Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-10-03

sentative citizen of Cape May county,
Roosevelt type of man, one whose
guide has ever been his sense of right
and justice, and his duty to his fellow
man. A man whose sterling worth
and character has been the foundation
stone of his success as a representative
of the people and has demonstrated
conclusively what our Honorable Presi-
dent of the United States, Theodore
Roosevelt, so truly said, that you can
not too strongly Insist upon the ele-
mentary; first that you cannot build
the superstructure of public virtue save
on private virtue. He has never PROM
ised the impossible or the improper and
has always tried and has fully fulfilled
the duties and responsibilities involved
upon him. He has always looked to
the interest of the Republican party of
Cape May county and is still faithful
to that interest this present day. He
has served you faithfully and fearlessly
for six years, three years as an Assem-
blyman and three as Senator, and we
sincerely hope that the Republicans of
Cape May county will show their graft
tude for this faithful performance of
duty by again placing him in a posi-
ton to win the Office that he SO justly
merits. Gentlemen, it gives me the
greatest pleasure to present the name
| of Senator l.. M. Cresse as a candidate
for nomination for Senatorship of Cape
May county and l appeal to all loyal
Republicans, who have the best interest
of the Common wealth at heart, TO sup
port his name.o
SENATOR CREssE's SPEECH
every cloud has its silver lining,
and one of the compensations of defeat
is the fact that the defeated candidate
needs to say little. He does not have
to 90 into details of what his policy
will be, what he will do or will
leave undone. | don't need to tell you
what bills | will introduce and pass
next winter That is one of the bright
sides to look at. The dark side is
this, | have had at my side fighting
shoulder to shoulder, an army of good,
loyal friends, ready to make any sacri-
flee and | have led them-to defeat
that is the hard part for me-there is
the sting, and right here while | have
the opportunity I want to express my
appreciation of their tireless efforts in
my behalf.
In this contest, | sometimes feel that
| have not done much myself, but l
think you will all agree with me that
my friends have put up a pretty re-
spectacle tight-at least they have
kept up enough excitement to break
the monotony that sometimes attends
a walk-over.
We have all done whatever our
hands or heads found to do, and have
no excuse or apologies to offer. l think
frank confession from both sides
would be that we have both done
about all we could to win; and We
must bow to the inevitable
| have frequently been asked wheth-
er would run independently or not,
and in order to clear the atmosphere
for friends and enemies alike, | want
to state here publicly that | will not,
under any circumstances, be an inde-
pendent candidate. And once more
l want to express my appreciation of
the many good friends who have
volunteered to Ego along,o in case |
should. But we don't want Two Re
publican parties in this county; the
party is bigger than myself, and my
chagrin that it has repudiated me will
not be sufficient reason for me to turn
my back upon it.
Another silver lining to the dark
cloud of defeat is the inner conscious
ness that have honestly done my
very best for my constituents and the
Taxpayers. My only thought has
been their welfare, and all my public
acts have had in view, "the greatest
good to the greatest NUMBER But all
legislation has been from the earliest
days of history-a circumseribing Of
the actions of the few for the benefit of
the many-which is another way of
saying you can't please everybody
somebody's apparent rights are re-
stricted for the general good of the
people at large.
think | had reason to expect that
my course would meet the approval of
the people, but what [ have done has
either been not understood or appre-
ciated, at least that is the story the
ballots tell, and we bow as gracefully
as possible to the verdict of the voters
/ am a firm believer in majority rule,
and if majority of the people of this
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