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AfiMCKXH 8 D April Prcaldenhas boon travelling northward

South tiakota all day It hacold and tho wind has kept tho giant

ilan thistles racing one anothere brown pntlHe in an apparently endw oontost ThoPresident made only onag speech that at Sioux Falls this morng which was delivered in a light snowinn to a variegatfld crowd of plalnsme

all the country roundabout and tmuch ill tHe latloo of thlittle cUy3

2 Here In the Northern corner of the Statre are patohea of snow ntill on thund and rna rhavp bfenth premonl-

ry shivers of who are to walt awhile the President goes up Into

e Vellowgtors ark whero jt is nowported torfi ftet if fffssh n6w fellst Saturday Hie President has had i

day although he halivered twelve spe oh All but

these have been three and flveralnutir-TBaTflii tot the constituents o

rJUttrtxlga and Gamble Theluisd them with dire

quenocfllf the was allowed tay withoutnsaylng a word t

from th

t ftnOJWif If has beenpleasure to see you and I can sum up allhave to say toyou just couple of phrasesYou need wl e laws TSSeTlfatydu gel themYou need honest administration of the lawsSee that l avn it But do not make the

thinkingof take the

place of fundamental qualities that makea good individual citizen make anatlonJVbfi 14tl spf honesty of courage

At some of the very smalt towns the

Frk ifW platformto hands with the people Instead o

a speech At Sioux Falls thii-rnorolng beforij delivering the fourth

the set speeches on AdniioiiitrAtionpolWesi that on The WageVvorTcer aha Tiller of the Soil thePresident pole for a few minutes to theschoolchildren of the city under the aus-

pioea of tler Ministers AsBociation whohearing Pn edent was only goingtochurch trCf on Sunday had arrangedn of afternoonThe President begged off Sunday on condllion that anearlier tithe morning to address the childrenHe rose nt t The speech was inparkas follows-

rUh your doing your work

How just one word to

now or later on

the drift All ofyou wantto r sd books AU of you want to

nil the things as they come Whenrun out and et me such

ami a ueB thin tine a booksays Obr and does o out butas a distant sent of

Injury Husje niils nce In the nrst

If he foe cheerfully and Is la-

tn do It she will i h Is herself forthei work of life for the whole work of life Is

thins Is to do at the timeIn the first place remember

the nleer can be to those who are weakerAnd of one of you

and even morehe was Insolent nnd overbearing

toward the weak I want you toplay end when ploy and when you work

n rule I heard by areatfoolbaH Wrttatn tn one of the bit football

uamsv say to his men Now

do yourspeech on the and the

tiller was as follows

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nnActed with manyor

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solltillers to thn community at lance andthbs affecting the relations em

In a country likeIt 1 fundamentally true that the wellof the ware worker-Is the well being of the Stat If areVeil off then we need concnrn ourselves

Jbut to how other for

two classes are oftennot same The tiller of the soil has been

the one on the whole the

mum ta be done for himaotlori Government Nor

4 r dalr through the thecan act greatest

and most beneficent measures byJJby any Congresswhich

do for the States of the Great Plainsand the Mountain region at least asmuch ever has been Statesof the humid region by river and harborImprovements Few measures that

upon the statute of the nation

directly accomplish for the BUtes In ques-tion

AlDTVO TM rARintllThe Presldtnt then reviewed the work

of the Agriculture in aidingthe cattle men andgrowers and the Intro-duction of of various cropssuitable to its work pre

the deforestation of theand Its cooperation in thement

It Is therefore clearly true that aadvance has been In the direction offinding ways Government can

the farmer to help himself the onlyof help a man

accept or will the enddo him any good Much has been In

wars farm life farm processescontinually thefarmer still retains because of hisanrroundlnir and the nature of his work to a

Ina our The man who tills hiswhether on the prairie or In the

woodland theraan who grows we eat

the conditions which obtained when thefarmers of this country a

nation than Is true of of ourWOKKIM Or THE CITIH

But workers In our cities Uksthe our face totally

conditions ofthe extraordinary chants In

business conditions have the em

aggregations not merely profitable but oftennecessary

the wage worker at the same Urnsthat they have brought aggregations-of wage More and more Inour Industrial centres men have come to

iannot as Independentlyof one another as Inth old was caseeverywhere and as II now the case In the

