pay tribute to the personne!
0 5hS %6 @e are f9T6 1t Is made up of
group Of INTERESTS can Inv me IeeieiotuTa This
sfeod ~ HI a"G tI% reogLe fhouG knoW II, IN
de5t6ersts gten,gt to satsGr her rsPg.a,ons As
conf6erce in trrr own "ydrGment and unrest and
jnfi nm ,,eIS it ietG W %o" pIGIynu 10 DC
! Ex-Justice Herrick in opening his speech took
| occasion 20 refer in terms of highest praise TO
| Governor Hughes. OF the Governors work he said:
Now. as to Albany; We have In Albany what
crnor g 9tF% TO SEE GoyeTm0r VINO rs I I
Strengthening his party by rendering non partisan
services to all the people of the state \ Governor
VINO NhtIe not IN leading strings himself does not
seek 10 have strings on any of the other co-ordt-
n nzs o a OF the STATE foytrnment who recog
epartmnts IF tE Ig55a d ana !u@lsat
70 exercise independent functions Of government.
Governor who is exercising the duty that he
3w's 10 All me people Of the state qntrammeled
Why, almost he rersusdes us he Is n Democrat
turning 10 the subject Of states rights. Mr., Her
that the states should do their dutv Ia sotd a.
part:
=. Popular. sentiment is aroused upon many ques-
by the stat TP b s 81 NOS can he met by action
its fun powers ,Ipon al sIbSrIs 60 ,i IN, :, H b
control ~
You have recently been given a warning h,, the
spokesman Of the admiristration thai W6cro he
states do not exercise their powers do not do what
ment will do il for them and a vay Of 3Udjcial
government in so doing "' ~ S"PP''' inc 1eoeF"
/ think the SccrctaTy of State - tho 1-r,to,
ing the rs In arosp U tb s aa N 70 ns
form their duties ana seSGn3 IN nrerintsPtin
discussion Of the cnnstiti1nai ri,l, ~ T,tnss
OF the states and ~ Inc federal noycrurlenf ~
chief Iristic@ N,reo,II ~, -, fi-,it. ,t5.
NO political drr1rrer w Sc ,.iIh n1S',,h a.
The states ana ~ Po% 'n% ms "hoh SePSr'r
peonia INFO on co,,1,r,C, - 1''7 ''' -''e''e
Yet that which Chief Justice Marshall said that
no political dreamer was ever Wild enough to think
s2-cal!ed statesmen While The Supreme Court ~
ta9uch "Ian me care and dcs;sn OF III, Gonsttu-
te, ,S ne m El'pn OF me Mon ana the main,
that a corstrrI6fIan IN h., rdIj ME ,ylh ' ,pa
federal WI gndsfake The duties OF tho
graphical lines Of The eav@rsl 4fsiss mon he 11's,
81 Ono ttIea states ma{s D." preserved but ne
their proper spheres Independent sovereisnties, VIII
tfr lii ~ ' whose Sltt
a'- The tSsrda,o toward o.,ar,-a,,,, ,.,. >,
denial n js one ~ he 5iiIa 81 t, ,, T''8e te
who are is & with VT ,Ge alrf Of Their state
out the cyl.
men mere arc nose, ana some from whom we
had light to expect better b, things apparently
us own Cs3 ions or '"FlIced or me DISHONESTY q
ownership and operation Of the great business in
sTomenlt4eS ot lhe gonrIry, ifaLlns mar G{Aes-
they vii control The t, s9oernmehF confession that
the people re unable to select honest and conp"-
tent punIle otcias from winch II follows that our
| Covernn.ental ownership and operation would be
long step toward Capitalization to paternal gov
1'Tn Naturalization ~ nov-or IN yvaebin,tor r,oor
| a paternal government a hlrcaucratIc government
goysTnmen5 where the executive is supreme The
| Give no means FOR federal interference subject
all enterprises within the state TO honest and EN-
,et rT i,l nd Ter,,in ~ ~ ,Isst
! thing from governmental control and that while
| II was never contemplated that our government