New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-15
ST|MSON ASSA|LS DIX
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of former Governor Hughes he went

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NJ former Governor Hughes He went
on as follows:
Now for our opponents. NJ What do
mated for Governor JONI Tha n ie 70 saw, what
AZ I.n 80 about his political belieis ana
his standards of the admit sn7. the conduct
fee which would fit MN ,b 1ei state? What
! do we Inow about his opinions upon luis
great issue of progress or tea t i.o,,a we Inv
which we can judge the sihO
professions? Let us see
Refers to Dix's Record.
Two years ago Mr.. Dix ran n,r i0r . snG Mat
nee Oh taeutehai a4rect demanded the re-
peal of the public service law "a &c csiied
form recklessly denounced Mnn and
| called for the abolition of the system
/ consider our public service l af as
one of the great accompiisi1n1tieon,,'' CON
slider the REGULATION which they provide
| of our traction companies GU. snbonea
ELECTRIC light compan pam IS the long strides
| forward which have been accomplished
during the last four years ,,oa sor
Yet two years ears ago go G Mr that at now? The
people of the state have rlght 70 h fo,,
| They will not gain any information 1 1Iol.
this, years Democratic p lai,ti nrofes
| Zion that our opponents believe in the
reasonable regulation by, the state Oh
public service corporations
Wants Reasonable" Defined.
What does this mean? Reasonable. for
| instance. in the eyes of Judge PaIker aIlu
Mr. Sheehan's clients or reasonaoie IL Ir tbe
! present regulation unreasonable, ana, II
so, in what respect is 1t 70 De Gnangeu'
| Has the New York City public com
planned of the disclosure which the Pub
| lie Service Commission has made or Met
| ropolitan Street Railway finance? have
! the upstate shippers complained OF tne
regulations which the upstate commission
has enforced in their favor? we nave
right to know. 1t is one of the vital
questions in the issue of progress against
reaction.
At this point Mr. Stimson took up the
| speech made by Mr.. Dix in accepting
| his nomination, and proceeded to COM
| pare the latters professions with his
practice. Referring to his opponents
promise to turn the searchlight on and
drive the black horse cavalry out of
business" Mr. Stimson called attention
to the denomination Of Senator Grady,
the leader of his party at Albany.
Departing from this topic with refer
ence to Gradys defence of Aids, Mr..
Stimson switched to the professions OF
Mr. Dix regarding the tariff, and con-
tinued:
Again. Mr.. Dfx's speech contained an elo-
Quent paragraph on the tariff: Now the
tariff is not a state issue, ana l shouI9 DC
willing to concede that Mr.. DIX, as COY
ernor would have no occasion to put MS
professions into practice; but haVlns mae mae
them. the people Of the state nave s Iisn'
With great emphasis: 49,,
II believe that in order TO do away WIN
the high cost of living from which all OF
the people of the country now greatly suf-
fer the governing power must De IN tne
hands of the. Democratic party, that we
the present ubiquitous tariff. Such re-
vision will restore a situation where the
bi Seo man his T ncom o after he has paid for
the bare necessities of life.
Shows True Attitude Of Dix.
How long has Mr.. Dix held these virtu a
of telling US, he is business man. paper
manufacturer in Washington County. He
is the president of the Iroquois Pulp and
Paper Company and director in the
Standard Wall Paper Company, both OF
them situated in Washington County his
friend and business partner, w. A Hup-
puch is the vice-president of both these
companies Mr.. Huppuch, on Mr.. DIX
resignation, became the chairman Oh the
Democratic State Committee.
Now in November, 1908. when the revision
of the tariff under consideration by the
Ways and Means Committee OF the house
of Representatives, this Standard Wall
Paper Company took a position on the
question of tariff REDUCTION Whlch the peo-
Die of the state are likely to be interest
There was an existing tariff of % per
rent ad yaorem Sn ws Pomttee aS oGr
Democratic friends now insist, was under
pledge to revise this tariff downward on
the demand of the American people They
were having hearings for the purpose in
Washington. Did Mr.. Dix or Mr.. Huppuch
then insist that they should iow StI,d TINS
Wall Paper Company, wrote letter on
November II. 1908. 10 the chairman of the
his dutV on wall paper should be raised
and they Joined in concerted effort Of the
wall paper manufacturers TO nave the duty
of % per cent raised TO minimum OF 30
per cent and maximum of 40 per cent.
The companys letter is signed by Mr.. Hup-
puch himself. The letter is TO be found on
the Committee on Ways and Means or the
Goth Congress
Mr.. Stimson dismissed the tariff as a
state issue by saying that he was heart |
ilv in favor Of President Taft's plan for
a board of experts. He then took up the |
question of the extravaganza with which |
MT. DlS CHdlSeu Tie fNcpuDilCdllS anu |
considered the substitute-Tammany |
ravagance-proposed by the Demo |
cratic candidate. He wanted to know |
If the names of William Sohmer and |
John A. Bensel. strict Tammany men, |
were guarantees that in the event of |
Democratic success the offices Of Con- |
troller and State Engineer, which have |
the most to do with the expenditure of |
public funds. would be administered |
with economy.
State and City Expenditures.
Comparison shows, said the speaker,
that from 1898 to 1909 state expendi-
lures during Republican administration
had increased only 66 per cent, com
pared with an increase of 10 per cent |
for the same period in Tammany ruled |
New York City. Carrying the compari
son further, he said that It had been the
practice Of the state under Governor
Hughes to pay for all permanent addi-
tions to its plant out OF current income.
while Tammany Hall and the city issued |
city stock in payment Of current ex-
penses
", of Of TO