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this appropriation, because tney were
unwilling TO give the same subject con-
sideration when suggested by me in a
special message. During the considera-
ton of the present Governors maternity
bill Republican Senator defending II
made the following statement: out
side of the city of New York. more than
700 mothers died annually In the State
of New York of diseases for the most
part preventable connected with child
birth If this be true, 1t is most unfor-
tunate that these statistics were not be-
fore the Republican Legislature when
they refused to consider my proposal
two years earlier.
Care of Detectives.
SIN drawing the fancied picture of
Gov. Miller as the welfare Governor the
impression has been given that he pro-
vided for the first time for the adequate
care by the State of the blind and the
deaf and dumb. AS a matter of fact,
there has always been some provision by
the State for these public charges, but
1t has never been adequate The recon-
struction commission recommended a
comprehensive plan. which recommends
tion was not only rejected by the Re-
publican Legislature during my time, but
was afterward submitted to Gov. Miller,
only to be again rejected, except that
small part of 1t which transfers from the
county to the State the care of deaf and
dumb children between certain ages. l
promise to renew the we'll thought out
recommendation made by the reconstruc-
tion commission for adequate care for
this class of unfortunates.
"One of the large problems confront
Ing the people of this State is the care
of the mentally defective. On the olo
theory that a stitch in times saves nine,
it is real economy in the long run for
the State to reach out its helping hand
to the feeble minded in an attempt to
make them useful citizens, even though
their faculties may not be thoroughly de-
veloped. Recent years have seen a
markd Improvement in the States treat
ment of this class of people. A compari-
son of the appropriation bills by years
for the last ten will show an ever increas-
ing appropriation on the part of the State
to help the mentally deficient. 1t must
be said against the present administra-
tion that they have not improved upon
the work already begun and have in
reality appropriated in excess of $780,
900 for additions to the existing institu-
tions. In Gov. Miller's two years less
than half million was appropriated to
my administration. No new appropria-
tion of public funds was made to enlarge
the existing institutions. The recon
struction commission recommended to
me and l in turn recommended to the
Legislature a comprehensive, scientific
treatment of the whole ;'ubject of insan-
ity and feeble mindedness. 1t was re-
jected by the Legislature and has left
the State to-day in the unfortunate posi-
tion of being Unable to even ascertain
what the feeble minded population is.
promise to renew my recommendation
and battle for it with all the energy l
can bring to my command.
'I have only treated with certain
phases of the campaign issues tonight
and dealt with a limited number of the
departments OF the State Government.
My associates on tho ticket will un-
doubtedly touch on them tonight AS
the campaign progresses, / will lay the
whole picture of the State government
before our citizens, taking 1t in detail
department by department.
when you get rid Of the lovely pic
ture painted by the press bureau of the
welfare and economy Governor, the
friend of the common people. of labor
and of women and children, what Is left
is a real reactionary Governor OF the
old fashioned Republican school. That.
II seems to me, is the issue, and backed
by the record am prepared to meet 1t.
II accept the nomination rendered me
by the Syracuse convention and express
to you my sincere appreciation OF the
great honor and confidence reposed in
me-"
DR.. Copelnnd's Speech.
DR.. Copeland opened by asserting his
opponent Senator Calder. must stand or
fall by the Republican party record.
Mr.. Calder Is an amiable gentleman,
for whose personal and social qualities
/ have the highest respect" he added.
'If 1t were not for his Senatorial record
and the record of his party during the
last six years I should be quite content
to see him elected. AS 1t is l am not
willing that he and the group he repre-
sents should continue to pass laws which
are for the benefit of the few and not
for the common good.
"For instance, they have Just imposed
upon the American public a tariff law
which will work great financial hard
ship upon that part OF the community
least able to meet the burdens imposed
This law was enacted at the behest or
those In control of the trusts and monop-
olies, large contributors to the Repup-
lican victory of two years ago. Tbey
are reaping their reward because they
are the benef1ciaries OF extortionate I'M
posts upon the necessities of life.
when the profteering wool schedule
was under consideration in the closing
hours of the debate on the tariff, did
Mr.. Calder and his committee, to which
n resolution of inquiry into the reports
of certain members of Congress were to
benefit directly by the imposition Of high
an inquiry and TO have the manner Of
making tariff schedules fully investi-
gated? They did not
HAS my opponent visited or visual
ized the battlefields of Europe? :.
Has he visited the hospitals to see what
happened to thousands of men who did
not die but wished they had? What
have Mr.. Calder and his party done for
these men? Have they provided model
hospitals, equipped with every facility
for the care OF these suffering boys of
ours or given other material relief?
Thsy have not"
The speaker assailed the Republican
immigration bill. the seating of Senator
Newberry, government by injunction
In strikes and the defeat OF the Voight
bill which prohibited the transportation
Of "filled milk"
Mayor Lunn said: This Is an un-
usual campaign. inasmuch as IL cannot
fairly be said that we are opposing the
Republican party, for the reason that
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