The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-05-21
SCHOOL MONEY
GRAB 'ATROC|0US,'
DECLARES MARTIN
AT New Idea Rally ~Assemblyman
Saws Essex County Lost
$500, 900.
PLATFORM ADOPTED AND
DOLLAR DINNER PLANNED
Seven Hundred Expected to At
tend Banquet in krueger's
Next Thursday.

With one or two exceptions, the plat
form adopted by the New Idea men at
their meeting in the Bank street head
quarters last night is the same as that
on which the Colby wing of the Repup-
lican party made its fight last fall. The
public utilities plank is the same as
are those regarding the fifteen rule
to prevent the ~smothering of bills In
committee and home rule. The changes
In the other sections of the platform
are slight.
The document was presented by AS
semblyman William P. Martin after a
speech in which he arraigned the Reg
uiar machine, declaring that No Reg
ular under heaven can win in Essex
county at the next election, but a New
Idea man may win if he tells the peo-
pie the truth"
In the course of his speech Mr.. Mar
tin touched upon the school money
grab, designating the pleas on which
the Governor and the Legislature di-
verted the school moneys from the mu-
inequalities as "atrocious." He de-
clared that Essex suffered a loss of
$500. 900. of which three-fourths was
Newark's share.
plans for Dollar Dinner.
Prior to the discussion of the plat
form the committee heard the perfected
plans for the dollar dinner, to be given
next Thursday night in kruegers Au-
ditorium. With William B. Gombers,
of East Orange, acting as chairman OF
the meeting in the absence of William
Fellowes Morgan. Lathrop Anderson,
chairman of the dinner committee, re-
ported that SO far as he could learn
practically all of the more than 700
plates at the dinner tables had been
sold and within a day or so the further
sale of tickets would be prohibited.
while there was no certainty of get
ting a national speaker, the New Idea
ties still hope to have Senator La
Toilette. of Wisconsin, as their chief
after-dinner attraction.
State Railroad Commissioner Frank
ri. Sommer, former Senator Everett
Colby, Mr.. Morgan. Gardner Colby,
Colonel Austen Colgate And several
others were unable to be present. Many
recruits in the ranks of the Colbyites
were in evidence, however.
The platform, as unanimously adop-
ted, is as follows:
The Platform.
Resolved. That the Republican League
for Limited Franchises and Equal Taxation
Of Essex County pledges its support to the
following propositions:
1. Regulation of Public Utilities-A law
providing for a public service commission,
empowering 1t upon complaint or of its own
motion, to fix uniform, just and reasonable
rates, including an appropriation for the
valuation of all physical property devoted to
public services; 10 enforce adequate service,
and to secure publicity of the affairs OF
public utility companies. including steam
and trolley railroads, electric light, pipe
line. gas, water, telegraph and telephone
companies, together with adequate means
for enforcing the orders of such commits
sion.
2. Direct Primary and Election Law Re-
forms-The overthrow of the control of the
: political party by special interests through
the medium of the bosses, and to that end
an amendment of primary and election
laws providing for the direct nomination
of the Governor, Congressman, delegates to
the national conventions, members of party
committees. and providing for the Massa-
chusetts ballot, of which the essential
features are the printing of all names OF
all candidates upon a single ballot and re-
nuiring the voter to indicate his choice
for each Office by marking a cross opposite
1.-THE name OF each candidate voted for, and
prohibition of the distribution of ballots
outside the polling places; a compre-
hensive bill TO prevent corrupt practices
and the use OF money at elections, and the
selection OF one of the primary election
officers in the event of a factional primary
contest by some impartial means other
than by the chairman of a county COM
mittee.
8. Equal Taxation-Taxation of fran
chises of all public utility corporations,
and taxation of rolling stock used for
railroad transportation; repeal of the Hill
lery limited tax rate act; repeal of the
County Board of Taxation act and pay
ment of taxes by the railroads and canals
at the same time that all other taxes are
paid, and distribution of school fund to
municipalities within six months instead OF
eighteen months thereafter.
4. Releasing Bills from Committees-In
order to prevent the suppression of desir-
able legislation, the adoption of a rule
whereby Assembly committees will be re-
uuired to report any bill or matter upon
the request of fifteen members and a rule
whereby Senate committees will be required
to report upon request of any five Senators.
8. Employers Liability Act.-A law TO
enforce the principle that the industry
shall bear the cost of personal injuries
sustained in the business. and to that end
a bill providing that where an employee,
who. without fault on his part, is injured
in the regular course of his employment
by the negligence of another employee of
the same master, the employer shall be
responsible for reasonable damages for the
Injury.
G. Home Rule-A law providing for com
plete local self-government in all munich
pal matters, including: (a) the power of
each municipality to alter its own charter
without legislative action by submission
of charter amendments to the vote of the
people of the municipality; tb) the power
to establish any municipal public service.
THINK GiRL-8RIDE SUICIDE.
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