The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-04
Every State Committee
man Declares Against
Amendments. y
OPEN LETTER CHARGES
REPUBLICAN BETRAYAL
FORMIDABLE Indictment Are
Words Used in Scoring Kill
ing of Certain Bills.
Irrom a STAFF Correspondent ]

IFfom Staff Correspondent
,ASBURY PARK, Sept. AIT the
State Democratic Committee conference
III the Coleman House here today an
address to be sent out as call to arms
was approved in which a stand was
taken against the proposed constitu-
tional amendments.
4 James r. Nugent, State chairman,
presided at the meeting
There will be no State convention nor
any other sort of political convention
this year SO the Democratic leaders
will issue the open letter to the
people in lieu of a State platform |
Just what form this letter should take
and the subjects it should embrace
were topics for discussion at a meeting
ofgthe newly created advisory commit
tee of the State committee at 10 O'clock
this morning Authority was voted Mr..
Nugent at the last meeting of the State
committee to select a committe of five
TO work with him in this years cam
paign. Today was the first time that
she five had held session.
MsNSowing the morning meeting the-t
%1-ts. OF tine State committee got
noon to consider recon-
u Naturally the question of
@s.ayd constitutional amend
III passed upon by the voters
yan Tuesday, was an upper
Hc 1t took precedence even
sensational elections to be held
n counties this year and sur
II in immediate interest the fight
~e-zsss 6e made for capture of the lsle.1
assem- bly,. W
Every county representative was en-
phatic in his opposition to the amend
ments. They declared against tine
lodging tactics of their Republican OPP
ponents" Here is the letter as it was
finally approved:
The Letter In Full.
Under the American system of
party government the party in
power is given credit for acts that
are of benefit to the people ana IS
held responsible for acts of COM
mission and omission that are in
furious to the popular interests.
When a political party in control OF
the government has failed to keep
It's pledges or has offended by its
vote, it is in the power of the
people to vote the party out OF
ONCE and give control to the oppo-
sition party The fathers of the re-
public devised this system in order
that abuses in government when
.ssyp~@+r.4sf;ey exist, may be corrected by the
q people, as restraint upon ms
government. The Republican party
has been in power in New Jersey
since 1894, period of fifteen, years.
ond. as a result, conditions exist in
the state government SO grave that
tba Republican parry Itself Is
divided against itself.
..Reform elements have started
nm IN all sections of the State Ill
vain protest and will attempt to
force the party organization In the
Ieeisla ture into compliance with
solemnly made pledges and with
the popular wishes. For five years
Republican party reform has bat
fled in vatn and those who nave
believed that reformation can best
ha accornplished by reform within
tha Marty in power have learned
tn despair and then turn 10 the
srea+ Democratic party for
change. -,
"rhe record of the last two legls-
-r--1-~,-,o ,otrres is condemnatory enough
,,';tbout going back over the pre-
,,ious wears of Republican maj
administration to show incapaclty'
.;abt betrayal of the people where
saIesb vested interests were to be
aoerandized. 1t is matter OF
record that a single act OF Repup-
,,oor Legislation in 1906, relating to
roiIroad taxation, for which credit
could be given II it had not been SO
artfully handicapped by provisions
nndulv favoring the railroad inter
ests. was finally forced upon he-
nublican legislation by the Demo
cratic party in successive legisla-
tures. That party has attempted
IN force other great reforms upon
the majority, and unavailngy IL
hos stood out against encroach-
n,ents by great corporate interests
- which the Republican majority
admitted. 1t has proposed ana
nroed and battled for public meas
ures affecting these interests, and
failed only because 1t could not
overcome the majority in control OF
legislation
"a Formidable Indictment"
"a LIST of the number of popular
lille in the last two Legislatures
tbat were supported by Democratic
,,otes and killed by the Republican
,,oioritv comprises one of the most
rarn,ida bIe indictments ever brought i
against a party in power a hepup-
ljcan Governor, VINO assumed once
In 1908. has ever since been In oppo- .
sition to his party organization, be-
eause of its uncompromlsng atti-
xCpotfnucd ON Third Pnge)