Of fundamentallyvet find that in determining

own individualto lose hiswill and power can ue-

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to declare Interference of the Bshould deemed legitimate

over Interference and lack ofU well and shlf

with tbo changehost we should Invoke tlInterference of the or nation

of It n we shoulnot on academic grounds refute It ifactory law laws to the

labor and to safeguard the

Sheemployer are necessary not mere

the wave but Inof the and humane

who should not be penalized for honestto unchecke

competition with an unscrupulousmorn difficult to

that works tban withthat works through violence But

effort to with must steadilyOP A1IHITRAT10X

much effort In reference tilabor matters should be by everyand to to secure abettor understandingnnd employee possible shouli-bfueling between

specially t In dispute omewhaothers If met with i

sincere desire to sit fairly by one anotherand If these furthermore power byto appreciate the otherschance for Is

Iwhen by mediation or arbitration It prove

to settle troubles In tUne to averthe miflerlng and bitterness by strikesMoreover conciliation committee can dbest work when the Is at Its beginfling or at has not H head

N hen actually occurred dam

and angry nnd It Is difficult to et then

Its nnd remember the rlchta othe other If the effort nt condilation or mediation or arbitration shouldhe made the stares and shouli-l e by the wish on the part of botlsides to to come to n common

which each shall think In the Interestiother as well as ofltoelf

mAtes YaK THE COAL STRIKf COMMISSIONWhen we deal with such a subject we nn

fortunate In having before us anobject lesson In the work that has Just beet

by the Anthracite Coal Strike Com-mission This was the whichwas appointed lout fall at the time when the

the anthracite regions threat-ened our nation with a disaster tinone which has befallen us since the dayiof the Civil War Their was

before the Senate adjourned at thesession and no iovernment document orecent marks a more Importantof work better dons and there none whirl

sounder to our peoplecommission consisted of seven is ROOC

as were to he found In the countrythe bench the Church the army

the professions the employers

acted as a unit and the report whirlthey unanimously signed la a

common tense of sound doctrineon the very questions with which our

moHt concern themselvesThe Immediate of thisappointment and action was of vast

benefit to th but theultimate be even better If capitalistwaiTs and law maker aliketo heart and art the lessons set forth Itthe report they have made

SCaOESTKD LABOR LAWSOf course the National Government hai

but a It can work In laborSomething It can do However

something to be done A moniother things J should like to seeof Columbia which U completely under thicontrol of the National ilovernment receivea set of laws Washington linot a city of very large Industries stllIt has some labor legislation for thi

because a standard would thereby be aefor the country

In general legislation relatinto these of Congress I

ways In which we can act Thus thethe Navy has recommended-

with cordial theenactment of a strong employerslaw In the of the nation shouldbe extended to similar branches of th Gov-ernment work sometimes such lawran be as an Incident to the nationcontrol over Interstate Inlast annual message to I advocated-the of a law In reference to car coup-lings to the features ot one

on the statute books so aa to mintmlrthe and maiming of rail-way employees Much opposition toovercome the an lawwas the safety of

and travellers bycompelling common carriers engaged

commerce to their cars withautomatio and continuousand their locomotives with drivingwheelbrakes This my a

of days before adjourned-It represents a real and substantial advanceIn an kind of legislation

themselves of far more political Importh

ho swapping If It shouldreally turn out tho Yellow Stone

too full of snow to be reallyt Is possible thatnit re one short to make-i to Capt Bullocks home at Dead

VffAWAY HORSES DROWNED

Pair Frightened by an mobileDash Into East River After a RonSamuel Springer a driver for Moulton-Co at Thirtythird street and l erlng

on avenue took two new bay horscw and abrougham to the Lambs at 70 Westrhlrtyeixth street at 8 evening

pick up a fare He had hardly drawn-ip at the clubhouse when an automobile-rent puffing by The bays which wereJready restive got frightened whirledround throwing Springer from his

and dashed east through Thirtysixthtreet

At Filth avenue the horses met anotherlUtomobile They grazed the machineind went on ever At Thirdivenue they a north

trolley ear avenuedown a woman She got

everal bad bruises and went toto have them attended to She

Inclined to tell her namePolicemen Kahlen and Colder were not

ar behind when the runaways dashed onhe pier at tlio foottreet At the pnd of the pier the horses

he on the pierThe horses Into the water with a

The police say that one of the Eastecond street ferryboats was passing athe time and an which the runaways were probablyIrowned At any and

