The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
TOURS
SUSSEX;PAYS
MINES VISIT
Greet G. 0. P.
Standard Bearer in Demo-
cratic Stronghold.
TRAIL RIVAL IN WARREN
RIVAL IN WARREN
Republican GubernatOriaI Can
didate Tells Enthusiastic Audi
ence Fourth Commandment
Will Not Be AbrOgated if
He Is Elected.
rFrom a stan Correspondent

HAMBURG, Oct. 24.-John Franklin
Fort. the Republican g~ubernatorial can
didate, and his campaigning party in
vaded the Democratic stronghold of
Sussex County today and was we'll re-
ceived by the farmers and miners wher-
ever stops were made. Leaving Philips
burg at 8 o'clock the party came by
train as far as Andover, where a stop
was made and the candidate greeted a
large number of the citizens. At An
dover automobiles were secured ant
the tot of the county was begun.
! Sparta was the first place visited.
From Sparta the party proceeded on
to Ogdensburg and then to Franklin
Furnace. where the workers in the zinc
mines turned out to greet the standard
bearer of the G. o. p, and where lunch
was taken.
After leaving Franklin Furnace the
party came on to Hamburg, stopping
on the way to shake hands with the
employees of a big paper factory, all
of whose hands turne out to welcome
the gubernatorial candidate.
McAfee, Vernon, Sussex and
Branchville, expecting to reach New
ton tonight in time for dinner. where
he will address a mass meeting. SEN
ator Colby, of Essex County. will come
to Newton tonight to address the mass
meeting.
Former Judge Henry Huston, chair
man of the Republican County Com
mittee, heads the campaigning party
today. William Dalrymple, candidate
for county clerk; William Van Blar-
com. candidate for Assembly, and
Sheriff Judson K. Gum are also with
the candidate.
PHILLIPSBURG, Oct. 24-Nine towns
of Warren County welcomed former SUI
preme Court Justice John Franklin Fort,
the Republican candidate for Governor.
yesterday. There were nineteen towns on
the itinerary, and the unvisited sat out in
front of their various postoffices until sun
down. and then returned to their pet and
particular places around the stove in the
general store. 1t was not the Fort party's
fault. however, that they didn't greet him,
Buttzville, which lies on the road from
Hackettstown to Belvidere, was not on the
list. but 1t was visited anyway. BelYidere
which was reached almost on time owing
to the elimination of its neighbors on the
other side of the mountain, furnished the
best daytime meeting. Most of those who
were in the touring party were the prom
inent persons at the Phillipsburg meet
ing in Ortygia Hall. Among them were
]. I. B.. Kelley, county chairman; George
A. Angle, candidate for Assembly; Sheriff
Andrew Merrick, William Depew, Postmas-
ter Fulper, of Washington. and Mr.. Smith.
Mr.. Kelley acted as chairman. MI. Angle
was the first speaker, and, while asking
support for himself, inserted many good
words for MFR. Fort. He said that he would
strongly advocate the maintenance of the
Bishops law.
Mr.. Fort said he had been brought up
10 ho1faXn fhot tho fn11rfh nOmnn andmnnf
should not be abrogated, and he would
adhere to this principle II elected. He was
greeted with a good round of applause by
the audience of 800 or more when he APP
peared. He took up the similar planks in
the two party platforms and briefly dis
| cussed direct primaries, the selection of
United States Senators by the people, civil
service reform and home rule, then went
on to talk of railroad taxation. He re-
viewed the Perkins tax act and called the
attention of his audience to the fact that
an act had already been passed taxing
street railway companies on their total re-
ceipts, explaining how this tax rate was
to be 3 per cent. this first year, increasing
one-half of / per cent. yearly until the
rate was 5 per cent. He said that the
system should be given a fair trial before
ITS good and bad points were decided upon.
After finishing these subjects Mr.. Fort
said that he was done with dry issues,
then added: That was not meant as a
joke, although the next subject 1 wish
laughed and then a~pplauded loudly when
he spoke Of the Bishops law. There is
there viii be a large decrease in the Demo
cratic majority of 1900 this year. AS to
the Bishops law, the Phillipsburg Com
mon Council passed such a law, including
screen clause, two years before the Degis-
lature took it II.
Mr.. Fort emained here for the night
with County Chairman Kelley, and this
morning left early for Sussex County.