The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-17
THE DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.

tratlon or PRESIDENT Cleveland. Win
whose determination to protect the peo-
pie OF this country from the evils eyer
attendant upon a Gcpasement of the Ma.
tional currency we are in most earnest
We Congratulate the people upon the
Tevival OF prosperity, yeryWh cyl
Industrial de press ano witt It'll Wien Wsich we have
been afflicted during the past three
years is c~hargeable to the national legis-
The rie0I purchases Iataeaeo Of oy silver ane At to be- stored ed IN
unjust tariff laws. to Enrich sas a few favor.
We're the main causes Of the
paralysation, of our markets. That
paralysis. with an empty national treas
a Republican dmin.stration.
The battle against a system ~fostered
IN violation of self-evident laws of po-
struggle against intrenched wrong is at
these are never endured in vain. The
lesson OF cause and effect has been thor
oughly learned, and we are willing to
abide by the decision of an intelligent
people who are now entering upon a
substantial and enduring.
We d~enounce as -aaliciously false the
statements Of the Republican State plat.
has been conducted by the Democratic
party in a dishonest or -extravagant man
ner; The Senate Committee, after an in
liiOood1ldS Va OAAOA
and involving the scrutiny of every ex-
penditure made under Democratic admin.
istration. reported that. in the purchase
extravaganza or malfeasance On the part
of two or theree State employees.
In the condemnation Of those wrongs
tempt to charge the misdoings of q few
individuals upon the Democratic party.
his State. is not warranted by the eyi-
dence, and is a violation of the rules
which common decency requires to con-
IF tf0i 4 P%sS Stats. qhe fae3 th sstw car sf fltlsea Is
without debt. that millions Of dollars
have been expended during the past
time not a dollar of State tax has been
levied upon the property of private own
swer to the charge of Extravaganza.
e 0ualna 'o Of P Ssw ' 'gerssy has ys been I a
finaness Of a the s sal,ng have saaf be eafi colle sas
ed, invested and expended with a care
and integrity that have resulted in Civ.
being the most Economically governed
State in the Union. When an official
proves recreant to the trust reposed in
the records Of New Jersey show that
the members of our party entrusted
with the administration of the law have
to protect a dishonest official from prose-
cution n punishment.
We favor the adoption Of a constdtu-
possible any law for the 1egalization of
gmbling in any form.
We charge that the course Of the Re-
publican party in this and other States
in dealing with the question of legaliza-
ton of betting upon horse races has
been characterized by trickery and de-
ton to the course of the Republican Lee
gislature of New York. whose action in
a att aapna1i{1 t9 override af fbe TIE sfa recently end p aa1Rt
gambling on horse races. was this year
Approved by a Republican Governor, and
,1no ahe a ip Horse i race wi Within inn New " jersey
during the past fourteen years has been
made under the protection of Chapter
of 1880. enacted by a Republican senate
We demand that the tax laws of
equal taxation of property not used for
religious, charitable or educational pur-
poses.
the enactment of laws that will secure
to the people of New Jersey control of
the potable waters of the State. The
recent attempt of the city Of Jersey City
to secure a supply of wholesome water,
absolutely necessary to the continuance
of municipal existence, has dlselosed me
dangers that threaten the people of the
entire State.
Today the municipalities Of New Jer-
sey are at the mercy Of a few corpora
ly all sources of water supply within
the State and who are in a position to
demand what they yb will +b before necs allowz
an intolerable condition be found. The
people Of Jersey CITY demand na ana IS sno tba
people of the State. The choice that
IS now presented to that city of bank
ruptey or d~sspopulation; Of buying water
from polluted streams. will. within a
few years. be presented to every popu-
lous municipality IN New Jersey.
ture of 1882. that far-seeing Statesman.
Governor Ludlow, uttered this, warning
'sThe Importance of a broad and COM
prehensive consideration at the present
time of probable demand and supply of
water for domestic purposes in the fu-
is any one subject in which the States
right of eminent domain should be re-
served for the use and benefit Of the
our streams, so necessary to the con-
venience, comfort and health of our
c=itizeIns a. 49, ;+,es - tho
State are at the threshold of a great
growth and prosperity, the sources and
courses ,au esd Of ; their water es,s Supply ei are both oy nat a.
unfinished and polluted. 1t requires, no
great power of ~prophesy to %foresee how
sentences of this condition of affairs in
the interest of the advanced portion of
our State unless its evils are recognized
and provided against"
Since these words were written, every
Governor of the State has, repeated the
warning and called for legislation to
and legislative neglect have successfully
united to prevent the provision OF. a
statutory remedy. and self-preservatson
demands that those who seek our suf-
frages should pledge themselves TO undo
the wrong and do the right.
the fact that the anageme of the Re-
publican party of this State is today
committed to the hands of those whose
fortunes are invested in the water
which they hope to sell to- cur NUM-
cipalities. at a profit of unlimited mil
recting the Republican G~ubernatorial
Convention has been properly given to
a gentleman who is the leading spirit of
the water companies of New Jersey, and
the nominee of that convention last win
ter appeared before the Legislature as
Hiding for the relief of the people from
the grasp of his clients.
We condemn the action of the Re-
every request made for, legislation in
the interest of organized labor and re-
healed acts passed by Democratic Leg
islatures for the protection of the wage
workers of New Jersey; and we pledge
our party to give proper consideration to
the views adopted By the councils of or
ganized labor.
We charge the Republican Legislature
of 1895 with attempting to drag the
judiciary of New Jersey into the field of
politics, and we congratulate the people
Of the State upon the decision of the