New-York tribune., 1908-01-18

am very much interested in these matters az
..,,.. the conditions In our great community
roLa for instance the tenement mouse ieslsia''0iH
] would not have legislation wnich "ofhs no
shin but the advantages Of this legislation arc %
,sntc,,ors that we must strengthen IL rather than
revsrse II I have heard for example tha1 Ou
-, .,o constructed or suggested to be construCleo
where large spaces intended for air ana hshC WIN
he treated as rooms. We must endeaVor 70 see -
It that the law is made stronger In oloei 'N ~
evasions shall not be possible
ON RACETRAcK GAMBLING.
Tbsra ia another matter that am thoroughly IN
terested in 1 am sure that all the homes tna' are
-ara-,aa bera tonight are deeply interested IN
+be subject I presented 1t in my message DecauSe
II was something which under my oatn vi 0'io
could not ignore. / refer 10 the eSii VI :. =
gambling in this state. am quite aware tne % IL
not nossible to make men good oy law. We "
know there is a limit to legislative power. We usa
NTH human nature We cannot change IL oy iesl7-
Iatton but 1t is wrong to legaize sucn sdinoe
ON, we'll aware that there are many Oh our
nsonie who desire to visit the races ""o
r1en+v of money to spend, who see no harm III IN
5,: 10 bs+tinp who are desirous of enjoying
themselves to the fullest extent. and look askanoe
unon any restriction Of their personai il"ei
But my friends in all trutn IN al hiilui , -
think we should deny ourselves Few hours ple
ire rather than to shut eyes TO the tiouSahus
of young men who are deprived OF their mora al' nu
manhood simply because these temptations are
strewn in their way
IF Vol, are a banker, what do you thlnK "hen sou
see your clerk studying the racing sheets! IL you
ar. a parent what do you think when you near
,,,- hos, =. nlavine the races? Whatever your hne
~ activity may be- you of the world ana you
,ootbsrs of our youth know that when you see
the boy commence the chances are huhoreo 10
that he is gone
,i+tIe Measure without suffering the consequences
IIs ia g. mere boy We cannot make him good oy
law but we can protect the youth OF the state lro
these open temptations, who otherwise would oe
attentive to his work, and II is fortunate inueso
II he is left merely wreck, indeed, ana not a
o-i,p,naI Protect our youth, I say, and protect
our business interests. ! say more: Stand py the
constitution OF the state.
Now we have constantly pointed out to US the
evils of our condition by skilfu evasions of the
law We have constantly presented to us the
wrongs which are difficult to detect and punish
which are the result of crooked manpuiations-
There is no man in this country that Is more op-
posed to that sort of thing than 1 am am SO
far opposed to 1t that / would insist upon pun
ishing rich and poor alike and make the penalty
isiI penalty, and not fine But we are taking
OF the evils that done and the eVasions Oh
the law II there is one who stands for the Con-
stituton, I do. in all its entirety, state and fed
eral.
APPEAL TO CONSTITUTION.
Then I say stand for the constitution Of the
state. If you want racetrack gambling IN this
state amend your constitution. and say so. On
the other hand, the constitution says that pool
selling and bookmak king shall not be permitted, and
# is the duty of the Legislature ito pass laws
CARRYING that provision into effect II to-day
law were passed Iegalzing racetrsck gambling IL
would be unconstitutional it's face How does
it happen that it exists? Simply because the Leg
islature provided penalty in form but not an
effective penalty in fact. making the only penalty
in these accepted cases the recovery OF the money
wagered, be sued for in civil action.
Now the idea that ] present 20 you. interest
in the preservation of youth and the protection
of our home whether you regard 1t from the moral
point of view from the point of view OF the
legislator and the pubicist you can have no hesi-
fancy coming to the Legislature with the urgent
demand that the recommendation shall be sup
ported. in defence of constitution, in defence
the youth of state
desire also 10 say word to you in regard to
the recommendations that have been made looking
toward liberalizing Of political machinery.
Now I am quite there many who are in
grave doubt to the wisdom of that. / would
not deprive party organization of a single part of
its efficiency. / just desirous as any man
that the party organization should be strong and
effective ! simply want means provided that
all the enrolled voters shall have the freest op-
portunity express their preference, and that in
parties as we'll in the country as a whole We
shall have true Republican government.
No suffer from that. What we suffer
from in the country in any party is from the per-
is from the wrong that may be committed by the
capture and utilization of machinery and not from
the machinery. that in danger.
We talk of political machines. You have got 10
have machinery to do work You talk Of political
organization Nothing be accomplished without
It. But let do all that can to make every
member of the party feel that he is II welcome par.
tcipant in all of the activities the party that
his voice will be equal to the voice of every other
member that all the means that provided
shall be such as to welcome interest particpa-
ton, snd that the voice of party counseIs shall be
the voice of the enrolled voters.
L am very glad 10 the women / NAV saw OF
the Republican party taking active interest in its
affairs. We cannot have too much interest in
public affairs do not decry agitation and inter
est and the various ebuiitons which are the result
of intense feeling. Those the safety valves OF
democracy. All that is NECESSARY Is that tbova
who have advantages of training and education,
shall themselves be interested, so that in this free
country the balance Of power may always be with
all those who desire honestly and intellgently the
safeguarding of popular rights the working o, our
institutions according 70 the intent the fathers
and the uplifting of all into equal opportunIte. 40
that the benefits which highly praise shall 20
the utmost extent. be shared b. all our citizens
Timothy L. Woodruff followed Governor
Hughes with an eulogy of President Roosevelt
He said that the idea that his Administrative,
had upset the financial condition of the coun-
try was absolutely disproved by the quickness
with which that condition had become normal
again after the panic OF last fall
Il take exception to people who sav his aims
all right. but criticise his methods" he said
"and 1 believe that in ten years from, novr
men of all parties viii realize that what ba
has done in the way of reform is greater than
what any one has done perhaps in the history