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VOL. 5. NO. 27.
OFFICIAL FAF£B OF THE VILLAGE OF FEEEFOET.
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1916.
OFFICIAL REPUBLICAK PAPER OF NASSAU COUNTY.
PRICE TWO CENTS
REPUBLICANS LAUNCH VIGOROUS COUNTY CAMPAIGN
Prominent State Officials Laud Work and Achievements of Doughty at Dinner —JOverwhelming November Victory Predicted by Leaders
Prominent state and rounty offlcials, the members of the Hepubllcan county tommitt»> .'Hi'l well known clli/.>iis of I.rf>nK iHliiml and Na.xHaii <i>unly wi-n- prHscnt at Itn- ii)ni[)llrnirit;it y (Jinn<r tfndtTfd by KcpuMipan Slat<- Cumiiilt- tt-eman (;»-orK'- Wilbur Doimhty at tbe Oardcn CKy Hold al ibiKltn City la.st W»-(Jriis<lay fvMliiif. II was an •¦vt-nt never to bf for»;otti'ii and waH a .splnn- ¦dld irlbui.' to the capablllly and poi>u- Jarlty of lti«' bo.st of Ibc- nvt-nlrnr.
It wiiH till- oocaalon of Ibf liixt of-
Calder; Tarin«-r;
Travis: ••"rank Krcd. <¦.
CONG. V. V. Hlf'K.S
¦Who.Sf rf-olectlon waw frtu-ly coiiccded by the party leaders a.Hsembled at the festive board.
flclal vUlt of several ot tlie bibber of¬ ficers of tbe State who took opportunity
to give the representative men present j our gates wide open, and th an Insight Into the workings and ac- slvea will Join with us." •compllshments of the present Kepubll- .
¦can administration. Secretary of State ' hi'CJO OKPICTS RAPID
hearted fashion tlie Republican raiuli- dateH.
Wllh all good wishes,
Sincerely yours, THKOKOltR KOOSICVKI.T. Seated at tbe gue.st.s' talile with .Mr. iJoughty were tbi; following leadir.s well known in public life: Secretary of State, l-'rancls M. Hugo; candidate for t'nlted States Senator, William M.
Stale Chairman, Krederlck ('.
Slate Comptroller, p^ugene M.
.Slate Knglneer and Surveyor,
Wllliani.s, and (.'ongressman
Hicks.
Following a brief word of welroni'- -Mr. Pougbty wa.s cheered and applaud¬ ed for several minutes. Mr. .Jeremiali Wo(m1 as toastmasler, paid a personal tribuli- lo .Mr, Uouglity's abilily and moral courage. Having enjoyed a per¬ sonal acquaintanceship with the of¬ flcials iireseiit, bis brief words of Intro¬ duction as be called upon tbe speakers, were most deligblfiil and Interesting.
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.-;i.ilf Chairinan Frederick C. Tanner, head of the organization In the State, made a forceful appeiil to the men i)res- ent for aid In the coming campaign and lo be liberal In their attitude and tbelr work. Me said It was recompense for the hard work which he did and was doing to be able to meet and know Intimately men In the parly ranks like (ieorge Wilbur Doughty. He character¬ ized tbe quality ot stralgbtforwardnesH. as the element of strength, the secret of success in party affairs.
Continuing he said, "I believe heartly In the party from start to finish. It has been my one desire since 1912 that the party return to tbe old Lincoln days. I do not believe.. In a tiilrd party, but rather in one good old party, big and strong. We must be liberal keeping I^rogres-
Francls M. Hugo and chairman of tbe Republican Stale committee, Frederick C Tanner, sounded in characteristic manner and most forcefully the Issues of the present campaign both in the State and In tliv nation.
The large banquet hall resounded ¦with cheers when chairman of the county committee, Jeremiah Wood, the toastmaster, read a personal letter to Mr. Doughty from Col. Theodore Roose¬ velt. Written in long hand and In a forceful and characteristic manner It read as follows:
Sagamore Hill Aug. 1st, '10 Dear Mr. Doughty:
I greatly regret that I cannot be present at your dinner. I desire through you to send a hearty greeting to the County Committee. I am very much pleased that we are again worlting to¬ gether for candidates such as Mr. Ilugiies so eminently fit to be president of this great Republic, and I earnestly hope that the entire ticket will be com¬ posed of men such as will enable us to appeal to all good citizens for Us suji- poVt. When a ticlcet Is made up In such fashion ll enables us with weight, to urge Progressives to support in whole-
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GROWTH OF fOl \TY
'When Governor Frank S. Black, on Aj)rll 27lb, 1898, put hla pen to the bill setting off Nassau County from Queens, few people realized at that tlrne the phenomenal growth that would take place here In tbe ensuing 16 years. Dur¬ ing this short space of time, your pros¬ perous county has increased from a population of 55,448 to 116,825, more than 52 per cent, gain, according to the census figures. Nassau now ranks 13lh In tbe state In point of the number of inhabitants. You have expanded in all directions. Your Republicanism is sound and encouraging; your county is a credit to the limpire State." In these words. Secretary of Stale Francis M. Hugo congratulated the members of the Republican County Committee of Nassau County at the dinner given by (}. Wilbur Doughty, at the Garden Clly Hotel, on August 2nd.
