New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-28

state chairman. presented the name OF
Judge Hand and Judge Seabury's name
was suggested by Francis W. Bird, chair
man Of the New York County committee
Endorses Platform Of 1912.
The platform adopted by the state COM
mittee reafiirms the principles enunciated
in the national and state platforms OF 1912
and deals at length with renewed d!sclo-
sures with respect 10 the misconduct OF
state officers. the mismanagement Of our
finances and public works" and other
things that are said to reveal the cum
ming hand Of the machine boss and his
lieutenants Of the invisible and powerful
underworld which has 80 long dened the
decent sentiment Of mankind" IN the
state
OF the High Court Of Impeachment the
platform says;
Much Of the evidence was familiar
detail 10 Tammany leaders long before
the impeachment proceeding was thought
Of. To the Tammany mind 1t was not AT
that time immoral II became immoral
only when the newly elected Governor
proposed TO carry out his party's platform
and aid in the writing Of genuine direct
primary law upon the statute books ana
when investigation by the Governor be-
gan 10 disclose great frauds.
THE responsibility for the shame OF
the commonwealth IS not upon Tammany
Hall alone The Barnes machine In every
crisis has been a faithful and effective
coadjutOr Of the Murphy machine"
The platform pledges the party TO con
tiuue IT'S effort for establishment OF
statutory system OF compulsory work
mems compensation. and reads
Nothing could more clearly demon
strate the utter inadequacy OF the Repub-
lican machine for the promotion OF the
welfare Of the people than the nomina-
ton for Chief Judge Of the Court OF APP
peals Of a man who has shown himself
10 be so thoroughly out OF touch with the
spirit OF the time that, contrary TO the
weight Of legal authority and contrary TO
the vital needs Of the laboring people OF
the state. he wrote the Ives opinion, and
entailed thereby unjust and prolonged
suffering and loss upon many working
men Of the commonwealth"
OF the 1912 demand that at the next gen
eral election there be submitted TO voters
the question OF a meeting Of a state CON
stitutional convention. delegates thereto
10 be nominated and elected upon nom
partisan basis.
Tammany the Issue.
Colonel Roosevelt declared that in the
election I'm New York State this fall the
dominant concern OF the people should be
10 prevent Tamnany from obtaining com
plete control Of the state" and that ITO
this the lesser issues must give way
lie argued that "the prcdicament IN which
the state finds its public affairs Is due TO
the failure of the people to elect last fan
n Governor and Legislature pledged TO
the CARRYING out OF Progressive policies.
In voting against Tammany candidates,
however. Colonel Roosevelt urged the
voters TO support the Progressive party
candidates TO the end that they might
"defeat Tammany without enthroning the
Barnes Republican machine In It's place.
This wear" the colonel said, there are
four matters OF supreme political Inn
nortance for decision before the people OF
this commonwealth. The hrst' the eIeC-
tion of an Assembly, stands by itself. The
other three are: First. the attempted Inn
peachment Of the Governor of the state;
second. the city election in the great city
NJ New York. and, third, the election OF
t1co Judges of the Court OF Appeals. AS
% each Of these four issues the overthrow
~ Tammany is the chief issue
In urging the voters not to make the
mistake of putting the Barnes Republican
r,ocb,ne IN mower az the alternative Of the
,f,rnhv Democratic machine Colonel
Roosevelt said:
Murphy and Barnes occupy the posi-
tlon not infrequently taken by couple or
veteran prizefghters who follow their
profession purely as a business. and tray-
Of round the country fighting for the gate
receints which they divide OH the basis
of GO per cent 10 the winner ana ~ per
cent 10 the loser Sometimes they night
IN the level; sometimes they understand
IN advance which is to win, but they are
, q urit An their resolute !nsistence that the
n,,hlic &c IN have no share In the proceed
,rgs except TO furnish the gate receipts.
Each, of course, would prefer 10 get the
so nor cent all the time, but each Is not
merely willing, but eager to divide with
tho other now on the so per cent and now
on tho ~ per cent basis. II thereby they
con nrevent any outsider from interfer-
ing"