The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-20

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my views on the excise question, and
you cannot expect me to recede from
my position one whit in working for the
election of the Assembly candidates.
w will wait until the time when
the State will recognize hat through
home rule only can we dispose of the
liquor q~uestion-wait rather until the
Republican party recognizes that"
Mr.. Sommer declared that the plat
form adopted was a progressive one
and hat the party was moving for
ward, carrying the State on in it's adj
vancement. He pleaded with every
man to stand for the right and for
moral purity and civic righteousness.
And you from Essex" the Sheriff
went on, come and back me in my
work as Sheriff there. Instead of send
ing hard words into my office, as IS
sometimes done, stand by me. Remem-
Der that 1 am only trying to do the
right and to fulfil my oath of office
and my promise to the people.
II have no bitter feeling and no ami
mostly. I firmly believe that IL you
elect Judge Fort Governor he will
of law.
1Ct ~ Jaol f0AS AAAAAAo -
Republicans: The primaries this year
n this convention have shown that
the Republican party stands for giving
every voter in 1t the opportunity to ex-
press himself freely on public ques-
tions.'
Here came the Anal burst OF
cheers for the Sheriff. led by
Henry Hahn, of Newark, who
suggested them for Sheriff SOM
mer, the man who made good"
Before the Sheriff had concluded his
address there had been cheers at the
stage entrance announcing the return
of Mr.. Martin and Mr.. Johnson with
Judge Fort. The candidate waited in
the background until the Essex man
had concluded and was then escorted
to the front of the stage and presented
to Chairman Griggs.
AS the chairman and the candidate
shook hands the greatest ovation Of
the convention came. For several min
utes there was a thunder of cheers and
a %clapping of hands that made the raft
ers tremble. Mr.. Griggs called for
order and finally secured quiet suffi-
cient to let his voice be heard.
Judge Fort'-there was absolute
silence in the big auditorium while the
former Governor stepped back and,
plunging his hands into his pockets,
surveyed the man who had been nom
inated-"Judge Fort, twelve years ago
before a Republican State convention,
on this very platform where we now
stand, you, as chairman, put into my
hands the standard of the Republican
party n told me to carry 1t to victory.
L carried it the best l could, and now,
as chairman, I announce to you that
this convention has unanimously chosen
you as the candidate of the Republican
party for Governor. And the lnng-vic-
torious standard that YOU put into my
hands / give to you, knowing that you
will carry it on to still greater victory"
The two men faced each other for a
moment, and then the former State ex-
ecutive sat down. leaving Justice Fort
standing alone before more than 1000
cheering men. For a few seconds he
looked at the convention and then turn
ing he handed an envelope addressed
to Governor Stokes to a man who sat
beside that official IN a stage box. 1t
wasn't necessary for him to tell the
delegates what the action signified. They
knew that it was mis- resignation, and
| ltlGy IO5C ~ li1C O1Cd0tOh lin oRPAohANh
their candidate.
The missive hat had been given to
the Governor was written by Mr.. Fort
as soon as he had heard of his nomi-
nation. He and Justice Mahlon Pit
ney were sitting in Trenton with the
Court of Errors and Appeals during
the day and were in the private offices
of the court when the message from
Tho convention raaohad them
Taking a sheet of official paper,
Judge Fort wrote a hasty note to the
Governor, put 1t in an envelope and
addressing it, announced his willing
ness to go to the Opera House. The
herewith tender my resignation rs an
associate justice of the Supreme Court,
to take effect Immediately"
Until Governor Stokes, from his seat
in the box had bowed after reading
the resignation, the nominee said not
a word. When the executive ac-
Acknowledgement had come, he turned,
squared his shoulders. and running his
eyes down from row to row Of the
faces before him, finally lost the Sc
rious expression he had worn, and
smiled.
EuLluSldSIu Lndl lUuiu CAPiCSoiOh
in cheers and every conceivable form
of applause finally quieted and the
former" justice spoke. He began:
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
~Convention-I have in your presence
handed my resignation to His Excl
lency Governor Stokes, and, having
laid aside the honorable office of JUS
tice of the Supreme Court, L am now
ready to take up the duties you have
cast upon me.
II stand before you with a profound
sense of the honor done me by your
choice of me as your candidate. For
ten years 1 have been out of politics,
n during that ten years L have not
eve attended a political meeting. I
come, then, much as a raw recruit to
your ranks, ready to learn again some
of the old ways n to get back into
the old lines of political action.
II can say hat this nomination came
to me without personal solicitation of
any kind. If there is any one In this
convention hail who will rise in his
place and say l have ever asked him
to vote for me. or that I have ever
asked any other man to ask him to
vote for me, 1 will decline the nominal
ton"
There was such a tumult of applause
at this that the candidate was forced
to wait for it to subside before re-