New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-20

the appropriations for the state IAN on,
the new buildings there. or IL they WIN
object to the money set aside to eiiiii.
nate grade crossings from the streets
Syracuse. These were two of the l'eiii9
which went TO swell the budget ne S''-1'
Defines a Progressive Republican
Among other things. Mr.. Stimson said'
nave a right to know the views any cs ndi-
opinions upon state questions o. ces as
date who is asking for their suffraseTS EOS Sc
lGovernor. 1 propose that, so far 1S Ppoy
slble, the electors of this state shall Know NOV
lmy views before election day arrives ooot
IL will not be my fault II they n u |
lam bound TO say that am not ITO ,bay
quite the success in that latter me Inc
expected to, but it is no faun ,, az have
discovered that l am Republican, no
gressive Republican, and l know 1owNe,, ot
Letter definition of what FIo oicb MIR
lSchoeneck has given in his ADDRESS II,
introduction. 1 believe that the one c mes
aim which the people Of this United Sto 20
have now most clearly in view Is ~
separate, so far as 1T is in their pPY3tics
crooked business from crooked .Pcbinerv
of our country clear and free to Iei tba
sent the, peoples will, regardless ,o 81 III" a
separate and a secret profit out of IT. =,
Now. taking some of the separate items OF
the issues before the people the patt l,o ~
of both parties say a good deal about graz
! think all that | need to say on that SUI SUI,
iect tonight myself is that all gratt loonS
alike to me. except that l think IL an. any
thing. I look with a little more dlsIdE ,
upon the Republican who disgraces the
honor of the party TO which l owe ihS a.
llegiance than any other scoundrel. the
/ In the second place. and right alohs ny
line on which the chairman has been spean.
ing. I deem one of the most impor.aIl'
pieces Of legislation which the adml,lSS1 %
ton of Governor Hughes has enacted 10
be those laws which aim TO control our
public service corporations. | think t hat
during his administration. in the enactmeIt
of the public service law. this state has az
last taken the long and the necessary step
Of getting under efficient control those cor
porations which ought TO he the servants
of the people instead Of their masters
Pertinent Questions for Dix.
Now right on that point it is that l
have nv first difficulty with my opponent
Mr.. Dix. Two years ago DIX ran LOT tne
Ionce Of Lieutenant Governor, upon
the repeal of those laws, pIaIL8or IN
which denounced what 1t was pleaseg 10
lcan government by commission. / haNs
Whether Mr.. Dix is still Of that view
have politely inquired of him several
tunes during this canvass. 1 have had
His platform this year contains only the
iequivocal declaration that the DeI Igo
cratic , party rs pub III i Service corporations
is that intended 10 be a let-up or a push
down? s 3, .ha
sense or from the standpoint or the
lVeople of this state, or from the sldn,u
roint of the corpora TONS wn hoI aI tbsW not
met il distinctly? Is there any plan on
foot should Mr.. Dix be elected, 50 70
his state that there can be released on
10 the market for the purpose OF noodlnS
a lot Of innocent investors Win tna' ton,3
line of dubious securities that nave beei
unable 10 pass the scrutiny OF our present
board? Mr. Dix has given me no
answer. ,,ooro,;c
friends in their platform and in their
campaign book have been LOUD IN Iheri
Recommendations of what they call the eA-
travagance of Governor Hughes. NOV,
my view on that and am perIeCuiiS s
willing to make it clear 10 the people
IN 'f fsve S."'e If economy. but not at
the expense of the efficiency Of the state
government: and l call upon our Demo.
Cratic friends to do what they have not
! vet done-point out one single item or me
state budget which they would cut on
Il is true that the state budget mas IN
creased: hut II is also true that the en-
cheney of the state government has cor
respondingly increased. and am pc
lever in going forward and not IN going
back ! ask for instance. in this assem-
hlage whether the Democrats would re-
trench by cutting off those large apprfo,
buildings of the state fair? Would they
call that useless extravaganza, or-an-
other thing in which the citizens or thls
community are interested-would they
consider ii more important to save the
money of the state than to spend IT IN
protecting the lives Of the citizens of this
CITY in changing the grade crossings here?
l speak OF those two things because l
consider them as fair examples TO illus
trate what ! mean. l believe that 1t Is the
duty Of the state TO advance the interests
of its citizens and to protect their lives
even If Il costs money.
on which the chairman touched which fol
lows right in line with this extravaganza
issue He spoke of the labor legislation
which has been adopted by tke Republican
party A part of that legislation was the
provision in the interest Of safety apph-
ances for factory employees For the last
three years that made an ADDITION 10 ire
state budget Of $4,000 Do our Democratic
friends consider that waste? II is one or
the items which swelled the budgets or
Governor Hughes against which they COM
plain Mould they cut ii off? I ask OF
them TO give us few specifications.
For my own part, on that line 1 have
simply TO say this: Several years ago II
was my great fortune TO he fnV1ted by
President Roosevelt 70 attend q CONFER CONFER
ence of the leaders of the various labor
organizations Of the United States which
he had called at the White House; II was
my good fortune there to meet and TO
discuss with those men many of the burn
ing questions Of capital and labor which
have occupied the attention of our coun-
i
which the fairness, the brOadmindedness,
Of those leaders made upon me, and one or
the things upon which they laid the great
est stress was the protection of the life
and limb Of the American laborer in the
pursuit Of his occupation, and il was one
1 Of the things which, when you compare
/ the statistics Of this, country with the
/ statistics of other countries. I regret TO
say make a disgraceful record for Amer
lean industry.
! Now, ] am glad 10 say that last year the
| Republican Legislature Of this state took
| a step forward along that line which placed
/ New York in the forefront of progressive
legislation of that kind of labor legislation.
| In the adoption of the WOrkmen's com
penSation act. recommended by the VAIN
! wright commission, the State ssew York
| has made what l believe will prove TO he
the first step OF progressive series Of leg
grossest abuses Of this subject, which will
cut out the delay and the injustice which
has caused the losses in industrial cas-
Ualties TO fall upon the shoulders Of those
least able TO bear them.
And OF that point 1 wish simply 10 say
that IL Is my feeling and my belief that
! those laws should be extended, and that
of both the employer and the empoye.
Tammanys Economy"
| Before leaving this question Of economy
fl is always well TO see what ones friends
when they criticise an existing institu-
ton, propose TO put IN it's place. That
Is true in this extravaganza issue. So
long as you only keep your eyes on the
figures which our opponents shove for
ward and the statements they make. many
Of them wholly unfounded in fact, you
op rot onn sir of no nil hot