New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-18
Ulster County Prosecutor
Says That Glynn's Attack
Smacks of Silly Season.
"BENSEL" CRY GOT
GOVERNORS GOAT"
District Attorney Pleases the
Farmers in Talk on
.,~ Direct Tax.

From a sian Correspondent Of The Tribune
Rochester, Oct. IL Speaking at
meetings in Medina and Lockport to-
night. William ID. Cunningham, District
Attorney of Ulster County, who is &C
companying District Attorney Whitman
on his upstate campaign, made a reply
on behalf of Mr.. Whitman to the at
+ taeks by Colonel Roosevelt and Gov
ernor 'Glynn regarding the Tammany
Endorsement in New York County IN
the fusion campaign last fall. Mr.. Cum
ningham said:
Governor Glynn's attempt in last
nights speech 10 attach the epithet
/ 'Tammany' to Whitman indicates that
| the silly season in political discussion
/ has arrived Mr.. Whitman has serl-
Gus work to DO, and can ignore sucn
absurd tactics.
+ what are the facts? Will any stu
dent of political affairs, with mem
ory, deny that Mr.. Whitman was the
/ overwhelmingly popular choice Tor tne
| fusion mayOralty nomination le'
/ Mr.. Whitman, realizing that the cause
Of decent government IN the great Guy
for the period of four years was at
! stake, and that his first duty was 10
the public, cast aside all considerations
. summer home at Breton Woods the
memorable telegram TO Mr.. koenlg'
chairman Of the Republican County
Committee, in which he refused to con,
slider the nomination, and urged all
Republicanssto support Mr.. Mitchell.
1T was conceded that his act vas
creditable and laudablc. And then 1t
was that Tammany Hall, realizing the
+ impossibilty of defeating him, made
no nomination against him. was II
not his duty TO the people OF the great
Z CITY TO acGuiesce in that action ana 70
insure against the forces OF evil IN the
city its great prosecuting othcer?
"Mr Glynn says he paid for that
nomination. and aided those who gave
il 10 him BY remaining silent and tax
/ ing no part in the fusion campaign,
Us Governor Glynn ignorant or is he
deliberate? Does he not recollect the
great demonstration in the New Am
sterdam Opera House, at winch Mr.
Whitman was the principal and most
forcible speaker? Does he not well
know of the various large meetings IN
the fusion cause and the many smaller
ones throfghout the city at which MY
Whitman lent his services to the fusion
cause?"
Mr.. Whitman received an enthuslas-
tic reception at all the meetings. Inc
candidates discussion of the direct
state tax. the heavy burden OF when
has fallen on the upstate counties dur
:ng the recent years of Democratic
administration, is making hit win
,hc farmers. Mr.. Whitman devoted d
GOOD deal Of time to the subjects IN his
speeches to-day, taking issue with
Governor Glynn's contention that there
IS no more direct tax under his ad-
ministration. He made it clear TO the
rural residents that the burden fell
upon them individually, while in New
York County and the large cities
throughout the state il took more the
torm of an indirect tax on the cltl-
zeas.! as it rested Upon few land
lords. who in turn recovered IL from
the tenants.
Is "Thc direct state tax is matter
that affects you individuality sand Mf.
Whitman. although it Is true thal
more than one-half OF the direct state
tax is paid by the city OF New I orK'
II is no burden to the large majority
OF the citizens resident there, SIMPLY
because it is paid by the owners OF
real estate and is collected as part oil
the rentals from their property, IN
which sense it becomes really an IN
direct tax upon the population OF New
York City.
"A few figures will prove to you that
this direct state tax, while a neghglole
and most Of the time an absent quantity
IN Republican administrations has been
a regular institution Of Democratic ad-
r,inistrations. Previous to 1906 the
nrinciual and interest Of. the sinking
fund had to be paid from a direct tax
levy. But even with that mandatory
requirement Of the law, instead Of run
Ming from 100000 to S10,000,000 q
wear. as it had under the Democrats
1reyious TO 1902, when in that year the
Republicans were returned to Office If
dwindled from 1902 to 1905 to an av'
lerage of less than 81 100000 a year.
"Then change in the law permitted
the pavment Of the sinking funC
charges from the surplus of funds
raised by indirect taxation. And wha
do YOU find the Republican administra
ton doing? During the administration
from 1906 to 1911 there was no direc
tax at all. That was the clearly defined
policy of the Republican party regard
ing direct state taXes-that they were
not necessary
"Then in 1911 we see Governor Dil
entering Office. And with him, arm II
arm, might say, stalked in the direc
state tax to be again saddled upon you
In 1912 1T was S1l.000,000. I'm 1913 i
was S6,460000. And Governor Glynl
was directly responsible for that stat
tax in 1918. He signed the bill Will,
he was acting Governor which Gov
ernor SulZer before his Impeachment
had vetoed, that levied the direct tax
At Lyons, Newark and Palmyra Nh
Whitman read the figures to show wha
the direct tax'had been in Wayne Coun
" during the last three years of Demo
cratic rule in the state. The total il
that county was SOS, 046. In Orlean
the total for the three years 191l-12-1'
was SAG, 1879, and IN Niagara Count.
S163.954 In the ten years prior I,
that, during Republican regimes, tn
citizens had paid hardly dollar o
direct tax, Mr. Whitman showed.
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