Bridgeton pioneer., 1902-07-24

W"o "hiAo 6Ho COmmlbGo6 was out
looking up the nominee to bring him
before the convention that cheers
went up for Loudenslager, "our old
Congressman
There was a wild demonstration
when Congressman Gardner was
brought before the convention. He
made one of his characteristic
speeches, which was well received. 1t
took about one hour and half for the
convention to complete it's work.
Cumberland Much in Evidence.
Cumberland county was very much
in evidence, in fact took the promi-
nent part in the session Chancery
Clerk Stokes divided honors with
Congressman Gardner, Fhis reception
being one of the most remarkable ever
accorded man in South Jersey.
Senator Minoh also came in for a
great deal of attention, and was
chosen unanimously by his county as
chairman of the delegation, giving
him voice in the Convention
The chairman, Mr. James E.
Mitchell, acquitted himself well, and
Col. Jarvis Wanser was one of the
Vice Presidents. Chancery Clerk
Stokes is also one of the Congressional
Committee, and Bridgeton, in Geo.
| w MoGowo,, bo1 n Caora%orv of +bo
Convention.
The following is the platform
adopted Thursday at Cape May:
"The Republicans of the Second
Congressional District of New Jersey,
in Convention assembled, adopt the
following declaration:
sWe renew our allegiance to the
] policies of the Republican Party as
enunciated at it's last national conven-
tion, and as emphasized in practice
by the administrations of Mckinley
and Roosevelt. By reason of the OBJ
servance of those principles by the
party in power, this Nation has been
raised from a fcondition of idleness
and financial depression, into one OF
unparalleled prosperity and active in
| dustry. We have not only increased
our markets at home, but we are SELL
ing the products of our factories and
farms in the markets of the world
"We rejoice in the fact that the
battle for sound money has been
fought and won, and the finances of
the country are assured of safety by
the enactment of statutes that relieve
the business world from the fear of
unstaple currency, and that makes
every American dollar as good as gold
the world over. Republican legisla-
tion has thrown the arm of protection
around the earnings and savings of
our people and guaranteed them
against the danger of depreciation.
"The marvellous industrial and
business activity that has blessed the
country since eighteen hundred and
ninety six, has expandeds our trade
and commerce to proportions hitherto
unknown, and begotten enterprises of
vast competition and proportion We
believe in free untrammeled industry.
We realize that combinations are
the natural outgrowth of the progress
of civilization, and are essential in
the promotion of trade. Those COM
binations, however, which are formed
for the restriction of trade or for the
unjustifiable enhancement of prices
prove hurtful to the people, and
should be made amendable to such
laws as will subject them to control
an examination, and prevent them
from working oppression or injustice.
The solution of the trust question
can be safely left to the Republican
party, and to that party alone, be-
cause it has successfully solved every
other great problem that has con-
fronted the American people during
the past fifty years, and because it
has enacted the only legislation now
on the statue books directed against
the unlawful restraint Of traffic and
trade. We call attention to the fact
that President Roosevelt has been ac-
tive in moving against every combina-
tion that proved harmful to the pub
lie, and we invite a comparison of his
conduct in this respect with that of
the donothing policy of his Demo
cratic predecessors.
k"There is no Port of Entry from
Sandy Hook to the Delaware where
there is depth of water sufficient for
the entry of ships of ordinary
draught. This can be afforded by the
entry of a breakwater in the channel
at Atlantic City and the expenditures
of less thar one million dollars, as
recommended by the government en-
gineers, who examined into and re-
ported on the subject. We ask imme-