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Prod uctiye Of Delay.

Either one OF two things must happen.
II the Legislature does not exercise
this power 1t will become a mere techni-
cal Formally productive OF nothing but
delay and fine points % Law. II IT Is not
"A formality 1t will compel the cities
either To submit practically all OF their
legislative action TO the Legislature or 10
engage in long legal contests over their
right to enact particular pieces OF legis-
lation without submitting them to the
Legislatures.
Lastly the Mayo? points out that the
powers granted to cities IL subject 10 SO
many different kinds OF control as 20 be
In no sense exclusive and that by the
kind OF general legislation the passage
OF which this proposal would permit the
substance Of this power might be taken
away from cities. He points out that II
there Is my exclusive power granted
to cities by the proposal there is no
method prescribed for its exercise. and
the grant OF any conclusive power Is not
operative.
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CITY HAS A MAYOR AGAIN.
Corporal Currnn Back From pIntt.-
burg 10 Rule Town.

New York has a Mayor again. Cor
poral Henry II Curran returned from
the Plattshurg camp yesterday and sat
down at Mayor Mitchel's desk, to STAY
there until September 6 As vice
chairman OF the Board OF Aldermen
Mr.. Curran IL acting Mayor when Mr.
Mitchell and Mr.. McAneny are away.
The corporal said he hated To part
from his fellow mixers OF Plattshurg
after three days OF the ten days
march.
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SLAYER'S TERM COMMITTED.
william Swartx May Get Further
Aid From Parole Board.

ALBANY. Aug. 3O.-Wiliam Swartz.
who shot and killed John stump in New
York city in 1910, may apply To the
parole board for clemency at its next
meeting. under a communication ~ SEN
tence granted by GOV, Whitman to-day.
Swartz was sentenced To serve a
term of six years and six months
minimum and nineteen years and six
months maximum for manslaushter.
He was prosecuted by MIR. Whitman as
District Attorney, The Communication
was granted upon the recommendation
OF the Judge who tried the case.
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ICE AND FROST, IOWA REPORTS
Tender Vegetation Damaged. Win
OmcinI Thermometers ~ ~.

WATERLOO. Ia. Aug 80. -Hcavy c-,.,.
in some instances taking 80, form o,
ice. were reported ia this section las,
night. The Government iu,.muuefur
here registered 80 degrees above 2c~t
All tender vegetation. u,'ud'-r
melons. lat" potatoes and SOME swse,
corn. j. said to hav" been 4tmls,I
Field corn suffer Il .", i,',.'. 3,
port ,.u iowa counties
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A Little Repsrter.

IAN your trouble was brought about
by the desire OF the Brooklyn delegates
to bring home the bacon and they put
one over on you regarding the Comp
troller's office" said Assemblyman
Smith.
"My committee is composed Of seven
teen honorable gentlemen retorted
Chairman Tanner. and they ask you 10
accept their amendment as the work OF
honorable men. Some OF you have a
to go down to New York to fnd out
how you were going To vote upon the
proposition. and you have been squirm-
ing around trying to escape voting Tor
In the Legislature we are in the
habit OF calling a spade a spade. and
when We make a deal To get votes we
admit IL. and don put on an air OF in
jured innocence replied Smith.
An amendment offered by Senator
Foley calling the Attorney-Generals
office "A department OF law" instead
Of a department OF Justice was
adopted by a vote Of g. to so.
chairman Tanner accepted an amend
ment suggested by Assem- blyman Smith
providing that the reorganized state
government should not go into operation
before January /, 1917.
4 section affecting the Tax Commits
sion was made to read the head OF the
Department OF Taxation shall be a State
tax commission" This change was sug-
gested by Mr.. Tanner. As this pro-
vision first came from the Tanner com
m!ttee II provided for n State tax com
mission Of three members, as al pres
ent.
A number Of other amendments were
defeated.
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''How is 1t about the boss? What does
the boss have to do?
Tile has 10 urge the appointment of a
man whose appointment will consolidate
his power and preserve the organization
There has been hardly a day for the last
sixteen years when | have not seen these
W principles come in conflict.
The Invisible government proceeds to
pulld up and maintain its power by a re-
Versal ~ the fundamental principle of
good government, which IL that men
should be selected to perform the duties
OF the office. and 20 substitute the idea
that men should he appointed TO office
for the preservation and enhancement OF
the power OF the political leader.
"The one, the true one, looks upon ap-
pointmcnt 10 office with a view to the
service that can he given to the public.
The other, the false one, looks upon APP
pOintment to office with n view to what
can be got out OF H.
"Gentlemen of the convention, I ap-
peal to our knowledge of facts. Every
one of - knows what say about the
use of patronage under the system of in
visible government II true. Louis Mar
shall told US the other day about the
appointment Of wardens In the Adiron-
dacks, hotel keepers and people living
tnere, 10 felutr no service whatever.
They were appointed not for the service
to the state that they were to render.
but they were appointed for the service
they were 10 render to promote the
power OF a political organization.
I'VE all know that the halls OF this
Capitol swarm with men during the
session OF the Legislature on pay day.
A great number, seldom here, rendering
no services and put on the payrolls as a
matter OF patronage, not OF service, but
~ party patronage, Roth parties are
alike all parties are alike. The system
extends through all.
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The total collections for duties at he
Custom House yesterday were $4Oa,-
4SS.S7. OF which s235,Ss2 10 was for
goods withdrawn from bonded ware
houses n sl66,596.77 was for recent
impOrtations.
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harness. First stand.

