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Governor Glenn Talked With Solid-
j tor i Brooks- Today Over Iiongdis-
tantia Telephone and Instructed
Win to Ilaro Blackburn Arrested
-at ' Oncv-Tonlght the -Governor
AVU1 Leave fop, Greensboro-"--Black
hum l Reached Greensboro - liust
Night frdm Washington City The
Governor Bays There .Ja, No. Doubt
About the .Law Being Amply Suf
ficient to Reach the Congressman,
J
"One of two tilings '
1 -should be done. The gov '
, f visv rnor hf North Carolina im '
, i peailiinl br 1 Bpencer Black- ;
'." I:trn newt to JalL- Gover-':.-.'
i-i :. nor Glenn. " ,
ii'.V- In b' statement today Go?ornor
'.. 'Glenn declared, in a banner too em-
phatlc to admit of any 'question of
' , doubt, that -ho would prosecute fcon
' .r V gressman E.- Spencer ! Btactburn : to
" the full extent of the law for rlmi
. naY' libel.- The charge made by tho
..ireirosontatlve from the elghtb dls
; : trict that the governpr and Congresa-mnn-clect
. Hackett had tteen impll
, cited In a scheme to. advance' the
intnrost or the American Hook "Corti-,-..ni"
' i ,.'i"on'l ii I'.t'y Jnu..t be
-;. tiansiunvd to the courts. The gov-rt
crnor ts- perfectly willing to meet his
accuser , before -a -Jory;- ' When the
: en so comes np, however, Mr. Black-
. Unrn -will be the defendant and not
tho plaintiff, as the grand jury will
: lie asked to Indict him for a serious
K 'offence, . ' ' h t -
- 'j. Since the first publication of the
. VBlackbwrn allegation Governor Glenn
lias been in the most Indignant frame
of mind, and naturally so. Yester
' day he f. telegraphed Mr, Clemeat
: Manly, his ' former iaww partner at
VinBton-BalVm, to. begi;n, ,a criminal
. , fiction - against tho " republican con-
rresatuan, and today ho annoupced
'! that ho would ko before the grand
i ; jury In person. Early thla morning
. ho was ejecting some word from
: V. Solicitor Brookp at Grcenstoro.' The
'! first reports made it appear that
Blackburn . - was lnv" Washington,
'$ . ; whore ho was secure from arrest on
Korth, Carolina warrant, but later
it was' learned that ho was in Qreens
- . boro. having arrived there last night.
?. . Congressman-elect Hackett comes
y out In a card toduy In which he says
' " that he was never the attornoy of
' the American Book, Company. He
refers to ; Mr. : Blackburn , as ( "that
, ' contompt,ible liar." r ( ' :
iMi'i -Not in the recan,t political, history
,lit Northi Carollnai haa, a, greater sen-
saMonb.conie to 'the. surface The
, .,, Ncpenlh impressloni hereabouts ,,ls,
(tpivt, governor Glopn, will use every
MltCjndusyor,.. to'.coavlct the jnan he
claims has slandered him.
p.'f )Gbvfcrnor Glenn stated todAy thatj
o tihad talked overahe ionanlstance
Hirle phone with' '-Bollritor BnLks, And
lo tjioti a warrant o was ! to bo 1 .tanned, ,ot
once fdr the 'arrest ot -Conpresspmn.
i.:Spencor Blackbiirp)who Is in Greens
f bore, The govenftoi' goes to Greens-'
, jboro twnight and' will appear against
iK iniackbum at the preliminary hear
i'tt ing' Whlch take8 place in Greensboro
-ifitlMinorrow morning. It was- thought
".'this morning that Blackburn was- In
'.Washington , City, but ' .Solicitor
I: look s Informed the , governor that
.'.ho arrived In Greensboro last night.
When it was learned that Blackburn
'. , ,was In the state, - Governor ' Glenn
. "decided to have the warrant Issued
,. .at once and the congressman from
.,the eighth, district placed under ar
: ,t rost.r He requested Solicitor Brooks
; to. i Issue the warrant Immediately.
- This conversation occurred -only a
short time before noon. , "
1 Governor Glenn stated today to a
reporter of The Kvenlns rrtmos that
he was going to ! uvo Blackburn
inosecuted to tlie full rvtent of the
law, and he believed i ' w air-ply
sufficient to convict l.! n ( f "insinal
'liliPl- -'; '
- Various people w l.o ' 1 v
1 :ird to speak of f i ; - -'
(Continued en son--. ; , 1
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DLACZnUHrJ DENIES THAT ;".
