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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-15
PAPERS ON CAMPAIGN
Morality the Issue.

TFrom the Trenton True American. Dem.l
In his speech at Pennington last Tues
day, Senator Frank o. Briggs declared that
the issue in this campaign is the Fourth
Commandment, and he intimated that the
Republican party is the defender of the
American Sabbath.
Now. LET us see. The Bishops law was
enacted in 1906. The Republican Governor,
then in office, was, and is, under oath 10
| enforce that law. Has he enforced 1t IN
Atlantic? In Passaic? In Hudson! IN
Union? Has he enforced it anywhere?
Where the Bishops law has been en-
forced anywhere, 1t has been enforced oy
local sentiment. The Governor hasn't had
any part therein. Yet in this campaign the
Republican party asks the people to elect
its candidate for Governor because OF It's
support of the Bishops law!
Morality is the issue in this mpa
but it is not the issue in the form that
Senator Briggs has stated.
Thou shalt not steal" is an issue, ana
the record of Republican administration
of the executive Office has made 1t an
issue.
'.Thou shalt not commit adultery is an
| issue in this campaign, and Senator Briggs
knows why.
Thou shalt not kill' is an issue in this
campaign, and the voices of a score OF
dead at the Trenton Asylum, dead because
1 VI INGRuDlNdu dNACAg - 49,
for vengeance.
Yes, Senator Briggs, morality is the
issue. But you cannot measure a mans
morality by his avowal that he will obey
one of the Ten Commandments that are
foundation of all the laws called moral.
Nor can a political party expect Its
morality to be so measured.
The people of New Jersey want for Gov
| ernor a man who esteems the entire deca-
logue. and they want his, party to esteem
| the entire decalogue. There is nothing in
Frank S. K~atzenbach's life that can be
construed as an offense on his part against
any part of the moral law, and, as the
candidate of the Democratic party, he is
not harrassed by such a record of inn
morality as the Republican party presents
to the people. The men who are managing
his campaign are not such as have long
records of violations of the moral law to
! be condoned after his election.
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WHEN SUPREME COURT MEETS.

1t happens that the date for the No
vember term of the Supreme Court is
the first Tuesday in November. As
that date is election day this year, the
court, in accordance with custom, will
not meet until Wednesday, the day fol-
lowing. Anyerule to show cause grant
ed by a justice now cannot therefore be
heard earlier than Wednesday. the day
following the election. This ma be
news to some of our contemporaries in
the State, and we give them the in
formation without any charge.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-15
OUR BAY FRONT DEVELOPMENT.

The proposition in the referendum
bill passed by the Legislature looking
10 the expenditure of a million dollars
by the city of Newark for the develop
inent of the water front of river and
bay. the construction of a ship canal,
the reclamation of the Newark mead
ows. and the building of municipal
docks and piers must take the same
cours that all other large public prof.
cots have taken. 1t will be recalled how
flerccly was fought the proposition for
u new water supply. The old village
spirit was rampant then, and 1t saw
nothing but graft in the proposition
and financial ruin for the city.
There was the same p%arochial opposi-
ton to the proposition for systematic
street paving of Newark streets. The
amt opposition again was aroused
against the building of the City Hos
pitai, and at a time, too, when the only
public hospital accommodations that
Newark could boast of were. first, a
little shanty on the meadows. and then
, a wooden barracks on Camden street,
abandoned by the county. The village
spirit is not as potent now as it once
was. but It can make a clamor. And
1t may be expected to make noisy lem
o~nstrations against the proposition for
a municipal water front.
Located on an arm of New York Bay,
the greatest seaport of the world, New
ark possesses unrivaled commercial ad-
yantages that only need development.
The Investment of a million dollars
would mean in a few years an addition
Of one hundred millions to the city's
wealth; it would mean a vast increase
in ths opportunities for Newark capital
and labor. and for the rapid building
up Of tAs-rity, to place it in the front
'Rnk of American cities.
We do not want to repeat on our bay
the criminal neglect of Jersey City on
the Hudson. where that city is entirely
shut in by private ownership. We want
some public docks and piers and recrea-
ton places. All the vast benefit of the
Newark Bay front should not he per-
mitted to go to foreign corporations,
as it inevitably will unless Newark acts
for itself.
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WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY LIES.

