New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
Clynn Says People
Oppose Paternalis1n
Shown at Capital
Thinks McAdoo Rail Plan
Would Be Defeated at the
Polls; Fears Huge Tax for
New York i'm Revenue Bill

George A. Glynn, chairman of the
Republican State Committee, says the
people are getting tired of paternalism
in government such as is exhibited at
present in Washington and to some
extent In various states, and that they
want halt called
"The Governor of PENNSYLVANIA, if
he was correctly reported" said Chair
man Glynn, "called attention in his in
augural address to the fact that if the
revenue bill became law the taxes of
the State of Pennsylvania for the wear
1918 would exceed S1,OOO,0OO 900, or
more than it has cost to run that state
since the days of the Revolution down
to the present time. If that is true Of
Pennsylvania, and I have little reason
to doubt it, it also is true of New York
and of practically every state in the
Union.
81 am firmly of the opinion that if
the people Of the country had a chance
tomorrow to take smash at the Nc
Adoo plan for the government to keep
on running the railroads for another
five years, with loss of $4O0 OOO, 900 a
year and with poor freight and pas
senger service, they would put it out
of business for all time
Primary Contest Cited
"Something particularly suggestive
comes from the Democratic primary
contest in the 9th Congressional Dis
trct of Virginia, where it was neces-
sary to elect successor to Representa-
tive Carter Glass, who succeeded Mr..
McAdoo as Secretary of the Treasury.
The issue was forced by Carter
Glass himself, who owns The Lynch
burg News and The Lynchburg Ad-
vance, both of which made editorial
demands that the several candidates
declare themselves with respect to Mr..
McAdoo's suggestion that the railroads
remain under Federal operation until
January /, 1924, plan which Mr.. Glass
himself advocates.
Backed by this newspaper coercion
and encouragement, one of the candi-
dates for the Democratic nomination
for. Representative committed himself
without reservation to the McAdoo pro-
posal. Another so committed himself.
with reservation that he did not be-
mel James z. Woods, the successful can
didate, expressed unqualified opposi-
ton to Federal ownership, and declared
he would vote to return the railroads
to their owners as soon as a plan could
be worked out to safeguard the inter
ests of the public, the stockholders and
bondholders of the railroads and their
employees.
at is significant that in the city of
Roanoke, a strong union town ana the
site of the Norfolk G. Western shops,
Colonel Woods, opposed to the McAdoo
plan, pollcd more votes than both his
tive-year government operation oppo-
nents.
Peoria Workers Changed
II noticed in the Peoria (Ill.) papers
that the people there are obtaining
a practical demonstration of certain
kind of governmental ownership of rail-
roads. The Chicago. Rock Island g.
Pacific used TO work twenty-five en-
gines in the local yards. Now there
are six. The Toledo, Peoria G. Western
shops since 1870 have been in opera
ton. They are to be closed, and Of
the 200 men employed there the expert
mechanics, younger in age. are to be
gwen jobs in other shops. According
to the Peoria papers, their going is
forced upon them and will mean forced