The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-30
Controls Large Majority Of
Votes in Choice for Gov.
ernor Today.
Boss Murphy will Name the
Candidate.
ALTON b. PARKER's SPEECH.

Rochester. Sept. 30.--The session
of the Democratic convention was a
brief intermission in the serious
business that has brought together
here delegates Of 81 counties OF New
York state.
The convention came to order at
1907 p. m, perfected temporary or
ganization. listened to an arraign-
ment by Chairman Alton B. Parker.
of the Republican administration in
general and the political ascendency
of Roosevelt. at Saratoga, in partic-
ular. and then adjourned to wait on
the judgment of the leaders. Chas.
F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall,
controls the situation. Out OF $50
delegates he controls more than 200.
The upstate leaders recognized the
hopelessness of any coalition gtrong
enough to oppose him with any sue
cess.
Except for the address of Parker
the opening session was purely
routine.
II is stated the platform will pro-
vide for statewide primaries but with
no specific plan; direct nomination Of
United States senator's; uniform taxa
ton; employers liability plank. and
an income tax.
The platform will contain an at
tack upon Roosevelt for his arraign-
ment of the supreme court.
II Is reported that Alton B. Parker
is being considered as candidate for
governor.
Under the wrongful combination
|of machine politics and traf1c-fed
trusts. corporations and individuals.
the interests of the Republican po-
litical machine have taken first place
and those OF the people the second
place. Hence the cost OF govern
ment, federal and state, has grown
with startling rapidity. 1t is but a
little while since the people were
startled with billion dollar con-
gress Now we have two billion dol
lar congress. President Arthur We
toed a river and harbor appropriation
bill of about eighteen millions.
President Taft signed one for Atty
two millions. IL is popularity known
as the Pork Bill" The president
hopes that congress will stop making
it pork bill. but his party In con-
gress flout his advice and-well. ne
signs II under protest. But his sig
nature answers the purpose OF this
porkstate. Hence the annual cost of
operation increases by leaps that
have no bounds.
"With the close OF Governor row-
ler's administration. December 3fst.
1894. the Democratic party passed
from power. Never since has il
elected either a mallory OF the legis-
lature or a governor. Then the gen.
eral expenses of the state we're 49,
713,57S.20. This year they were
s39. 1O1 .224.26. after the governor
had dsapproved items aggregating
s4.713.747.67.
1--WE see then that after more than
a century of statehood the cost of
administration was something over
fifteen millions. but fifteen years of
exclusive Republican administration
nearly doubled the cost. 1t is not
surprising that the governor In his
message to the special session OF the
legislature sharply pointed out that
the state is rapidly drifting upon
financial rocks from which it can be
rescued only by direct taxation. In
deed, the situation on its face de-
mands retrenchment and reform Of
the Tilden variety.
THE millions wasted are beyond
recall, but the feature is within the
central OF the people. They can COM
mand, II they will. halt place max
ing to machine construction.