The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11
FOR LONGER
HOURS o
OFFICIALS
Katzenbach Declares They
Should Work oil Day,
Same as LabOriug Men.
[From a star Correspondent. !

ENGLEWOOD, Oct. 11.-'If elected
I'm going to give the State capital a
Trenton a house-cleaning such as 1
never had before. 1 am going to see
to it that there are laws enacted com
polling officials having charge of State
affairs to remain on duty a certain
number of hours a day, the same as
the laboring man."
This was one of the principal state
ments made by Frank s.. Katzenbach,
the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, at Fort Lee today. He was ad-
dressing an audience led by Mayor
Daniel w. McAVoy. In the course of
his speech he cited the cases of Samuel
Dickinson and Clerk of the Supreme
Court Riker, both of whom had been
negligent in office, he declared, the
latter having testified before the Hahn
probing committee that he went to
Trenton only three or four days each
week.
Mr.. Katzenbach stopped at Fort Lee
on his way to this city. The speech
was the only one made thus far today,
but he is scheduled to make an ad-
dress at Hackensack tonight.
Charles F. Thompson, chairman OF
the Democratic County Committee, also
spoke praising the candidate for his
good fellowship. and saying that he
was not ashamed to greet the laboring
man. Mr.. Katzenbach was welcomed
by the Mayer.
The candidate arrived here at noen,
being accompanied from Hoboken by
a party occupying eight automobiles
and in charge of J. A. C. Thompson,
of the auxiliary State committee. In
cluded in the party was William H.
Taylor, candidate for sheriff; Luther
Campbell, of the State committee; j.
Van Emburgh, of Ridgewood; J. S.
Spencer Smith, of Tenafly; Daniel Eel
lows Platt, Colonel Holly and Judge
Schubert.
The first stop, after the party left Ho-
boxer where the candidate and John P.
DulIard went to meet the Bergen delega-
tion, after spending the night In the Con-
tinental Hotel, In Newark. was made at
E~dgewater. Here Mayor George Tarleton
welcomed Mr.. Katzenbach in behalf Of
the town. He also told Mr.. katzenhach
that he was the first gubernatorial candi-
date to honor the tow with his presence,
Previous to their arrival in Edgewater
the party made a brief stop at Clifside.
where H. A. w. Behrbohm. a prominent
Cliffside politician, welcomed him. From
Edgewater the party continued TO Fort
Lee.
The candidate told the Fort Lee resi-
derts mot to place any confidence in the
statements of the Republican partX that
they would clean house in case their can
didate was elected. They can't do il
They are bound dow to too many prom
Uses" he added.
He also declared that the character Of
some of the State officials could be
guaged by a study of the men who were
managing the Republican campaign He
declared that.if the Democratic party was
successful 1t would pass better laws pro-
for the equalization Of taxes.
: Mr.. Thompson followed the candidate.
saying that the Republican administration
was taking a million dollars a year out
of the peoples pockets by its ~extravagant
administration"
. Mr.. Katzenbach did not speak here.
merely meeting and shaking hands with
voters. He then went TO Chester, where
he had lunch. From there he went to
Westwood. then to Ramsey, Ridgewood,
Rutherford and East Rutherford. He will
speak at Hackensaek in the evening. He
will go to Freehold tomorrow. and from
there to Belmar. In the evening he will
make an address at Ashury Park.