The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-05
JUDGE FORT
GIVES VIEWS
ON ISSUES
CONTINUED from First Pase.)

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the day he accepted the nomination
at the State convention. when fully ex.
planned, might bring this about.
They were disappointed when tbs
speaker Endorsed every feature of tht
Republican platform, which contains q
virtual Endorsement of the Bishops
law which resulted from the efforts
of a Republican Legislature last year.
Mr.. Fort spoke for an hour and a
half. during which time he was repeat
eddy cheered.
Practically all of the prominent Is
sex Republicans attended the ratihca-
ticn, and today they expressed them
selves as thoroughly satisfied with II.
The crowd began to arrive at the Au-
ditorium early, and by s O'Clock eveTy
seat in the vast building was occupied.
Republicans of all degrees were pres
ent, ready by their cheering to adj
volume and tone to the opening Of the
Republican campaign. Everybody who
was anybody in the ranks Of the @. O.
P was there, either on the stage or in
the body of the Auditorium. There was
a sprinkling of Democrats, too, in the
audience.
The utterances of the Republican
candidate were important to them, for
they reasoned that. if he determined 10
express himself definitely on home rule,
: the Democrats would lave a very hard
dght in Essex to carry the county on
election day. The white rihboners were
there, hoping that the speaker would
indorss the platform of the Repuh-
lean party. II was a very intelligent
audience, as 9 whole. The people had
come to listen. not to cheer, It was evt-
dent.
The candidates family and some Of
his close friends occupied the lower
box on the left side. Besides Mrs. J.
Franklin Fort, the nominees wife,
Judge and Mrs. Franklin W. Fort Mrs
Leslie Fort an h former justices
unmarried daughter. Prosecutor Henry
Young sat in the box. In the box op-
posite was former Governor Franklin
Murphy, chairman Of the State Repub-
1fcan Committee, and his son, Frank
lin. jr.
Either on the stage or elsewhere in
the hall were Congressman r Wayne
Parker, Assistant Prosecutor Wilbur A.
Mott, Surrogate George E. Russell Tax
Receiver Robert L. Ross. the
E>=s DR.. Isaiah B. Norwood.
Collector of Customs George L
Smith, Assistant Postmaster VIII
fam F. Cyphers. County Auditor 3D.
ward 1. Conklin. former Assistant At
toFney-General Edward D. Dufheld. for
nier Board of Works Commissioners
Joseph L. vinson. Fire Commissioners
Charles Logan. winton c. Garrison,
Mayor William Cardwell. of East Or
ange; David S. Walton. George E.tHal-
sey. treasurer of the county committee;
Chairman Alfred N. Dalrymple, Of the
county committee; John r. Flavell sec
retary, and Republican Assembly can
dates.
Judge Benjamin F. Jones, of South
Orange; Sheriff Frank H. Sonmer and
Senator Everett Colby stood in the rear
of the hall. Two hundred Fort follow
ers from East Orange were in the body
Of the hall under the leadership OF
CITY Clerk Lincoln E. Rowley.
At s.15 o'clock Chairman George r.
Howe reached for his gavei. The band
struck up the Star Spangled Banner,
and the lights becoming dim. three
rings OF red. white and blue lights
were displayed from the stage. When
the cheering subsidized Mr., Howe as
sumed his duties as chairman, ex-
planning briefly the purpose of the
meeting.
we are met mere AAEAA ~ " A-HAAS
ooen the campaign of the G. o. P. of Lin
coIn. of Garfield. Of Mckinley and OF
Roosevelt. The party that has always
stood for good morals and Mgr Ideals, me
oartv Of strong convictions. and with the
eourake to fully announce its convictions.
THE PARTY that whenever its chosen lead
ers have not proved true has not hesitated
to change its leaders and TO work out nee
ssxsry reforms within its own organization,
however severe and long the struggle.
sIt is no wonder that the people have al
ways supported such a party, when true
to itself and its best traditions.
sTt is an honor to belong to such a party
a party thai has made such wonderful
progress within our own borders during the
past two or three years. and that Is press
ing forward confidently to greater achieve
ments In the immediate future.
I'VE are not concerned tonight with the
dead past. but with the living present and
the future, and l congratulate this vast
audience that we are to hear from the Re-
publican candidate for the highest Office
within the gift of the State. the unanimous
choice Of perhaps the greatest and fairest
political convention ever held within onf
borders.
"A citizen of Essex County since his
early manhood, a man who as one of the
justices of our Supreme Court never hesi-
tated to enforce the law without fear or
favor, a man we all trust and admire, our
neighbor and friend, who will tell us some
thing of what is to be.
Il have the honor to present to youi the
Hon. John Franklin Fort, the next Cover
nor Of New Jersey"
AT the conclusion of these remarks
the crowd arose en- masse. The cheer
ing continued for several minutes,
while Chairman Howe bowed to the
right of the stage when the nominee
made his appearance. He arranged the
papers from which he was to read his
speech, while the cheering and playing
Of the band continued. When quiet
reigned once more the candidate began:
Fellow Citizens-To be Governor of the
State of New Jersey is the highest honor
that can come to a Jerseyman, and to be
nominated for this Office by the great
Republican party of the State is, in itself,
great compliment. 1t is, therefore, with
a deep sense of the confidence placed in
nee. and Of the obligation II entails, that I
have accepted the nomination and entered
upon the campaign.
"At the very outset of the canvas We
must recognize that we have a fight on
our hands. We can win, and eve will win,
but we must not for that reason leave
anything undone to insure success. Apathy
and overconfidence are the two prime
enemies of Republicanism this year.
THE State of New Jersey Is q great State
and 1t is growing more and more important
among the States Of the Union with each
new year. Situated as we are. with the
control of all the water front On this side
OF the Hudson and with the metropolis of
the republic on the other. all the great
transportation lines of the country must
pass through our territory. and seek our
protection. Our hills and valleys will con-
tinue to be filed with the homes OF many
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