The Monitor-register., 1897-09-24
An Address by the Republican State
Committee.


The Republican State Committee has
issued the following address to the voters
of the State in relation to the special
election to be held next Tuesday, to vote
upon the three proposed constitutional
amendments:
To the poters Of NeW Jersey:
By agreement Of two succeeding Legis
l~atures, having Republican majorities,
three amendments to the State Constitu-
tion will be submitted to the people at a
special election to be held on Tuesday,
September 20. The State Republican
Committee urges the voters of New Jsr.
sey to give these amendments their cor
dial support, casting their ballots prompt
ly on the day set for the election.
The amendments to the Constitution
provide:
First-That no poolselling, bookmaking
or gambling Of any sort shall be author
lied or allowed within this State, mol
shall any gambling device, practice OF
game of chance now prohibited by the
laws be legalized, MOI the penalty now
provided therefor be in any way dimin.
ished.
Second-That no person who shall have
been nominated by the Governor, and
shall not have been confirmed by the Sen.
ate before the recess of the Legislature,
shall be eligible for appointment to such
Office during such recess.
Third-That the right of suffrage at
any school meeting shall be granted
female citizens of the age of 81 years.
The Republican party has, in the words
of the State Republican convention OF
September 10, 1895, 'blotted from the
statute books the laws under which the
most infamous form of raoetract gam.
bling has brought ignominy and disgrace
upon the State" Having responded
swiftly to the demands of good morals
and sound public policy by Legislative
action. Republican Legislatures have
now proposed that this reform should be
removed from further debate by being
incorporated In the Constitution,
together with the provision already ex.
isting against lotteries. 1t remains for
the voters to record their approval.
The evils which cursed the State be.
fore the laws permitting public gambling
at horse races were repealed need not be
recalled here, for they have not been for
gotten by the citizens who suffered. But,
recognizing that the opposition which the
Republican party has encountered in it's
past endeavors to accomplish reform, still
exists, the State Republican Committee
urges voters to cast their ballots for the
amendments at the election, and thus
make irrepealable the decision which was
recorded by the Legislature when the Re.
publican party regained control of that
body. The neglect Of this duty Of voters
might hazard results which only strenu-
GUS exertions have attained, and the issue
having been put before the people, the
decision for the amendments should be
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Republican party has every reason by its
past history to feel confident that this
appeal to moral sentiment will meet an
earnest and vigorous response from all
the people Of this State.
The proposed amendment for a change
in the provisions regarding State appoint
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mand which was frequently expressed
during the administrations of Democratic
Governors of this State whose aggressions
upon the Senate's rights under the Con.
stitution not only violated a custom
which had before prevailed, but gave
unworthy nominees an advantage which
the trainers of the Constitution evidently
intended to deny.
The third proposed amendment, giving
votes to oman in school elections,
widens the suffrage in regard to a subject
which has been shown by the history of
our State schools, to be one concerning
which women are clearly entitled to have
a voice. A law which conferred the
right operated successfully until de-
clared unconstitutional by the courts,
but having been tested, its merits nave
been demonstrated, and the public
sentiment has repeatedly been manifested
in favor of renewing the privilege.
The State Republican Committee earn.
estly recommends the adoption of the
proposed amendments in their entirety,
at the election on Tuesday, September 90,
and reminds the people that the Repub-
lican party stands where it has stood
heretofore, in favor of good morals good
government and free participation by the
people in the affairs which concern them.