Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-08-15
LOCAL OPTION
PLATFORM FOR
JAS.A. EDGAR
New Brunswick Man, an IndG-
pendent Republican Candidate
for Assembly Nomination.
WAS A FORDYCE BACKER
ASKS the People 10 Support Him
at the Coming Primaries,
Gives His Reasons.

James A. Edgar, an independent
republican, of New Brunswick, has
announced himself a candidate for
the republican nomina alton for as
sembly on a local option platform.
Mr.. Edgar is a we'll known citizen of
the county seat He is in the insur-
ance business there, and, until the
Fordyce campaign two years ago, was
prominently identified with the Pru-
Dental Insurance Company At that
time Mr.. Edgar identified himself
with the faction in the republican
party which opposed the reelection Of
John F. Dryden to the United States
senate, and, to be consistant, he quit
the Prudential.
In that campaign Mr.. Edgar was
one of the Fordyce men mentioned
at the county convention for the as
sembly.
In entering the race for the as
sembly nomination Mr.. Edgar makes
the following announcement:
/ wish to announce my candidacy
for the nomination of assemblyman
on the republican ticket, at the com
ing primary election. If nominated
will stand on a platform that will
secure to the greatest number the
most lasting good.
l believe in local option. No
weightier question confronts the peo-
pie Of the state of New Jersey at the
present time. The excise commission
shows, and we the people, know that
the Bishops law is being violated
right and left.
/ believe in legislating as prompt
ly as possible, not extending a ses-
sion unnecessarily, which means a di-
rect drain on the taxpayer.
believe in the popular choice OF
United States senators.
believe in making elections as
free from bribery and coercion as
possible, and not allowing any tickets
used outside of a polling precinct,
making the election officers respon-
sible for every ticket given voter
on entering the booth; and further
to see to it that the ticket is either
deposited in the ballot box or return
ed to the election officers.
would be a servant Of the peo-
pie, realizing the solemn duty to be
performed by a representative, who
must, to represent his constituents,
be free from the yoke of bossism !:
free from the desire to be REGULAR
at the sacrifice Of principal, so often
done for the sole purpose of expect
ing future rewards in the nature of
a Job or political appointment.
IL nominated and elected to the
honorable office to which / aspire, l
will be free to act as a man, not a
tool, and would represent every man,
woman, and child for their best in
terests, morally, intellectually and
physically. This desire would be
paramount to any personal ambition
or pecuniary reward
At the coming primary election the
peoples will can be done, and the re-
suits will justify the time taken to
go to the polls and vote to put in
nomination the men, who, in their
Judgment, are best fitted to be can
didates. / ask the support of all who
believe that there is a patriotism, not
only when war demands valor for
the sake of the preservation of ones
country, but also in time of peace
every man should show, as a lover of
his home and country, his patriotism
in casting the silent but mighty bal
lot for the suppression of wrong, dis
honesty, greed and avarice, and the
planting Of virtue, honesty, and love
In this, our state. l am
Sincerely yours,
JAMES A. EDGAR.