The evening world., 1916-10-27
WHITMAN
AS INCOMPETENT,
NOW SUPPORT HIM
Passed Direct Tax, Though
Warned of His Blunder,
Said the Sun.

The New York sun and the New
York American are among tho
strongest supporters OF Gov. Whit
man In his campaign for recollection.
In this connection 1t Is interesting 20
note tho subjoncd excerpts from the
upon his administration, especially In
his forcing through the Legislature
the Direct Tax bill OF SIS, 000, 900, the
bulk OF which was saddled upon this
city: his oustlng OF Canal and Lands
Appraiser Edwin =. Harris who
sought 20 save tho state from tho un-
necessary tax; AVID tho appraisal by
both papers OF the character OF the
man whose cause they now espouse.
mot in tho present Constitution
OF the state OF New York nor in the
organic law in any OF its preceding
forms. nor in any act of legislation
that we ever heard OF. is there the
slightest warrant for comforting upon
our Chief Executive tho title His
Excclloncy.' II may be said that
there Is no law against ~; well. there
is no law against styling Mr.. Whit
nan His Potency His Expensive
ness or His prehcnsility.ir-Editeriol
In The sun. May !. 1875.
Tho subjolnod paragraph in the
legislative news printed in The Sun
30 .nutaNIny nntsaa1 M gtenrtan %
those who are Informed as TO the
intimate details Of Gov. whitman's
exposure as a financial charlatan:
"'Rcpublican Administration bills
introduced tonight arc designed to
Dust cx-Deputy Comptroller Edwin
s. Harris. Democrat. as special tx
aminer and appraiser of canal lands at
$1,000 a ycat.
at IL largely due TO Mr.. Harris's
acumon and acquaintance with state
nndnce that the now notorious du-
plicatfOns and Congregations in the
Whitman $4,000, 900 direct tax mes
sage of Feb. "a were discovered and
published. His reward for this IL to
he the adjustment OF his office. Of
his behavior In which no complaint
has been made: and II may interest
the property owners of the state and
those who have claims growing out
of and transactions to earn that the
revenge to be visited on Mr.. Harris
by enraged and Inundated Rcpubll-
cans will eventually cost the state
several hundreds OF thousands of dol
lara and greatly delay h settlement
Of the questions I'm dispute."-EdiiOriuI
In the Ssn. March II. 1915.
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Irresponsible for the $40. 900. 900 di-
rect tax. responsible for the continu-
ance OF Mccall upon the Public Ser
vico Commission. obviously at MuI-
phys bchcst, and now responsible { r
a marginal railway which may cost
tho city more than $50, DOC, 900, Gov.
Whitman Is rolling up "A record for tac
contemplation of New York city
which may lead it's people to look
back upon his term as a calamity
comparable only to armed occupation
by an armed foc.-EditOridl IN the
Mag q. 1915.
When Gov. Whitman signed tho bill
abolishing the office of Appraiser Of
Canal Lands. busting Edwin :. ilar-
ris. the sun said oditorially on May
/. 1915:
Cursed with n knowledge Of state
finance superior To mat possessed ny
any Of the persons now charged with
it's management, Harris had the au-
dacity to detect the gross hlunders
on which the Governors message OF
last February was based. Ignorant
of the ideal which inspired the lead
ers Of the Republican Party. ne had
the tcmerity 10 expose the miscon-
coptions which that document at
tempted to force upon the public.
Assaulted for his unsought defense OF
the taxpayers. he had the supreme
case.
"For this he has now been adequate
~ punished. So far as lies within
the power of the Republican machine
he has been deprived Of his means
OF livelihood. Whitman, Brown and
Hinman by the union OF their intolli-
Dgencc have fired him out Of his job.
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