This was .Mr. Hugo's first offlclal visit to Nassau County since his elec¬ tion and he expressed himself as being highly gratified at the opportunity to sit down with his fellow Republicans residing In Nassau.
Continuing, the Secretary of State traced the history of tlie county from the time when its three townships— Ueiiipstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Ray—formed nViart of the old guieiKs <'ouiity, kiuiwnTis the .ird A.«- mnihly liislrict of Queens. The creat¬ ing act, introduced by George Wallace, \va,-< known as Chapter 588, Laws uf 1S!IS, and hy its terms, .Nassau became a count.v by itself on .lanuary 1st, i'<ii:i.
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•¦In Ui years," said lie, "this preco- ilous otT-sluiot—next ^> Bronx, the youngest county in the state—has be¬ come a Republican' bulwark. Today, you proudly boast an enrollment uf over 9,000 Republicans. Last year you gave Assemblyman McWhlnney a plui- allty ot 5,400, tho largest recorded in any county save Mne. If your growth continues iiroportionalely, It will not be long before you will be electing a stale senator, and perhaps later still, a Republican Congressman from Nas¬ sau County alone. Your staunch Re¬ publicanism, as evidenced by these facts wblch I have Just recounted, com¬ mands the respect and deserving recog¬ nition al the state capltol, and through¬ out the Empire State generally.
"I have often thought of Nassau's wondtMful location. A suburban county, it possesses no cities, yet il lies con¬ tiguous to the greatest city in tbe world. Here you may enjoy all the benefits ol New Y'ork, without the bur¬ dens which usually follow from the ex¬ ercise of such speoial privileges. You iiave a most valuable shore frontage on botb sea and sound. Long Beach now takes rank ahead of Atlantic City as an ¦^cean summer resort, partly because of Its acceasibiiity, but mainly on account of its natural beauty. There are many other attractive features, too numerous to elaborate upon. Some of these include your golf courses, large country estates, thriving villages, your highways and automobiles. For ac¬ cording to the records of my offlce, and the sights one beholds on any one of your main thorQurhfares during a sum¬ mer week-end, almost every person in
Gl KSTS AT <OMI>MMK\T.\nV DIWiOH 'I'KM)i:i(l':i) TO ( (»l \TV ( OMMITTKKMKN HV <;. W li.IU K DOIGiri'^.
.\t speakers" table (left to right—Sup<rv'isor H. R. Smith. Secretary to Huro, Howard Usterhout, Sberiif S, 1', I'ettit, District Attorney 1.,, .1, Smith, Con¬ gressman l-'red. C. Hicks, State Knglneer Frank Williams. Comptrolbr lOugeiie M. Travis. County Chairinan .lereniiali Wood, Stati' Coiniiiil 11 fnian C.. W. Iiouglity, Secretary of Statv; F. .M. Hugo, l-;x-('ungressrnan W. H. Calib-r, Statf Chairman I'nil. C. Tanner. W. Rroodm.-m, Smalor c. L. Tliomii.xon. l-:\-Con- gressinan W. W. Cocks, I'oniplroIKr I''arl J Bennett.
the county po.i<»esses a machine, be It a lieni-y Ford or a I'aekard limousine. " .\A.SS.\l NKKIl.S GOOD HO.\II
TO I.ONG UKACII IIRSOKT
The only real need thai Nassau has al the present lime, Mr, Hugo asserted, Is a good road to Long Beach. "This problem, you should be able to solve," the speaker declared, "by the formation of automobile clubs and by co-operation with the existing automobile clubs of the state, numbering now about IL'.I,
that .\ssemblymati McWliinney, by vir¬ tue of his splendid ncord, be returned to .Mbany for as many terms as hi- re- slred lo serve.
