The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11
MARITIME SPEAKS
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN IN
EAST ORANGE OPENS.
Farmer Orator" Aided by A~ssembIyman
Hahn and DR.. Kraemer, Quotes
Alleged Republican Misdeeds.

James E. MARITIME, the farmer orator"
fired the first gun last night in the Demo-
cratic car1paign in East Orange. and was
accorded a warm reception. He was as
sisted by Assemblyman Hahn and Dr
| Charles e. Kraemer, candidate for Conn
ty Clerk. Mr.. MARITIME paid a high fri
butte to Frank S. Katzenbach, jr.. who
defeated him for the gubernatorial nomi-
| nation at the Trenton convention.
Mr.. MARITIME said there was one matter
that had not as yet been brought before
the people regarding contracts made at
the State House, and affidavits could be
| made to prove his statements. He said
that not long ago, when it was decided
to nave the dust cleared away from some
of the carvings in the capitol building.
it was decided to call for bids for Tho
work.
What Is called the vacuum process was
decided upon, and David J. Kinney. who
started life as a plumbers boy In Plain
field. Marines home city, and who was
the originator of the vacuum process, was
one of the bidders. The bids for the work
were to be in at a certain time and the
officials waited IN the comptroller's office
at Trenton
THE time limit for the reception of bids
expired, but still they waited" said Mr..
MARITIME. kinney told the Comptroller
L4Adl II I'LL SApllCQ, jill liz WAS
told that the officials would wait, and
they did wait an hour longer. Kinney
finally said that 1t was time the bids were
opened, and the Comptroller called an at
tendant and said, Where is George?' The
attendant was then sent out to 1nd
George, anar
pened to be George Tobin. The bids were
opened, and If they did happen to be
alike one would naturally believe
taxes to the State would be favored. Kin
ney was loath to bid in a manner whereby
he might rob the State, but the contract
which George Tobin is a stakeholder. The
figure. was $710 higher than the one pre-
scented by Kinney. Aftidavits could be
On the Bishops bill Mr.. MARITIME did not
speak explicitly, but he said he was for a
liberal government and believed the candi-
date of the party to be in favor of liberal
administration.
During his address Mr.. MARITIME spoke
personally to Samuel Varian, of Orange.
who lived in Plain1eld many years, and
who Mr.. MARITIME said was a good Repub-
lican. He told of his efforts to become the
candidate of the party for Governor; that
he was urged to accept, and that he was
ambitious for the honor.
MY case was submitted to the conven-
tion." he continued, land the fiat Of the
convention by ballot or vote decreed and
decided against me and nominated Mr..
scientious man. and l bowed to the major
ity of the convention.
IT thank my friends for having worked
for Inc. l have no sore spot and can sus-
tain Mr.. Katzenbach. l have said to my
self. / wonder what it would mean to be
victorious. and to me 1t would be like q
paralytic stroke. l have been a candi-
date for nearly every office in the land.
but defeat never crushed an honest
thought, and it would i'll become a man
and make him a disgrace to his country
IL he were unwilling to sacrifice himself
for a principle.
all to vote right and bestir ourselves to
gain more. What matters 1t to a Common
wealth who pushes the plank If the re-
public and State are to be saved. And
State was blessed beyond our dreams. Ben
Franklin said rightly that New Jersey
was like to a bag tied in the middle pour
ing its treasures to New York and Penn
sylvania. We are and should consider
ourselves the most fortunate people on
God Almighty's footstool, Our, hills and
wales are soaked with the rich blood of
Revolutionary heroes.
I'VE have had some of the best Gov
errors In this galaxy of United States, and
I am not willing to say one unkind word
of our present executive. But the greed
of corporate influence that has dominated
the Republican Senate for the past fifteen
years has been aggravated, wrong and dis
graceful, and I believe that all Republicans
who are honest at heart will say so and It
is time that a revolution should take place.
- met recently on a depot platform q
oendior, ana tolu MIN we nopen TO win
mainly because Of the misrule of the Re
publican party, and referred to the dis
closures of the Hahn Investigating COM
mlttee. ; He told me that every time the
spade entered the stencil a Democrat was
turned up with a Republican. I told him
this was true in the Fish,and Game Com
mission, but we found no fault in turning
up the worm to Gods gaze whether 1t be
a Republican or a Democrat. I said fur
ther that the worm of the Democrat with
the rotten Republicans would not have
been turned. but for a Democratic House.
and asked him why the Republicans did
not use the spade. His answer was, Don't
blame us; that is the system
place. men of clean character in these
places, be they Republican or Democrat,
with the assurance that they have the well
fare of the section in which they live at
heart and the State. 1t should be insisted
upon that if Mr.. Fort is elected he should
clean house. But Mr.. Fort and his alli-
ances are so closely identified with the
gang that there is no hope for reforma-
Mr.. MARITIME then told of the testimony
given by the Lawton Company and George
the Comptroller in the making of a con-
tract for the cleaning at the State House
he said:
ITO think of the dignity of the State
being SO debased by the Comptroller en-
tering into collision with a heller to
clean out the dust and cobwebs of the
twelve years of Republican neglect"
Mr.. Hahn dwelt at length on the dis
closures made by his investigators and re.
cited numerous Instances, among them the
clubbing to death of patients.
Martin Conboy was chairman of the
meeting, and all the city leaders, Edward
hartt. John ]. II. Conroy, Charles e. Still
well. Washington Cross, Forrest D. Kay
ser ane others were present, Congress-
unnhla To he preeent hut sent his hest