The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-08

the long name, who claims the honor OF
securing the direct PRIMARY law and WAC
now. seeing its possibilities, ciamor TOR
Doesn't it Jar your That =. II you are
a real reformer. Doesn't Il jar you hard!
bo ssesrnor The 0 next day he says the
trouble. with the open primary Is tnat j !
on his heart and his eyes to the heavens.
''The open primary must be extepded.I
The Governor is interesting but DIM
He talks about the w~ickedness of the
use Of money In politics and appoints
nineteen newspaper an
told the list Is not Somptstea n nus Of Two
editors to whom places were onered an
refused-to positions OF emolument at the
Governor should be correctly represented.
He talks In rather an earnest way aoout
the dangerous lobby at Trenton, and looks
you right plump. In the eye. Then ne az.
safaried positions n gives promise or po-
sltions to eleven others-thls latter list, 1
am assured, Is quite Incomplete, butt have
mn story that at the end OF the first leg
islntive term he promised the only remain
ing Office in his gift to seven members oil
the Assembly In return FOR their vote on q
much desired measure, and that a wag lined
the seven up in the Governors outer ONCE,
where six confessed and one was non
committal. is probably the fabrication OF
Lis enemies.
Il am not assauItlng the Governor. / am
not even trying to define my opinion OF
him-I wonder II I could do that If tried
L ain simply trying to place what NJ
says, and l quote him with absolute fidel.
ity, over against what he does, and what
he does Is 4 matter OF public record.
/ speak OF Governor Fort as a representa-
tive man only because / must emphasize
the point / am trying to make. Governor
Fort Is one OF the most charming Of men.
and IL you were under hts personal infin-
ence you feel that the hopes Of the people
are safe in his keeping; He represents a
a twist that thinks 1t can deceive the peo-
pie. A class that's 1T going. too far tc
say has played the very DEVIL am NOT
the very devil with the highest interests
of this great country upon whom the smile
Of q favorIng Providence has beamed s.
benignly. What we want is good men with
towards. We have bad men who are brave.
May 1 ask you to remember the old
It well and its lesson Is eternal.
orpheus. instructed by the Muses.. played
50 dIvinely on his Tyre that all nature re
beloved her to the spirit world, where the
sweet strains Of his music softened even
the stern gods of the dead, She might
look around. But before they reached safe
ty he looked around and she vanished.
Sometimes an Orpheus will come with a
Tyre not less enchanting than his of old,
who will lead the people on and Will not
look around.
Meanwhile there Is something we all can
do. We can strip the cloak OF the dem
aroeue and expose him in his vileness. We
can believe those honest who may diner
malign. And we can be sincere and per-
hans unselfish.
The hills are so near from which we
NAV see. Oh, Mr.. Editor. won't you help
lead the people up and open their eyes?
And~.he vision is as clear as q summers ans rs
look must be inward. The vision of per
sonal political duty. You cannot delegate
prayers for your eternal personal. salvation.
The direct primary Is a delusion and q
snare. 1t Is worse. There is nothing that
was hoped for from the direct primary that
without It cannot be accomplished by per-
sonfl service. D..
And when we realize this-the need Of
constant personal service-the enhancing
strains of a modern Orpheus will lead us
Into the sunlight.