: '.HE' SLAGJDETJa. GLEFJI J AND;:;
: ; V.'; : v. RETRACTS 'EVERYTHING
- Speclat to The Evening Times.)
v' Greensboro, N. C, Jan. 2. t p. m
Congressman Blackburn Jnto - today
sent to Solicitor Brooks,; whom Got
ernor Gleirn had authorised to have ; veracity -between Hho reporters; and
A Warrant leRucd lor his arrest for vho eongreBSHiaiii Pending- the ptob
HbeV ' tha fgllowlug. signed statt able tUwlogy by Mr. Blackbnrn, the
ment:. , , ' "v ' warrant for his arrest has not beon
"The Btatrpiriit In lait Sunday servod. ' )'".
morning's apcr roncprnlns the rio- , ' , .; W)Jlt jjiBffcDnni SayST.i'' "
tlw of my mtps.t upon. Mr. HackPtt, , M or:0 o'clock this afternoon a
and tho reflection ,iod :Goyeror j rejjtogeritatlVe of The Kvenlng Times
Glpnn la without my authorization. Uad a talk with Mr. Blackbttm over
My notice to him, signed by myself, ! tn0 longrdtstancs telephone, he Jat
wilt be raffirlent for public scrutiny. top, D0i,jg 0 the Benbow hotel in
Tftua far any signature appearing in,; Greensboro. v Mr. Blackburn had no
the papers purport lug to Ih mine, is
a forgery la the notice of my con
test which I have issued there will
bn found ao suggest kn ff corrup
tion on the part- of Governor Glenn.
The notice will speak for itself. -(Signed)-
. f ' ,
' "li. WEXCKK BLACKBURN ,
The plenn-Blackburn' controversy
went through a quick and remark
able change late ' this .afternoon.
From. Greensboro reports It ;becamo
evldont that congressman was
about prepared to. deny the news
paper reports sent out - from Wash
ington reflecting (Upon the character
of the governor. ,'-,.
This dispatch - came ' from the.
Greensboro;' correspondent of (The
Evening Times: , " ,
"Congressman Blackbura arrived
here from Washington Mils mornlsg.
Sneaking of tho newsrfnper reports
u...tGoveiu r Ciena' iic;iiiJ authorize
warranty of rrfeatt served on him
for libel, he said It was absurd; that
he had not yet signed any notice of
contest on Hacked; that he never
authorised the publication . of ;. arti
cles sent from Washington and pub
lished in Sunday morning, papers as
coming from him, charging Governor
Glenn with . bribery, snd that he
could sue- every paper publishing
them for damages. . No warrant has
been served, but It is known that one
has been sworn fcut," . . ,,i
"' At 3 o'clock Governpr Glenn re
ceived a. message ffom Solicitor
Brooks saying that Blackburn had
stated that , the ; interview : was &
forgory;: that his contesti'was .not
based upon the grounds given, and
that he bad said nothing to reflect
upcta the exceptive. Thereupon Mr.
Brooks demanded that Mr, '.Black
burn publish a retraction, i. In that
event tho correspondents In Washing
ton would have to be heard from..
The governof is not willing to drop
the matter as it stands, and it was
Intimated .that he would still prose
cute if the correspondents stick to
their original stories.
- As tt stands now, Blackburn could
be prosecuted for criminal libel, al-
ROODERY OFTIIE
CRAFFEE HOME
...iCByjthe Associated .press.) ' '
LoStAnes,, Cal i Jan. -.2. While
doners), A. R. Chnffee and .the members
of bis famlry wore at dinner' last even
Itvg -an enkribwn' man sained entrance
to the up'per story oC. the Chaffee home,
and ransacked ' rooms which yielded
th thieX.a Hch booty' Jewelry of-Intrinsic
value ef 10o0, but valued much
more highly because of association, wai
secured by the thlet... A maUJ, discover
ed the burglar standing hi a brilliantly
lightel room. L'uon her.' approach' he
turned ' out the lisnt, sprang, through
a window .and escaped.
3YS SHOT CFFICIALI
aiio ins o sc;;s
(By the Associated Press.)
Kl Paso, 'Tex., Jiyi. 2. Three boys
aped IS, J4and years respective!. Who
were out hunting- yesterday shot and
B. i iously wounded the president ; of
I'd. 1.1. Mexico, and his two sons.
" ii liify forbnilo tho boys shooting
; i th.' tinvn limits and undertook to
i i ti'.tm.
