New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-13
ST|MSON'S CHALLENGE
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have been taken by either OF our W. go
parties. The Republican pee men and the
| Observation-Disclosures elements of the country 10
| have the lead taken by that P POI he nade
| that the necessary change. .Uo dirturha nee
with caution and with as itte ulSt ~ ~
| n hueinese nonai+ions as possible. Had the
| lead been taken by the more na throun inf
| and had the business men 49, he almost in
| mere obstruction. il WOULD pe on cra,Ia
| evitabe that the changes ~, ta,once
| greater disturbance and poSsisoie. a. Lead
AS matter of historical Iee ~ changes
! in the making of these necessalS 80 fbe
| of legislation in both the stare an on
nation has been taken by the ~ ppn4innai
party during the last ten year. arI Of Theodore
| affairs this was the great Worh VI ,f
| Roosevelt Long after the dIllnSo" tistorTy
the present day have passed away, ir n,oe ~
! in my judgment will record tfllS DO III t,a
| the great masterpieces OF coISeit ot rs
| craftsmanship of our generatlon-ildt ne
should have succeeded in placing tne con n,
| servatfve Republican party IN the ie"u III
| this progressive work.
Effective State Government.
The sauna nrogressive development has
| been going on in the states IN tlie 800 az
| It was even more important than III L.e
| federal government, ana ef1eCuNe &c. 5
government Is the surest cheeR nd 70 i ui has
| federal extension of power, anu ~ iIas
| long been a matter of intelligent crluciSIh
| that our state governments during tlIe
| first century of their existence were pc
coming weaker and weaker and were no
| longer properly performing the functions
| Of a local government.
| The record of the approval OF soclal ana
| economic legislation which has been en-
acted by the Republican party under GOV
| ernor Hughes is impressive Consider the
mess in which our railroad and other pup
| lie utility laws were only five years ago
| the impotence of our Railroad commas
| sion, the lack of supervision over gas ana
electric light charges. the telephone s1tu-
alton, which was only remedied last year,
! the loose condition of our insurance COM
| panies and banks brought to light in the
| inc xJaIc in ha L.
! ing panic of 1907.
Consider again. the strides we have
| taken in intelligent labor legislation, Gull
mnating last year in the Wainwright
commission and the Introduction into New
| York law for the first time in the Union
| Of the principle of compulsory compensa-
1 ton for ACCIDENTS principle which may
| well, in time, rid us of all the scandals or
our negligence law and it's administration.
forms of our charities. our prisons. our
hospitals and our asylums. Consider
| finally the policy adopted by a vote-by
referendum to all the people of the state
| resulting in comprehensive system of new
highways and great and farreaching i'm
provement of our canals.
Progress and Not Revolution.
And all this legislation in the state, as
| well as in the nation. was progressive and
not revolutionary. 1t involved no change
II. the form of our goyernment Bear
ment of constitution disarranse-
| ment of our system of checks and bal
| snces between the three coordinate
branches of government. There was no
executive usurpatiOn involved. There was
| no impairment of the authority or func-
Substantially every piece of legislation
| has been tested in the courts, and sub
stantially every piece of it has been found
constitutional and approved as a proper
| development of our institutions.
II Is legitimate growth in the way that a
nation should grow. 1t is a development;
] oh ct .1stt n
powers along plain lines, to meet the
changed conditions.
| Court: Constitutional provisions do not
change, but their operation extends to new
matters as the modes of business and the
! habits of life of the people vary with each
common carrier is the same to-day as when
| transportation on land was by coach and
I wagon and on water by canal and sailing
vessel, vet in its actual operation it touches
and regulates transportation by modes then
un1nown-the railroad train and the steam
ship. The Constitution has not
! changed. The power is the same. but it
! operates to-day upon modes of interstate
| commerce unknown to the fathers. and it
| Will operate with equal force on any new
modes. of such commerce which the future
may develop"
! Republican Party's Work.
| Finally, the lead in all this progress has
! been taken by the Republican party. 1t
has been steady, it has been constant and
! has been thoroughly committed to such
! progress, and, on the other hand, every
step in the progress has been taken against
| They have resigned and relinquished any
| claim to leadership in progress. They have
| been throughout and are now, committed
| to the position of obstruction and reaction.
| The issues of the present campaign rest
| directly upon this situation. The two par
ties are lined up precisely this issue, and
| it is the main one which exists between
| them. There can be no mistaking of it. 1t
| is made clear by the conduct of the respec-
| tive conventions, by the candidates nOmi-
| mated, by the platforms adopted and by the
course of events which have taken place
since the convention
issue between progress and reaction was
| clearly raised in the primaries at which
delegates 10 the convention We're chosen,
! and the adherents OF each side fought out
| the issue at the polls. The opponents of
! Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.. Hughes, in state
ment after statement, made IT clear that
| their position was one of protest and Op-
position to the policies of those leaders.
and that they desired to return to the quiet
| brought Theodore Roosevelt into the con-
| test was his support of Governor Hughes
! last June in the latter's demand for reform
| primary legislation.
Two Conventions Contrasted.
At the convention the forces of reaction
| ress triumphed. Progressive candidates
were nominated. and an explicit indorse-
| Inents OF the progressive policies or Gov
| ernor Hughes was given.
| Now, as to the Democratic convention
| Here is an account from a Democratic
| newspaper now supporting their ticket and
| of the influence which controlled the con-
vention:
Never before has Tarrmany Hall been
! in such unquestiOned control of a state con
vention. Never before has any Tammany
| boss been enthroned as the state leader in
! the unlimited way in which Murphy is
recognized to-day. The convention is in the
| hollow of his hand.
| Back of Murphy's control are runors
| of strange and sinister influences. You can
| hitting some lobbyist railroad attorney
| The woods have been fun of them from the
start, They got here before the delegates
| did
THE Evening Post of October 3 sum
married. the situation in the following head
| ing Upstate Tickets He Looked Out for
| Tammany." Selected His Own Candidate
| for State Engineer and Controller Because
| These Two Offices are Most Desirable from
| Point OF View of Patronage"
| AS their candidate for Governor they have
| TALLY nothing is known, except that two
| years ago he ran for Lieutenant Governor
| on a platform which called for the repeal
| of the public service law-One of the prin-
| cipal pieces of Governor Hughess progress
| sive legislation. On this subject their Mat
| statement that tie party favors reason
| able regulation by the state of public ser
| vice corporations
Democrats Favor Reaction,
While the platform contains provisions in
! favor of certain items of advanced leg1sla-
| ton, almost none of which have haeu
| issues on which there has been DubIfc dis.