name to find theIt was said at It Cos stables

hat the pair was worth 800

WHATS BRONX LIQUOR TAXReetlons of New lAW Ret Salon Mm

Some of the liquor dealers in The Bronxre wondering what their excise tax will-

Is under the new law Those in this judicialistrict have been paying two those in

district SSJO

law inserts the words or borugh after the word city in the followinglauses-

If the same be in a city or borugh having by the last census a

1900000 or more the sum of1300 if In a or having by saidtnsus a population of less thanut more I67S if in a city or

having a population of00000 moreIf this last clause applies to The Bronx the

tax the men seems to beeduced there not increased

But later In tho act U this which 1s aUew law

The excise taxes assessed under thisacti cities containing a population of MO000r more are or be formedy the consolidation of territory situatei one or more counties assessed

the several or portions of theso consolidated to city

t an advance of onehalf in the rate overamount at which such taxes were

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CANAL PROTEST TO GOYERNO

JOHN PLATTS BRIEF AOAINSTilE DAVIS DILL-

On the IIIghMt Claims orSpenders the State Must Pay 1O

for Every Dollar of to Navl-

tors Hrheme TVattcf

A protest against the signing of the DaThousandTon Barge Canal bill was file

with Oov Odell yesterday by John I Platsecretary of the State TaxTransportation Reform Association Mi

Platt lives in and is knowthroughout the State as one of the beeinformed men in America on the canoli-

He has served in tho Assembly fromDutches county and has participated imany of the rocfent conventionsdiscussed questions of canal usefuneaand development As a delegate to thState Convention at Saratoga which nom

Oov Odell he took part in a livelbefore the Committee on Pint

on the canal plank While he In

Republican Mr Platdoes not to say that hothe operation of the Davis billdefeat to the Republican in thState

The arguments against unfair taxatioto raise 1101000000 or more for a wastefulcanal which cannot possibly bring a compensatlng return to the State are set fortas followsHon Benjamin B OdtU Governor-

In the name of the association of whichI have the honor to be the heiYork State Tax and Transportation Reforr

cost whether that bo provided by atax on their property or anonerous tax on I respectfulenter a the bill now youhands providing for tho construction

of canals xknown as the Barge Canabill

First Because it Is not proper or jUtthat the should bo an un-

profitable The test of the useevery undertaking is that I

return an Itsit is a business undertaking

shall its own expenses The olthe State of to do thii

of their

were removed and they were madeparlance of the that is to

people at were compelledto cost instead of those usethem and were enoflted by them

Second Because the purposesin proposing the enormous re

are or purposes 01

such ns can be reconciled aregard for the welfare of the people It

political economyshall not be tho of the fewThe author of this bill in debate li-

the argued that this improved

tho greatest iron industry in thiiwhat or under what

rule of justice can the funds of the State oNew e used to build up such on in

The counties tho IludsorRiver contain large quantities of excellentiron ore In census 1800 the TillFoster mine In Putnam county was said Uhave the largest output any in Americabut slnop hnvisurpassed it and it la their ore which

great centres ofsteel manufacture have naturaadvantages over us on tho Hudson but why

our Iron mines In Dutches antOrange and Putnam counties and the iron

Industries ofNewburgh be taxed to add to those naturaladvantages and to Lake Erie portssome of beyond the State i

ofA representative of the sandstone

at Conventlon described the situation of hU quarry

get his stone carried cheaply at the ex-

pense of the State complained

right arid justice are we taxed that thquarries may a monopoly Presl

Friday lost denounced the xnilawfagreements of certain trunk lines to trans

from the West to theAtlantic seaboard giving a few favoredshippers rates the tariff

upon the generalwhole people In such de

Why then should we favorImprovement on to

favored localitiesrates what the general public has to

there ever a more monstrouslon The author of the bill in thedeclared that its passage was

the interests of Is the Statethen to that Buffalo may bo

wo object we are told thatYork a larger amount

if tax s than the rural and wehould therefore bo and ntten-ttt we pay the some amount on the dollarf their taxes produce more It is because

they are rich counties ams a reason we should imposeurther taxes to make the richhe poor poorer

Because cheaper transportations not in the ofYork unless It is obtained cheaperost The founders of tho canalever dreamed of such a thing as affording

avenue of transportation forrn products was to proide revenue for the byn such products ever sun

osed would l taxed toupport the canal they would have re

Fourth Because canal transportation Ischeap it is only to

lecause moreost is paid out of the treasuryn the 1601 the cost

he State treasury 815 wholeNew York Central system for much moreraluahln freight was 41 mills Theinsertion the canal Is essential tohe commerce of New York which la

without a of evidenceo sustain it would if Itcern true for It Involves theif taxing one locality to build up

