The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-10-19
REPUBLICAN RALLY!


ney, Hon. c. \. Fowler and j. ! Blair
Kelley, Esq, addressed the meeting
and held the attention of the audience
from start to finish. All the speeches
were excellent and made strong i'm
preston.
Mayor w L. Wagg was chairman Of
the meeting and Jas. T. Petrie, Geo
w. Naylor, w S. Eat, Clark Pierson,
Thos. b. Naylor, Thos Lyons, A. d.
Anderson, Edward Silyers and W. S.
Robertson, vice presidents
At the close of the meeting, Gov.
Voorhees, and Mr. Kelley held re-
ception at the Lambertville House,
where large number Of our citizens
of all parties called upon them.
The hold that congressman Pitney
has on the people of this District was
shown by the cordial manner in which
he was greeted by hosts of friends.
Below we give n very brief epitome
of the speeches made:
Congressman Pitney returned thanks
to the people of Lambertville for their
support of him i'll the past and he
asked their continued allegiance to the
ticket. He stated that he and the
Republican party had endeayored to
redeem the pledges of the past and he
left to the sound Judgment of his
hearers how they had been redeemed.
CitiZens of Lambertville had told him
that there was II notable Improvement
in the times. The Republican party
had upheld the honor of the country,
preventing IA slicing off of the dollar
The record of the Democratic party
of the State and country in straddling
on the silver question was referred to-
The representatives of the Jim Smith
party at Trenton did not dare say
which side they were ON. In various
districts throughout the State the
same party is adopting different plat
forms on the silver question How
would these candidates vote if elected
to Congress ? How are the people to
know what they stand for In the
Fourth district the only principle of
the Democatic party is to elect their
candidate and leave to his personal
wishes the question which in the late
national campaign they said was the
only issue before the people. The
Democratic platform is merely "Note
for Us. He did not believe that the
people of Huuterdon wanted man to
represent them who evaded principles.
Congressman Pitney pad eulogy
to Mr.. Kelley. He had known him
since he was boy. He had been be-
fore the people and was respected by
all for his high character and ability.
He was man of conviction, who be-
lieved III sound money and would
scorn to stand on strRddling plat
form
The Smithocrats are driven to straits.
In the Eighth district the platform of
| the Democrats declares That the State
is now honeycombed with corruption
The platform reads rs though Barney
| Ford conducted the State House in
vestigation, and that Foster NJ. Voor-
hees books were eaten with mice
that his letters had taken wings, that
| he sold coal to the State Mt sugar
prices, that he furnished his private
house with State furniture, that lhe
periured himself in swearing to bills,
and that he looted the treasury ON
every hand That platform is the
funniest thing which ever happened in
politics But the people cannot be
! fooled. 1t was Foster NJ Voorhees,
| who conducted the investigation, and
1T was the Democratic party which was
responsible for the gang of thieves
| who We're shown beyond doubt to have
robbed the State capitol in nearly
| every room.
! Governor Voorhees, was greeted with
prolonged applause when he was in
| trudueed He said il was right for
| the people To look to the principles
and acts of the parties before they
voted. One party is now known as
| the Smlthocratic party. He knew,
| however, that three years ago many
| Democrats had voted to overthrow its
leaders for bringing scandal on the
| whole State. We are now told that
the Democratic party had reformed.
! The people remember, however, the
| ballotbox stutfing in Hudson, when
| ixty-eight election officers were in
| dicted. Their sponsor then was Bob
| Davis, and i'll the recent State con-
vention of the Democrats he control
led the delegates from his county At
the convention BILLY Thompson,
"the Duke of Gloucester, cast the
| vote of Camden county. In box,
controlling the delegates, was United
States Senator Smith, who Journeyed
to Trenton once to be ON hand should
he he needed to assist III the coal
combine bill.
The Democrats say that only State
issues are at stake. They demand
| home rule. They not know what it
means. They do have violated the prin-
ciple in invading municipalities with
various kinds of boards and commits
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came in power their first act was to re-
store the powers taken away from the
| cities. They forget that the Republi-
can party wiped out the Electrical Com
mission. which could prevent any tele-
phone. electric light or telegraph COM
| pany from entering city without its
| permission-a commission sitting Mt
Trenton, appointed by the Governor.
with control over the alleys, streets
and avenues of every municipality.
The State annually disburses 81. 600,
600 half of which goes to the public
schools, The Republican party has
not only abolished the commission,
but has reduced the expenses of the
| running of the State departments.
Reforms have been instituted and an
nual expenditures reduced The peo-
| Pile now raise Sl0O, 900 less for public
schools than formerly, because that
amount is now given over to the school
fund from the States income Then
$500, 900 derived from the railroads
now goes back to the municipalities, a
direct and positive gain which was not
enjoyed before the coming into con
troll of the Republican party. The
State now gets $40, 600 in fees which
formerly went into the pockets of the
Democrats. The expenses Of the
courts have been reduced by the Re
publican party nearly 500, 600 a year.
More than million dollars OF the
States revenues have been used for
the purpose of wiping out the debt of
the State and the support of the in
digent insane, schools and roads. The
money SO spent goes back to the people.
and not for salaries of commissions. as
under the Democrats. Iu its institu-
tions the State has necessarily gone
forward The facilities of twenty
years ago do not answer for to-day.
The Legislature to-day watches every
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