Senator Colby in a speech last night
made a new confession of faith which
will be read with some interest today.
Senator Colby lays the blame for the
defeat OF the public utilities bill upon
Pre- sident McCarter, of the Public Sery-
ice Corporation. who was a member of
the Senate five years ago and wasn't
a member this year. The sole respon-
sibility for the defeat of the bill rests
with the Legislature itself, and not
upon any outsider, however much he
might have been interested in defeat
ing the bill. 1t is like pleading the
.'haby act" to charge a legislative
delinquency upon somebody who hasn't
got q vote or a right to speak in the
legislative chambers. But, after all,
there were really worse d~elinquencies
than that. which can be as readily
atoned for if the people so desire.
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There was nothing said in the Lesis-
lature, and there is nothing said in the
political platforms. and there lie nothing
said on the stump in this compaign
about a reform of the incorporation
laws of New Jersey that breed and
shelter such monsters as the Standard
oil Company of New Jersey. The fact
is stranger. too. considering that this
particular Monster is being grilled BY
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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MORE nRuNM1Na NEEDED.

The opening of the Republican local
campaign in the New Auditorium last
night was not as largely attended as
the had a right to expect.
1t gave an appearance of apathy to the
campaign that was wholly different
from the attendance at the opening of
the State campaign by Judge Fort In
the Kruger Auditorium.
Political managers never fail to note
all the signs al this stage of a contest
and to provide accordingly. Old Gem
oraI Apathy is always at hand fully
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Guessed Right.


A little old woman with soft blue
eyes, white ringiets around her ears,
and a quaint purple gown got on a
Ninth street car in Washington on a
very hot day.
She looked rosy, but cool and COM
Portable. while the others on the
crowded car were mopping their brows,
tanning themselves. and curslng In
wardiy.
As she got on the car she said to the
conductor. iii want TO get hon at Hem
street"
"AIl right" said the conductor. and
the car went on. Nothing happened
until l. street was reached. when sad
denly the old lady looked up and asked,
His this Help
You bet It ls,v said q big. perepfFina
man. and soft. low cries OF Hear,
hearfv mingled With the laughter that
rippled through fhs car-Haxperf
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While the State Potable Water Com
mission has been denied an appropria-
ton of $4,000 for expenses, it may be
observed that the commissioners have
their $1,000 salaries and will regularly
draw the same in monthly instruments
from the State Treasury whether they
do any work or not. But there is moth
ing to prevent the commission from in
curing expenses for the next Legis-
lature to pay. And yet We cannot see
why the State should be called pom to
pay either salaries or expenses of this
commission, The East Jersey Water
Company, which has obtained such
great concessions from the Legislature
and practically owns the commission,
can well afford to pay both salaries and
expenses.
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expenses

New Jersey day at the jamestown
Fair on Thursday will attract many
Jerseymen to the ancient town and
make animation at the New Jersey
State building. A large delegation Of
State officials and others will ccom-
pany the Governor to jamestown,
starting this evening, and the Governor
will make the principal address. There
is a warm feeling in Virginia for New
Jersey. and it will find expression at
jamestown on Thursday.
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To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
What was the value of the shekel, the
ancient coin used by the Jews? s. I. P.
1.-THE shekel was originally a weight. The
first form in which money was used by
the Jews, and by all other nations of whlcn
we have any knowledge. was in pieces
without any regular shape or any marks
or devices upon them. Precious metals
passed by weight. Thus 1t is said of the
purchase made by Abraham Of the cave
and field of Machpelah. And Abraham
hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham
weighed to Ephron the silver, which ne
had named in the audience of the sons of
Heth. four hundred shekels OF silver, cur
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The salvation Army.

TO the Editor Of the Evening Star:
How long has the Salvation Army been
organized? j. j. H..
tThe Salvation Army was organized un-
der that name by William Booth. in 1915.
It is the outgrowth of a work begun in
1865, in London, then called the Christian
Mission. Its labors have extended from
England to all parts of the world, and have
been efficient in aiding and reforming
many whom the churches could not reach.
1t has some II, 900 officers, half of them
being woman, with many corps and OUT
posts, and circulates a multitude of papers
and books.-Ed.1
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The woe. of WlIIie.

The year had gloomily begun
For Willie Weeks a poor mans sun
He was beset with bill and dun,
And he had very little Mon.
This cash." said he, won't pay my dues
I've nothing here but ones and Tues
A bright thought struck him, and he
said,
The rich Miss Goldrocks 1 will We'd
But when he paid his court to her.
She lisped, but firmly said, No, Thur
Alas" said he. then / must die"
His soul went where they say souls Fri
Puck.
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You quit smoking because she askee
you to?"
Yep"
And you quit drinking because she
asked you tor"
Yep"
And you quit swearing because she
asked you tor"
Yep"
and you began going in better So
ciety because she asked you to-"
yep"
1T is a wonder to me you did not
marry her?"
II had intended to. but when l had
gotten rid of all my bad habits found
| could do better. Houston Daily Post.
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accoutred to take charge of a cam
paign, and the question is how to rele-
gate him to the rear. 1t Won't do to
let him head the column this year.
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Romance

.Husband-Look. another hair in the
soup.
Wife-Well, it's mine.
Husband-That makes no difference.
Wife-How cruel you arei Before
we married you said you could eat me
up, and now you won't swallow a sim
gle hair.-Fraszki.
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The statement by the Rev. DR..
Aked in his address last night that
in England at one time the church
had often turned teetotalers out of
its membership can hardly be believed
by church members in Newark, who
had supposed that the attitude of the
church was unchanged on the liquor
question for about eighteen centuries.
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taken at His word.