It not true The canal is ao the commercial prosperity of New Yorkh tool that 181 for every-on of brought to It canalThe railroads from Buffalo

o New York for 88 23 ton Thenmmerce of New York did not reachts highest development until the tollssere and theyocame the Important factor in the

of The complain-that New York has been

if true would be conrluslve proof of the worthlessness of thelanol as a There

Philadelphia and Baltimore are notheir railways have

een extended to Newbenefited New York not

n the 1001 these two roads broughto New York freight originating westje Western Umounting

In same year brought from allovrcea 700191 tonsFifth Because the enormous dlscrep-

ncy between what the trafficnd what the canal has already taken andhis bill proposes to the State

the whole matterut of the question in the of everyeosonable man me to call yourttent Ion to tho following figuresear 1001 the canalsrue 3i20tl3 The

in 1R90 stated the average distancehat this was carried at 160 miles-t is now but if wo multiplytie 160 it us

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To produce wblcb tn Slate paldJ6e1UIn other words for every dollar of

veil dollar It paid 4300But wo shall bo told the new a

improved canal will this Ius

report of the canal1899 amount necessary tointerest at 3 cent and form a slnkiifund that will extinguish the debt In

yeses as requires

000000 The lull in yourfor this and we cannot ai

that It will be changedcost of the new can

will not be less than theono so if wo add to this the amount actualexpended In 1001 It nukes

confidently assert that the hondswill beetended so as to run fifty thus increaIng the total amount the burdenupon our children and grandchildren

of the fact thatopinion but recently prohibited such etert

They put the annual sum to be raiseon account of tics debt In round figure-at 5000000 I am theirthroughout and therefore thaFive added to tho expenditure1901 makes 1830874179 as cowhich must be out of the State Treat

The friends of this bill estimate thithe canal will attain ten

That will be 0379387 moro thawere in 1901 They also aAsurathat of bethrous-fricght therefore we will estimate that tlaverage distance will be 300 milesthe ton mileage 3481908050cost to the State 334 mills per ton millThey further estimate that costton to the will he reduce-to 052 of a mill and if we 0-

1sume the some profit 015 ton millthen the amount to received for cartingwill be 067 These will give thefiguresThe canal wilt ram llfMSMJAI s to me boatmen ot 173197

of 17SQMFor which the Stale will py S0874t

For every dollar by the boatmethe State dollsearned the State will payevery dollar of profits State will pa12227 The guess for theof the new canal is a tonnage of twentmillions This will 6480908000 tomiles reducing thn cost to the State t151 mills per ton mile This will giveCsniU Merr8J3-At to She boatmen of 3aS3mlProfit S2JOMJThe State will pay M before Saoe7 t

For every dollar the earnthe then everdollar of cost to the traffic the State wlpay only 200 for every dollar of profitthe State will Ifany one who can figure an advantage to thState of Now York out of theeresults it would b interesting to understanthe mathematics

But figures are exwhat men themselves give

are untrustworthy and untrue Onlywhich show State will pay can bdepended upon and we protest

Sixth there never be ansuch Increase of traffic and there neverbe such decrease of cost All canttransportation everywhere in the world i

with improves

America The barge is knotin theory only Nothing in

use less than 2000have been found unprofitable on the frowater of the are thousandton vessels on the Hudson River whichbut are built on a model as different acnn b imagined broad and willhigh one above the

their loads above the water-line The thousandton barge carries twothirds of its load Thsubmerged more thai20 per cent of the entire section of tho canaland no vessel can be economically propelta

waterwayon the

River the Adirondack with its four deckan

watethousandton will draw ton an

cannot navigate the Hudson fiveof the

is crowded with estimates and predictionthat were not trustworthy onethe proposed improvements has been

cost not onof has produced the promised resulu

beeneglected but within the last twent

more money has been expended oalleged betterments than has

construction account of anyrailway in the State and every

to believe will be the vast stirthis bill proposes to take from th

responsibility remains withthat a-

inswer be given to the question ShalIlls bill ought same to recciv

sanction of the It is foranswer that question Respectfully

April

ACCEPT TIlE BROWN OILevens Intflcatlon Plan Paw

One Regent iSt Clalr MoKelway of the

f Regents was asked by aist night If despatches from Albany tha

10 favored Senator R Brownsimended unification true Mr

IcKnlway said they were not lie wenn to

I liavo written to tho Senator thatunnot stand for his hill and am in favof the plan of Senator fitavensn bills Intro

lost Friday They met then whatto be tho views of Senate

jewis chairman of the Senate Committee-

in Education and of Assemblyman Landonhalrman of the like committee inAssembly

I hope the two committees will favorableport them on Tuesday If they do not

motion will be carriero the from theirurther consideration and that thenrill bo passed Further delay at this stagesIll signify a purpose to para no bill foiinlflcatlon That would plunge the subjectnto polities It would be an Inflammatoryuoject there hurtful to politics and tducational Interests

