The Jersey City news., 1906-05-04


every railp0ad manager, by every officer
of the great public service corporations,
by every water syndicate, by every
CRATER in public office, by every boss
and machine politician and by every
yenal newspaper in the State of New
Jersey.
George L. Record said in part
.'The indications are widespread that
new issues are gradually shaping them
selves in the public mind and that the
politics Of the future are to be along diff
ferent lines than those Of the last thirty
years. The eEsnt of this widespread
popular feeling is shewn in remark
able way by the reception of the recent
Muck Rake speech Of President Roose-
welt. The part of the speech which had
been expected and had been widely ad-
yertised received comparatively little att
tenTion but an apparently chance remark
dropped by the President. to the effect
that the great fortunes Of this coHnry
were danger the public and that they
must be in some fashion curbed by law,
aroused an intense interest all over the
country.
1asr, &ha< &c q
widespread discomfort with existing con-
ditions There is a general feeling that
the product of labor and Of capital is
not equitably distributed The political
problem of the future is how to fairly
and equitably divide the annual product
of labor and capital.
IF the people are to win in the fights
which are now opening up the primary
must be the key to the contest The rank
and file of the voters must come out and
attend the primaries. Men must be en-
eouraged TO come forward as candidates
without requesting the aid of any boss
or machine advocating openly such ideas
or principles or reforms as may appear
to them wise, and thus TO contest in the
open for the party nomination. Ideas
will become the means of victory instead
of money, and an independent class OF
men will appear in the political field,
whose study will be to benefit the public
interest, and these men, as they acquire
and show proficiency in the service of
the public, will be promoted from place
to place and will become expert in de-
tecting and remedying instances of spe-
cial privilege.
~ believe the Republican party of New
Jersey is destined to take a strong posi-
ton in this great contest. believe that
the injection of these ideas into politics
will finally bring the organization of the
party into harmony with the wishes Of
the rank and file of the party. l believe
these ideas will convince the public that
the Republican party is aiming to be a
genuine public servant, and that the eff
feet will be to bring into its ranks thou
sands of men who have acted with other
parties, but who will be attracted by the
spirit of real public leadership which
these questions will create.
1t is eminently an appropr'a ate thing
that the republican party should attack
and solve the great problem to which
have referred. To attack intrenched
special privileges is in harmony with the
traditions of the Republican party. That
party was brought into being for the ex-
press purpose of ffhting the greatest
special privilege which has existed ia our
country-slavery.
"The essence Of the crime of slavery
was that it was special privilege by
which the white man was enabled to take
from the black man all the product of
bis mind and muscle except enough 10
maintain him in animal working CON
dition. In other words the black man
produced the wealth. and by the law Of
the land the white man took possession
of practically all Of it. For the Rspubli-
can party, therefore, to attack the in
trenehed special privileges of our day is
but to continue the fight of Abraham
Lincoln and the great founders Of the
party.