Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-11

moi serve two masters. Who is his
master? The people whom he is
sworn to serve and whose money he
receives as salary, or the corporations
for whose bills he Hobbies?
A New Brunswick paper character
lied my questions as vague insinu-
ations," and said that Mr.. Strong
was too busy a man to answer them.
/ now change these questions to di-
rect charges (as they were meant to
bel and publicly state that THE
REASON THE BOSS DOES NOT
ANSWER THEM is BECAUSE HE
DARE NOT, ASfHE KNOWS THEY
ARE ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
Let me ask another question. VIII
Mr.. Strong tell the people why he
was opposed to the bill introduced in
the last legislature, providing for an
investigation of life insurance COM
panies, and If it was not at his de-
mand that the members from Middle
sex voted against said investigation?
This being so, the boss certainly did
not represent the policy holder, who
is entitled to know what use is being
made of his funds; the man who by
the sweat of his brow is able to save
up enough to ecu a policy for the
protection of his widow and orphans.
Then whom did Boss Strong repre-
sent? The Insurance Company, of
course. AS usual, opposed to the
people and in favor of the corpora
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the people? HIS DUTY is TO DE-
LIVER HIS COUNTY'S VOTES JUST
LIKE so MUCH MERCHANDISE.
AS a condition precedent he must
have men who are safe" tractable,
obedient and at least halter broken.
Should any one dare assert his indie
pendence, off goes his political head
the first opportunity.
There Is not a move on the polite
al board of this county but what
must be submitted to Boss Strong.
His rule is as absolute as that of the
Gar of Russia, and yet we claim to
be a free people.
We hear a great deal about a re-
duction of the tax rate but the boss
defenders are dumb when you men,
ton a betrayal of the people into the
hands of the corporation by notorious
lobbying for pernicious legislature.
Such is the man who makes and
unmakes candidates. And the above
are correct examples of corporate
domination through the medium of
the bosses. I am opposed to him be-
cause he is the senatorial %represen-
tative of the boss and the system. 1t
is unfortunate for him that he has
the enthusiastic endorsement OF Boss
Strong.
At this time / desire to brand as a
lie the allegation that introduced a
bill in my W behalf, creating the
office of deputy quartermaster gener-
al. This bill was proposed by mem
bers of the State Military Board to
make the department comply with
U. S. Army regulations, and was CIV
en- me as chairman of the house OF
Committee on Military Affairs, to in
troduce. The position was not
sought, MOI was anything said direct
ly or indirectly about the same, and
the offer was as much a surprise TO
me as it would have been to any
member of this audience. | had pre-
viously served five years in the Ma
tional Guard and had received an
honorable discharge. The pay was
for active duty at Sea Girt.
Fol a confirmation of the above, I
would refer Mr.. Strong to the quar-
termaster general, General Murray,
and to the commander of the military
and naval forces of the state, Cover
nor Stokes.
The handclapping and cheering
which rem the air as the i%ndepend-
ent candidate for state senator from
Middlesex finished was of a volume
not often surpassed in a gathering of
any size.
Senator Colby was then introduced
and received a similar ovation. He
started off by defying any machine"
men to deny anything he might say.
81 suppose the ring organs will
come out tomorrow and throw cold
water on this meeting, but it's i'm
portance cannot be denied.
I'VE aim to break up the nefarious
alliances between the bosses and the
corporations and the only way to do
that is to send good men and honest
men to the legislature to represent
the people and not to represent the
corporations and the bosses who do
their bidding" He told of the bull
doing to which e was subjected In
his early experiences as a member
of the legislature and of how he at
first obeyed the bosses in his ignor-
nee of politics.
II come" he said, with a mess
age to you as a republican. Not so
much as a regular republican, as a
republican in sympathy with all that
the new idea represents. We want
restore representative government,
something that does not exist at the
present time. Attacking individuals
will not accomplish much, but If we
substitute sound for unsound doc
trines the old methods will disappear
at ono Attack the conditions and
not individuals, and then you will &C
complish something. l know the
thing from the ground up. The lead
ers get together behind closed doors
and nominate puppets. I've been
with them and | know. Go home and
think that v We must ask the
people for support. The people have
got out of the habit of going to the
primaries, and the machines have
been naming candidates for them.
have party primaries, but people
have not paid much attention to