Good morning. Herr Tippler. L
should like to know when you are
going to pay me for hat typewriter
you had from me some time ago?'
What? I pay you for 1t? Why.
when I bought it you told me it was
such a good one that it would pay for
itself."-Lustige Batter.
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Chnnce to NInke GOOD.

do you really love mey'
Can you doubt IT? Tell me how 1
can prove it?'
Marry my Aunt Laura She's al
ways nagging at me, and that is the
only way 1 can see of getting her out
of the house."-Zygniak.
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rent with the merchant" Genesis xiii.
16. The weight of a shekel was a little
less than one-half an ounce troy. The term
current with the merchant probably re-
fers to the purity of the silver, which was
about 95 per cent. fine, and the value In
our money was ffty-eight cents.-Ed.l
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Meier seems really to have married
for love-"
What makes you think that?"
Because at the ball last night, when
| kissed his wife, he boxed my ears
Observation-Disclosures Batter.
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george Kent Him Busy.

A well-known Virginia clergyman,
one-time president of william and Mary
College, was married three times, and
on each occasion the ceremony was
performed by his brother, an even more
renowned bishop. When the first mar
riage tool place, the bishop had to re-
fuse a tempting invitation from an old
friend because-so h letter rant
am going up to Williamsburg on that
date to marry my brother George"
The same friend happened to be on
the train with him, years afterward;
when he was travelling to the. second
ceremony. Il am going to marry my
brother George" the bishop explained,
benignly, after the business of greet
ings was over. Again many years
passed, and the same journey was taken
one more for the same purpose. BY a
strange coincidence, the identical friend
ran into the bishop as they hurried
through the depot to their respective
trains. Where going, Bishop the
former sang out as they grasped hands
and dashed by each other.
II am going where I am always go
ing" the answer came back, ponder
ously. ito marry my brother George!"
-Harper's Weekly.
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managers. with a subpoena. It is quite
certain that a written demand by the
Governor for his resignation would
reach him.
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The Measure OF HIS Love.

Miss, Hoamley-Rich-I heard some
thing today tha would indicate that
Mr.. Hunter simply cannot love me as
he said he did.
Miss Cutting-Good graciousl bad
news from your banker, eh?-Philadel-
phia Press.
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Retribution.

Jones-That young man who plays
the cornet is i'll.
Green-Do you think he will recover?
Jones-I am afraid not. The doctor
who Is attending him lives next door.
l-Tit-Bits.
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Tom. Tom. the magnate's son, stole
a million pigs and engaged eminent
legal talent to attend to the further
vulgar details.-Louisville Courier
| Journal.
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SINS OF THE LB0LsLATURE- WATER scHHMERs HAPPY : TELL
The LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES. WAT you WAN.

At first blush the two great sins of the Legislature, from
the point of view of people hereabouts, appear to be the failure
Iof the Public Utilities Commission bill and the neglect TO amend
Tor repeal the Potable Water Commission act The latter statute
is a menace to the State, and it is made doubly so by reason
of the affiliations of the me entrusted with the powers created
by the law. 1t is part of a scheme 10 control and divert the
potable waters of New Jersey regardless of the overwhelming
public sentiment behind it, and i'll defiance of our courts. We
shall soon see evidence of this unless the citizens bestr them
selves and get after the candidates for Governor and for the
Legislature.
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N HUMOROUS VEIN.


First Cockney-what's the best way
to ketch fish, Bill?
Second Do.-'It i'm on the cad Wheh
he comes up to Ain.-Exohange.
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FROM STAR READERS

Anonymous communication cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
naines of correspondents are not required for
publication, bur as a guarantee of good faith.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-15

