The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-09-01
This paper Is Democratic IN principles
and is Independent IN its 0telos on all
local questions
The Democratic PLATFORM.

Perhaps the principal reason why
Leon Albeit goes into the coming
Gubernatorial contest as the candi-
date of the people is that he has al
ready a record as the best Governor
the State has had within the memory
of the present generation. We say
this without the smallest discount of
the honorable records of the gentle
men who have presided over the des-
TIMES of New Jersey for the last quar-
ter of a century. But the point
wherein Albeit differed from the
others was that he did not rest con-
tent with rule of passive honesty
and straightforwardness; he became
n great initiating force in the cause
of reform, and in the interest of the
citizens of the State.
Being a man of activity of mind and
energy of character, and being en-
dowed with an unusual share of poll
tical wisdom, broad sympathies for
the people, and strong sense of their
tlS1b6y AlC III slO tAAO POI 4OtA VI Alo SOF
ernorship an epoch in the history of
the State, which has hardly any
parallel except in the dis
tinguished term OF Samuel J. Til
den in New York. The overthrow
of corruption, the downfall of corpor-
ate oppression were the ends to which
he addressed himself, and although
hampered by hostile Legislature,
and opposed by all sorts of evil under
hand influences, his vigorous person
ality, rousing up public opinion to his
aid, enforced the most substantial of
the reforms which he aimed at
1t is the policy of the Republican
party to nisrepresent his policy and
principles in this campaign SO as to
raise up against him enemies through
misunderstanding and misinforma-
ton. Thus the INSCRIPTIONS organs
of that party grind out false state
ments that he is the bitter foe of one
element in the community, the
pledged advocate of another, and so
on ad 2aa,tseGnp.
In all fairness, Albeit goes into the
campaign, neither as the friend nor as
the foe of any particular class, clique.
or interest. He goes in as the friend
{ of all the people and all the interests
in the State alike. He has too much
sense and patriotism to be the enemy
of any element in the progress or
prosperity of the State; he has too
much sense of duty, and too much
shrewdness to identify himself
with any interest except that of
the greatest good for the greatest
number. He goes into the campaign
a Democrat, because he believes that
the Democratic party in its principles
and in the character of its great
teachers, is the safest and best to have
charge of the good of the nation, and
because in this state it is the party
which is best disposed to execute the
popular will, and to rule for the bene-
fit of the majority without regard to
the wishes of rich and powerful cor
porations or individuals.
Mr. Albeit goes into the campaign
upon platform of equal enforcement
of the laws in all directions, and a
rigid melting out of equal justice to all
classes in equal degree. If he finds
himself opposed by class hostility in
any quarter, in our opinion it will be
because the hostility has arisen on the
other side, and in our judgment such
hostility can only arise from those
an unwillingness to accept of justice
at the hands of the State-from those
who are DESTROYS of having partial
laws. and venal administration.
In all this we have no reference to
the opposition founded on fair politi-
49, differences OF opinion. These Mr..