New-York tribune., 1909-09-23

and how 10 vote. Is It possible that these things
lost an on sembanee me- People to 1t? Have we
gentlemen Our personal relations on have w'a awsys
en oeen pleasant and are to-day. Socially they are
Aood Fellows. But the path we tread ends there
they oppose % and they are usually frank about it,
direct primary or better expression on the aues-
Senator 9d "9m ev The & Ps9Pe mi Tsh for United States
0snt 0r aeoIriSn III on OF useless COMMISSIONS or depart
oppose every act intended to confer power upon
any one TO investigate or remove incompetent or
ter that gave power TO remove an officiai guilty
OF ,Gi Crime, ana when II is suggested TO pass
corporations in accordance with the platform OF
the Legislative SESSION of isgs5nf' sos thought of
6 SIgrSe i ~ WogIa M oe easy to pass public utilities
ne Public Service Corporation assured me at that
The first bin was the o Robhns TT9iy n ana IN writing
q erf ii strong but II was better than nothing But
Pierce bill met the same fate only in little df-
an6 tbat way ,, Ihe result was that saw the truth
pass pass but that the leaders should play with those
other and defeating them all There were not not
more more than IN fifteen men in the whole House VINO
bills which the party promised Not that the the
directed not to do it The exhibition on the floor
OF the House when the Martin bill was finally
service @ lobby, amounted almost to a scandal and
It is neither easy pleasant to make these
StaternenIs tan a0ouf your own party AS Repuh
is nanitely better than the al last siT Demo a
stay in our our own party and fight it out there rhe
Stand it, and they are Coming 10 ~eR do so tfsy under
The great fight which Governor Hughes is max
same sort of influences that are at work here The
mschlne mac Is Is against him II is against every
With this declaration OF Governor Hughes
must be free to exercise his own judgment He
must be his own man and owe no allegiance TO any
he bA WAY TO
that is by the direct primary. We can get that
conditions the State House. by making it evi-
dent by our votes that we will not have a county
rule over and control the vote of legislators We
when we get one who knows his duty and resolute-
~ does II we should support him and send him
to stay in R it. bSt do not Want to IT boss So
ridden and unresp9nsiye to the popular will. That
evidence that it is right.
Some of the men objectionable, as bosses in our
state Chairmen of the local county commit
tees. 1t seems strange that as soon as man
seems to think that he must be responsible for
everything political 1t is wrong conception of
ty committee nor its chairman should have any
ssns ~ tbe cs for t6gt puTp6se The committee
muSf condGet the campaign for the election and its
ever is nominated his mpartiality viii not be ques
b M chief net baf fGR sr feoud Let e the to eSGb
lican voters make the nominations without dicta-
duct due the &C Campaign % for their eiection We shall
then have party harmony and an equal chance for
every Republican who wishes to try TO represent
the people.
The Importance Of electing proper men TO the
Legislature this year cannot oa OVerestimated. No
man should be supported the primary who does
openly declare where he stands and whether
he viii stand for the fulhlment of the party pledges
Any candidate who does not announce his position
should be defeated for the nomination. The bosses
viii only oppose laws next winter but
they will seek 10 repeal existing laws This state
ment applies to the whole state Sleepess vigi-
lance is essential liberty. candidate will
ing TO declare his position is representative of
the boss system and Til not be true to the people
The basis of all hope of party in this
is in the success OF good at the primary in
this county. Last winter six men from this coUn-
" in the House were always true TO the people
Martin. Colgate. Hines. Smith, Clark and Ford
They never faltered any bill and never failed
be true TO the people But for them my diff
culties would have been much greater.
Two sets of eleven each running before
the people in the primary which comes off next
Tuesday Most of those who running the
organization ticket / do not know. So far
know, they have not made any promise issued
any platform by which they agree to stand. Are
they for keeping the party pledges they
against them? Who knows? They doubt do
They should speak out they should receive