RALEIGH,
Si
though If "the1 pewspapors should go
to the courts there-woold be a civil
and not a criminal action, i. At all
events, there1 Trill "- probably be a
hearing and it will be a question of
J famial gtatoinont to give the press.
Ho said he had not served his op
ponent with notice of a protest, and
until ihnt was tf&ued the public
eould draw whatever conclusions" It
doslTsd. He said, taoreover, that he
bad not heard of the determination
of Governor Glenn to prosecute him
for criminal libel-, that he had au
thorized no statement f orthe news-,
papers, " and - that ha 'always signed
his name to whatever charges he was
prepared to make. - i-
si From the conversation with Mr.
Blaokburn the Inference was drawn
that he had hot uttered the words
attributed to him la the dispatches
sent out from Washingon. v '
As I have said," he continued,'
-'t knew nothlsg of this matter until
I reached - Greensboro last ' night. My
formal notice tar- my" ' opponent will
be served shortly,' and that, .like a
romplalnt-before, ji court, willshow
Juft. Tjhat:"!. hav, to ay,r.andi. what
chaTgesI have Jt6' prefer."-; K -
' This afternoon about 1 o'clock
Solicitor Brooks called up Governor
Glenn - over the ' long-distance tele
phone and .'.stated that only a . few
minutes before . he had : met Con
gressman Blackburn- and had a talk
with him. . v '
Solicitor Brook's said that Black
burn met him on the street and said
ho had bean Informed that Governor
Glenn1 "hdd ? requested, that' ho
(Brooks) have him arrested. Solici
tor Brooks Replied that the governor
bad made such a request, whereupon.
Blackburn said ho was' in tho hands
of Solicitor Brooks. The reply of
the solicitor to this was, that if he
was hla u attorney - he (Blackburn)
Wpuld be in his' hnnds.but that he
expected " to prosecute v him. He
stated that Congressman Blackburn
said the letter sent out was all the
work of the newspapers, and denied
positively that i. he - knew anything1
about it . or , had anything to do
with it.' , . , , '-."
Governor Glenn told Solicitor
Brooks ff Blackburn would make a
signed statement denying the charges
that he would hold "up on the matter
for the present. , " ; (
GOES SOUTH
FOR PRACTICE
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- (My the Associated Press.) -
Washington,-Jan. 2. Rear . AdmirHI
Robley Evansv' dommander-ln-chief of
the Atlantic fleet,. Bailed today .-from
Hampton .fioadi with 4its squadeon of
eight battleships for Guantanamo, Cu
ba, which will.-be tbe headquarters of
the, winter manoeuvers of the fleet
The ships will' be put through the
usual evolutions' in the vlcinity of Cule
bra. They- alsdi will engage In target
practice off tbs south coast of Cuba
The ships whloh sailed today are the"
Maine,- flagship: i Missouri, Kearsarge.
Kentucky, Alabama Iowa, Indiana
and Illinois. They 'will bo Joined by
the Connecticut, Louisiana, Georgia,
New Jersey,- Rhode Island, Virginia,
Ohio, Tennessee, Washington and St.
LouiS. '.', '.-.' ''" .''
NO TRUTH IN REPORT ,
, OF RAISVLI'S CAPTURE.
(By the Associated Press )
Tangier, Morocco. Jan. I. There is
no truth in the report that Ralsuli has
been captured. . As, cabled jresterday,'
it was one of his kaids or chiefs) who
was mode a prisoner on the charge of
sending Inflammatory appeals to var
ious tribes'. Inciting them to holy war.
This arrest led to the rumor that thn
bandit rhlef himself was to tho hands
of the government forcea -. .
N. C, WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2, 1907.
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Trains CrasSWd fire Bursts
Cut Reddening the
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FORTY INJURED THE (
r ; OFFICIfiL ESTIMftTE
Tho Scene' f .the Collision is at
; Al:nn, -Kansas The Frightful
'i " DisfnshT -., is Said to Have" fiepn
-"Cansra by that Carelessness of the
v -.Agent . at ValandMoBt of . the
Dead-, Believed
to Be Mexfcarl
, - (By the Assorlated Ptoss.) ' ',
' Topckcu KtLB Jan. 2. About -thirty
passengers, "mostly, Mexicans; . ' were
killed and -forty more seriously iftjureJ
in -a r, head-on . collision . at 4:5.0
o'clock this, morning, five miles-west
oti ,-Alta . Vista between- .' passen
ger . trains v.) Nos. . 29, southbound
and NoSOi nortjjbound on the Chicago,
Rock , Island Paciflo Railway. The
Mexicans were -en-route to 15 Paso to
work for the Rock' Island Railroad.
