The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-05
Two OF the Nine Differ on Sep
aratiOn of State and City
Elections.
NO MENTION MADE OF
EXCISE LEGISLATION
Declaration in Favor of Reform
ing Direct Primary and
Election Laws.

The platform on which the Republic
can League candidates for the Assem-
bly, nominations will stand was given
cut today at the headquarters of the
organization. On one point. the sep
aration C -. and State elections,
there is division of sentiment. Seven
of them favor it, but Austen Colgate
and Eliot E. Ford did not agree to it.
The platform is not signed in any
way by Assemblymen H. Stacy Smith
or John F. Clark, both of whom have
been mdorsed by the league.
All the singers agree to pursue a
course of personal independence in
accord with the principles of.the party;
they declare for rate regulation of pub
lie utilities; for reform in the direct
primary and the election laws; for
more equal taxation; for an anti
monopoly law; for an employers liabil-
ity law; against the burying of legis-
lative bills in committee. and for home
rule
No mention is made of excise legis-
lation.
I'VE. the undersigned. hereby an
d
primary Gn September, 1909 for nomi-
nation on ;ie Republican ticket as cam
didates for the general assembly to
represent the county of Essex.
I'VE reiterate the pledge made in the
Republican county platform of 1907, and
| If we are chosen to represent this great
county in the general assembly, we will
endeavor faithfully Ito represent the
interests of our constituents with
progressive and up-to-d date ideas and
will pursue course of personal indie
pendence in accordance with the prin-
ciples and the spirit of a progressive
Republican party.
I'VE pledge ourselves, if elected, to
| the following propositions:
q. Regulation of Public Utilities-A
statute providing for a public service
commission, empowering it upon COM
plant, or of it's own motion; to regu-
late rates at uniform, just and reason
able prices, including an adequate ap-
preparation for the valuation of all
physical property of such corporations
us Il in such public services; to enforce
| adequate service and the adoption of
safety appliances to regulate capital
ization; to secure publicity of the af-
scribe the forms of accounting of pub
lie utility companies, including steam
and trolley railroads, electric light, pipe
line, gas, water, telegraph and tele-
phone companies and adequate means
for enforcing the orders of such COM
mission.
| "2. Direct Primary and Election Law
Reforms-The overthrow of the control
hxy ioI in
terests, through the medium OF the
bosses, and to that end an amendment
of primary and election laws providing
for the direct nomination of the gov
ernor, congressman, delegates to the
national conventions, members of ma
tional, State. county and municipal
party committees, and providing for the
adoption of the so-called Massachusetts
ballot, of which the essential features
are the abolition of the party ballot and
the printing of all the names of all can
didates upon a. single ballot and re-
quiring the voter to indicate his choice
for each office by marking a cross oppo-
site the name of each candidate voted
for and prohibiting the distribution of
the ballots outside the polling place.
49, Equal taxation: Taxation of
franchises Of all public utility corpora
tions. including railroad and canal
companies, and of all personal prop
erty of such corporations and individ
uals, which has no local situs. includ
ing an amount equivalent to the aver
age value of rolling stock In the State
used by common carriers in interstate
commerce, by a system of annual
valuation at the average State rate;
taxation of all railroad and canal real
estate and personal property, having
local situs, by the local assessors at
the local rates of the locality in which
the same is situate.
"A. Anti monopoly Law-We adhere
to the view expressed in our county
platform of 1906 in favor of an anti
monopoly law, providing that any con-
tract, combination in the form of
trust or otherwise, or conspiracy in re-
straint of trade, or for the purpose of
maintaining a mopoly or fixing prices,
or limiting quantities of articles or
commodities in general use, shall be
unlawful.
"5. Releasing Bills from Committees
in order to prevent the suppression
of desirable legislation, the retention
of the rule whereby the House COM
mittees will be required to report any
bill or matter upon the request of fif-
teen members.
IS Lobby Bill-The Registration of
legislative agents and lobbyists under
q law similar to that for some time in
force in Massachusetts, Wisconsin and
Maryland and lately passed by the
Legislature of New York
~ Employers Liability Act--A law
providing for just and adequate en-
ployers' liability act.
49, Home Rule--A law providing for
complete local self government in all
municipal matters, including:
| ("a) The power of each municipality
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