Aside from President Roots speech,
the principal incident OF the discussions
was william Barnes nrst stand on the
short ballot question.
81 have never taken a position q" TINS
question: said Mr.. Barnes. because !
have never been able TO discover a prin-
ciple involved I'm II. If ! believed with
Senator Bracket that this is to create
an autocracy would certainly vote in
opposition to the measure. can't now
ever, agree with the arguments OF the
short ballot which are based upon the
proposal that the people do not Know
how 10 vote and do not know Tor what
they are voting when they do vote.
Last fall the people changed TO the
Massachusetts ballot after using inc
straight party column since 1920. n
the result was but few blanks ana VOID
ballots. From the top OF the ballot all
the way down to member of Assembly
there was practically not one per cent
loss in the vote. | want to enter my
protest against this constant attitude OF
mind that the voter does not know what
he is doing. lie has shown that he does
under any ballot or any system.
ITO my mind the Attorney-GeheraI
should be elected, and so should the
Comptroller. 1t liz "A question Of whether
or not the secretary OF state should be
elected think the superintendent OF
public Works should lie appointed by the
Governor"
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W~AsHINGToN, Aug, 3O,-Mr. Morgen-
THAI, American Ambassador at Constan-
tinople, cahled the State Department to-
day that he had taken over Italian and
Russian and M~ontenegrln interests in
Turkey.
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ALRANY. Aug. 3o.-Gov. Whitman re-
fused to-day to interfere with the exc
cution OF Lewis NJ. Roach. who killed
John Barrett. an old farmer at Pala-
tine, lie will die in the chair on Fri
day.
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HOME RULE PLAN IS
FAULTY, SAYS MAYOR
Mitchell Tells Convention
Lows Article Will Result
in Long Litigation.
URGES SIMPLER SCHEME

ALBANY, Aug. 30-Mayor Mitchell
filed with the members Of the Con
stitutional Convention to-day a memo
randum giving his views on the home
rule proposal which has n'cn advanced
to the order Of hnal passsr'. Although
believing in a much grenier degree Of
home rule than the convention intends
to grant, the Mayor directs himself en-
tireiy TO the confusion. doub; and UNI
&C rtainty involved in the pending pro-
posai.
In effect. his brief In an urgent re
quest that the limited amount Of homo
rule which the convention does propose
to give shall be granted simply ami
clearly so as to avoid the repetition Of
endless litigation which has occurred
in other States.
which have been subject to long litigation
In many other States are raised by
the proposed amendment now before the
convention. In the fields Of education,
taxation, eminent domain, municipal
elections. local courts. claims against
the city. the ownership and regulation
OF public utilities and the annexation
or separation OF territory. he shows by
citation OF numerous cases how these
questions have been decided In conflict
ing ways in other States unde pro-
visions which in many cases use the
same or similar language to that OF
the pending proposal.
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Clearer D~ennitbon Urged.

