The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-25

lions, the abolition OF voting machines, and
a direct primary law that would lend
boss rule"
IF l am elected" he said, Il will see to
1t that men are appointed to office who
will earn their salaries-men who win rep
resent you and do their duty"
He promised to do all In his power to
bring about fair competition in trade and
check m~onopolies.
In conclusion, he said:
IT thank you for your magnificent greet
ing and appreciate the way you have
listened to me plead the cause of Demoe-
racy. NY voice ma be unpleasant to you,
but l assure you this has been most pleas
ant for me to be able to talk here. /
trust when the returns come to me on
election evening l will not be disappointed
by the result in Essex County
Congressman Pratt desired to introduce
some of the local candidates, but the audi
ence had gone before he could set their
attention.
Mr.. Pratt wat the chairman of the meet
ing. He came from Washington to preside,
and did not arrive until after Samuel
Kalisch had been presented to the audience
to make a speech.
Many of the ward organizations marched
from their respective headquarters in dill
ferent parts of the city TO the Auditorium.
The John j. Gaynor and the William z.
INicoll Associations, the Gottfried Kruger
Club and the First, Second and Fourth
Ward Democrats, who marched from the
southern end of military park, were the
principal organizations In the parade.
A delegation of Orange Democrats
headed by Mayor Isaac Sh%oenthai, with
Daniel A. Dugan and dward HART as
able l~ieutenants, were conspicuous In the
hall. .
The members Of the Nicoll Association
burst forth into song in their parade. The
singing was continued until all had taken
their seats, the leaders on the stage and
the rank and file In the body OF the audi
torlum. The words Of the o were as
followsk
"Oh, Judge Fort. you think you are a
game old sport,
Backed up by the Public Service Corpora
ton Of renown;
You think that you've got everything
skinned in town.
But once more the Democrats VIII Toll up
a big score,
And just for funsky wei put you on the
bumsky."
BY s o'clock the hall was thronged.
The boxes were filed with Democratic
celebrities and some of the fair sex.
The rtage held prominent Democrats in
Essex County from the highest to the
lowest, city and county candidates, VINO
waited for the formal opening of the meet
ing. The band played several selections
until $3.50 o'clock, when City Counsel
James R. Nugent, accompanied by Con-
gressman Hamlll and Farmer Orator
MARITIME came upon the stage. instantly
applause broke forth, subsiding only when
Mr.. Nueeut moved to the table and called
the meeting to order.
with a few words of laudation he in
troduced Samuel Kalisch, who for the
first time in several years entered the
political lists. He was interrupted several
times during his prepared speeeh. he
made a good impression and spoke tor an
hour.
Mr.. Kalisch said at the start that ne
had made up his mind some time ago never
again to take an active part in politics, but
that he could not refuse an invitation 70
address the voters Of his county in this
fight which, he believed, already won. He
said In part:
eff the people demand the repeal OF a
law they send their representatives to the
legislature to carry out their VIII In tnat
direction. The Governor may approve or
disapprove of a law. If he
and vetoes the law the peoples represent
atives. the legislature, by a majority vote
can pass the law over his veto. Ihere-
fore 1t is a glittering pretence or, the
part of Judge Fort with which. TO dazzle
the yves and delude the belief of that por-
ton of the community which believes In
a strict Observance of the Christian SAP
bath, when he says, Il snail never con
sent to a repeal of the Bishops bill"
mo one knows better than Judge Forl
that his consent or non-consent would
be of no consequence 80 long as lher'
was q majority in both Houses OF ths
legislature FL: in fa|or of a repeal Of 'A'
aThe Bishops bill aud the moral issue
which has been so prominently brought
to the foreground, is a subterfuge and {
blind, to delude the people with and Il
make them forget that there is a fal
whether the people or the corporation
shall be the sovereign power of the State
DO you think that the corporations arr
interested In maintaining the Bishops bill
DO you believe that my moral ISSUE
would appeal to their %soulless bodies
Do you believe that Colonel Dickinson
Davy Baird, Dorie Strong, Dan voorhees,
and others of that noble band of Repub-
lican leaders and advisers are lying awake
at nights thinking of and d~evising some
plan by which the great moral issue
which the Bishops bill presents, may be
upheld? l am sure any means to victory
and success is their watchword. ] I'M no.
here to deny that many of the same gyms
with which the Republican party is al1ici-
ed were not prevalent with the Democratic
party. 1t was for that very reason that
the Democratic party went down 10 aelest,
year after year. The old bosses ana gang
held ON with the grip of drowning men.
1T was impossible Tor the purity to loosen
their hold It was only after twelve years
had elapsed that the Democratic party nas
Dr. fBEl HUG W AAtA gAh 80
bosses and their heelers and claquers, so
that The rank and file of the State were
able to present to the people a man or IN
dependent and sterling character, and VINO
has been tried in a position of trust anu
found to be a vigilant and economic public
servant. and whose nomination was the
choice Of the delegates of the convention
and not dictated by corporations or bosses
''Having proven himself worthy of the
confidence of the people as the Democratic
Mayor Of the city of Trenton, which pohu-
cally is largely Republican, there is every
reason i'm the world why Frank 5. katZ-
enbach may be implicitly trusted by al
the people of the State of New Jersey, IT.
respective of their political belief, color OF
creed. with the administration of the state
government. He will ever be mindful, as
a conscientious Governor should be, thai
the sovereign power resides in the people
and that he is their public servant, ano
that the laws shall be faithfully and I'M
partially administered without fear OF
favor. through the proper channels by an
independent and impartial judiciary"
Toward the conclusion of his set speech
Mr.. Kalisch took up an article published
in the EVENING STAR, which contained
/ the Courage statement of former Gov
ernor Franklin Murphy.
so did Brutus like Caesar when he
stabbed him in the baa ck" said Mr.. Ka-
lisch. referring to Mr.. Murphy's statement
that he liked Mr.. K~atzenbach.
THAT IS all humbug, a plan to get votes.
II know Judge Fort. We were boys
together, dined together. were in the same