The have conceded the proresslve reduction of the Begcnts to eleven-he exchange of Ute Life tenure of Regentihereof ter elected for a fourteen yearserm the r of the Department ol

Public Instruction with salary to MrSkinner and his deputies to of hlierin That limit of oonwsion the Regents-

Mr form the retention ol-

ilr Skinner to the end of his term at onceJcct eleven more to serve withho eighteen now making the

the three membersand would then let death reduce

he life Regents to eleven as tho ultimate

hereafter an elevenyearwould put the as well as the

a political machine within theshould be entirely

ic R gents asflows

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BOMBSHELL IN ODELLS GAIL

RESOLUTION TO IVESTIOATSTATE INSANE HOSPITALS

It nat Introduced by a Buffalo Assemblyman and Leader Peters Objected

and Killed It CoronenBill lo a Third Reading

AUUMT April Assemblyman Burkeof tonlghk attempted to Introduce

in the Assembly calling for aoinvestigation of the State hospitals foithe insane The resolution said that astrike of iho employees of the State hoe

at Buffalo WM in progress as a resultpoor quality of food that is being

served to them and that as constantand unfavorable criticism concerning themanagement these hospitals is beingmade by press of the was im-

portant that the abuses atonce The resolution provides for a com-mittee members of the Assemblyond appropriates 17500 for their expenses

Mr Burke showed the resolution to Ma-

jority leader Rogers but he objected toits receipt Assembly Mr Rogerswas the Assembly JudiciaryCommittee and Introduced the bill lostyou which tnrned the State hospitals overto complete control of the Sfate Com-mission in Lunacy which commission iscontrolled absolutely by Opv Odel-

lTheintroduction of the resolution cameaa a bombshell and Speaker Nixon andMajority Leader Rogers quickly realizedthat it might lead to an investigation of thesale of groceries to State institutionsby the J W Matthews Company of Newburgh and they were very anxious thatthe rule providing that resolutions cannotbe introduced in the Assembly exceptduring the months of January and Febru-ary should be enforced

Senator Elsberg was about the chambertonight working In the interests of his bill

Coroners in New York cityand substituting medical examiners intheir stead JIM bill was on the order of

reading in the lower house andto a third Assem-

blyman Finch Rep asked Ifamendments could bo offered on the orderof final passage and being assuredthey could was content to permit theto go to a third Mr Finch sayshe wilt try to bill so aa not toaffect the Board of Coroners ofNew York lie said It la an outrage-to them out of office

Assemblyman Howard was theonly member from New York

to to the advancement of As-semblyman ThreePlatoon

was order ofreading Jn the tonight The

was made a on andThursday It will pass

the AssemblyThe advanced to a third read-

ing Assemblyman Bostwicks bill whichFire Sturgis the ab

Department-Speaker alone and unassisted

to a third Assem-blyman Howard Conkllngs bill which is

to give the Hudson

Yorkthat no permit for the erection

of Icetransferring on any pierownwithout aAssemblyman Richter Tarn was on hisfeet bill was read clamoring forrecognition but the Speaker to seehim

Mr Richter was however recognized on

and on bill went overuntil tomorrow He wanted the other billto take the samecourse but Speaker Nixonannounced thatas it hadit could not bo laid then No one hada chance to Its advancementIf he wanted to as the at thatinstant was Jamming legislation in hismost manner

The canal Improvement advocates In theAssembly refused to Assemblyman

resolution amendingConstitution so as to authorize theof tolls to to awhen it was on the order of necon

The bill was made a special orderfor Wednesday

hilt prohibiting

actually or apparently under B

of was In the Assemblytonight so an to read that no

years ofAssembly passed Assemblyman

a court house in New York countyThe Assembly alsoMarshalls amending the TenementHouse law an TenementHouse Commissioner De Forest The Sen-ate passed Senator Marshalls companion

seats In

permitsbutther Now York toopen until 10 oclock Sunday mornings-was advanced to a third the

the Codes Committee That kills ItThe advanced to a third

abolishingfor drivers on tho

Assemblyman McManus Tarn Introa New York city to

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FRANCHISE TAX LAW VALID

AtUrneyGtaeral Cnnneen So Argue Hefete the Appeal

ALBANY April Conneen for the people this afternoon arguedbefore the Court of Appeals in favor ofthe constitutionality of the Special Fran-chise Tax law passed by the Legislature ofIBM when Theodore Roosevelt was Governor The arguments will be continuedtomorrow On Friday the takea recess until Monday April It is

