Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-11-02

On the seventh OF N0gem Der, 1o5Sy every
man Of legal sge. who is entitled to vote,
will have the chance TO cast ballot for
men to represent Gloucester county in the
| New Jersey Legislature 10 enact laws
which We will all have 10 live under, and
every man should weigh carefully IN his
mind the way he should vote, whether he
will vote for freedom or oppression. Wash
ington with his army OF patriots fought
and freed this country from the yoke of
Great Britain, the bondage of tyrannical
power, and to-day we find in our own
beloved land of the free power as tyranni-
cal and oppressive to the farmer, the
business man and to the laboriDg man, as
the yoke of Great Britain, that our fore
frthers fought, bled and died to be free
from. This octopus known as Trusts,
which is ruling with rod of iron, heaping
burden after burden on the backs of the
masses, not only in New Jersey, but In
every State in this glorious Union, and
nearly all receiving their charters from the
State OF New Jersey, and we find the
window glass trust, which was refused a
charter in every State in the Union coming
to New Jersey and getting charter Tor
merely the asking and paying small fee,
and then buying up and leasing works,
mailing them up and the men walking the
streets Idle, and in the State of Indiana,
every owner of window glas sworks is
awaiting trial in the Courts of the different
counties in which they are situated and
requested to show cause why they should
JOIN a trust, when the laws of Indiana are
opposed to them. Is it not time that the
voters of Gloucester county pause and
think as they cast their ballot regardless of
party feeling, who will Iegislate for the
interest of the masses, and help to repeal
this obnoxious Trust law? Will it be
Senator Stanger, who has no platform telling
us what he will do, or even try to do, who
has been in the Legislature seven years
and done nothing except as we find on the
record, in words like the hand writing on
the wall, that he even voted for this OBJ
noxious law, voted to heap burdens on the
backs of all the people? or will yeu vote
for the Hon. Thomas M. Terrell. who well
earned the title of that song composed at
Wlliiamslown, Honest Tom was the best
Of all, yonder in Congress Hall.n The
man who has champiOned the interest of
the masses at every instance when be was
in the Legislature, the man who did more
good for The people in two years in the
Legislature, than Senator StaDger has done
in seven.
Mr. Terrell in his letter of acceptance,
written from the very heart, tells us Just
what he will do, and the excellent platform
that he is advocating, and his record that
he made should be matter of great con
sideration to every voter He has been
tried aud always found true to the cause
of freedom. And even his opponents are
obliged TO praise his record, they have |
and scanned it with microscopic |
view from to e. but not one blemish can |
they find to print even in their most |
radical papers against Mr.. Terrell as a |
citizen or Legislator.
We hear asked on all sides, what has
Senator S anger done in the interest of the
working classes, Or for the people in all his
seven years in the Legislature. Not one
single thing. But we find him voting and |
sustaining the most iniquitious law that
ever was conceived by men for the OPP
preston of the fellow men and their own
enrichment. The Trust law, oh ! we'll, can
we say we have men in the Legislature
who know not whether to vote yes or no
until they have seen the wink of the Boss
Incompeteney in Office is one of the great
est crimes of this day.
And did it not show to every voter the
way the Republican primaries were con-
Quoted when the Ring and rowdyism
ruled the nomination of Senator Stanger,
that something is wrong when those kind
Of schemes are resorted to, to defeat men
in his own party. II Senator Stranger had
the cause of the masses, and
had not kneeIed 10 Trusts and the Ring,
he would not have been obliged to resort
to unlawful means to get his nomination
This is Reconsideration every voter should |
bear in mind. We should not uphold that |
kind of work by voting for man who has
TO purchase his nomination. But let us BY |
our votes elect man to Office who will |
work for the interest of the laboring man |
on the farm, 10 the factory, or in the Office.
aud we have such man 10 Hon. Thomas |
Nj. Terrell, man who has sacrificed every |
thing but honor, and that he never will for |
any man, man who can look you in the
face and say my record is an open book
La his letter of acceptance be points out the
cause, the effect, and cure, and tells you
he +" will do all, if elected, your Senator
can do to repeal not only the Trust law
but work for the enforcement of the laws
to break off the shackles that are fast bind
ing the laboripg man down. And the
question before Us is, will we vote for |
Senator Stanger, who is controlled by the
local Office holders Trust, whose greed for
money and control of Office is their whole
aim, or for Mr.. Terrell, who will legislate
Tor the interest of the laboring man. "By
the fruit ye shall know the tree,n and By
the record, the legislator. He has always
stood by the people, and will again. And
every man that wants good, clean, honest
legislation should cast their ballot where it
will do the most good for themselves aud
regardless of party feeling. We
have the men and their records before us,
and it is left for US TO say by our ballots on
Tuesday next which one we endorse, and
we want Ferret and freedom, or
5taDger and oppression. Yours truly.
A GLAssBI.OWER.