The Hahn investigation was a farce, in a way. Certain
irregularities were turned up and promptly squelched. The Re-
publicans disciplined those who were in error, and new blood
flows in the veins of the party. There need be no alarm for
the success of the whole Republican ticket If only good Repub-
icans will turn out and cast their ballot on election day
Atlantic City Press.
Won't the Press " please tell US more about the farce, !"
the irregularities that were promptly squelched, and the disciplin-
ing of "those who were in error?" Up this way we are in
Egyptian darkness concerning those things. Our information was
somewhat different. We had been led to understand that the
Assembly Investigating Committee brought to light shocking facts
concerning the Trenton Asylum and the Railway Refornatory.
The managers of both institutions are still in Office. Thai
committee also proved that there are men on the States payroll
drawing salaries for two Offices, that certain State officials dc
practically no work for their pay, and that others use the State
funds to help banks in which they are interested. If there has
been any disciplining or squelching of the guilty ones it ha;
been kept mighty quiet.
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While it seems to be impossible to
catch President George A. Squire, OF
the Railway Reformatory board Of
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Spund Ito his room mate after a very
gay evening)-I say, Spund, see If you
can blow the candle out. l blow TO
the side of 1t always.-Fliegende Blat-
ter.
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she-Here is your engagement ring,
Henri. I cannot marry you; l love an
other.
.He--What is his name?
I'm heavens name. you won't kill me,
will your
He-Oh, no; but I thought | might do
a deal with him with this ring--Sourire.
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There we're few who really expected to see the Public
Utilities bill passed this year. There would be no such law
in New York but for Governor Hughes. He stood over all
|un unwilling Legislature with the search1ight of Publicity as his
only wea pon, and few of the corporation creatures in the Legis-
lature dared to follow their inclinatons. The New York Act
seems to be working out satisfactorily. We may hope for one
nearly. if not quite, as good when we have for Governor a
man of the Hughes calibre and ideas. And SO far as the con-
troll of our public utilities goes, neither Candidate Fort nor Can
didate Katzenbach appears to be in that class. Both are
handling the topic in a very gingerly way. Neither is what
YOU could call enthusiastic about State regulation of those COM
panies and the control of rate. making.
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One course is open to those citizens of New Jersey who
favor a Public Utilities bill TO include railroad companies and
comforting the rate-regulating power on the State Commission.
Let them formulate their ideas and then see or communicate
with the legislative candidates. If the latter try to dodge or
stradde in any way, question them i'm public meeting and make
them go on record. And, meantime, the STAR will be glad TO
find room for short letters from legislative candidates telling just
where they do stand on this and other current issues.
What we want now is TO have the public know definitely
lust what it needs, and then find out just how far the various
legislative candidates agree with them. This is the time to
learn, not after Election Day, when it is too late to be of any
value.
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Candidates Fort and Katzenbach will obige a large and
interested audience if they will kindly answer these questions
If Governor, what would you do with the negligent and
nonfeasant managers of the Trenton Asylum?
If Governor, what would you do with State officials who
used their office for personal aggrandizement?
If Governor, what would you do with State officials who
refused to resign?
If Governor, what would you do with officials VIGOROUSLY
guilty of neglecting their work, for which the State pays them 7
And-How do you stand on the question of dual Office
holding?
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Candidate Fort wants it to be known that if he were Gov
ernor he'd separate George A. Squire from his job as Railway
Reformatory manager. Won't somebody please notify Governor
Stokes?
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"A WONDER!"

is what n of our Superintendents at
Philadelphia. Pa, says regarding the
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Bible Authority For n.


Mr.. Rundlctt at one time a mer-
chant In the town OF Newcastle, Me,
Instructed his clerks to strictly follow
the precepts of the Bible In all of their
dealings.
One day Indy cnme in to buy C
piece of dress goods. and one of the
clerks spent great deal of time show
ing her various cloths, which abe said
weren't good enough. The clerk said
he had better piece In the REM OF
tho store. He showed her this piece,
which she had already seen, but told
her 1t was much finer and worth 80
cents yard more. She said that she
could readily SEQ that 1t was better
and made her purchase.
Mr.. Rundlett who had seen the
transaction. censured the clerk. who
replied that he could refer to the Bible
to Justify his action.
"Why how Is that9"
well. she was q stranger. and took
her IN"
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long Name. short Lived.

Long Name. Short Lived.
'In Boston thore used to be G stam-
mering college kept by Professor
Graves." says Governor Guild. Next
door to this college was a flower store.
Professor Graves method was to ask
each pupil whit phrase he would like
to learn to say perfectly. Then the
professor would drill the pupil on that
one phrase or sentence. and when the
stammerer repeated It smoothly cure
was pronounced. One day friend OF
mine. who was afflicted with tho slut
tering habit, decided to patronize the
professor. Before he went into the
9tudlo. however. ne stopped to look in
the flower store at some cbrysantfe.
NUNS.
Now, my dear fellow said Pro
lessor Graves, Is there anything par
tlcuiar that you would Like to learn to
say perfectlyr
W-w-w-well. yves th.there is. l
sh-sh-should like tito be able tito
s-say cr-crys-crys-cr-cFysanth- til them
m.mum before the dsrn th-thing
f-fadesr"