Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-10-31

the Prohibitionists if they expected to
| elected their ticket? If not, whom
| did they believe would carry out their
wishes, the candidate of Democracy.
or General Grubb. He said public SEN
timent must govern. AS 10000 votes
cast for Prohibition is to $4,000 votes
in the State. so is Prohibition at this
time to public sentiment On the 5th
Albeit or Grubb will be elected.
Which will represent you best? You
| know the record of each party on the
| question, and l will leave yau to con-
slider the matter now"
Two years ago there was a Republi-
can Legislature They passed a law
regulating the sale of liquor, to which
could be built stronger sections. The
Local Option law was passed. Last
winter the Democratic Legislature re-
pealed it, through Leon Albeit, who was
the counsel of the Liquor League He
gave some inside history as to how
Albeit came to be the nominee of the
| Democratic party. Not because De
mocracy wanted him, but because he
had them under lock, and was using
this office to step into the United
States Senate. Twice had Democratic
Legislature repudiated him, and sent
others to the U. S. Senate, when he
was a candidate.
He compared the Republican Con-
vention with the Democratic. The
night before the Republican Conven-
ton no one knew who would be the
candidate. Gen. Grubb was called, and
as in 1861 he obeyed the voice of the
people, and is leading on to victory.
The voter should ask the questions
Who will best represent me?' who
was called by the people as candi-
date?"
The Legislature and Governor have
no more to do with the tariff than
Leon Albeit has with heaven tonight,
and any man who will go about your
town and say so, is a humbug, and l
don't care who he is." This shot was
meant for Hon. Thomas Ferrell, who
was in Bridgeton Friday, endeayor-
ing to show the glassworkers out of
employment, that their trouble was
owing to a high tariff.
The Senator then took up the party
platforms. About ballot reform. In
1888 Republicans passed the sunset law,
allowing voting to be done under the
broad day light of heaven. They passed
the Personal Registration Act. They
passed the non-partisan election act.
Governor Green vetoed each each bill.
1t was passed over his veto Last win
ter Democratic Legislature repealed
! them all.
The Democrats promised agricultur-
alist special attention, and last winter
of dozen or more bills presented to
them by the State Board of Agricul-
ture not one was passed.
The Democratic party demanded
that children should be taken from
factories. For years we have had
Democratic inspectors and did they
mean to say by their platform they
had not enforced the law.
The dignity of labor must be upheld
said the Democratic platform written
by Leon Albeit, and yet in 1877 Geo..
| w. Payne, a glassblower, of Millville,
introduced bill compelling employ
ers to pay in cash instead of store
orders, and yet Leon Albeit voted
against it.
The Democratic platform declared
for ballot reform. Last winter Dem
ocrat, by the name of Kane, intro
duced the Australian ballot law. A
petition of 10000 workingmen asked
the Legislature to pass. Every Re
publican member voted for the bill,
and the Democrats killed it. This fall
Kane was not allowed to be nomi-
mated by his own party, and as an
evidence that Republicans mean they
want ballot reform, they took this
Democrat Kane up and put him on
! their ticket.
The Democratic party declared for
equal taxation, Leon Albeit wanted
the railroads to be taxed in each town
and township. At present the rail
roads paid in the State Treasury a
million and half of dollars. This
money went for the purpose of pay
ing the running expenses of the State
and took off the people State tax.
Now if the railroads were taxed locally,
many townships and towns would get
absolutely nothing for tax, because
some have no railroad, while in Others,
merely the ties and rails run through.
Camden, Jersey City and Newark
would be rich with taxes because there
are millions of dollars of railroad prop
erty. Then everybody would again
pay State tax. Jersey City is Leon