Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-10-27


thOrities we consider fully equnI to
Mr.. Lenroot's version, explain facts
of several phases of public interest
touched upon by him.
VERA CRUZ WAS TAKEN
To back up Admiral Mayo's demand for
an atonement of the deliberate insult to the
United States flag and uniform at Tampico;
To show Mexico that Huerta, the despot
and murderer in temporary authority at Mex
leo City, must go.
VERA CRUZ WAS EVACUATED
Because Huerta had fed and neither he
nor his representatives remained to accord the
atonement salute of the. hag) demanded by
the United States;
And because the return to Mexican admin
istration of Mexicos chief port was necessi-
tions under which constitutional govern
ment could be set up in Mexico.
PERsHING WAS SENT INTO MEXICO
To capture Villa, if possible, and to break
up the bands of Villsts outlaws behind the
Columbus raid-and this it has in large part
accomplished.
WHY THE MILITIA WAS Modified AT
THE BORDER,
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To protect American soil, property and
lives against further incursions Of marauding
bands.
To enforce our ultimatum demanding
the release of the American soldiers captured
at Carrizal.
And to be prepared to enforce proper,
recognition of American dignity and rights by
the de facto Tor Carranzal government of Mex
! co.
/ On May 20, 1907, the bill providing for equal
pay for teachers without regard to sex first
came before Gov. Charles E. Hughes of New
! York. The measures had passed both houses.
of the General Assembly, and the women
teachers, led by Miss Helen Strachan, of
Brooklyn, had worked long and waited pa
tiently for it to become law. About 14000
women teachers in Greater new York would
have reaped material gain, = but Gov. Hughes
vetoed the BILL In transm lifting his veyo to
the General Assembly, Coy, Hughes wrote the
following in a special message:
1T is proposed by legislative enactment to
establish the proposition that for the work of
a given positions women shall receive equal
i pay with mon. But. it is manifest that
the principle is one of general application and
should not be adopted by the state unless the
state is prepared to apply it generally. The
i question is. necessarily one Of state policy and
as such it should be presented and debated
before action is taken
The fight was continued until Gov. Dix
Democrat, became Governor and he signed
the bill By this measure, all teachers. male
and female started with s720a year pat, while
under the old law men started with $500 and
women with $780,
COMFY ISLAND NICKEL FARE.
i The Coney Island five-cent fare bill passed
the New York State Legislature with only
nine votes all in the Senate, against it. Yet
the bill was vetoed by Governor Hughes.
z Coney Island is the out-of-doors recreation
resort for the millions of New York City,
middle class and poor. Reduction of the
way fare from ten to five cents would have
been boon to many hundreds Of thousands
of people,
q 1T is idle to suppose the companies can BE-
Il compelled to reduce their fares to five cents
merely because the Legis .ature says 50, said
i Gov Hughes IN his message to the Legislature
FULL CREW BILL.
! Assenblynan Baldwin introduced what be-
came known as the Full Grew Bill, which
was passed and sent up to the Governor. Mr.
Hughes returned it to the Assembly without
his approval. The measure provided for
full crew of six persons on ali freight trains OF
. more than twenty cars on railroads which
ran more than four freight trains daily out o2
their terminals
INCOME TAX,
While Mr. Hughes was Governor of New
York the Federal amendment to the aonstitn-
ton providing for national income tax came
. to the Legislature for ratification;
r
ture which killed the income tax amendment
EXTRAvAGANT APPROPRIATIONS
Mr.. Hughes gave New York the most ex
travagant State Administration it had ever
: known During the four years previous to
Mr. Hughes the total appropriations made By
the Legislature and signed by the Governor
aggregated s112,3lS 126.l5. During the fon,
years of Mr. Hughes the total appropriations
. made by the Legislature and signed by the
Legislature and signed by the Governor aggre
gated $50 393, O66 50. This was an increase OF
ssS O74, 94O3s.
New York State went on record as opposed tc
having large incomes taxedt to help defray the
expenses of the national government.
A storm of criticism Of Gov. Hughes pos6
tion with regard to the income tax swept over
the entire country Sen. Norris Brown OF
Nebraska who had fathered the income tax
measure in the upper house said he could not
sac why Congress should not have the power
to tax all incomes as emergencies arise.
Senator Borah, Republican Senator froasss
; Idaho said that Gov. Hughes was in error.
He did not believe state and municipal bonds
! would eyer be taxed under the amendment
1T is marrow and technical objection
said Gov Hadley, of Missouri. Less than a
year later under a Democratic Governor and
Legislature. New York ratified the income
: tax amendment
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