Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-13
EDITORIAL COM MENT.

to be cared than sounding brass or
tinkling cymbal. Everywher,
throughout the state our contempt
rary. the Paterson Press, is recognize
ed as a clean, honest, high class re
publican journal. Its editor, Mr..
George Wurts. was secretary of state
for some years, and much interest at
taches to his editorial views because
of his intimate inside knowledge OF
New Jersey politics. When Mr.,
! Wurts feels constrained to support
the New Idea" it is a decided evil
dence of the need of a housekeeping
in New Jersey.
Some day, and that right soon, We
hope to welcome the Press into the
company of Independent journals. No
matter how independent it may be, a
newspaper which steers its policy by
the limited compass of party finds its
independence seriously handicapped.
The newspapers should represent the
people. not parties. There is no more
reason for a newspaper to bind itself
to a party machine than there is for
an individual to do so. The idea that
machine candidates may command
the support of a partisan press as a
matter of right and duty is a thing of
the past.
For our part. we say the Press is
one of the most s%plendidly republican
newspaper in the state today,
Elizabeth Evening Times:
The assembly district bill was, in
the house Yesterday afternoon, los.
by the narrow margin of one vote.
Mr.. Perkins. who favored the adop
ton of the measure, changed from
aye to no so as to be in position TO
move to reconsider, and it is quite
probable that the bill will again be
taken up before adjournment. Most o.
the reformers are for the bill. and its
passage was urged, also, by several
of the so-called machine Legislators
in The lower house. The opponents
of the bill based their cause upon the
claim that they could not conscien-
tiously vote for a proposition which
the supreme court had declared un-
constitutional. The proponents of the
districting plan replied that since the
previous bill had not yet been taken
into the court of errors and appeals,
and in view of the fact that the pend
ing measure provided for a review by
the courts, the objection WAS not we'll
taken. The fact remains that sub
stantial minorities in practically ev-
cry county of the state are now UNI
represented. 1t is evident, TOO, that
Justice and fairness demands the ab-
, clifton of the prevailing system OF
electing members of the assembly by
counties, and the division of the sam
into Legislative districts There are no
doubt political reasons at the bot
tom of the opposition to the district
ing bill. But whence comes the innu-
ence which has ordered its defeat is
something of a mystery.
Hudson Observer:
The new board of trade for North
Hudson has practically completed its
organization upon lines that prOmi--
to accomplish much in the interests cC
the municipalities represented. los
working plan is based upon that of
Newark, which possesses IN" mos,
public spirited ana energetic hod> Oh
the kind IN the state NeWarN S
board Is noted Iot ooIhS ''ihS@'
and doing them 100 up 10 me hand'e'
and few questions aHeel'hE even IN
the remotest degree inc ae'I"fe 'I me
people but Whai are carefully cohslo
cred ana acted upon
5 DoaTd Oh trade though
OF comparatlVelF recent origin prone
iSes TO fully represent IAe general Iu-
terests oil tnal Guy ana ll5 influence
In munlclpaI ahalL9 has @'leAaF MADE
'jselt Ielt' Il west Iiuosoh owns
nave also a Ooaru Oh iIad' when
like tl1 of their big neI1IDDI on the
other side Of the Passalc' is up to