Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-02
Wants No Uncertainty as to
Whether Candidates Are De-
prived Of Office
CITES, HEARsr.M'LELLAN CASE
Special Message to New York LegisIa-
ture Asks for Changes in Laws-In-
Inmates That Demasoss Should
Be Given No Opportunity to Claim
Unfair Treatment.

OF the legislature convened dl Hoou w
day. Liutenant Governor Lewis Stuy-
vesant Chanler, the first democratic
president of the senate in many years,
was cordially received. Speaker Wads-
worth. Who was reelected. was also
heartily welcomed After the organi-
zation of the two houses the first mes
sage of Governor Hughes was SUBJ
mitted.
Albany, Jan. 2.-Governor Hughes, in
his first message to the legislature
made the following recommendations:
A recount of the votes cast for mayor
of New Yark in the city election IN
1906, when, on the face OF the returns,
Hearst was defeated by Mcclellan:
that the courts be empowered to order
a recount summarily In the future, and
that power to bring action to try title
to office be taken from the attorney
general and conferred upon the su-
preme court; the adoption Of new
ballot whereon the name Of the can
didate will appear but once; that the
amount of money which q candidate
may expend to procure an election be
limited; that the courts be empowered
to review the acts of the state spo-
litical conventions and state commit
tees, In expelling delegates and menu.
bers; that any general committee OF q
party may adopt rules for direct nomi-
nations Of candidates at the primaries:
that the state board of railroad COM
missiohers and commission on gas and
electricity be abolished, and new
board be constituted with powerrto en=-
force It's orders thru The courts; that
the board Of rapid transit commission
ers of New York city be abolished, and
a new board created to control trans
portation and regulate lighting corpor-
ations; that children under is be not
required to work more than eight hours
a day, and that work in which they
may not engage be specified more pre-
cisely.
Wants No Uncertainty.
On the recount matter the governor
reviewed the efforts of Hearst to se-
cure a recount of said court of ap-
peals in this state, and decided that
the present law did not confer on cleo
tion officers any authority to recount
ballots, and the attorney general de-
clined to try the title in his Office. He
said:
ut is matter Of gravest concern
that the view should be largely, even
tho erroneously, held that one who had
been elected to office had been de-
prived of his seat thru invalid returns.
The failure to obtain summary re-
count thru q defect in the law has ag-
gravated the sense Of injustice"
AS, to the future. he said provision
should be made to order a recount
summarily, but the courts should de-
termine the propriety of exercising this
power.
Regulation Of Railway Rates.
For want Of proper means for the
regulation Of the operations of railroad
corporations, said the governor, "per-
nicious favoritism has been practiced.
Congress has legislated upon the sub
iect with reference to interstate COM
n1erce, where naturally the evil has
been the most prominent. But domes-
tic commerce must be regulated by the
state and the state should exercise its
power to secure impartial treatment to
shippers, and the maintenance of rsa-
sonable rates. There is also ne.d Of
regulation and strict supervision to In
sure an adequate service, and due re-
gard for the convenience and safety of
the public. The most practicable way
of attaining these ends is for the leg
islature to confer the proper power up
on the subordinate administrative
body"
The present scheme of regulation m
this state, he said. is inadequate be-
cause the hoard of railroad commits
sioners has iia authority to compel
/, COMPLIANCE With its decisions.