The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-21

4 pioonneiu rlncn y! CuInDeT.ahu county
seconding speeches being made by former
Governor Foster NJ. voorhees, Of Union
| and Prosecutor William b. Speer OF Hudson
county. Mr.: Stokes was brought before
the convention by committee consist
Record Of Jersey City, Senator William j.
Bradley Of Camden and Karl G. Roebling
| OF this city.
Although for three years Mr.. Stokes has
been in the public eye as the probable
! for a year as the almost certain choice,
| his appea rance before the convention was
the signal for spontaneous outburst OF
| applause prolonged for several minutes.
| Mr.. Stokes traced the history Of the Re-
publican party in New jersey since it came
! into power more than ten years ago, con-
trasting it with the record of the Demo-
Gratis as exemplifed by the coal combine,
the. raoetraek bill, the. trump Senate
and other iniquities which resulted in
turning the State from the Democratic
column and placing 1t, as Is generally be-
lieyed, safely in the, Republican ranks.
He indorsed the plank OF the platform
pledging a change in the method Of dis;
elaborated upon the entire system Of tax
alton in the State, reminding the Demo-
cratic managers that the very law which
they now declare to be Ubiquitous WAS a
Democratic Governor. and standing with
out any effort at revision during the many
years that the Democrats were In power
Mr., Stokes met. with eogept arguments
the charge that the Republican party has
been extravagant, saying that the oom-
parison of expenditures of to-day with
those of ten years ago had caused him to
doubt the truth of the axiom that figures
don't lie. He said:
The comparisons. Of the. Democrats are
me remind them that that public disbursements
are not always an.eStravagance Let me call
Increased 80 per cent We have p Better gov
ernment than under Democratic admins
Of VIZ Last yeSs
$4,000 for voting machines to preserve the
spbe % q aTe afa for
the development of our roads, to add value
to the p lends t9 give him easy tSs
counties for the support and care Of the In
sane 100000 more. than ten years ago We
o sesf
less for each ra tS than for merry and that
OF the assets OF the State. We have an epi-
leptiG village where these upfortunates are
We have renormstgry where youthful
s he oaa s1s III their I'VE are
We spent over $3.50, 900 for charitable ..pur-
poses last year. ~ against $40 200 In 1912.
cheney Of our school system. We have In
creased the State school appropriation from
the to s are Q. spehdn noM
cational purposes. Cor technical and indus
trial schools, for the colored school at Borden /
against $3.50 900 in 1892. We are paying sal I,
nries to the county superintendeatso of schools.
ferrine expenses from the counties and mu-
inequalities to the state; We. are distributing
100000 year more of the railroad tax to the
lnn Inc fhfrn
to Ss munioipaiisies from ne income Of pabliSo
utility GorpSr ations We are giving million
ysaa 20 fsp a RsS sRs subject
i our opponents are voted into powell
VII they cease ca thee e caTe VII
and turn them loose on society? WIN they
stop the reformation of criminals? Win .
tri s Win = they curtsi the sppropriation
f3r sduoat,oSI w99Hld not have e sins!e
viii VIII our 't opponents state hen what public
them be silent, hst me remind them q an;
cempiete they have ESQ Omitted small Items
TIE normal school. technical and industrial
education; formyly paid out Of the, sohpol
s 4e sssssV RsS fSt & tea ss'ss
amount of the expenditure but the object
S Which ev sSss BE sps hs Rs1R s
people service and upon that test the Re-
publican party Is glad to open the books.
Mr.. Stokes closed his address by a dis
cussion OF national campaign issues.
The convention selected the following
Presidential electors:
At large, Uzal II. McCarter OF Newark.
Col. Washington .Roehling Of Trenton
First district. Howard s. Cooper, Camden;
Second district, Lewis r. Stevens. Cape
May; Third district, Lewis 8. Thompson,
Monmouth; Fourth district Adolph Mack,
Somerset Fifth district, Richard Williams
Morris; Sixth district, E. Hull Browning.
Bergen; Seventh district. Henry Dickson,
Essex Eighth district, Arthur B. Leach,
son; Tenth district. Aaron S. Baldwin,
Hudson.