The Penn's Grove record., 1907-10-11
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: Is GUIty Eot E$Semoiy
Tine .Daa5crstjc a~ Uou7,ht.o,.
met 4. joraosb Hat w e. p, on
Monday, @tn 4a4msc County Chair
man, callei tie col. l.ion ' order
Albert steine sla Oh rles Pancoast,
of Salem, were -,cse' chairman and
secretary. The lo,loN ( committees
were appointed.
observation-disclosures Butcher, Roger
Moran, David B. Fox. Charles F. Par
coast.
Credentials, Henry Bloemer, Manning
ton; Robert Featherer, Oldmans; Jacob r.
Edwards, Elmer.
Permanent Organization, ]. K. Duffy,
Penn's Grove; Charles Powell, Alloway;
Henry Hall, Salem.
Adjournment was made Until 1.30.
Then the convention r~eassembled, j. f.
Shoemaker, OF PENIS Grove, presented
the name OF John X. Duffy OF Penn's
Grove, for Assembly. He was unan-
imously nominated,
Joseph Bell, of Salem, presented the
name of Loren P. Plummer for Surrogate,
He was the unanimous choice of the
convention.
MIR. Duffy was brought before the con-
ventlon and accepted the nomination.
He said it was a surprise to him. he
would do all he could to be elected and
If elected, would not do anything to
make any one ashamed of having voted
for him,
Mr.. Hummer was not present.
RESOLUTIONS
The Democratic party OF the County OF
Salem IN convention assembled make the
following declaration of principles as our
platform in this campaign.
l. We approve and endorse the entire
platform adopted by the Democratic State
convention.
2. The merging OF the Spring with the
Fall election has proved neither economi-
cal or conducive to better local govern
ment. We, therefore, demand that cleo
tions for municipal officials be seperate
from the general elections. We favor a
primary election law that laymen can
understand and observe
3. We favor the adjustment of the
voting machine and the giving to every
voter the right to prepare his own ballot
III the secrecy of the voting booth and to
see that ballot deposited i'll the ballot
box, and then counted as cast without
doubt left in his mind as to how he cast
his vote and how it was finally counted.
4. We believe we are yet capable of
self-government. We, therefore, demand |
the right to elect our own tax officers, To-
cal and county, The present system of
taxation is both unequal and unjust. We
favor actual equal taxation according to
the constitution, the direct local taxa
ton at local rates Of all classes OF property |
alike, and not as 10Y taxation according |
to the idea of the corporations on rail
road property by a State Board of taxa
ton named by the Governor, and on III
dividual property, nominally by assessors
but really by county Boards Of Taxation, |
also named by the Governor and both
by the same corporate in
t1uence.
5 We favor granting only limited fran
chises to corporations and the taxation of
the same at their actual value at local rates.
& We favor the elections of U. S. Sena-
by the direct vote of the people.
Z We favor a primary election law
which will enable the voters of every
party to nominate by direct vote their
candidates for the various elective officers
the State.
s. We pledge the candidates nominated
the united and earnest support Of the
Democratic party in the County of Salem
and appeal to all good citizens irrespective
Of their former party affiliations to join
rs in condemaino local and State wrongs
ana a. = in restoring gSsernnle Vie
people,