The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-11
SCHMIDT MANAGER
FLAYS WILSON At
HEBREWS RALLY
Jackson Demands That Shriev.
atty Aspirant Make No Claim
of Being Favored.
WANTS 1T UNDERSTOOD NO
CANDIDATE HAS HANDICAP
Schmidt Among Speakers at
Meeting When His Employee
Enthuses in Sheriff Fight.

During the mass-meeting under the
auspices of the Republican Hebrew
League. at 232 Springfield avenue, last
night two candidates for the party
nomination for sheriff met. They were
Samuel Il. Wilson, who had been for
mally invited, and Ralph B. Schmidt.
who attended the gathering without
knowing Wilson was present.
With Schmidt was his campaign
manager, Reginald Jackson. OF Jersey
City, who also made a speech during
b evening. On account of it's radical
character OF non-enforcement OF law,
1t evoked considerable comment from
a number of the auditors.
II didn't think it possible for any In
telligent being said Samuel L. Will
son to a reporter, ito advocate such a
policy as Mr.. Jackson proposed. Ac-
cording to his remarks he would abro-
gate any law that he or his friends
didn't like. I think the condition he
would produce would be something
approaching anarchy"
Mr.. Wilson was called on to speak
following Thomas l.. Raymond. Will
son in his speech. reiterated the policy
he announced In his platform, and
said that he would stand by it II nomi-
mated and elected He said that If q
candidate or oftice-holder had any
principle he would have 20 enforce the
laws on the statute books.
"No One Man Favored,
MIR. Schmidt was introduced later to
the audience by President Greenfield.
His speech was a declaration in favor
of a liberal policy. Toward the end Of
the meeting Mr.. Jackson was called on
to speak, and he denied that any one
ira was the choice of the Republican
organization for sheriff, anG that his
employer, Mr.. Schmidt, should be con-
sidered as much an organization candi-
date as any other a
Mr.. jackson said: "It is an embar-
RAISING position I am in by reason of
the fact that my name has been con-
nected with the candidacy Of one MAJ
who is seeking the nomination for
sheriff, while there are two gentlemen
here. However, that is not going to
deter me from saying'to you gentlemen
just what I believe you ought to hear
and to decide on September %.
I'm this campaign the voters have a
right to demand that each candidate
express himself on the important ques-
tions before the people. The most inn
portant of these is the excise question
and l submit to you. Mr.. Wilson, thai
you have given TO the public abso-
lutely no statement of your position
upon this important question. 1t means
nothing when you say that as a sheriff
you will do your duty. 1t explains
nothing to this great voting public
x-hO, xntt onyaaIIlGa that Won will mt
use your office for political purposes
and that you will select good 1uries.
Tell the people. as Ralph B. Schmidt
has told the people, just where you
stand on this matter of Sunday selling.
We have said over our signature that
we are opposed to the bishops bill and
do not believe it can be enforced with
out discrimination and that 1t is there
fore harmful.
"But what have you done? What
have you told the men whom you ask
to support you in your campaign? If
anything at all can be spelled from the
statement which you have made, it
means that YOU will continue the poll
cies OF the present administration. But
[ submit hat Mr.. Wilson's statement
is so void of backbone and stamina
tina he could very easily refute even
that inference and leave us all in the
air as to what he meant and what he
will do IL we intrust him with the
place.
"You Are Telling an Untruth."
1.-THE public press and you, Mr.. Will
son. would have us believe that you
hold the Endorsement of the Republican
organization of this county to the ex-
cluslon of the other candidates. l most
positively deny this, and / call upon
YOU to contradict me. When you and
your friends seek TO spread this i'm
I preston broadcast. you are telling an
untruth, for the county committee as
such has Endorsed no man, and L want
to say now that every candidate in
his race today is just as much entitled
to the votes of the organization Repub-
licans as you are.
II want TO say to Mr.. Wilson and 20
all the other candidates who have as
sumed the same attitude that he has,
that the policy OF re~tieence, the policy
of lodging an important question be-
cause it may involve you in a contro-
versy, the policy OF giving utterance
to thoughts which may be calculated 20
meet all sides of q situation, the policy
of talking one way in one ware and an
other way i'm another. will get you no
place. The voters demand that you say
where you stand; they a been fooled
often enough, and, I believe. for the
last time.
Let me urge upon all of you to como
out as Ralph b. Schmidt has come
out