Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-20
To NAME THEIR TICKET
New Jersey Republicans Met
at Trenton Today.
1000 DELEGATES CHEER
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN JOHN
SONS TERSE REMARKS.
Convention Nominates Presidential
ernor-Much Enthusiasm.

TRENTON N. j., September 20.-The re-
publican state convention to nominate pres
idential electors and candidate for gov
ernor was called to order in Taylor Opera
House at noon today by Chairman Briggs
of the republican state committee.
There were 1000 delegates present. Will
liam M. Johnson of Bergen county was
chosen temporary chairman of the conven-
ton. Mr.. Johnson was greeted with ap-
plause He spoke, in part, as follows:
Chairman Johnson's Remarks.
The greater part of Chairman Johnson's
speech was devoted to state issues. On
national issues the speaker said that the
republicans of New Jersey are enthusiastic
and unanimous in the support of Roose-
velt and Fairbanks and 1.-The great prin-
ciples of the party which were reaffirmed
at the convention at Chicago
Continuing, the speaker said:
I'VE have a platform that fits the candi-
dates and candidates that fit the platform.
No belated telegram to a tired and dis
cordant convention was necessary to an
nounce to the world that our candidate
claimed to be saner and sounder than his
party. We are more fortunate than our
opponents, for we are not compelled to re-
verse the political declarations of the past
eight years and to admit that during all
that time our adversaries were right and
we were wrong. We are not obliged to
appeal to the people for support on the
ground that we have repudfated the prin-
ciples which for two campaigns we had
declared sacred and unalterable.
I'VE are not driven to the humiliating
necessity of confessing that we have been
unsound and unsafe both in principle and
in practice, but that under the stress of
political disaster we have become so sane
and SO safe that now we may be trusted
with the administration of public affairs
rra fhn fir
party for its ''repudiation of those doctrines
which were its chief political assets in 1896
and 19OO," and declared that the party had
gone into bankruptcy. In conclusion the
speaker said:
I'VE have nominated as our candidate a
man of flesh and blood, whose opinions on
every public question are known and read
of all men. He Is not a sphynx or a mys-
terry, afraid to speak lest he may disturb
some wing of discordant party. His
works and his sentiments, his character and
his performance, all prove the courage, the
honesty and the splendid manhood of The
odore Roosevelt
Platform Adopted.
The platform indorses the national and
state administrations. 1t points to the pri-
mary election law, the factory inspection
law, the creation of tenement house COM
mission and the securing of interest on
state deposits in banks as among the
ton. 1t refutes the democratic charges of
extravaganza. While admitting increased
expenditures, it says these have been neces-
sary and beneficial. The bulk of the plat
form is devoted to the subject of equal
taxation.
1t defines the present law, and says that
the party believes that the time has come
when there should be a modification of the
present law for the taxation of railroads by
providing that second-class railroad prop
erty shall be taxed at full local rate. The
question of taxation of franchises and the
main stem of railroads is so far-reaching.
the platform declares, in Its effect upon
state revenues that any legislation on this
subject should be deferred until the report
of the commission which is now investigat-
ing the subject
Upon the presentation of this report the
platform pledges the party to fearless and
thorough consideration of the subject, to
the effect that any lack of uniformity or
Irregularities now existing may be remedied.