New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-10-02
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with very few and negligible exceptions, al WoIh,
We want an opportunity 70 work W. we 49,, ~,
the just rewards of our labor we Va va ,r it,
obstacles to enterprise OF an honesI anu That
mate character removed. We are desrou95 e-+ Of
all men be treated Justly and that the risiiIs ~
the people shall be enforced. but there - 80.
little desire the part of the people loi 81
revolutionary scheme. They are sattsueu VIZ ~,
their government They are satisfied WIFI '1i9
institutions have. :. 49,
Call It what you nke-radicalism or III th the
true sense, conservatism-Nfha the peopIe i 80
want irrespective of party, is TO nave ouI ~
tutlons worked as they were lhteI III -, ieq
by officers doing their duty impartlalIy' ny iV3
lsators considering the pubic htetes ?z not r.,
all efforts in behalf Of the people, anu ny -
behalf of some of the people. but all OF the PT Ia
ple-to have real representative goVerhInel.t ri'
true Americanism. that is what the Peopi'
JUST OBEY THE CONSTITUTION
Now when I became Governor. determlheo
to the extent of nv ability and according to my
mind to put those principles into pGacllG S. ~,
my desire, on a scale that was aHoraea "
that distinguished Office. to prove thdt lnin9
could be done right, that we DO not neea NJ
ton that do not need TO upset ullhss' 1ii"i
we do not need constant agitation ana tu . ~
in an effort to allay discomfort IN the me- 49,
Officeseeking II seemed to me that LEe Illus
important remedy that could be ADVISED IoI ouI
ills was just to do what the constitution lIleide1 5
that officers Of governments should do ana
what fathers intended should be zone w.
our institutions were established ii IS d siiiP'e
!
mentaI-and you try the application OF II anu
YOU viii fight every day OF your lie as nave
for two years.
The whole object of the office is to get work
done in the benefit of the people. Now you say
let us DO the business as best we can TO
make that Office Just as effective as poSslpI'e'
let Us have no political axes ground at the pubic
expense; let the party get the credit from a me
administration for the people.
Let the party get the credit TO winch II Is
entitled If representing that party gives
honorable and an impartial administrator
that justifes public confidence But let 1le
work be done just as well as you can get II
done.
But somebody else wants the job. And there
You are Your fine principles are all very well.
They are all right the Fourth of July They
are all right Just before you want to be elected
but when YOU come to saying II think such
man is better than such man, and honestly
think that he is the man for the place then
the trouble begins, and little resentments are
engendered.
Now we go beyond the matters of admins
tration. The first cardinal principle in my adj
minstration has been this: Every 9dminlstra-
tive department organized to the best posslole
efficiency. working impartially for the benefit OF
the people. Not for purposes of patronage, or
for bestowaI of private benefits but solely to
have that part Of our institution work asst was
intended TO work.
We hear a great deal of talk about corporation
control In the nation opponents advance
a visionary scheme for regulating business with
arbitrary prohibitions. In the state they APP
parently don't want anything In the nation,
If they carried out their plan. they would give
II a bureaucratic government The like OF when
this country has never seen. Just to ne aDle 10
give effect to those arbitrary prohibitions. or
the character. for example. that no business
shall manufacture and sell more than 80 per
cent of any product consumed in the united
States In the state, on the other hand they
talk of fundamental principle, Of no government
PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS,
The Governor then took up the problem of the
control Of public service corporations and the
history of the Public Service commissions law,
h. Cd in,
ance. Speaking of the way i'm which the bill
was. passed after some opposition, the Governor
said:
7 went through the state making speeches /
did not trade I did not dicker; l did not say
"if you VIII give me a vote for that bill / VII
give you an Office: I wanted the bill, but |
did not want It bad enough for that l did not
say. is not there some Improvement down IN
your district you would hke 10 .hdNs: -!
sign a bin for; hat if-you VIII vote lot ms.
I do not believe in opening hole IN one part
of the roof when you are trying to repair an
other. l want to see our efforts OF such char-
acter that they will all stand together, and
when get something we viii have net results
that, are worth while Therefore ! said there
is only way to do this thing We VIII go
and tell the people about IT, II tney TeallN
want it, they will let their representatives know
it, and their representatives Will obey them
Speaking Of the commission for the ID Dis
trict Governor Hughes said travel through the
state would reveal the fact that abuses had been
corrected and that business men III general were
satisfied and approved. As to matters in the
lst District the Governor showed that the com
mission was in no way responsible for the
financiering that has gone on in the traction
systems for years.
IF the rottenness is there. it's better to have
it found out sooner than later" he declared
and we have got to begin the work of upbuld-
ing and rehabilitation" He added
Now to-day the situation in New York is
this: That in any effort that's made for or
ganiZatIon or reorganization, to get our trac-
ton system upon q proper basis. the Public
Service Commission stands between unlicensed
freebOoting and the public rights, and II You
destroy that you have nothing. It stands as
guard against any improper issues of security,
il stands as a guard against any improper eX-
ercfses Of franchises it stands as guard
against any efforts to exploit the public for
selfishneSs. It stands there, not for injustice,
not to wrong any honest investment, but rig
orously and justly TO enforce the public obliga-
tions. We can't help the past, but we can take
care Of the future, and there is an arm of the
state protecting the rights of the public in the
only practicable way in which they can be
protected.
GOVERNMENT BY COMMISSION"
Now. there is an attack made upon the system.
Several sorts OF suggestions ma Dc. Here