New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-29
Strikes at Whitman in Ap-
peal to VOters-Ex-
poets Moose Aid.
NEED COMMON SENSE
AT ALBANY, HE SAYS
Candidate to Close Back
Stairs and End Invisible
Government.

/ of the Court of Appeals TO Governor
Whitman with the request that it take
effect Immediately. This morning,
| Samuel Seabury, candidate for Gov
/ ernor. will be at his desk at head
! quarters in the Hotel Breslin, with
/ his sleeves rolled up and ready TO
meet all corners.
Mr.. Seabury will personally conduct
his campaign with the aid OF Melvin
5. Palliser and others. He doesn't ex-
pect to do much speechmaking until
tongue has been loosed by his resig-
nation from the Bench he is going TO
have lot TO say about the way Gov
ernor Whitman has run the state, and
of what he Will do if he is chosen to
take Mr.. Whitman's place.
The Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor is assured to Mr.. Seabury, but
he has to fight it out with Governor
Whitman for the Progressive indorse-
ment. The charges of John J. O'Con-
nell, the Progressive County Chair
man, have given him good start in this
contest. The latter has been a Sea-
bury booster for some time, and he
says he has some additional smmuni-
tion up his sleeve.
Seabury Defines Stand.
Soon after Mr.. Seabury sent his
resignation to Governor Whitman he
issued d statement, in which he told
what he would do if elected Governor.
His programme, which he says he will
elaborate when nominated, pledges a
business-like administration of the
states affairs, conducted in the open
and not with the aid of backstairs
In only one instance does the state
ment have the ring of the Seabury of
old-the ultra radical, who favored gov
ernment ownership, the single tax and
similar notions. This is where he de-
clares that he will recommend meas
ures for the simpliiication and amend
ment of the present tax laws.
hdhcs appear W NoltiS.
Mr.. Seabury's friends declare that his
years on the bench have sobered him
considerably, that he is no longer the
reformer that New York knew so well
a few years ago. Here is his first sp-
peal to the voters:
"If elected, | shall restore responsible
popular government at Albany.
"My purpose shall be to establish
order and economy in the State De-
partments. These departments shall
cease TO be the abiding places of the
political rings that now infest and con-
troll them. | shall make them agencies
for public service. Business methods
shall take the place Of partsanship and
favoritism. Business principles shall
supplant personal and partisan politics.
The affairs of this State need the appli-
cation of common honesty and common
sense.
81 shall recommend measures for the
simplification and amendment of our
present tax laws to the end that relief
may be had from excessive burdens Of
State and local taxation.
Would Safeguard Business.
/ New York is the commercial centre
of the world. Its Legitimate business
must be safeguarded and encouraged,
in framing laws and administering gov
eminent. Wanton attacks upon lawful
/ industries injure labor and capital and
3 prejudice the welfare of the whole
State"
Il shall urge that the Department OF
/ Foods and Markets be made an effective
| instrument for the economical dlstrlbu-
/ ton of food products to the end that
/ the farmers Of the state and the con-
sumers of food products may be
/ brought into closer touch TO the beneht
I Of both.
81 oppose vesting in the Governor Of
/ the state the power to compel invo!-
untary military service in time OF peace
/ by conscription and draft.
al shall take the initiative in the
work too long deferred of establishing
I law reform in this state to the end
/ that expense, delay and technicallties
/ shall cease. and our courts be unham-
pered in the administration of justice.
u shall stand firmly against fads and
so-called panaceas, which are often
merely excuses for extravaganza.
81 shall support and encourage pro
gressive measures which experience has
demonstrated TO be sound, to the END
that the state shall conserve its nat
ural resources, regulate monopoly priv
ileees, relieve business and industry
from the burdens now imposed upon
them and promote just relations be-
tween employers and employees.
81 shall support the principles under
living the workmen's compensation act
and recommend amendments where eX-
perience has shown that changes are
necessary in order TO make the law ac-
compish its benefcent purpose.
Backstair Door To Be Closed.
81 shall conduct the public business
in the open. Backstair government in
the interests of those who seek some
thing for nothing shall cease. We have
outgrown the era OF invisible govern
ment.
81 shall see to it that vouchers for
state moneys expended by public Off
cials for alleged public purposes shall
be open to public inspection.
81 ask the confidence and support of
the citizens of the state. ] 90 not make
this appeal on partisan grounds. | APP
peal for support on the basis OF our
common citizenship, and | make this
oppeal 10 those who are Interested in
the welfare of our state. | ask them
TO cooUerate with me in the task OF
Kidding the government OF this state
of the incompetency. extravaganza and
corruption that now exist IN It's
affairs"
Mr.. Seabury's FERN as a judge of the
Court of Appeals had twelve years
more 10 run. Governor Whitman viii
now have the appointment OF his sue
cessor. who will hold over Tor more
than a year. Had he resigned before
August his successor would have
been chosen at the coming election.