New-York tribune., 1918-03-27
The State Senate Names
Body TO Check
Socialism
Slater Scores Bill
"Palm Beach Toad" Is the
Mother of Proposal,
He Indicates
| StoF CO1respOndaNcel

ALBANY, N. Y, March 26.-The toad
which William Randolph Hearst rescued
from the deadly embraces Of the jelly
fish on the sands of Palm Beach while
Mayor Hylan looked on solicitously was
the mother Of the Hearst w Wagner-Hylan
municipal ownerahip bill, according
to declaration made by Senator
George A. Slater in the Senate to-day.
This bill is sponsored by Fingy
Corners and Mayor Hylan,' continued
Senator Slater. Senator Wagners
motives in introducing it here are
purely political. He wants to boom
Hearst for Governor and I hope the
Republican Senator'S will not fall for
it,"
AS a result of the debate a Senate
committee was appointed to consider
all municipal ownership measures now
before the upper house. The committee
consists of George F. Argetsingcr
Rochester; George r. Thompson, Mag
ara; George Cromwell, Richmond;
George A. Slater, Westchester; Albert
Ottinger, New York, Republicans;
James j. Walker and John Y. Sheri-
dan, New York, Democrats.
The appointment OF the committee
sounds the death knell of all municipal
ownership measures Of the Palm Beach
toad variety.
senator Elon r. Brown, who intro
duced the resolution creating the com
mlttee, said measures Of the Palm
Beach toad sort led TO socialism and
Bolshevikism.
"You know that British line which is
standing in France to-day has more
than one force against it, continued
Senator Brown. Not only the German
arms are against it. but the Bolshevihl
are against it. Agitation. disturbance
of established institutions. appeals to
the selhshness, the greed, the igno-
rance. of people who do not understand
government. but have the right to vote,
is as dangerous to-day as anything
that can be dangerous. We must stop
and devote ourselves solely to the pur-
pose of winning this war, not devoting
our principal energies to upsetting our
organized institutions, to overturning
property, to throwing everything to the
winds that previous experience has
supported.
Warns Against Bolshevikism
"Do you want, while the line is
wavering in France. to devote all the
energies of the state to ovorturning
our institutions at home which repre-
sent the wealth of the community?
Feed it out to the Bolsheviki? | mean
what say when | say Bolsheviki.
eve must not be obedient to the out
cries Of the Bolsheviki. because if we
are, we will become Bolsheviki and the
whole structure will be destroyed"
Senator Brown attacked Mayor Hy-
ian because Of the Mayors letter
which appeared in New York news
paper this morning In this letter the
Mayor urged that the corporate tax
assessments made by the State Tai; De-
partment be increased This was charac-
terizcd by Senator Brown as an appeal
to the selfish and mean motives in hu-
manty.
Such a letter tends to breed an
archy and destroys chiciency,' said
Senator Brown.
"Sawdust From Hylan's Head
ownership clamor was like a three ring
circrs. with the clowns and trapezc
artists cavorting "in the sawdust from
Mayor Nylan's head"
Senator James A Foley, Of New York
City, protested against Mayor Hylan
being crowned with a wooden head
"The Mayor should be above crti-
cism. but he is not said Senator OF
finger.
Another resolution introduced by
Senator Brown to investigate the ques-
tion of rluricipal ownership and make
a report to the next Legislature was
lost by one vote
Senator Robert T. Wagner minority
leader, said the Brown resolutions were
parliamentary tricks, and those behind
them would sandbag municipal owner
ship.