The Mayor urges that the convention
shall more clearly define what II means
by city charter; wha. kind OF general
laws II proposes to subject the city to :
what constitutes the framework OF gov
eminent where the power Of local ini-
tiative in legislation end and where
that OF the Legislature shall begin. On
all OF these technical points the Mayors
brief In a discussion OF the antiquities
Of the pending proposal from a legal
standpoint and an implied plea for their
rectifcation.
The Mayor contends that to confer
upon the local authorities OF the city the
power to change the organic law under
which they act Is revolutionary and that
such a change should be subject TO the
veto OF the people OF the city. II subject
to such veto he contends that there Is no
Justification for notification by the
Legislature.
The Mayor points out that the nulll-
fioation theory was adopted in Cali
fornia thirty-nve years ago as a COM
promise between those who wished for
municipal home rule and those h de-
sired to maintain the superior power of
the Legislature over individual cities.
The fact that this power OF uullification
has never been used, far from being an
argument for adopting the plan in New
York State. should prove either Its utter
uselessness or that IL will be exercised
In this state in a way never dreamed OF
In California.
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statement. How has II been reached i?
How have our cities been lifted UP from
the low grade OF incompetency and
corruption or which they stood when
The American Commonwealth was
written? II has been done by APP
plying the principles OF this Tan
ner bill to city government. by CIV
~ power to the men elected by the peo-
pie TO do the things for which they
were elected.
81 am going 20 discuss a subject now
that goes back to the beginning OF the
political life Of the oldest man In this
convention and one to which we cannot
close our eyes II we keep the obli-
cations OF our oath. We talk about
the government of the Constitution. We
have spent many days in discussing the
power Of this and that and the other
officer.
what is the government OF this State?
What has 1t been during the forty years
Of my acquaintance with II? The gov
Of the Constitution? oh. no I;
not half the time. or half way.
when | asked what did the people
find wrong in our state government
my mind goes rack to those periodic
fits of public rag in which the people
rouse up and tear down the political
leader. first of one party n then OF
the other. 1t goes on to the public
feeling of resentment against the control
OF government by party organizations,
If both parties and OF all parties.
The Party Bosses.
"Now. | treat this subject In my own
mind not as "A personal question to any
man. I am talking about the system
from the days OF Fenton and Conkling
mud hrtbur mud r'nrnpu mud Plat frnm
the days OF David r.. Hin. Down to
the present time the government of the
State has presented two different lines
OF activity, one of the constitutional n
statutory officers OF the State. n the
other OF the party leaders. They call
them party bosses.
"They call the SYSTEM don't coin
the phrase. | adopt 1t. because IL car
ries It's own m~eaning-the system they
call invisible government for | don't
remember how many years. Mr.. Conk-
ling was the supreme ruler in this state {;
the Governor did not count, Legisla-
lures did not count Comptrollers and
Secretaries of State and what not did
not count. IL was what Mr.. Conkling
said. and In Il great outburst of public
rage he was pulled down.
"When Mr.. Plat ruled the State
for nigh upon twenty years he ruled
tit was not the Governor. II was
not the Legislature. IL was not n
elected officer. It was Mr.. Plat, And
the Capitol was not here II was at -
Broadway. where Mr.. Plat and his
lieutenants held forth.
ut makes no difference what name
YOU give. whether YOU call 1t Fenton
or Conkling or Cornell or Arthur or
Plat, or by the names of men now liv-
ing. The ruler OF the State during
the greater part of the forty years
of my acquaintance with the State gov
has not been IN man author
lied by the Constitution or by the law.
and, sir. there II throughout the length
and breadth Of the state a deep and
sullen and long continued resentment
at being governed thus by men not Of
the peoples choosing.
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Assembly Passed BilI.

