The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-09-29

Ransom addressed the meeting and explained
its object.
A committee of one from each Congress.
sional District was appointed to nominate
permanent officers as follows First District,
Daniel Thackary Second, Rev. Mr.. Case
Third, Theodore Folsom Fourth, George B.
Stothoff ; Fifth, ]. S. Little Sixth, Melville
Rutan Seventh, S. B. Ransom.
Mr.. Snyder moved that a committee Of
seven be appointed on platform and resolu.
lutioas Messrs. g. r. Snyder, S. B. RAN
som, H. B. Howell, Col. ]. r. Freese, Wash
ington L. Hope, Herman Yerkes, d. Q. Ha-
penny, were appointed.
Mr.. A. w. Powell, of the National Temper
ance Society, then addressed the Convention.
The Convention then took recess until 2
o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Committee on permanent organization
reported as follows:
President, E. r. Bullock, of Hunterdon
Secretary, J. S. Littell, of Essex Vice Presi-
dent, one from each county represented.
Speeches were made by Mr.. Hope, Mr..
Snyder Mr.. Ruttan and others.
The Committee on Platform, through
Colonel Freese, reported as follows:
WHEREAS, The subject of Reform em-
braces the correction of wrong-doing, whether
OF intemperance, malfeasance in office, exor-
bitanJ salaries, an unnecessary. increase of
salaried officers and employees, waste of the
peoples money In military display without
any corresponding benefit, exorbitant charges
in obtaining simple justice through the Courts
OF the State, and every other species of ex-
travagance, extortion and oppression, where
by taxes are increased and tax payers made
| topay doubly or trebly as much as they ought
to pay and pAereas, all abuses are so mti-
mately connected, one with another, that per-
misslveness of one necessarily encourages
another, whereas the suppression of one as
necessarily cripples or destroys another and
| achsreGs, while regarding intemperance as the
greatest of all evils, in that it causes more
| crimes, more insanity, more distress in fami-
lies, more Indulgence and consequently more
taxpaying than any other single evil, yet, re-
garding, as we do all other abuses, by which
| taxpayers are robbed of their hard earnings,
as landmarks and co-workers with this the
greatest of evils therefore,
Resotced, That the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquors, as beverage, are great
curses in the community, and ought to be
suppressed by the strong arm of the law
Resolved, That the liquor traffic can only be
suppressed by stringent laws figidly enforced,
and to procure the enactment Of such laws
and their proper enforcement it is necessary
that all our public offices, from the highest to
the lowest, be filled with men who are honest,
faithful and capable and who are prohibit
tionis $ at heart, as well as by profession.
hesoeoe9, lhat all extravagant and need
less expenditures OF puolic moneys should be
stopped, ana tue puoiic expenses reduced to
the lowest possible amount consistent with a
iaiInlui admlnistration o. PUBIC AFFAIRS.
hesosoea, lhat the military expenses OF the
otase snouid De reduced.
hesosoea, lhat every ONCE ana every sine
cure employee OF the state, not needed IN the
proper administrator OF the analrs OF the
state pe at once aDohsned ana dismissed
:, fsesosoeo, mat the salary and perquisites OF
an . S.a1e, county ana municipal ofnces $50 far
as the Legislature has control OF the same),
be reduced to correspond to the reduced in
comes Oh farmers merchants mechanics and
oay-'aoorefs.
Hesosoea, lnaI the ooiiection OF honest debts
DC made less TEDIOUS ana expensive, both to
creolIor ana debtor, py repeating all laws
whereby Judges and clerks OF COURTS sheriffs,
1880 haen a,Io,ss ~tra ma;o, s.nos
perquisites, and passing other laws having
the same object in view.
nss . Lnat an PUBIC oincers should DC
and that ali fees and narS,,s;sas shn"ld 'I hs
ahol;shad '''1 "
ResoIsed. That we will cast our votes for
no one, but will combine to defeat all candi-
dates for Office who are not in favor of the
principles set forth in the above resolutions.
Resosved, That State Executive Com
mittee to consist of one from each county of
the State (of whom, however, three shall con-
sttute quorum for the transaction of bust
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every candidate for Office, and report the same
to the voters Of each election precinct, with
such suggestions Or recommendations, as they