The Jersey City news., 1905-09-15


ayers and workers aud the oifice-holders
represent in their personnel the merest
fraction of this great electorate. They
are simply the agents and instruments OF
the body of voters. When they lend
themselves to grasping private interests,
hand over their public and party trusts
to corporate greed, deny, under the same
sinister influence. the most reasonable
public demands, while satisfying the
most unreasonable demands by private
rapacity, they become excrescences on
the party that must be Topped off.
Corporation control of affairs in New
Jersey under Republican government,
with its betrayal of public interests. its
treacheries to Republican principles Of
government, its chicanery and graft, has
gone to the limit. A reaction has set in
within the Republican ranks, trumpet
call has been sounded, and it is ominous
of disaster if the party management
leaders do not recognize the spirit of the
times in time to throw off the evil in
fuences that are riding the Republican
party to fall.
Concerning Major Lentz the Adver-
tiser says
The fight in the Republican party in
Essex County on the Senatorship was
the outcome of corporation mastery of
the Republican organization in city,
county and State, and the victory achiev-
ed by a majority of the Republican
voters in electing enough delegates to
control the county convention is distinct
" and emphatieaHy a corporation de-
feat.
But for the notorious and scandalous
manipulations of party politics by large
corporations, and, principally, the Public
Service Corporation. there would have
been no such contest within the party
lines, there would have been no bitter
ness of Republicans against Republicans,
and good will and harmony would char
acterize party relations in this county.
Major Carl Lenhtz chairman of the
County Committee, cannot be made the
scapegoat for the sins of corporation
control. His position as the county
chairman has made him the one promi-
nent personality for criticism and at
tack by revolters against the selfish and
unscrupulous dominance and dictation of
corporations.
But he is only an executive officer, he
acts solely by authority of the county
committee and under orders by party
superiors, who get their inspiration from
the officers of the private corporations.
Whatever responsibility attaches to the
chairman belongs equally to the whole
county committee collectively and indi-
vidualIy.
The results Of the primaries are for
the redemption of the Republican party
from CALLING and humiliating servitude
to the corporate interests. the worst fea-
ture of which has been the whip of the
Public Service Corporation. The party
has given q new mandate to Its leader
ship in this county. it has knocked the
shackles from the county committee, and
freed the county chairman from dicta-
tion that has made him target for
personal abuse as the personiHcation of
.
all that was wrong and evil in party poll
tics. The primary election results have
made free county committee and free
chairman.
A large credit for the uninterrupted
Republican successes Of the Republican
party in Essex County since 1893, and
for the perfect system of organization
which has been built up has been justly
given to Major Lentz's management Of
party affairs. That fact cannot be for
gotten at time when the people of the
county are rejoicing in signal victory
over corporation rule. The logic of the
election means unjnterrupted good eyec-