Legislature will adjourn finallyApril 24 HO that it is apparent

there will be no effort made on the part ofthe preeent Legislature to remedy anydefects In the law or to carry out the recom-mendation made by GOT Odell In his

that the law practically boannual gross earnings tax on cor-

porations holding special franchises besubstituted-

The Appellate Division of the SupremeCourt at Albany In January lastthat portion of thelaw the State Boardof Tax of the localassessors as the to value thespecial franchises unconstitutional Thecourt did not the question-of the constitutionally of the pro

thestand and that the fran-

chises and assessed thelocal assessors just as though they hadbeen named in to do so

If the Court of Appeals ApDivMon

corporations itn will be taken toSupreme and thus

the operation of held upfor of time

Cunneens main pointswere

Even If the of the Special Fran-chise Tax law complained of areremain all of statutes under which otherassessments are made

The purpose of the law wu to tax fran-chises not to to theState of Tax Commissioner If the

and Intended fall areavailable to accomplish the result and as

the result will standThe statute Is not void as it does not de-

prive assessors of the power to fix theamount which every taxpayer pay

scribe aelusive upon the assessors

was not assessable whenthe Constitution was adoptedattire a new duty new functions

and It for to provide for theirexecution

The Importance of the litigationthe assessments

aggregated I2NOI7770 the taxes estlthe Tax Commissioners

assessed during the three aggregateor of the

amount estimated to be necessary to rebuildthe canals of the State Of taxes

4 was assessed In of NewYork If the corporations should succeedthese enormous amounts will beassessed upon the property of Individuals-and corporations special fran

that the right tothe streets violates the obi gallonsof the contract It Is Is

and taxation are the sametax Is Imposed not as a consideration

the hut the tax Is neededo maintain government to protect the cot

In the enjoyment of grantThe AttorneyGeneral met the argument

that it Is the value offranchises for the purpose of taxation by

thee contrary that tho recordscases before show that

of these tights boughtsold and leased

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UNION SQUARENEW YORK

franchises held the same corporationshould be assessed

that they areproperly assessable for property which

at the value has Inthe condition in which they possess andenjoy It that the each is used

reference to the complete franchiseand not with reference

David B Hilt will make the closing ar-gument for the corporations tomorrow

FAVOR AN EXCISE COMMISSION

Citizen Union and other Orcanlzattsni-Indone the Clark Bill

Strong resolutions Indorsing the billintroduced recently at Albany by Assembly-man Clark for the appointment of a non-partisan liquor traffic commission of sevenexperts to investigate the excise situationthroughout the State and to report to thenext Legislature have been adopted byleading members of the Citizens Unionand representatives of a number of organ

the exciseIs Intended to tinkering

tho Excise laws Throughpetitions of

the bill arewho haysCutting Bishop Donna of Albany A O

the Rev Petersthe Rev Dr W 8 Ralnsford Brander

Robert C Ogden Richard Watsonand E R L The names ofother prominent in church

professional and also appearon of Copies of reso-lutions have sent to members-of the Legislature

TEA SET FOR I A HOPPER

Given te the Tammany Leader by Clobtof HU DUtrtet-

Isaao A Hopper the Tammany leaderof the Thirtyfirst Assembly district wasthe guest at a reception given last night bythe HarlemDemocratic and the Tam-

many club of the districtback from a winter at his home In Floridawhere he every year The gavehim a sliver tea set that cost

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Mills Factories Railroads Stores and NearlyAil Industries Are Crippled

Thousands of people in this city Buffering with colds are aboutTomorrow may prostrated with Grip or Pneumonia Grip

is spreading Whole are Many business places arethrough sickness of employees The disease is not

with care and the remedies It is almost suicideto depend on quinine and whiskey or home decoctions Dont trifle with

take my Cold or Cure or call in a competent physi-

cian I cant say what your doctor will do for you but I do knowmy Cold and Cure will speedily break up all forms of colds and gripIt checks discharges of the Nose and Eyes sneezing promptly

Lungs allays Inflammation and FeverIt cures Headaches and Dizziness accompanying the

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