The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-18
ALL HARMONY
At TRENTON, SAYS
GOVERNOR FORT
Executive, at East Orange Ban
quet, Denies Friction with
the Legislature.
IS GENlALLY CHAFFED
BY JUSTICE MINTURN
Latter Touches on Open Latch
string at H0boken in
Amusing Speech.

Rejecting the general feeling of good
humor which pervaded the dinner of
the Friendly Sons of st. Patrick in
EAST Orange last night, Governor John
r.. Fort and Supreme Court Justice
James f. Minturn gave informal talks
on matters of State interest. Governor
Fort referred to the state of harmony
which he said existed at Trenton be-
Tween the legislative and executive
branches of the State government, but
this did not strike Judge Minturn in
the same light. The latter told a story
OF 4 lawyer handling a witness who
had declared friendly relations existed
with another individual in the case.
The lawyer was dubious. however.
when did you speak to this man
last" asked he.
Yesterday was the reply.
What was your conversation" in
sisted the cross examiner.
well, he called me a liar, and l said
he was the same.
The audience caught the point and
had a good laugh, in which the Gov
ernor Joined.
No Issues, Says Governor.
There are no issues today between
the executive and legislative branches
OF our government. newspaper state
ments to the contrary, n~otwithstand-
ing" said Governor Fort. There is at
Trenton no disposition on the part of
the legislative branch of h govern
n1ent to seek to override the executive,
and no desire of the executive to over
ride the legislative branch. There is to-
day perfect harmony between the ex-
ecutive and legislative departments.
we cannot all think alike, of course,
and | nave absolutely no use for the
man who disagrees with me who has
not the moral courage to say SO.
"The position I take is that if they
care to disagree with me they may do
so until l can make the people disagree
with them. If they can, they may
make the people force me to agree with
them.
ct will say this; that there is not q
man in the New Jersey Legislature to-
day who would not do what he believed
to be right. He might not see AFFAIRS
in the way that I see them. But We
have a perfectly honest Legislature,
nevertheless"
The governor reviewed conditions pre-
vailing in the country and declared ii
was the duty of the individual not to
be satisfied merely with electing repre-
sentatives.
eff a man does not do what is right
after you elect him, turn him out as
soon as you can, but IL your chosen
representatives do what is right uphold
their hands. While 1t is right to stick
to your party if you believe In it, | say
that il your party goes wrong, or a
man in it goes wrong, don't hesitate to
throw the party or the man over. !
believe in my party, if it does not go
wrong. But If it does I'll stop 1t IL
can. If I cannot then I'll go be-
fore the people Of New Jersey and ask
them to stop it,
Judge Minturp on HobOken.
Justice Minturn's preliminary re-
marks were in humorous vein. He re-
marked there was something taking
place on the Sabbath over in ID
that. did not happen in Orange. He
said that If the governor were not pres
emit and he himself were not on the
Supreme Court bench he might tell the
Orange folk that the latch-string or
the public houses over in Hoboken were
always out on the first day OF the week
There is not a Sunday In Hoboken,
said the Justice, when the string Il
mt on the outer door. Down in Hud-
son we learned something that they
aid when I was in the Senate They
turn the hands of the clock backward
we know every hour on the calendar
hut ~ O'clock"