Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-09-20

The platform adopted was as follows:
The republican party again presents
to the people of New Jersey an account
of it's stewardship, and offers its record
of faithful execution of pledges as
guarantee of future performance.
We endorse the administration of
President Roosevelt as courageous and
patriotic. distinguished by intelligent,
earnest and successful efforts to pro-
mote the welfare of all the people Con-
tinued prosperity has been maintained
in every branch of industry. and the
position of the nation at home and
abroad is stronger and better than at
any time in it's history
We also endorse the wise. progressive
and successful administration of Cover
nor Edward C. Stokes.
| The republican party came into pow
| er after long period of misrule. during g
which the state government had been
| administered in spirit of partisan
greed; actual dishonesty had marked
many transactions; the states money
| had been expended without authority
| of law, necessitating a diversion of the
| school fund to save the party then in
power from the odium of a state tax:
political power had been perpetuated
by the creation of partisan officehold-
ers. by legislative gerrymanders, by
the corruption of the ballot and by the
wholesale pardon of convicted Grimm
ais. To remedy these abuses and res
cue our state from misrule and dis
grace. the people called upon the re-
publican party.
Its fourteen years record is a story
+ of faithful performance of this dut!
, and of increasingly high standards o
good government. Republican admin
istrations have pursued a consisten
: policy of advancement and reform. Re
. publican Legislation drove the gamb
ler's vice from our state and pledged
her constitution to its perpetual ban
iShment.
1t inaugurated a system of publicit,
in appropriations.
1t has inaugurated a policy of using
the surplus in the treasury for the pay
! ment of local school taxes.
In the fulfllment of it's pledge to Civ
a, fearless and thorough consideration
to the long standing problems of equal
ii itY of taxation as between railroads
and other property it has passed law
declared valid by the courts of th
state, which have increased the revenue
l of our municipalities and raised th
states income from less than 100000
to over S.. 500, 600 per annum, $500, 00
of which is by law distributed to tn
local taxing districts for school pur
poses
= The republican party has inaugural
ed a policy OF taxation OF corporal
5 franchises by which the state annual
, collects large sum for distribution t
the taxing districts. We favor sue
: systems as will compel franchises I
| bear a just share of the burden of tax
alton as compared with corporate an
individual property.
A republican senate has twice passe
civil service reform act, which ha
been defeated by the present democrat
ic house of assembly. We pledge our
selves to the enactment of a compre
hensive civil service measure in the in
terest of higher efficiency in admins
trative affairs.
The Legislature has passed resolu
| tions favoring an amendment to tn
: federal constitution for the election o
United States senators by popular vote
t and until such amendment has bee
adopted, we favor the enactment of
a law for expression in some authorits
tive way by the voter of his choice Il
i United States senator.
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