New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-18
SEES BRIBERY END
Justice HO5card CTticiSes His
PARTY and Praises GayROr.

Troy y. Y. March i7.-GovernOr Charles
E. Hughes Was the guest Of honor at the
annual banquet here 81 the Friends Of 81.
Patrick. lie responded 60 the toast The
state Of New York" during which ~
gloried I'm the fact that Irish blood ran
through his veins and Iauded the memory
o. Iroland's patron saint. On the menu
card was the Irish slogan "faugh-a-
ballagh." clear the way"
I'VE have lots Of fog az the state Cap
ltol" said the Governor. commenting on
the expression. "and that's why / am for
'faugh-a -baliaEh.' Clear the way for Tro-
JAMS and other good people Of~the SHIFTED
states"
Continuing. Governor Hughes said he had
tried TO do his duty during the last few
years IN showing where evil existed and
suggesting remedies. I'VE have had recent
examples Of breaches Of trust. it IS true"
he asserted but now we are more honor
able to-day I'm our standards Of business
aud public life than ever before in the his
tory Of the country. The time Is not far
distant when snv bribery in legislative
halls will be absolutely unthinkable and
nobody will be able 10 live under the sus-
piciOn OF IT, The time is not far distant
when we will Insist on impartiality and
fairness IN every department Of govern
ment The man with the hook has seen hts
last day"
Governor Hughes departed for Albany at
the close OF his speech.
According To Justice W. .. Howard, OF
the Supreme Court. Republican. who be-
gan his speech after Governor Hughes had
gone. recent attempts 10 reOrganize the Re
publican party IN New York state are hum
buggery. the Ailds-COuger investigation at
Albany Is an expensive and almost useless
undertaking FOR which 80 cents WORTH of
whitewasE" would be a suitable substitute;
and William j GaynOr. Mayor OF New
York. is a real reformeT. with a purpose.
Professional refOrmeTs the justice de
nOunced as ''vapid. sapless, spineless. chin
less, sexless beings. sprung from no race
and owned by no race incidentally, he
said New YOyk had too many laws, and
that wha. was needed was more honesty,
10; more investigation lie said in par'.
In my own party "a queer condition exists
ana. In consequence, every one IS seized
Just now with desire 10 clean house:
Whether II Is the CRATER or the "retOrmer
that Is 10 be- cleaned out have not learned,
but $4,000 Is 20 be spent TO clean house.
80 cents worth Of Whitewash would DO as
well. Of course, a few dead bones may be
ratified by these inves LEGATIONS, OF perhaps
few I've ones, fully protected by the
statute OF limitations hut suppose they
are rattled-what follows? Even IL some
body Is punished-what Of that: No re-
form is worked
The guilty IN every quarter will be
alarmed. but thieves are always alarmed
when other thieves are being tried. We
VIII have had tie morbid pleasure Of read
ing OF alleged barriers and sales; We may
have learned how 10 live for years on 81 800
"a State Senator's salary a year and at
the same time get rich; but other than TINS
ffacf al
Dlished.
OF course. II viii have one other result
u VIII bring into the imelight one. perhaps
several. characters. utterly lost 10 fame
now, who will command or who win hope
10 command tho homage OF every citizen
old enough 10 vote next fall. And IN sum-
ming UP the total result to he accom-
plished by these committees IL would not
be proper 20 omit TO notice the numerous
lawyers who win he retained and whose tat
fees, on all sides Of the controversy, will he
presented 20 the people for payment as soon
as the committees have finished
Says Investigators Want Money.
One singular feature about Investigations
Is that nobody Is willing 10 investigate I'M
less he gets paid for n. But the legislators
are not TO be CensuTed; excitement prevails
At the CapitOi and every one T. acting ac-
cording 10 hts best Judgment. i presume
Fifty thousand dollars would accomplish
many other useful results. but. perhaps an
the peoples money should not be spent Tor
strictly useful purposes.
II is not more Investigations that We
need. II Is more honesty; not more laws
but more common sense. We have toe
many LAWS nOw-sO many that nobody
knows what they are nor where they are.
the judges Of the Court Of Appeals differing
with each other about 10 as frequently as
do the Tustics I'm the country store.
The way 10 clean house Il the way that
GaynOr Is doing n. ITS way doesn't cost
cent. lie is not a counterfeit TefOTmer but
a real one. He Is cleaning house with the
laws he has. they do not assist him much
nor hinder him any-he would 40 II II he
had no laws at an. Tie saws wood. re
VIII clean UP New York before he gets
through with H. and clean II up we'll az
saveg Of hundreds Of tEousa nds of dollars
60 the taxpayers.
No accident Of a single day brought
Judge GaynOr suddenly out Of the dense
Obscurity ot forty Years, and vet, without
any $4,000 commissions TO smiTch some
other persons reputation ana embellish
his own, this strong. silent. modest man
goes about his work without OstentatiOn
or parade, not pTOclaimng himself a re-
former. but. in fact. accomplishing more
reform than All the self-confcsscd reform
eTs put together.