The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-15

lin Murphy, who had com down as a
surprise. Mr.. Fort was loudly cheered
when he cam forward after his intro
duction. He touched on several points
in the campaign. and then said:
You may expect me to say something
upon the subject of excise. | did express
myself without question In Middlesex as
to the Bishops bill. l have said to the
people of this State that If elected to the
office OF Governor | would enforce that
bill. That is what l have said. You have
not had so much experience with me IN
this county or some other counties. /
made the statement the other night In New
Brunswick that If I were elected Governor
/ would enforce the law, and l asked the
question II anybody in Middlesex County
doubted the fact when / said I would en-
force the law, and there was a response
that Indicated their views on that subject.
So I say to you, my friends. that's exactly
what | promised the people of New Jersey
TO do, and l don't mean to come back and
look you in the face after have made a
promise and You or any of the audience
] do not regard the Sunday question as
an. excise question. The Bishops bill simply
that is all. There is nothing else. No one
would think of being opposed to preventing
children from purchasing liquor In shops
or orn saloons s. no one W ,on think 5hc of being
The only thing in the bilr that Is of any
concern at all relates to evidence, and that
Is that he screens &c, down on prohibited
days. And what Is that for? Simply so
that you shall not violate the law behind
screens. Now, IL it is not right to Violate
the law in the daylight, ] do not see why
it is right to violate 1t in the dark. The
principle then is simply this: Shall we
have screens up that the law may be
violated without anybody seeing 1t. or shall
we have them down so that everybody
can see? And when they are down you
won't violate the law. Now that is the
situation. That's all that e~nforces the
law.
Who were these gentlemen who had this
called the Bishops law? They were of all
denominations Bishop Scarborough, Bishop
men of denomina tons that have no bishops
In our State, and ali the clergy under those
bishops were for the law. and it was
of the people of this State that the day
which for ages since the days of creation
main sacred to the American people. Why
my friends, only yesterday in Newark
Jersey City, Paterson and Bayonne 10000
men of the Holy Name Society marched
through the streets OF these cities and
what did they have IN their banners?
This was the motto on the banner of
every one of those carried through the
streets:
"Civfc righteousness and morality Now.
is there anybody who stands against that ?
II so, let him speak out. The time is
come.
Mr.. Fort also repeated his ideas on the
consolidation of commissions, wherever
possible. He expressed his belief in the
efficiency of s~ingle-headed commissions
for the reason that he considered indi-
vidual responsibility a good thing in gov
ernments. II a man was in a position
he said, where responsibility rested upon
him alone. he would be likely to be more
cautious than If one of ten or four.
~Assemblyman Barber Yves introduced ano
created considerable enthusiasm. Then n.
- tho l0khv ond Said thai
there were people walking up and down
the aisles of the House who had no more
business there than you or j. Previous
to his introduction w w. Smalley, Assem-
bly, candidate. had delivered an address
He denounced the lobby. and said that he
had a demnrrage bin which he had intro
duccd. 1t was going to be killed. He re
iceived n wire from a friend Of his which
read as follows;
Have telegraphed Fell and Nugeat t
put Senate substitute through. See boil
parties; I can't come down."
When Barber got up he referred to tina
and said the people wanted to know wht
Nugent and Fell were. They held no of
nee and they had no authority. The an
swer was that they were simply leaders
Then nc told the story of the Tuberculosi:
Hospital. They wanted to get a tubercu'
losis home mt Verona he said, "and th'
bill was introduced and went through th'
House. 1t never got over TO the Senate a
all. 1t seems. tkat two women, both o.
Newark, We're Interested, and they callet
on me and wanted to know where 1t hat
tcone. l said: Jim Nugent opposed it, anc
tthey wanted to know II that had anything
ITO do with It,"
Other speakers wore Assemblyman Robcr
Kay, who Is running for Sheriff, and Con
gresham Wood.