Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-31
A FINE MIX-UP
IN NEW JERSEY
The Political Campaign and
the Liquor Question.
NEITHER CANDIDATE FRANK
Both Afraid to Come Out squarely
on the Subject.
CLAIMS OF BOTH PARTIES
Unreliable and No One Can Really
Tell How the State
Will Go.
NEITHER CANDIDATE FRANK
CLAIMS OF BOTH PARTIES

Special From Stan Correspondent.
NEWARK. y. j. October 3I.-A rat
thing political campaign IS drawing to a
close i'm New Jersey and the whole cast
ern part of the state is in a ferm-nt over
the issue and the possible outcome. 1t IS
nio ana tuck between the republicans and
the democrats for the election of gov
"rnor aud a section Of the legislature.
il is campaign of buncombe and bun
CO on the part of both political parties.
be'aus" ca IN is afraid to come out in the
open ana frankly take stand on the real
Issue. As explained in previous dis
patches, the real issue is Sunday beer or
no Sunday beer. The republican party
is in favor Of a dry Sunday and is afraid
10 say so. The democrats party incincs
To "a Wet Sunday. but wouldn't acknowl-
edga it for the world.
HE democratic candidate for governor.
Mr. katzenbach. has been sidestepping
IN" beer dnestion from the outset In
ms speeches he would talk about civic
righteousness, restlAint of the cOrDora-
tions, popular vote for United States SEN
at"T, regulation of public utilities. and
advocate them. But when il came. to the
liquor question he would say to his au-
disnee. The Will of the people must pre-
Vail. II am elected governor that will
must H. expressed to me by the lpgisla-
turr. 1t is for You to elect a legislature
that Will enact your ideas in the laws"
Ministers Got After Them.
This answered fairly well for a little
while. But last Sunday all the ministers
OF Trenton got after Can, date Katzen-
haeh from their puIpits. Thcv wanted
MIN 10 make himself a little bit clearer
on has Sunday beer proposition Even
tIle pastor of the church in wni, h Mr.
hatzsnh&'h 3 sunday school superin-
l'hdtAt got after his parishOner hev
II -t" him say something but even then
Jhet c"Hidn pin him down too close He
declared that If elected governor he Would
favor nothing To disturb the sacredness
OF the American Sabbath. Well at that
the men who want their Sunday brar iust
Wiukcd the ether eye. That was all right
They u.d not propose either to disturb the
american Sabbath, but they would like
TO slip around to the side door and get
thelr sunday beer in peace and quiet
ana what does the republican candidate
Tor governor, Judge Fort. talk about
w ell, as near as | can learn he talks
about thirty minutes In thar time he
,'S'uSSes CIVIC righteousness. restraint Of
NE corporations. popular vote for United
states senator and regulation of public
utilities. practically agreeing with Mr.
hatzeHbach- But he carefully avoids tho
liquor question except In the most vague
the existing law now sought to no 70
pealed, which was enacted by his own
party. The convention had to indorse
II, although 1t did so unwillingly Now
see what paradoXicaI position Judge
Fort hnGs himself in. here in Newark
On the state ticket the republicans in
dorse the existing laws On the county
ucket the republicans are red-hot for
home rule 1t might he noted in pass-
ing that the home rule plank was thrown
out of the republican state platform.
IN tlS last Few days Judge Fort has had
s"mrthnG new to talk about He was SC
cused OF having been party to the enact
m"nJ OF Il state law which SmOot ned n,-a,
scandal regarding the building Of =
great bridge over the Raritau river and
which validated certain Illegal acts of Tho
bridge commissioners. He stoutIy denied
tAat h" eyer had anything TO do v.fth ft
or even kn"" about il But som, wicked
person has been digging up letters ana
90, 'fSp"id' nee, stating that Judge Fort
old know about it. and that the go -ernor
sign d tie hl! upon Judge Fort : recorn
m'rda'Iou s. now he is having his
hands fun trying 10 reconcile these con
1ltrtlug Statements
The democratic. party i'm %au.a,.I, 4i,7
its u IN au embarrassing pTacira,ncrt
mere IS a strong reform element in New
arh- t''Iu'di.ug all classes and Of cOursr
!" 'H- cAHE.timrn reform means temper
IN. j h' democrats cannot openly fly
'h '.' t"'- Of public sentiment so they
'"hH Hi themselves with pleading fI-
personal liberty" 1t being understood
THAT In this -s4..- ~, ,,,.,,i 7it 80 o''ou
TN r.sIr 70 NV. r,, .l.''', .i'5'ly means
VII "" seen f-at both parties are irving
III p''P'e-
tIalIhS OF Both Parties Unreliable
tn. fight o.fH r,r.t.tI
,,yb.tr,., tt ....;, y "'H upon
0 W. ->'"aIh Jersey City,
Ii'D"h'A. Paterson and Passdic with their
large foreign population. can ovarcnr,,
the country and small +,, 49,
tI,,. s..,,,t.,., =. ., - ''S' "heF'
'''i''7"' j. b''hS crEstailized by tho
"' INV d. II lhr piG cities win the
the chu:rhmcu win the republican can7I-
at. ,.t - N""''-