"ln 1910 the Republican Assembly, Of
which Mr.. Wadsworth was Speaker,
passed an amendment TO the Constitution
In favor OF electing only the Governor
and Northumberland. but IL never
came to a vote in the Senate. All the
Republican state conventions indorsed
the plan, including the one held at Sara
toga last year.
senator Bracket submitted "A minor
ity report TO the Saratoga convention.
taking substantially the same position
which he il taking here. Mr.. Bracket
was beaten In the convention. beaten
fighting manfully for his opinions, but
he was beaten.
when the constitutional amendment
for a short ballo was up in the As
sembly last year, Alfred r.. Smith, the
member Of this convention whose at
tractive personality has so impressed
itself upo every member of this con-
%vention, moved AN amendment which
would provide for the election only OF
the Governor, observation-disclosures,
Comptroller and Attorney-General. Upon
that amendment the Democrats of the
Assembly stood, voting with him.
when the Democratic State conven-
ton net last August, they put them
selves Oh Mr., Smiths platform on this
question. So you have this movement
not coming up out or the dark, but adj
vocated by men of substance, one Of
whom has been elevate by the people
to the United States Supreme Court
bench and the other TO the United
Senate.
Now we must vote according to our
consclences. We are not bound-no
legislative body Is bound legally by a
party platform. But II there Is faith in
parties, II there is ever to be a party
platform put out again to which a man
can subscribe. or for which h can vote
without a sense OF futility. without a
sense OF being engaged in a confidence
game II all the declarations OF prin-
ciple by political parties are not to be
regarded as false pretenCe, as humhug,
as a parcel OF lies. We must stand hy
the principles upon which we were all
elected to this convention,
"There II one thing, and. In SO far a.
| know, only one thing. hat the vast
majority of US nave assured the people
who elected us, hat we should do in this
convention, and that II that we stand by
the position of Hughes and Wadsworth.
], for one, am going to do II. II I form
a correct Judgment Of the self-respecting
men Of this convention, II will be with
a great company h a | do it,
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Boss Not Accountable.

"The party leader Is elected by no
one, accountable to no one, bound by
no oath Of office. removable by no one.
My friends here have talked about
this bill creating an a~utocracy. III
word points with admirable facility to
the very opposite reason for the bill.
IL Is to destroy autocracy and restore
power so far az may b. to the men
elected by the people, accountable to
the people. removable by the people.
" don c~riticlse the men OF the in
visible government. How can /? I
have known them all and among them
have been some Of my dearest friends.
| can never forget the deep sense of
Indignation that l felt in the abuse
that was heaped upon Chester A. Ar
thur. whom ! honored and loved. when
he was attacked because he held the
position # political leader. IL is all
wrong. II is all wrong that a gov
rnmen not authorized by the people
should he continued superior to the
government that is authorized by the
people.
How is it accomplished? How is il
done? II Is lone by the use OF patron-
age, and the patronage that my friends
on the other side of this question have
been arguing and pleading for in this
convention Is the power TO continue that
Invisible government against that au-
thorized by the people. Everywhere. sir,
maj these two ~ stems coexist there ls
a conflict day by day and year by year
between two principles fog appointment
10 office, Two radically opposed princi-
pies.
The elected officer or the appointed
ohceI, the lawful officer who is to be
held responsible for the administration
OF his office, desires TO get men into the
different positions of his Office who will
do their work in "A way that is creditable
TO him and his administration Whether
II be a President appointing a Judge or
a Governor appointing "A Superintendent
of Public Works, whatever It may be,
the officer wants TO make "A success and
he wants to get the man selected upon
the ground OF his ability TO do the work.
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TANNER PLAN FAVORED
AFTER THREE DAY
The Short Ballot and Reorganization of State Govern
ment Advanced to Final Passage
in Convention.

ALBANY. Aug. 81 TUESDAY, 2:3o A.
M.).-After a three days debate. the
Constitutional Convention at 2 A. M.
this morning advanced to the order OF
FINAL passage the Tanner proposal, pro-
viding for a short ballot and the CEN
tralizatiOn OF the power of appointing
heads Of executive State departments in
the government.
The only material amendment was
desired by the Federal crowd" giving
the Governor complete power to appoint
the heads Of the seventeen state xecu-
tive departments without the approval
of the State Senate and the remova OF
them in his discretion. This VAS offered
by John y. Stsnchfeld at the suggestion
Of Assemblyman Alfred +. Smith.
II was also provided that the At
torney-General and Comptroller may be
removed only by Impeachment and that
the appolntive heads of departments
shall be subject to impeachment. but
may also be removed by a two-thirds
vote of the Senate.
This amendment Is considered by Mr..
Root the most important change which
this convention will make to the present
Constitution. and Is his pet hobby. More
than a score of delegates took part In
the debate to-day and a number were
unable to get recognition for lack Of
time.
state Chairman Frederick e. Tanner.
who expects TO go to New York to-
day n enter "a hospital for an
operation for appendicitis tomorrow,
spirItedly resented suggestions that his
committee had compromised with prir-
ciple and submitted to the influence or
the fourteen Republican delegates from
brooklyn in their demand that the
powers and PATRONAGE of the state
Comptroller's Office be preserved intact.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-18
MERCER BEATS LUTHER
Western Champion Has Motor
Trouble at Brighton.

