Bridgeton pioneer., 1892-08-18
TERRIBLE AaxAIGNMENT.
why Mr. Bell Could NOS Run Is
Democratic Faper.

Democratic Paper.
The following letter from Mr.. David
| A. Bell, formerly editor of tho Ne,o
JERSEY Standard, to United States d S.
trict Attorney Henry s. White, com
mends itself to every voter in this
State. L. is Il terribly tru utbful arraign-
ment of the Democratic bosses of New
Jersey
Hon Henry S. White, Red BGnk ~ j.
MY DEAR SIR-The very pleasant
relations existing for many years be-
tween us, leads me to explain to you
why sold the Ne,o Jersey Standard at
Red Bank, last January, after owning
it less than two years, and when had
re.established it on paying basis.
l was early taught that Democratic
principles, as promulgated by Thomas
Jefferson, were opposed to the central
ization of power in the hancs of one
man. But the policy outlined by the
executive and enacted by the legisla-
tn in New Jersey in the past three
years, has opened my eyes to the most
emphatic and even daring acts of cen.
tralzation possible in republic, every
political force concentrating into the
chief executive. Not content with the
appointments given by the State con-
stitution, the plant vassels in the
legislature have placed in his grasp
the designation of every chief official
in every department of the State gov
ernmeut.
The theory had learned favored
non-partisan judiciary, as tending to
purer administration of justice, and
such Governors as Parker, Olden and
Bedle pursued that theory in judicial
appointments. But to-day, with the
exception of Justices Magic, Depue
and Dixon, every member of the Su-
preme Court, of the Court of Chancery
and Court of Errors and Appeals.
law Judge and Lay Judge In every one
of the twenty one counties, every
Prosecutor of the Pleas, every Dis
trict Court Judge in every city is
Democrat.
| Except where there are Excise
Boards, or power exists under special
town charters, the Law and Lay
Judges grant the hotel and saloon
licenses, and while there may be no
overt declaration or ATTEMPTED intimi-
dation, yet the machinery of politics
is so belted that the man who wants
license knows the effect of accord or
discord in party action with the choice
| of the power whence he secures his
license in overcoming prejudices and
creating favors.
i The executive may, If it choose, now
place the thumbscrew of authority
upon the boards chosen by the people
to grant licenses, his legislative vassals
having given him power to create
commission of final appeal in each
county, and these may be, and are,
Democrats, and theylmay set aside the
decisions of excise or other boards,
making the will of the people subord-
mate to the DEGREES of him who may
WELD the trident of one.man power at
the State Capitol. Nay, these County
Commissions may outrage the will of
the people where licenses are not
wanted, as in Bridgeton and Millville,
and force licensed houses upon them.
This Capitalization extends yet far
ther. as have seen, in creating con-
troll to nominate and elect legislators
in sympathy with the policy of the
administration. Candidates court the
favor of the liquor element, sad as it
may seem. What more natural than
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the favor of those who grant them
and try to secure the nomination and
election of their choice! And these
grantors are the appointees of the
executive. Thus may be held in one
octopian grasp the moral Cor immoraD
force that may give both party and
personal complexion to the legislature
| Thus l saw that one imperious will,
may direct, and even demand, control
in every department of the State and
county government, in each county
and every municipality. And that
policy has been created by so-called
Democratic legislatures, at the bid
ding of him who to day assumes to be
master In New Jersey of the party
| that bears but bellies the name given
it by jefferson, who sought diffusive
| rather than centralized power. Icould
no longer permit my pen to stultlfy
! my convictions by writing in the in
! terest of the party controlled by such
a travesty upon our Republican form
of government. Hence sold the
payer and bade my pen be silent 10
such a cause.
And how Is this evil have write
the curse that rests with almost mon
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