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The address of State Engineer Wil¬ liams waa delivered in a frank charac¬ teristic manner as follows:, i
"When the Republican party assumed control of the Slale afflairs. In 1915, it
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FORMER PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Sinds greetings to Nassau ("ount y liepublicans assembled at dinner.
with a membership of 25,000. These associations have exerted a powerful influence at .\lbany in securing for the motorists what they have wanted and demanded In the various counties. The State of New York should help you build tbls much-used and abused
was after a iierlod of four years of Democratic mismanagement, unparal¬ leled in tbe history of the State. Many new and cosily bureaus and depart¬ ments had been established, over foyr thousand new [losltlons had been cre¬ ated, charges of graft were publicly
thoroughfare to the beach. New York niade. Ihe State's payroll had Jumped City Itself should also lend a hand In by leaps and bounds and tbe treasury this matter, as Its motorists use the I was ail but empty. !
highway more tban the residents of "The Republican party promised to your own county In their week-end ex- remedy these conditions. It promised
cursions to this well-known summer resort."
The Secretary of State congratulated Mr. Doughty, Jeremiah 'Wood and the Republican County oriranlsation upon the efllclency of the Republicans of Nassau County. He expressed the wish
to establish a safe and sane policy of economy and efficiency in the conduct of the State's government and imme¬ diately after being restored to offlce the new administration set out to redeem its campaign pledges and restore the State of New York to tt)e same econom¬
ical basis it had enjoyed under tlie ef- ticient administration of Oovernor llughe.<t.
"Has the Republican party succeeded In accomplishing these things? One of its first otllclul acts was to abolish some of the needless ofllces and dejiart- ments, which had been created during the four years of tbe preceding admin¬ istration. The department ot efflciency and economy, wliieh had been created under Governor Suizer and represented an expenditure of $25,000, was abolish¬ ed. Tlie offlce of the Stale fire marshal, ¦which represented a cost to the taxpay¬ ers of $100,000 was wiped out. The office of the Slale Superintendent of elections was reorganized and, whereas it cost $:!50,000 lo run it In 1914 the cost is now $150,000. A careful investiga¬ tion revealed the fact that the work¬ men's compensation commission, which had been established under Gov¬ ernor Olynn, was cumbersome and in- efflclent and rejiresented an expi>ndlture during the first year of It.s activity of $900,000, while the depaitinenl of labor, which was then a sejiarate organiza¬ tion, was being conducted at a cost to the taxpayers of $9:16.000. By the en¬ actment of necessary legislation both these departments have been combined and the result has been that whereas these two departments rust $1,800,000 to run In 1914 they iiavf co.si but $1,200,- 000 to maintain in 1915, which shows a saving to the taxpayers ot over $600,000.
"Numerous abuses existed In thf df-
partmenl of agriculture, many n llesa
offices existed and the payroll was bur¬ dened with numerous special agents and by Ilif elimination of these needless employes a saving of $12n,ij00 lias in. ii effected.
"I'ndi-lir (he Democratic regime the dipartniflit of highways was lield up to public ridicule. I'lider the present admiiilslration this department has fouiiil it possible to ccduce the cost of Its niainlenance aiiproiirialion by $1,- 000,000 although there are 1,000 mow mile» of road to maintain at priseiit than there were In 1911. i'urlliiriiior<- office expenses in this depart mciil have been reduced by $250,0«0.
"This saving la appannl In other Stall- departments as well, in thf au¬ tomobile bureau of tbe olflcf of the S<'<'- retary of .State more cars were ri«is- tered in r.M.'i than in any previous yiar since lis isiabllsbment. But, wliile more work has been done expenditures bave deeriased. In 1914 the ric.-li)ts of this bureau were $1,018,000.Uti and the expenditures $;! 13,476.94, while last year the receipts were $1,940,527.00 and the expenditures were only $244,46,'!.4!t.
"Tbe State comptroller, by thf ,iholi- tion of the appointment of special coun¬ sel, has elTectfd a saving of $100,000 and whereas the overhead charges for run¬ ning this ilepartrneiit waa $574,495 In 1914 it was but $536,412 In 1915 and but $527,111 has been aproprlated for this purpose for tbe preaent fiscal yiar.
¦'The attorney general during the fis¬ cal year of 1915 collected and turned Into the State treasury more than $180,- 000 from various State Institutions and by the abolition of special counsil bas effected a direct saving of upwards to $75,000 and still handles more than 8,000 cases involving more than $200,000,000. "Upon assuming the duties of my office in 1915 I found that a material reduction could be made in the number
special lifpiiiy slalf iiiKimii. ii largf number of employfs were dlsmlsseil and there wa.< a saving of $1,.'150 a day In the payroll of ttif dipartment. This of coursf greatly rfdncfd the cost of run- nlij^ the engineering depaitniint and our englnefrlng fxpi-nses for 1915 wi-rf more than $500,000 ($505,9;'.H in ahi lower than they were in 19 14.
