The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-11-05
Katzenbach Is
Still Straddling.
He Virtually Says He Has Alb
soluteIy No Ideas Of His
= Own on Excise.

Newark, Oct. 29.-Former Governor
Franklin Murphy, chairman of the Re-
publican state committee, today gave
out the following interview on the at
titude of the two candidates for gov
ernor on the excise question:
Political parties sometimes cannot
make issues. The issues may make
themselves. The excise question is
the vital issue Of this campaign. The
Democrats say thst liquor shall be sold
on Sunday. The Republicans say 1t
shall not. The Republican candidate
for governor. John Franklin Fort, has
made his position clear on this ques-
ton. This is what he says:
will not. If elected governor. con-
sent to the repeal Of the bishops act
This is manly and courageous po-
sition. We know just where Judge
Fort stands. A man is not fit to be
governor unless he has the qualities
Of leader and is always ready to d.
rect the people to that which he re-
CARDS as best both for them and for
their state
let us see where Mr.. Katzenbach
stands on this important excise issue.
Here is what he said in his Newark
speech Thursday evening last:
~ do not propose to express my
personal views on the question, as 1
do not believe they are material. If
am elected governor and this question
shall come to me through the legisia-
ture, which will have to deal with 1t,
viii do what the people of this state,
through their Representatives In the
legislature want me to do. This is
the only expression shall ever make
in this campaign on this question:
"What contrast Mr.. Katzenbach's
attitude presents to that of Judge
Fort Is this the courage and the
quality OF leadership that Mr.. Katzen-
bach would display as governor If he
were elected to that office?
Furthermore, direct Mr.. Katzen-
bach's attention to article S, section 8,
of the state constitution, which reads:
He (the governor) shall have pow
er to convene the legislature; he shall
communicate by message to the legis-
lature at the opening of each session
and at such other times as he may
deem it necessary the condition of the
state and recommend such measures
as he may deem expedient; he shall
take care that the laws shall be faith
fully executed
'Is Mr.. Katzenbach, If elected and
after taking his oath to faithfully exc
cute the laws, going to follow this con
stitutional mandate and recommend
legislation. or is he going to do as he
promised In his Newark speech: L dc
not propose to. express my personal
views. will do what the peo-
pie of this state, through their repre-
sentatives in the legislature, want me
to doY
s
coal combine bill. Would Mr.. Katzen-
bach as governor sign such bill be-
lieving 1t to be the will of the peoplei
A Democratic legislature also passed
three notorious measures for the pro
lection of gambling In New Jersey
Would Mr.. Katzenbach as governor
approve such measures believing them
to be the will Of the people?
Has Mr.. Katzenbach or has he moi
any will of his own? While Demo
cratic candidates now seeking election
to the state legislature are assuring
their audiences every day that they
win strive with all their might II
elected to open the saloons on Sunday
Mr.. Katzenbach attempts a miserable
and unmanly straddle on the question
the people have made the leading issue
Of the campaign.
'Mr. Katzenbach. where do you
stand on the excise question: