New-York tribune., 1918-09-27

ernmont contracts.
Ealing to prove that he is not 1t is
understood, he will be asked to retire.
Probably Judge Joseph A. Kellogg,
chairman of the state campaign com
mittee. will temporarily succeed him.
At a late hour tonight Chairman
Harris was in conference with Alfred
to retire, Mr.. Harris said:
ut il not fact that ] have been
asked to retire 1t is a act that cer-
tain people are here working against
me-.
Contracts Are Assailed
The documents shown to members Of
the state committee here to-day are in
connection with the contracts which it
is alleged the North and South Con-
struction Company, said to have been
organized by Chairman Harris, under
took in conjunction with the Gray Con-
struction Company, of Kansas ity.
Mr.. Smiths address. in part, follows:
"'The leading issue of the campa gn
is upon the question of what this state
can do to back up President Wilson and
the Federal Administration in a sue
cesstul prosecution Of the war.
when the President called upon the
country to organize for war the call
was heard in the factory, in the bank
ing house and on the farm. The people
were asked to curtail their expenses,
to practise self-denial and to assist the
government in every way that they
could to mobilize the money power of
the country
The Whitman administration, which
should have set good example.
is passing through period Of
rccklessness and waste in the appropri-
alton Of public moneys not cqualled in
the history of the state
Charges Extravaganza
While it is true that the cost of gov
ernmcnt has increased with the cost of
all other things at time like this, there
is, however, food for reflection in the
statement contained in the Democratic
platform adopted at Saratoga, which
up to this time has not been chal-
lcnged, that OF the difference between
forty eight million in the last Demo-
cratic year. and ciehty-one million this
year only three million is for war pur-
poses. and while the state has embarked
on no new enterprise in government.
the payrolls and expenses have in
creased out Of proportion to its activi-
ties.
AT time like this, when economy
in government should be the watch
word, the $S1, 100000 appropriation
bill became law without single con-
ference between the Governor and
the chairman Of the committee that
prepared it in either House Of the
Legislature.
Canal System Vital
"Of vital Importance to the conduct
OF the war is the question of adequate
transportation fer food. fuel and ma
torials. The people of this state have
invested $154 100000 in the. Barge
pcnditure of $19,000,000 for canal ter
minals. That was seven years ago, and
yet we find to-day the canal terminals
are not built and the canal itself is
not finished. The Democratic party
promises speedy completion of the
canal and its terminals.
with an adequate food supply as one
of the chief needs Of the nation for the
winning of the war, the state finds its
Department of Agriculture designed to
help the farmers, defeated in all of its
purposes by the appointm cnts made for
political reasons. if ] am elected Gov
crnor will cooperate with the agricul-
trral interests of the state, to the end
that men fitted by training will be put
in charge of every activity of the de-
partment, and money appropriated for
the salaries of farm specialists will not
ind its way into the pockets of cigar
makers, labor agitators, railroad track
men and pripters, who can serve only
one purposc--thc building up of po-
lltical machine.
Schools Need Attention
"Howcver pressing the needs of the
nation may be, its children should not
be neglected. Their health, their edu-
cation, must receive the same consid-
Grafton that they receive in normal
times: The most vital force in the
schoolroom is the teacher.
Tho Democratic platform declares
for the extension of the labor laws
20 protect women in industries by
reason OF the exigcncies of the war
While the man power Of the country is
at the front, we find women engaged in
occupations heretofore unknown to
them. Nothing has been done to ex-
tend our labor laws that they may re-
ceivc the benefit of them. The Demo-
cratic party has been given the credit
throughout the state for the enactment
OF the most enlightened factory code
i'll this country. Not only did the pres
cnt administration fail to build up, but
they have pursued the policy Of tearing
down On this question The New York
Tribune, now vigorous in it's support
of the administration, had the follow
ing to say of the Republican majority
in the Leg islature:
They disccrned a license to destroy
legislation that represented gains for
humanity and protection for the less
fortunate. To the failure of
the Legislature there has been added
That OF the Governor. When
the situation required courage he could
only resort TO cunning. When his party
called out for leadership, he could not
make up his mind whom to follow.
When the state demanded an Executive
he could only be a candidates.
"Thc Democratic platform declares for
the creation Ct wage boards to fix min
mum wages for women and children
engaged in industry.
"Our party has again and again ex-
pressed itself in favor of q thorough
reform OF our antiquated and barbar-
Gus prison system. The present state
administration started out with fair
promise of Dettering conditions. but
the promise was soon broken and the
Prison Department at Albany put
under a reactionary political control.
There must be thorough invcs tigation
of the penal and correctional admin
lstration of the state and the whole
system purged of politics and put on a
basis Of humanity, economy and
efficiency.
Favors Woman's Suffrage
II am in favor Of the passage of an
amendment to the Federal Constitution
enfranchising women. am not in
favor of the passage OF the pending