The wrecked 'trains run between El
Paso and Chicago, , t . ,
Most of thu klllfd. and injured were
on. the southbound train, r' The cars
went Into the dch, and several of
them -caught 'flre.-'. Many of the bodies
of the victims were consumed by the
flames. The injured are being brought
to Topeka on a relief train, ! ; '... ' ., .
v The, early . rcjort.s stated that Aha
collision, wa.i caused hx the careless-
ness or tne agent Hi voiatia.
, Officials of the Rock Island In this
city, at J:39. o'clock this morning es
timated tbe number ot ded at thirty,
and .the number of Injured at- forty,
THE TRAINS WRECKED '-,
..'. U THE OPERATOR'S PLIGHT.
. Kansas' City, Mo.,1- Jan 2.--South.-bound
Rock Island passenger train No.
29. in collision' at VolSnd, Kas this
morning left Chicago at 8:30 Tuesday
morning for El Paso and wont out of
Kansas City at 10 o'clock last night.
It was a heavy train Of ten cars.
Train No. 80, northbound, left El
Paso early Tuesday and .was due in
Chicago' tonight. The train was run
ning light;.;.'.''..: . .' '..-;.":..'..':: .
Most of the dead are believed to be
Mexican laborers -who- were in the
smoking oar on No.. 29. 'The baggage
car telescoped the smoker and crashed
down, through the" roof of the latter
can, crushing out the -lives of -the oe--cupnntg,
the majority of (whom wero
curled up In the seats asleep.
The cars caiight fire Soon after they
struck, and Ave of the cars of No. 29
were consumed . by the flames. It is
likely that several bodies were burned
to ashes and It may be a long time
before a complete list of the number
killed can be learned. . At. 9:30 a. m.
ten bodies had been.- taken from the
ruins of the smoking, car. Nine of
them, were ..n Mexicans, One: was- an
..mertcan. i ,
Train No. 29 bore the brunt of the
collision. The cars on No. SO were not
seriously damaged, and they v were
made up into a train and sent on south
In place ef the destroyed No. ,29.. ,.. ,..
, Flight of Operator.
. Blame of the collision seems to rest
on John Lynes, the telegraph opera
tor at Voland, who" has disappeared
Orders had been Issued for Nos. 29 and
SO to pass at Voland. : These . orders
Had been sent to the operator at Vol
and, who was Instructed to hold No.
29 at that point For some reason he
failed to deliver the order to No. 29 and
the latter train went by , meeting No.
JO a few miles west . of Voland. ? . .
tynes fled before , the ' wreck , oc
curred, after first forecasting the Im
pending collision. A Five -i minutes be
fore the trains met he wired the. dis
patcher as follows: - - ' -u
"No. 29 has gone, .and I have gone
also." , k i
.Then he left his key.' '
Even with this dispatch in hand
there wajs-DO possible -way of preventing-
the wreck. . i .
As far as the officials of the Rock
Island here know at this time, all of
the killed and seriously: Injured were
passengers- on No, 29. Few, if any,
passengers on No. jj0 were seriously In
Jured. - f . (''
-.Both trains were heavy ones, hav
ing ten cars each,' Including Pullman
sleepers and tourists, chair, cars and
coaches, smokers and baggage ", cars.
No. 29 Is known as . the ."California
Fast Mall.' It left Chicago at 8:30
o'clock Tuesday morning. No. SO Is the
oftpostte train end Is . known as the
"Chicago Fast Mall." It left El Paso
Monday night and was due In Chicago
tonight No. 29 was crowded to the
doors with passengers but the number
of travellers on No. 30 was not iarg.
Relief trains and nil possible succor
(Continued on Kocoud Page.) .
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'PEAB''.
OF THE
'J (W the Associated Press.) -;
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan.. 2. 'James Mc
fires, oft-Pittsburg, first vice president
of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pitts
burg, was,, today -elected president of
the Pennsylvania -.Railroad - Company
by the directors of the latter corpora
tlon-, to succeed the late A. J. Cas
Satt. ' '. " ...'; "", ; -'V';.' '' .. '
sAfter the meeting of the board of fl-
GIRL RISES IN COURT
y" AND FIRES AT JUDGE
(By the Associated Press.)
