New-York tribune., 1910-11-07
STIMSON DEFINES ISSUE
Republican Candidate Sets Forth His Attitude Cam
paign Questions and Gives Pledge to Voters.


date for Governor, made public last
night his political creed. He states in
unmistakable and convincing Ian
guage his attitude on the great dues-
tions of the campaign.
Mr. stirnson shows up the insin-
cerity Of John A. Dix. his opponent,
and the utter weakness of the cam
paign made by the Democratic candi-
date
In closing Mr.. Stimson makes this
hedge:
If elected, ! shall administer the
office with an earnest and conscien-
tious aim to be Governor Of the entire
people, without fear or favor. with
exact and equal Justice toward rich
and poor alike, and in the interest of
all.
Mr. Stimsons statement in full is as
follows:
The issues of the campaign are no"
clear cut. On our side we stand for
progress. for taking up the pohcles
of the administration of Governor
Hughes and CARRYING them forward.
We stand for an efficient state gov
eminent. doing its duty TO the lndi-
vidual citizen and standing as the
surest safeguard against undue fed
eral extension.
We believe in keeping the Public Ser
vice Corporation out of politics and
regulating it in the interest of the
citizens and the public.
We believe in the more efficient ad-
ministration of our labor laws: in
better protection of the lives and
limbs of our workmen in our fac
tories and upon our railroads: In
more efficient child labor laws; in
the workman's compensation act.
which practically provides him an
insurance against accident in dan
gerous trades.
| We believe that the state has posi-
tive duty to help the workingman.
not only against physical accident.
but by giving him a better chance
in life. with better hours and better
working conditions.
We stand for a continuance of the
| progress in the agricultural educa-
ton of the state; We believe that the
| welfare of the state is inseparably
bound UP with its country life and
farms, and that upon a more scien-
| tific education, aimed at making
that life more profitable and at
tractive. depends. to a very large de-
gree. the states future.
| We believe in the same forward pol
| icv which has shown itself in our In
| surance and Banking departments.
protecting the savings of the people
AGAINST the abuses of five years ago;
in our charitable and penal depart
ments. protecting our unfortunates
with all the care that modern sci
| ence can devise. and giving 70 those
| who have fallen a chance of ref
| ornation. The money which has
| been spent in all of these ways we
| believe to have been well spent, and
i not to be waste or extravaganza
| Against us are arrayed the forces of
| reaction. Their organs boast that
| We are without funds, and the
| Democrats have all the money they
want" This means that we are
fighting the battle of the individual
| citizen and depend on his vote, and
| that behind our opponents are GER
| tain powerful interests which have
| a distinct advantage in loose or
| inefficient state government.
| The campaign of our opponents upon
| the state issues has virtually col
| Iapsed. Mr.. Dix, who began with
| philippic against the waste and ex-
| travagance of the Republican ad-
| ministration, has not only utterly
| failed 10 give any specifications OF
these charges, but on SATURDAY
| when speaking to the farmers OF MS
| county. attacked the Republicans Tor
not spending more than they mad IN
agricultural development.
He criticised Governor Hughes for
cutting out certain agricultural ap-
pronriations in the interests Of econ