The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-05

( 4 lnk local administration WITHOUT Nuu4t ~
reference by the Legislature. -,
There lisa popular song which runs iii
!, this: He walked right in, and turne
around, and walked right out again. mt
home rule. without undue interference
by the Legislature, .Who is to determin
what Is undue interference by the Leg
%latnre2 Does not this clause leave IN
whole matter open to action at Trenton
without regard to what localities ma
waat? Home rule brooks no interference
like powers upon all municipalities an.
leaves it to the people of each locality I
accept or reject the powers conferred.
might stand for anything, high license
local option, wide open. Sunday or pronlpl
tionS what 1t does stan for no one knows
and it was intended that no one should
aThe Republican plank on the excis'
question: Is as follows;
The Republican party has accom-
plished needed reform in excise legisla
ton and pledges itself to the maintenance
of IT. This could have reference 10 hu'
one act of legislation. the so-called Dish
This plank claimed a little too much
wher il said this Law was passed by Re
publlcans only; some Democratic senator:
and Assemblymen voted for The bill has
effected needed reform In excise matters
Is the Democratic party opposed 70 the
Bishops bill2, Is its candidate? Neither
OF them have said so. Win they so de-
"What Is the Bishops bill? Who caused
its passage? The bill was passed in re-
Spouse to the moral and religious demands
of the people of the State. The senti-
ment for 1t was as broad as Protestanl-
ism. as catholic as Catholicism and as
ger eral as the love OF morality. l..
Does anyone object to the provision IN
the bill hat eliminates back rooms III
Does anyone seek to repeal the provision
preventing sales to children Il so, ask
the mothers of New Jersey what they
Does anyone object to combining sales to
the barroom. except in restaurants ana
hotels? If so, why?
Zone clause in the bill, which penaizes
the owners of property for the violation
of the law by a tenant, whether the owner
has knowledge of such violation or not, is
open to question.
The other chief feature, and the vital
one, is that which requires screens to
be down so that a clear view of the IN
terror may be had on prohibited days. II
this were not lin the bill we should hear
none OF his discussion.
ut needs to be remembered in all the dis
eussion on this subject that the bishops
bill' did not change the penalties against
the illegal sale of liquor from what they
had previously been under the Werts. act,
and the crimes act of 1898.
The Real Excise Question.
g.
The real question before the people is,
not whether the legislation of 1905 should
be amended or repealed, but whether the
people of the State desire to remove from
the Werts act of 1889 and the crimes act
of 1898 all penal clauses against the sale
of liquors on the prohibited days.
"Ail these questions are legislative ques-
tons.
THE executive cannot make the law, He
enforces the law as enacted by a Legis-
lature elected by the people.
gTH -t-AL - ~ 80 aNtnI ny 30
our State Constitution, speaking. of the
duties of the Governor, declares "he shall
take care that the laws shall be faith
fully executed. To refuse to execute a
while the present excise laws remain
upon the statute book, a Governor who
regards his oath of office and his fidelity
to the, Constitution of the State has no
discretion. His sworn constitutional duty
Is to execute the law.
IF elected | shall obey my oath.
Under our form of government the will
of che people as expressed at the ballot
O is the supreme law of the land. 1t
Is for them to say whether they desire
any modification in existing law. If they
do. their remedy Is to elect a Legislature
that will make it.
Promises Ear to the People.
81 do not mean TO commit myself ire
vocably. at this or at any other time, as
to what I will do in a given case If elected
Governor Of the State: Conditions at the
liI-1t tudlH dCtiiH- may Dt IeHulltui as We'll
as public sentiment, may be entirely
changed. and the nature and character of
the legislation upon which / may be asked
to pass have much to do with my official
This, however, | will say, that for my
self l have no personal opinion to enforce
against the will Of the people, and If | can
learn what that will is, ] will endeavor
or actions; reserving always, however, to
myself the right, even against what may
before the time seem to be a popular de-
mand, to stand for what my Judgment and
conscience dictate to be right
1--WE must put this campaign not in the
of despond: but on the hilltop OF
civic righteousness.
state Executive and Legislature.
THE Constitution of our State defines
specifically tie duties of the executive and
the legislative departments Of the gov
ernme t. The powers of the executive In
matters of legislation are simply to rec
ommend such measures as he may deem
expedient and to check by veto such pro-
posed laws as he may deem objectionable
The Interference by the executive with the
legislative department of the government
is, to my mind, exceedingly Objectionable
The legislative department is as separate
from the executive as Is the judicial, ano
any Interference by thef executive in mat,
ters of legislation, outside Of the method
pointed out In the Constitution OF the
State, is al usurpation OF authority con
trary to the Constitution, and, IN my view
offensive in the extreme.
THE fathers, in creating our CONSTITUTION
established the three departments of gov
eminent for a purpose, and each should re
main within its own constitutional limit
lions, meeting its own duties in the manner
pointed out by the Constitution.
IF elected the Governor of this State, b!
the suffrages of the people. / shall observ'
the Constitution In this respect and exef
else only those functions which are within
the Constitution and the spirit Of republl
can government unde 1t. AZ
ITO the Legislature has been committee
the function of the enactment OF laws. II
them and to them only must the peopi
Hook for Legislation. In the Performance
of their duties In this respect they mus
remain independent of either executive 0
foundation principles of our form of con
s%titutional government may be maintaine'
In their integrity.
Home Rule Declaration.
"Your candidate has always been In favo
of all local matters being determined b,
the governing body Of each municipality
In other words, of home rule. There is to
much Interference with local government
Our constitution provides for general leg
islation My as to cities, towns and tn
like; and yet, under the guise of a genera
law, local legislation is constantly bein
enacted. Any one familiar with the court
knows how frequently they are called upo
stitutionnl. 1t should be stopped. LIE
each municipal government control al
matters relating to its health. sanitation
questions of police power and what officer
1t will have and what salary II Will pa
them. Increasing salaries and creating OF
principles of local self-government, and,
the people of the State elect me as thel