St. Louis Mo., Jan. 2.-f-Just after
Judge J. AMeDonald of the circuit
court had convened court this morn
ing,, Miss Rosa Weil suddenly arose
from, among the spectators and fired
phint blank wun a revolver at tho
judgo. The bullet missed him. She
was disarmed and arrested. She was
a litigant in a case concerning a dis
puted Inheritance that was tried be
fore Judge McDonald two months
ago. , 5 ,
, Motions were offered in a pending
case, when Rosa Well, without warn
A DOZEN HIT IN
aoraraE
And Forty Families Were
Made Homeless'
FIFTY HORSES ROASTED
m (' -it-it
A Number of Tenement Houses and
a Boarding Stable Destroyed An
Enormous : Crowd Gathered
There Was Much. Disorder.
and
(By the Associated ,PreBS.) ,
New 'York, Jan. 2. A dozen per
sons were injured, forty1- families
were made homeless, two thousand
persons .were driven temporarily
from-their homes, fifty horses were
roasted to death and property valued
at 1200,000 was destroyed today in
the worst . early morning fire .fNew
York has. seen in many months. One,
big tenement house i at 427 - west
Fifty-third street and a large board
ing stable at ,429-431 west Fifty
third street were destroyed, r
Seven tenement houses at 4261-434
west Fifty-third street and 436 And
438 west Fifty-fourth .street' were
badly damaged. Lack of adequate
water pressure 4s said to have been
largely responsible for jtha extent of
the ffre.": Had not one of the big
Are boats which drew Its water sup
ply from the Hudson rivet come to
the rescue, the loss must have been
much greater. , -, ' s
; .One of the worst , features of .the
fir was the tremendous crowd which
gathered - in the streets around the
burning district, and the attendant
disorder and lawlessness.' So great
was the ...crowd.., that . all the
police who, had been called , to the
Bcene , had , difficulty v in ; preserving
any order . in tha streets, and for a
time thieves - were given almost a
free hand to loot the burned build
ings. VT , '' '
' s Two police v who had detected six
young men acting suspiciously In a
house chased the men .over the roofs
down to Tenth avenue, firing several
shots at them, bat all the men suc
ceeded In. getting iway.. Another et
clting Incident came when a woman
among the spectators screamed, that
three negroes had tried to rob her,
v New - Cotton Exchange 'Opened.
(Bv. the Associated Press.) , '
Liverpool, Jan. S. The new cotton
exchange here was opened today. The
first transaction was the sale of one
hundred bales for March-April deliv
ery at S.44d by the president and chair
man of the building; committee. ' t ,
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nc the i7nTCc r a c
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PENNSYLVANIA
rectors, President McCrea authorized
thff flrilowlng statement: - ?
rThe ;pftcy" 'of -y the : Pennsylvania
IaHroaJdoes,notUlep;nifTupo1i nnyf4Hie
man. .It continues, uncnartge.i from
year to year, It will be my purpose to
promote s best I can, the same pro
gressive' 'development whlcA- was con
ducted so ably under President 'Cassatt
and the presidents who preceded him,''-
ing, stood np and fired at Judge Mc
Donald. . Before she could fire a sec
ond time several persons wrenched
the revolver from her hand.! -- .
She "Bald in a calm tone:
"I ought to have got him."
Judge McDonald '' did ' not. arise
from his seat during the excitement.
: "Take that woman ' out of ' the
court . room," he .: said " to -Deputy
Burns; and when the' woman had
been led from the room and order
restored, the judge turned to several
attorneys who, were waiting to make
motions, and said: ,n ,
"Proceed, gentlemen."
SUIT AFTER A
H C0iT;pRdr.;isE
Grandfather of Segro Brake-
man Sues Seaboard '
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT
Frank Patrick KHk'd by Loose Brake
WIwh-I Coming Off 'and Throwing
Him Under 'Car Settled fox $300
'. by Agent of Road With Old Man.
- Suit has been instituted by Alex
ander Patrick, x administrator 1 of
Frank Patrick, against - the , Sea
board Air Line, for, damages on ac
count of tbe killing of Frank Pat
rick on the yard here some time ago.
. Frank was a colored brakeman on
the road, and Alexander is his grand
father.. .'. The circumstances attend
ing the killing of the man . were
rather .peculiar. Freight ears were
being shifted on the yard", and the
yard engine, had just given two cars
a "fcicK," at ihey call it ia yard ver
nacular, to send them toj (odiother
part ot the yard. Frank!, was on top
of the front car at the hand brake.
