The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-31

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AtRAxY. Aug. 30-Castigatug poiu-
cal bosses and denouncing invlslo'e gov
.r,msn, in what was chIracteriz'd oy
tts,rv /. Stlmson as one Of tho most
rerarkohle speechcs OF his NE, Eiihu
Root after brilliant defence OF 'ns
short ballot and the Tanner plan 10 10
or.,nize the state government declared
,o7dny that he would feel IT httihx
climax TO his public career II ne '"uu
haIn the people TO establish Nlsible gov
ernment IN the state of New YORK.
"There is a plain old house III the
hills OF Oneida. overlooking the N''ley
of the Mohawk. where truth ana noh"r
dyelt in my youth concluded MT. Root
mainly showing his deep feeling. ~" men
| go back there. aS | am ABOUT 10 S''
TO spend my declining years mean 10
go with the feeling that ! can say
have not failed TO speak ana 10 act IN
accordance with the lessons that
| learned there from the God OF my
fathers God grant that TINS oppo'-
| tuuity for service to our country ana
our state may not be neglected by any
OF the men in this convention for Whom
| feel so deep "A friendship
| The delegates listened to the speech
with attention and prolonged applause
greeted IL. conclusion. Visitors crowded
! the galleries and the floor OF the AS
s,mbly chamber. many Of them having
waited all day long for Senator Root 10
| speak,
blow to Opposition.
1t was plain that he made a profound
impression upon ihr delegates and even
the opponents of the short ballot and the
Tanner plan admitted afterward that
| their opposition would he futile
The deuunciation Of past political
bosses like GOV. Fentou, Roscoe Conk-
ling, Thomas e. platt. David b Illl and
, the Democratic state bosses who sue
ceeded him WAS Of special interest be-
cause nearly all OF the delegates have
been in public life for a long time and
have been as familiar as MIR Root with
the Vaccinations of state politics on
both sides OF the political fence,
The wonder was not so much that
Mr Root was acquainted with the facts.
but that he should relate them IN the
cold b,ouded fashion that he did in the
public halls OF the Capitol.
"Why have the people Of the state
given evidence to thousands OF eX-
perienced men in tn" politics Of the state
that the short ballot and the Scntraliza-
tion of responsibility in the Governor
Root Well OF course, YOU cannot
escape the conclusion that it was he
cau.e the people of the state found
! something wrong about the government
. of the state.
|. Senator Brackctt sees nothing wrong
about II. lie has been for fifteen yea s
: in the Senate | suppose b" could have
stayed there as long as he wanted TO.
( He IL huuured aud respected and has his
Why
should he see anything wrong My
friend Mr. Green Is comfortably settled
In the Excise Department, and he sees
nothing wrong,
All Reforms opposed.
There never was a reform in ad-
: mmistraton i'm this world which did not
7 have To make its way against the strong
feeling Of good. honest men concerned
IN existing methods of admin,strati or
and who saw nothing wrong. Never
| It IS no Impeachment to a mans honesty
- his integrity. mat he thinks the method,
that H. is familiar with and iu which
: he is engaged are all right
q "But YOU cannot make any improve
{ ment In this world without oNcrridiul
70 the satisfaction that men have IN th'
I things AS they are and OF which they are
. IA coutented and successful part say
that the growth, extension and genera
7 acceptance or lnlS nrIntlple SHOWS ina
l all these experienced politicians and cit
e zens In all our state conventions fel
t. that the people of the state saw some
g thing wrong I'm our stat" govcrnmon
n and We are here charged with = duty
L hot of closing our eyes but OF opcnini
10 them and seeing II We can what II wa
n that was wrong
< "Now nobody can see that all thcs
e l52 outlying commissions and agcncte
Of state government, big and little, lynn
around loose, accountable to nobody
, spending all the money they can get, via
D. late every principle II economy, of oiii
,,"uCk. nf the proper transaction OF husi
Y ness, Every one can see that all aroun
us are political organizations carryin
ON the business OF government that hav
= learned their lesson from the great busi
e ness organizations which have been $
= phenomenally successful in recent years
II "The government of our cities
" Why. twenty years ago, when Jane
J. Bryce wrote his American Common
ir wealth the government Of America
cities was a by-word and a shame ia
7, Americans all over the world, lirave
t. he thanked. the government OF our citl,
NJ has now gone far toward rcdccmiug II
ii self and us from that disgrace, and IN
,e government of American cities to-day
le IN the main far superior IA the govcrr
mCnt Of American states.
i challenge contradiction to tina