The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-28
Governor Scores G. 0. P.
Machine for Interfer-
enCe with Work Of
Legislators.
$50 DINERS CHEER WITH Z
A VIM AT DOLLAR DINNER
Assemblyman from Essex Is
Made the Hero of Epoch-Mak- :
ing Feast at Krueger's.

Assembiyman William p Martin. ~
Essex, was doomed for Goxernor. .na
1osernor Fort adminfstered a x-zrara,,~
verbal spanking TO the RepubI,cnp St.t-
tommittee leaders for what he .fxt~a
their unwarranted interference wien
the legislature In passing measure. =.
carry out the will of the peopIe nj th~
New Idea dollar dinner AT the kruev~r
Auditorium last night.
Ane launching of the Martin boa,n
was the signal which brought sbout m
unusually enfhusiastic demonsfrntfau-
The Governors speech. which ba
read from carefully prepared mann
script. was punctuated many ts,,,as -
applause frtm the $50 diners.
Governor Fort loosed flight af.ar
nlgnt Of arrows into the ranks of tba
absent Regulars, and in return for he
vociferous support given hin, bv fna
diners told of his desires for reforr,
legislation. So enthusiastic was his =,
cepion that William rellowes Morgan.
the postmaster had to intervene 70
quiet the excited gathering.
Martin the Idol.
Assemblyman William Martin. Win
nore the brunt of the fight agalnsr tn.
Regulars in the House during fha 1a.t
session OF the Legislature. and whose
candidacy for Governor is being care
Iuhy nursed by his New Idea friends
TOOK precedence over every one. the
1oVernor included. He was given a re-
cepuon that was second to none. but
waved AWAY the cries of Next Gov
ffhor' with the assertion that there
"ere more important things to be con-.
sidered In the immediate future.
He took up the subject of q r,,,b1;<.
utilities bill and told Just what han
pened to his measure that he man
aged to have substituted in the place ~
the halfway measure introduced brr
Assemblyman Pierce, and of its subse-
quent death in the Senate COMMITTEES
on railroads and canals
sFfght for PrincipIes.,
We must stand for the principles we
support" said Mr.. Martin Wenaust not
accept any weak substitute nor shifty
compromise for .our principles We
want the substance of the proposed
progressive measures written on the
statute books, not merely the form A
to fix just and reasonable rates and 10
value the physical property used in the
public service. will be inefficient in
practise. and will result in reaction in
the movement for the regulation and
control of public utility companies.
with view of obtaining adequate serv-
ice at reasonable rates
Election Reforms.
T..
for which his wing of the Republican
party fought he said:
s'Unenforced laws against bribery and
corruption at elections are nothing. We
want a law providing that when there
is a faetional contest, both of tbs
primary election officers shall not be
selected by the chairman of the COM
mittee. who is favorable to one side
Assemblynan Martins chief sup
porter. Assemblyman Rlauveit. OF Pas
sale, was the next speaker. Railroad
taxation was the main theme of his
talk. He told how the New Idea Lead
ers had fought for adequate taxation
of the kind, and passed on to the Hill
cry maximum tax act He said that
to raise the same amount of money
that had been raised before the main
stem tax act passed. the valuation
would have to be increased In order to
keep down the rate as provided in the
Hillery act.
Hits Ht Regulars.
Governor Fort" he said. Sin a letter
made public few months ago, stated
that this Hillery act had resulted in
saving of about s24s.000 year to the
railroads for the last two years. That
was practically, gentlemen. one half
million dollars. In the last Legislature
we attempted to repeal the bin. Did
the Regulars support us2 Q, not
THE Regulars are the partners OF
the railroads and they joined hands In
beating it. Senator Hillery announced
that IL the bill got over into the SEN
ate he would guarantee that 1t would
never be passed. This is the same
Hillery who resigned his office of sena-
tor and was appointed member of the
Railroad Commission to take the place
Of the most efficient man who had been
on 1t. This shows how he is punished
for serving the railroads.
Blsuvelt on Taxation.
Mr.. Bluaveit continued to show what
advantages the railroads had over the
ordinary taxpayer in the payment OF
taxes He said that whereas the small
property owner was compelled to paw
his taxes by December 20 OF the year in
which they were assessed. the railroads
we're allowed the special privilege OF
paying their taxes in four payments
during the next year, and that no in
terest penalty was inflicted for the
delay.
Even the Governors failure to reap-
point Borden d. Whiting as State rail-
road commissioner was shown 70 have
been, not a slap at the New Idea peo-
pie. but merely an expedient 70 place