Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-10-06

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want simply to say that that is the
gratitude for 80 years service Some
of our race may not be AFFILIATED with
u.s. but they will only be small num-
ber OF course, some of the political
vampires of the race will be sucking
the blood out of the Republican state
committee up until election day.
81 am sent here to offer our support
uncompromisingl to your ticket, our
support in order that we may pay our.
debt. We have in our ranks son
of New Jersey who served in the gall
liant Tenth United States cavalry at
San Juan. He has two bullets in him.
too, which shows that he was in the
fighting. That is the material we are
made up of. And, gentlemen, this
black phalanx, which is a new recruit
in your ranks, will stand as the Tenth
cavalry did at San Juan, like a stone
wall This two dollars for days
work on election day is played out"
Murrell was loudly cheered. and
Chairman Gourley said that it was the
duty of the Democrats to see that the
colored race received fair treatment
I'VE have debt to pay Also he said,
"a debt to those colored men who were
members of the Tenth cavalry regi-
ment, and we will not forget to pay it,
THE PLATFORM.
Ex-senator William D. Edwards, of
Hudson, chairman of the committee on
resolutions, then put in an appearance
and he was heartily cheered. Three
cheers for Edwards" shouted one en-
thusiastic delegate as the senator took
the platform. Mr.. Edwards then read
the resolution, which was as follows:
We, the representatives of the Demo-
cratic party in state convention as
sembied. reaffirming our devotion to all
the great and vital principles of the
Democratic party on national issues,
and believing. however, that the COM
ing state campaign should be fought
out on state issues, and for the re-
demption of the state from Republican
extravaganza, corruption and misrule,
declare the paramount issues in the
| campaign to be:
| Equal taxation, home rule, honest
| state and municipal government, the
adjustment of useless and expensive
state commissions, the reduction of the
| large present expenses of the state gov
eminent to the economical standard
maintained for years under Democratic
| rule, the reduction of official salaries,
| the adjustment of the fee system and
| the placing of all officials on a salary
| basis, the enactment of laws in the in
| terest of organized labor, and for the
protection of the wage workers of the
state, the repeal of all laws that abridge
the rights of juries to fix the amount
| of damages in cases where the death of
| a person is caused by wrongful act,
| and the release of the administration
| of state affairs from the control of cor
| porations and their restoration to the
| authority of the people.
We demand that the tax laws of this
| state be amended to provide for the
| hquaf taxation of all property, real and
| personal, not used for religious, charit-
| able or educational purposes, in ac-
cordance with the mandate of the con-
| stitution, which says:
Property shall be assessed for taxes
| under general laws, and by uniform
.ules, according to it's true value
We charge the Republican party
which had complete control of all
| branches of the state government dur
+, ing the past three years, with having
violated the pledges it made to the
people before being entrusted with
! power.
REPUBLICAN EXTRAvAGANCE.
We charge the Republican party with
! having created useless and needless
state commissions at the expense of
thousands of dollars to the people OF
| this state, and pledge the Democratic
party to the enactment of laws that
will secure their adjustment.
! We charge that the Republican party
| has been guilty Of gross extravaganza
! in the administration of state affairs
| and that the expenses of the state gov
eminent under Republican rule have
! been increased nearly half a million
dollars annually and are now largely
in excess of what they should be for an
/ honest and economical administration
| of the government, and beyond the
annual revenues of the state by thou
sands of dollars. We pledge the Demo
| cratic party to reduction of expenses
/ and an economical and BUSINESS like
| administration of the affairs of state.
We charge that the salaries of pub
| lie officials are far in excess of what
| they should be, and pledge the Demo
/ cratic party to the enactment of laws
| that will secure the reduction of the
| same.
| We pledge the Democratic party to
| the enactment of laws that will abolish
| the fee system in all state and county
| offices, and place all such public Of
| ficials on a salary basis, thereby saving
| to the people of this state thousands OF
dollars, which will revert to the pub
! lie treasury instead of the pocket of the
| officeholder.
| We condemn the action of the recent
Republican legislatures which refused
almost every request made for legisla-
| ton in the interest of organized labor
and repealed acts passed by Demo-
cratic legislatures for the protection OF
the wage workers of New Jersey; and
we pledge our party to give proper con-
sideration to the views adopted by the
councils of organized labor
VOORHEES, LABOR'S ENEMY.
! We charge Foster M. Voorhees,, the
Republican candidate for governor
with being an enemy of organized labor
| and that he has proved his hostility by
| his official acts while acting as gov
| ernor of the state.
/ We favor the repeal of all laws
abridging the right of juries to fix the
| amount of damages in cases where the
| death of a person is caused by wrongful
act, and condemn the brutal opinions
| filed by Republican judges in constru-
| ing such laws.
We favor an amendment to the laws
of the state providing severe penalties
| for discrimination in the fixing of rates
| for transportation of freight in any wise
injurious to the farmers or other people
| of this state.
We charge that the Republican party
is under the domination and control OF
| the corporations and trusts of this
state and refer the voters to the numer-
| Gus acts passed by recent Republican
| legislatures for the benefit of corpora
| tons, foreign and domestic, at the ex-
! pense of the people; and to the rail-
road acts passed ostensibly in the in
| but really in the interests of the cor
| porations; and also call attention to
the silence of the platform adopted by
| the recent Republican convention upon
| all questions in anywise affecting the
interests of trusts and corporations
/ We declare that the state of New
| Jersey owes to every child within its
! borders an education unsurpassed by
| any other state. We demand for our
school children ample and suitable ac-
| commodation in every city, town and
| village, so that every child may attend
school the whole of every school day;