George MERCER defeated Fred Luther,
Of Fort Worth, Tex, the Western
motorcycle champion, in two of three
heats in their match race at the Brigh-
ton Beach Motordrome last night.
Luther took the first heat of four miles
by half a wheel in the time of 3 min
utss 8 1-5 seconds. He was unable to
get his motorcycle running right in the
others.
Ira Vail, young Brooklyn million
aire, essayed mile on the boards in a
racing automobile, but being unable to
make the pole was able only TO cover
tn distance in "a seconds.
The five-mile open professional, de-
cided under the French point system,
was won by George Hamilton, of Buff
falo, with ten PORTS. Sam Henderson,
of Detroit, was second, with seven
points, and George Sperl, Of Brooklyn,
was third, with five points. The fastest
heat was done in minutes "a 3-5 sec
onds.
The two-mile trial against time was
called off owing TO the failure of Arthur
Chapple to appear.
George Sperl, of Brooklyn, won the
feature race, ten-milc miss and out
contest. Under the rules the rider fall
in behind was tagged out at the end
of every two miles. The winners time
was 7 minutes II 3-5 seconds.
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Michigan Speedster Loafs
Home i'm the Final
Contest.
ALL OUT AT FINISH,
SAVE THE TECH. JR.
Presto Covers One Lap, When
Engine Trouble Seals
Its Doom.

The American Power Boat Associa-
tons Gold Challenge Cup, the blue
ribbon prize for high speed motor
boats. goes from New York to Mchi-
gan, from the possession Of the Lake
George Regatta Association to that Of
the Detroit Power Boat Association, for
when the little Miss Detroit crossed
the finish line off the Manhasset Bay
Yacht Club yesterday, while the air
was rent with cheers and the scream of
steam whistles, she was declared the
winner of that much coveted trophy in
three straight races without a break
from start to finish in any of them.
Only three boats started in the race
the Miss Detroit, driven by Johnny
Milot and Jack Beebe: the Tech Jr.,
driven by T. Coleman du Pont, jr.,
and his mechanicisn, and the Presto.
with Victor Klestrath at the wheel.
They started in that order, the Miss
Detroit leading the Tech Jr. by about
five lengths and the Presto only three
lengths astern Of the Tech Jr.
The start was the most exciting part
of the race, for with a fine burst of
speed the Presto overhauled and passed
the Tech Jr. twenty seconds after the
start. She was second boat at the first
turn, but her squirt was short lived, for
minute later the Tech Jr. seemed to
fairly leap out of the water. She passed
the Presto like a shot out of gun
before Plum Point was reached. Soon
after the Presto broke down. She com
pleted her first, and only, round in 80
min. 81 sec. and was not seen again.
No attempt at speed was made by the
two others. A stiff west-northwest
breeze made the water rough at the
outside end Of the triangle, so the pilot
of the Detroit boat let her go at little
more than half speed around the course
when he found that the Tech Jr. was
not trying to crowd him. The Miss
Detroit's six laps were made in the
following elapsed times: min. 81 sec;
10 min. IL Sec; 10 min. Is Sec; 10 min.
81 sec; II min. SO sec, and 10 min. 81
sec. Her actual time for the thirty
nautical miles was hour min. 81 sec,
or at an average speed of $3.50 knots,
or 1884 statute miles an hour. She
defeated the Tech Jr. by 90 min. Sc
sec. That boats average speed was
only 1926 knots, or 21.14 statute miles
an hour.
1t was hardly expected that any of
the other boats would start in yester-
days race, because the Miss Detroit,
barring accidents, was a sure winner,
and the owners made better use of the
time by getting their boats in shape
for to-day's one-mile championship
race, in which all of them are likely to
start.
To say that the Detroit contingent