NAa.. he- went to turn tjif . brake
wheel to, tpp the cars at thj desired
point;1 laa fcraker wheeUcame off and
htf fell to lie track and was run over
by his own car, being killed instant
ly: The nut that holds the brake
wheel In "place was off, and criminal
negligence Is' charged against, the
road for having a --car operated in
that -condition. t ; 'iun? m -
Not long after , the accident, an
agent of the road saw Frank's grand
father, his nearest living relative,
and compromised with him for 1500.
The eult is now .. beingf brought
disregarding the compromise on the
ground that '' undue influence was
brought to bear upon an ignorant old
negro. Col. J. C L. Harris Is attor
ney for Patrick. m . . . . .
McCLKLLAN NOW DARKS. . . v.
5 i TAMMANY TO ITS WORST.
(By the Associated Press.) :
, ' New Verk, Jan.. . --In anhouncuig the
appointmtmt - of John V. Dooling as
president of the boSrd . of electlona
Mayor McClellan .threw down the
gauntlet Tammany k Hall, and ; Its
present leadeTii- Charles F. Murphy.
He declared that he anhot recognise
tks , -exist ins .centrol In, i Tammany, or
tolerate any relations with Its pres
ent leader. "I have no candidate for
the leadership of Tammany Hall," he
said, "nor have I the least desire to
Involve myself witlr the aspirations of
any one who Is seeking such leader
ship.' '
n2cc"j;r;
AND, TO
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fpopf t Pfor
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ia n:s flrct r::
iJ
UfiGES cebtj:i f
Bf fill'EIIKE C:,T3
Among These Authority to Order a
' Recount Summarily 1st Contested
jr Election Cases and That Power to
Bring an Action to try a Title to
OfDce Be Taken From the Attor
i bey-Genera! and Given to Supreme
court; V .
' (By the Associated Press.)
Albany. N. T., Jan.. J. -Governor
Hughes, in his first' message to the
legislature, made the following rec
ommendations today: .
fA, recount of the votes' east for
mayor In, the New York city election
in 1905, which on the face of the re
turns show that. W. R. Hearst was
defeated by George B. McClellan -""that
the courts be empowered to order a
recount summarily In the future, and
that the powder to bring an action to
try a title to office be taken from the
attorney general- and conferred upon
the supretne court, t--
That the amount of money which
a candidate may ' expend to procure
his? election- be, limited. ; - .
tTaaf th courts, be empower-.1 1J
review the. acts pfpolUtrn! s'literc
ventluaS and state tomiuiutus ia i..
pelllng delegates and members.
; That any general committee'of a
party may adopt - rules . for ! direct
nominations of .candidates at prlma-rlea.K-fii-Vy:;..'
,;.i.i.:.
That the state board of railroad
commissioners and the commission
of gas and electricity be abolished
and a new board be constituted with
power to enforce its orders through
the courts. .
That : the board of rapid transit
commissioners of New York city be
abolished and a new board created
to control transportation , and regu
late lighting corporations In Greater
NewJYork.
That, children under sixteen years
of age be not required to work more
than eight hours a day, and that the
work In which they may not engage
be specified .more precisely. . -
On the recount matter the gover
nor reviewed the efforts of ' W. R.
Hearst to secure a recount, and said
that the court of appeals of this state
decided that the present law did not
confer on : the election officers any
authority to recount the ballots, and
the attorney general declined to try
the title of .the office. He said:
"It is a matter of the gravest con
cern that the View should be largely,
even . though erroneously, held that
one who has been elected to office
has been deprived of his seat through
Invalid returns, o The failure to ob
tain a summary recount through a
defect la the law has aggravated the
sense of injustice.? ,' ' 1
' s to the future, he said that pro
vision : should be made to order a
recount summarily, but the eourts
should determine the propriety of
exercising the power.
For want t proper means for the
regulation or the operation of rail
road orporations, said the govern
pernicious favoritism has been'n
ticcd;-. Congress, ha legislated i
the subject with reference to h,
state commerce -.where naturally t
evil "has been most prominent4 But
domestic commerce must be , regu
lated by the state, and tbe state
should exercise Its power to secure
Impartial treatment to shippers an1
the maintenance of reasonable rales.
. AU the existdng transporting lines
in Greater New York, the governor
said, are overburdened. The peopl
of Brooklyn who are la business i
Manhattan are aabjected U such i'
treatment and Indignities incid. '
their disgraceful herding that 1
should be afforded at the e;
possible moment. . "Over-cs :
Uoa and the improvident r
guaranties and fixed ;.air . ;
the exigencies of successive t
nations entered into for the i ;
of monopolizing the traffic lav ;
dueed their natural results," !
clared.