The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-17
Mr.. VOORHEES, Inaugural.

MI. voorhees,
The inaugural address of Governor
Voorhees,, without being a specially lumi-
nous document, is a vast Improvement
over that of ohm w. Griggs', three years
ago. 1t says some things, and on the
whole they are good and wise things to
say. What is more. Mr. Voorhees, ap-
pears to really mean them, more than
can be said of Mr.. Griggs, who. himself.
never means anything, and who is af-
iarmative only when he has an aggressive
corporation at his back.
Mr.. VOORHEES, address may be divided
into three sections, the pl~atitudinous, the
practical and the spread-eagle. In the
first he makes a number of startllngly
unoriglhal remarks. One is conscious of
a distinct shock on finding Mr.. VOORHEES,
giving utterance to the remark thai "Un-
der a republican form of government,
parties viii, of necessity, arise" 1t is
stuiTuing, simply, when he adds, "Politi-
cal parties are not to be considered as
unmixed evils This is so very true that
It. is almost paralyzing to find it in print
outside the covers of a schoolbook.
MI. Voorhees, is more original but not
mite so true when he gives US his idea
of the duties of his new office. Indeed
there is room for speculation as to
whether he does not mistake himself for
q Supreme Court Judge or a Prosecutor
of the Pleas.
In the practical part of his address,
Mr.. Voorhees, makes two or three ad-
mirable suggestions. The best, of course
is that wherein he urges the return to
the various localities of the surplus tax
money collected in them and not needed
by the State. This, on general prlncl-
pies, is a good suggestion. a very good
one. OF course, it show that MI. Voor-
bees has not looked at the State Comp
t~roller's report for the current year, for
it is shown therein that the surplus IS
"a BE reduced, not increased, this year.
Edit, some 0luSf year sAeiC M@s
growing surplus. if the Republican party
can be deprived of control in the Legis-
aature. and then Mr.. voorhees, idea will
be most appropriate.
The passage of the address which has
reference to the Railway Reformatory de-
serves endorsement. The Legislature
should appropriate money to complete
This institution. even though it took every
dollar remaining in the surplus to do it.
As there is to be no important State
election this fall, probably the Legisla-
t,re will take heed OF the Governors adj
vice.
Just what Mr.. Voorhees, means by ms
remarks about corporations, we fail to
grasp, No doubt he means well, but his
remarks have an odd smack of Altgeld
about them, which is disturbing. 1t is
to be hoped that Mr.. Voorhees, will not
make himself the fugleman of any
schemes calculated to drive capital out OF
the state. We really fail to see what
quarrel New jersey and her people nave
with the CORPORATIONS.
Mr.. voorhees, final outburst of patriot
ism is pretty and appropriate In our
appreciation of the valor Of our soldiers,
In our devotion to the flag, we are acme
Of us Republicans or Democrats but Jer-
sevrnen and American citizens. We all re-
ioite in the glory that has been won,
ana we recognize in Mr. voorhees,, as
governor, the right man to lead the
chorus of thanksgiving.
That Mr.. Voorhees, Will be a good Ex-
ecutive, we do not doubt. He is a sim
cere man. thoroughly honest and manly
and wise, according to his lights. For the
good Of the State, we hope that he may
md resolution to stand by the promises
Of ~non-partfsan care for the peoples
good into which he has entered today