The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-31

| New Zealand and Peoria. the methods Of
government eXtlnt in Hoboken and Hack
ensack. might be worthy of the Profound
est and most unintelllgible treatment. but
will spare you these, and IL you will per-
init I will simply trace our party history
ficm the rise Of the early Roman republic
up to the election of Mr.. Fort for Cow
ernor and the uudoubted election next year
of a Democratic President. 1t will only
take q moment.
I'VE will pass over the history of
democracy IN Rome by saying that cleo
tons were usually held in those days by
a comprehensive system Of poisoning and
oratory. We do things better now. We
Democrats discover a patent remedy for
all existing ills that usually poisons oar
party. We have had whirlwind compaigus
and wet blanket campaigns, but we don't
seem to win. That is the only bad feature
of being a Democrat and prdving tina
the minority is always right.
After. however. giancing at our re-
spectacle Republican brethren. we feel
consoled. MI. Fort has just delivered a
message that has made many Of his
worthy party leaders click their heels to-
Eether aud snap their teeth, We are told
that after reading Mr.. Forts message
David Baird has become anti-railroad
Uncle Dan Voorhees, VIII resign either MS
State Treasurer or County Clerk Of Nor
ris County. that Dory Strong believes mat
politics should be eliminated from State
boardss- We are, creditably advised that
Senator Kean acts as though he were
sitting uncomfortably on a point of order
we wonder what would have happened
to Mr.. Fort II he had mentioned theSt
things before election.
In order not to leave anything out
let me for a moment touch with o iighi
hand on national affairs. Every promi'
nent Republican from Bangor, Me. q
San Diego, Cal. is a candidate FOR Presi-
don't. Mr. Roosevelt, h great disciple
of civil service, together with the post
masters. port wardens and other Fedora
onice-holders, is ehind Mr.. Taft, who Is
evidently too stout to run alone.
The form of government has change,
under beneficial Republican rule from rep
re%sentative TO declamatory, and we are
being ruled by public speeches at exenlp
fremen's associations and women's clubs
In order to assure Japan that we ar
friendly, our Republican statesmen send
whole fleet of battleships over to loa
about the islands. This new idea O
diplomacy Is very much as If / droppe'
in to see you and held a loaded revolve
IN my hand to insure no hard feeling
This course of procedure instills coma
dence in the people and furthers our III
ness interests.
w have also learned during the las
: few years, through the courtesy OF gu
i. Chief Executive, that a number OF unde
sirabie ~citlseus exist in the Republics
rarity. We had long suspected this. w
are also told that many of them are delhi
rate and unqualified falsif1ers. a fact tina
after listening to their campaign orator
we had little doubt about We are furthe
Q informed that the Constitution is no bette
than It ought to be. A SLY crack Mt tn
courts also tends to dignity the Republica
administration"
The POSTMASTER emphasized the fac
that the occasion of the banquet wa
not to indorse or to obstruct any par
. ticular man for the Democratic presi
{: Dental nomination. Its aim was t
: bring together Democrats from the en-
d. tire state on the eve of another can,
= paign, and, no matter what has &C
Q Cured in the past. the aim of IN
auxiliary committee was to cemen
3 harmony. Mr.. Lippincott said.
After the cheering thai ~signalized tn
: introduction of the State chairman ha'
subsidized, Mr.. Hudspeth thanked tn
auxiliary committee for the compliment
that the dinner in honor of the Stat
committee implied.
l IF this affair had occurred. gentle
|, men" he said, when the members Q
the state committee and the auXiliar'
committee had brought to you tn
!. party standard crowned with the laure
wreath of victory. il would have bee
expected, but when we come with tn
dust of defeat upon us and the hurt
and burns Of defeat still being felt, !
signifies something other than it coul
| 10 the victor. 1t is notice to the coun
, try that New Jersey is stilI in the rank