Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-09-24
kATzENBACH DEFINES
ISSUES OF CAMPAIGN
Officially Notified
Of Nomination
for Governor.
THECOMM|TTEE
Special to the EVENING NEWS:

TRENTON, Sept. 24.-Former
Mayor Frank S. Katzenbzach, Jr, of
this city, was formally notified of
his nomination for governor by the
democratic state convention, at noon
today. The ceremony took place in
the colonial room of the Trenton
House, which was thronged with
democratic leaders from all over the
state as well as numerous local
| friends and admirers of the nominee.
Former State Chairman William B.
Gourley, of Paterson, as chairman of
the convention which nominated Mr..
Katzenbach, made the notification
a letter of acceptance in which he
took occasion to make his first pub
lie declaration of principles.
Members of the committee of noti-
fication which were appointed at the
close of the convention last Tuesday
were: M. A. Cobine, Atlantic; !;
George Van Buskirk, Bergen George
Montgomery, Burlington; David Pc
terson, Camden; NJ. H. Burns, Cape
May; Speaker Edgar E. Lethbridge,
of the Assembly, Essex; Edgar G.
Grosscup, Gloucesteg, Robert Davis,
Hudson; John j. Matthews, Hunter
don; Professor William NJ Daniels,
Mercer; Robert Adrian, Middlesex; !;
R. " Lawrence, Monmouth; Winfield
Gillen, Morris; Senator John Hinch-
cliffe, Passaic; John H. Freck, Som
erset; Senator J. c. Price, Sussex;
Brigadier General Dennis F. Collins,
Union and Senator Johnston Corn
ish, Warren.
After Mr.. Katzenbach's acceptance
of the nomination an informal re-
ception was rendered him and then
luncheon was served. Later mem
bers of the state committee retired
to room 100 for the purpose of dis
cussing the plans for an aggressive
campaign. The letter of acceptance
was as follows:
National issues can find no legiti-
mate place in this campaign. There
presentment would be but a decoy to
divert the voters minds. To this issue
of good state government it is the duty
of every citizen to give his best thought
free from prejudice melted by the dis
| cussion of foreign issues. 1t is sad
day for any state when its citizens re-
frain from stepping over the line of
party alignment to place their seal of
disapproval upon the misconduct of
state officials when they conscicnliously
believe that there are derelictions
which justly merit rebuke. We have
but to glance over the boundary of our
own state to see in a sister state the
baneful effect of the failure of the peo-
pie to condemn graft and official cor
ruption under the specious plea of strict
adherance to party lines.
Il fully realize that the next eXecu-
tive will have to deal with many per-
picking problems affectin corporate
interests under laws present and future
In the complex business life of lcday
| believe the corporations to b. neces-
sary. The magnificent development Of
| our state could not have been attained
by individual in:0ative. Tie corpora
tion is as essential to the welfare of
the individual as the individual is TO
the prosperity of the corporation. Each
| is dependent upon the other. To secure
| the highest Development and the fullest
measure of prosperity for oul state the
rights of each must be projected. The
/ corporate abuses of today are many
They must be corrected by legislation
| i;is, in character adj effectively and
! impartially enforced. so as not to dis
| turb that balance of our industrial life
which brings to the wage Garner his
daily bread and to the investor his
profit upon which he likewise may be
| dependent. II is my Del1ef tnat cor
porate abuses are principally due to the
advent of the corporation in politics in
! a search for legislation selfish in char
acter. To this more than to any other
cause is to be assigned the present hos
tility of the people towards corpora
tions. Corporations out of politics will
be better both for politics and the cor
| porations. Except in the exercise of
those functions peculiar to the purposes
for which they are formed, corporations
in all matters, including those of taxa
| tion should stand before the law on ex-
actly the same plane as the individual.
1T will be the duty of the next eX-
ecutive to fill by appointment many DO
sitions of honor and trust. Clean gov
ernment can be obtained only through
clean officials Fitness is the supreme
| test. Appointees must measure up to
| the standard required to properly dis
charge the duties of the office and the
duties of the office must be discharged
personally by the appointees. Dismiss
al will be the penalty for official dere-
| liction If elected, l will observe the
same standing of fidelity l expect from
others.
| Unnecessary friction in the machin-
cry of our government is frequently oc-
! casioned by the interference of the ex-
ecutive with the legislative department.
The constitution of this state is careful
to separate their functions and the ap-
pointing power of the executive should
3 never be used to subordinate the Iegis-
lative to the executive will or to secure
by coercion the passage of any laws.
. (Continned on page q.