New-York tribune., 1910-11-04

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/ whole. and there have been 3 great
! n,snv laws passed which have Increased
/ the vigilance and the efficiency of the state
! government IN regard TO labor. OF course
yoi are familiar with the workrnen's COM
| pen.ation act passed last spring ] think
that is. very Important law. do not
| think Ii has been sufficiently understood
vet by those whom il will most greatly
/ benefit.
! l know there was considerable suspicion
/ by railroad men in regard to the Barnes
acf for rear me railway mems compensation
act might interfere with the former. on
I the cuntrary, IL Is a confederation of it.
and applies TO additional trades some OF
/ the principles OF the Barnes law. and al
| the same time Il wipes out some of the
inquitieS OF the old system of our negli-
/ geLce law. with which we are ali familiar
/ Only last Thursday in New York County
there was called to my attention de
| cision in a case which showed the differ
ence which the new law had made; the
/ change by wiping out the old law which
! absolved the employer from damages
arising out of a fellow servants neglf
gence A man brought suit against the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company;
1 think it was on trial last week. and he
would have been non-suited under the old
law because the injury came from the
negligence Of a fellow servant. Under the
new law he recovered $4,000 damages. There
is a concrete instance. / think that Is a
step forward in the line of justice. and
that in the end the law viii be found SO
beneficial to the community not only to
the employe but to the employer that 1t
Will be extended to additional trades
Renews Attack on Dix.
Mr.. Stimson then took up the tariff
question and the high cost of living.
He told of beating the Sugar Trust and
! the big railroads on the rebate cases. "a
! distinct illegal and criminal business
going on TO he detriment Of the con-
sumner" The candidate then gave Mr..
! Dix's record in demanding a higher
tariff on wallpaper, when he was
| preaching tn, lowering Of tariff for the
| benefit Of the ultimate consumers" He
quoted Dix's statement made in New
! York last night that he always had
stood for a downward and honest re-
vision of TIE tariff"
! Docs Mr.. Dix think" queried Mr..
! Stimson. that he puts himself in any
better position by this? I gave him credit
| for possible honest change of mind be-
| tween November, 1908, when he tried to
/ have the tariff revised upward on his
wallpaper products, and October, 1910
when he said he was for a downward
revision But now he stands before the
people Of the state as man who con-
fesses his belief that the tariff should be
revised downward, but was willing 10
write = Washington TO have 1t revised
upward for his personal benefit Nhat
cant and hypocrisy"
! Mr.. Stimson said he didn't think the
Payne -AIdrich tariff law was perfection,
! and never heard of anybody else, even
! its authors. who did. But the provision
for a tariff board of experts was a tire
mendous step forward" a thing almost
revolutionary in it's progress he said.
And for this the people had the Repup-
| lican party and q Republican President
to thank.
! Mr.. Stimson also made tart reply to
! Fx-Controller Glynn, who has been
making campaign capital Of his investi-
/ cations OF the financial affairs of up
! state counties through one OF the
bureaus Of his office when Controller
Mr. Stimson showed that the law under
which that was possible was introduced
/ by a Republican Assemblyman, passed
| by a Republican Legislature and signed
/ by a Republican Governor.
Moreover. the actual work Of the bu-
reau had been begun before Mr.. Glynn
became Controller, he said. SO Mr.. Glynn
and his partv cannot he permitted TO
claim the credit for this great reform
The purpose behind this legislation. Mr.
Stinson said. provides q typical illus
tratiou of the determined efforts OF the
Republican party in recent years TO meet
the conditions of government in TINS
state regardless of who is hurt IN any
disclosures made"
The first meeting Of the day was at
Norwich, the home Of ex-senator
Lothian z Aids Mr.. Stimson had
good meeting there and a rousing re
ception. From there he went over INTO
Schoharie County for a meeting al
Coblnskiu. His reception IN that Dem
ocratic stronghold showed that the Re-
nublicans were extremely loyal or else
that there were some good Stimson DEM
ocrats in the vicinity.
L was showing hard. and the meeting
was IN the middle Of the afternoon. De
spite that. the hall was jammed with
cheering crowd So also. II was at Am
sferdam this evening. The theatre there
was packed to the doors. and the streetS'
ankle deep in slUSh. were nneo VIII
cheering people who shot of bombs ana
burned red fire IN an effort to show
their enthusiasm for the candidate
Mr. Stimson tomorrow will make
sueecbes at Catskiil, POughkeepsle ana
T'arrvtoVn. and from there down 10 New
York make an automobile Wh1rl through
TgyaStrbp-+er County.