"Another matter, which had to be remedied at once, reJated to the barge canal bond Issue of $101,000,000. All of this had been fxpendfd or was obligat¬ ed, whilf contracts already in force and, which had been awarded under rhe previous administration, reiiuind $3,- 654,000 additional. Tills amount was accordingly appropriated by tbe legis¬ lature and provision was made for the raising ot $27,000,000 to entirely coni- plelf the canal, pay all damagf claims and repay to the Slate treasury lln- $3,000,000 set aside to contlnui- the work by the legislatun-. This iiufstion was submitted at tlie lust election and was carried by a safe majorlly.
"The Republican party has abided by its campaign promises It has abolished
Prolonged Cheers for Roosevelt as Letter is Read —Travis, Calder and Williams PresentPertinent Campaign Issues
party is one of deeds, nol words, and Is willing to sland. and doi-s stand upon its record of accomplishment ''
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GOV. WH1'I'MA>> W«»HK
Stat. I'oniplri.Ilir l-Uigiiif M. Travis, spfakill^ gfii.rally of thf work of the Statf oflicials comnifiidfil it for Ita ef¬ ficiency and for tlie economies estab¬ lished. Mr. Travis haa been a hard work, r ill Ibe party for 21 years and injoy.s a tilling of conficieiice and af- ffCtion among those In tbe ranks. Ho pridictfd thf ovi-rwbelniing idecllon of (lovfriiiu Wbitiiian and tlif fiilire Slate 1 icki I.
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I'andiilalf for I'nilfd Stal.H Sfiialor Williairi II. Calder dillvfrfd a forceful addriss as follows
"1 am idiasfd lo bf aeeoidfd 111. priv- y.ft;f of .sjifakint al Ibis dinn.r, Kiven liy my old fi if nd Ciorge .S'ilbnr lioligllty lo the meiilbers ot the Re¬ publican county eoiiiiiiil I.f of Nassau, and congralulali bulb vou and bim un bis taking an aclivf pari in Ibf pulitica of thf county. With men of his sterling worth serving their party and ready at all tiims lo respond lo the call to duly, 1 Ibiiik Ibis county and tbe State is, ON Ibf wbolf, quile safe. But the ililHeuliifs loiifronting us an- manifold and Ibf problems Intricate. The trou¬ ble il is bard to induce men of known character lo ^nter into tbe political arena.
"An attempt haa been made to be¬ smirch politics, to give ll a low place among the niodfrn protessioiia. Yet every man should be a politician, every patriot should apply himself to tlie so¬ lution of polllleal probleina which con¬ tinually vex this nation. Politics is dfllned as the sciuiice of government, if tliat is Hie correct lieflnltion it is bard lo imagine a calling wblch de¬ mands tbe exercise of nobler quallliea or greater abilities. There is nothing essentially dirty aoout a science and above all the sclince of govi'rnmcnt sboulil bf a elfan and wliolesome seifiie.-. 1 am «lad Ihat It Is so recog¬ nized lifri- and that our good friend
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the 8tn<-cure8 whicli existed in the State's service during the Democratic regime, the iiayrull^iias been cut, need¬ less and useless departments bave bf. n abolished and many needed public im¬ provements, which received no atten¬ tion under the pr>.Cfdliig adminlsl ra'ion have been completed or authorized. •'Two years ago the Republican party
of employes then engaged upon the j promised to abolish uniieceasary de- barge canai and its terminals. Two | partments and to consolidate those, bureaus then existed, one consisting of .whose consolidation would be practical, engineers engaged in terminal planning : It has kept these pledges. It does not and construction and the other of men I have to advance claims of economy, doing this same work on the barge which exis'. only on papfr. During Uu- canal. By consolidating these two Republican administration economy ban bureaus and placing the terminal work | ri>placed extravagance, Order bas tak- under the direct supervision of the en the place of chaos. The Republican
lias consented to apply bis broad gaug¬ ed talents to the solution uf rhe politi¬ cal problems of .N'assau county.
"1 want to lakf this opportunity of expressing to you my thanks for th« tine response that you made last elec¬ lion to my app.-al for .lustice Callagban, Vou did nut know tiim until I intro¬ duced blm to you, but you found him to (loHsess all of the qualifications for the important Judicial placi- which ha sought and lo wiilcli lie has been elect- id; and the majority given him waa the greaien evi-r given lo anyone In thU county In other tban a presidential year. I am sure tliat his record on th«
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