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

Governor Fort can well be left for
that gentleman to answer himself. n
point. however, is worthy of
Mr.. Murphy intimates that Governor
Fort has given Office or promises OF
office to legislative officials 70
votes. and he intimates that this act Is
lust as bad as for a railroad lobby
Ia solicit votes. This is not so. the
point Is what were the laws that the
Governor endeavored to get passed oy
the promise of patronage.
There Is a big difference etwee
endeavorlng to get laws passed thas
are for the benefit Of all the peopie anu
endeaVoring TO get laws passed tnae
provide for special legislation ana Iree-
dom from certain taxation for corpora
tions.
.sThere is no danger to the state IN
an endeavor to pass laws proVlaihs ,or
cheaper gas, cheaper water supply
cheaper trolley car fares ana IN oihei
wise curbing the power of
Hat there is danger when corporations
through lobbyists, try to get tnrougn
laws giving them special exemptions
as IN taxation and also special priVi-
laoes x-Goyer Murphy misses TINS
noint entirely. II Governor Fort mas
been oye~r-zealous in his fight for laws
for the people the people win forgive
him and the State is In no danger. Inc
exact o~pposite Is true when speclal
nrivilepes and exemptions are granted
by the state to those seeking speoiai
rights"
..The direct primary law" says MT
w,,rnbv sis the most aAuring M
sidious device invented to take .e
mower of nomination for omce-the
most important foundation-stone Oh ouf
no,itical structure-out of the HANDS Oh
the representative convention Oh the
people and place it in the hanos OIL d
few men who will use that great power
as they see fit."
Although the meat of the m
eat,on is an attack on Governor Fort
the chief executive will have nothing
10 saw about 1t. He declared TO-DAY
that he ala not intend to reply now OF
later. -
Thankfulness that Mr.. Murphy
vithhe his letter until after the elee-
zion characterized most of the state
rnents. which were made regarding II
TODAY. That It would have defeated the
ticket and lost not oniy Essex county,
but probably in the State, seemed TO
them certain. had 1t been delivered Ten
days ago.
Assemblyman william P. Martin, VINO
took, a prominent part in the lights IN
the legislature for all of the biiis ana
laws. that Mr.. Murphy condemns, enar-
acterized the statement as
He said that he wished that the for
mer governor would not confuse Cover
nor Fort and the Progressive Repuoil-
cans. He said that Mr.. Murphy a
done so in giving way to his desire for
revenge on Fort for some of his acts.
The Progressive leader said:
Nobody would be interested in it ex-
cept that the out-of-date and reaction
ary policies that are advocated COM
pletely put Mr.. Murphy outside the Re-
publican party. The letter appears to
be an airing of personal difficulties
with Governor Fort, and in that light
isn't worth noticing.
'rrhe politics he advocates are not
only ~reactionary. but a blow at the
very foundation of Justice. Mr.. MUIR
ply wants TO bring the courts back un-
der political domination.
"As a who'll the letter Is evidently a
call to arms of the State Board of
Guardians who will be on the job at
Trenton this winter. They will fin a
s~ubservient Legislature there,
II consider II most ~fortuI1.e that
the statement was not made before
election. Had il been the defeat of the
party's candidates would probably nav
bcen the result. So far as the public
kUnUa these candidates are NOT Dledyed
to any uch platform as Mr.. Murphy
t~nuncfates.
Mr.. Murphy olaims to be the leader
of the party when he makes statements
that are completely at variance with
the principles of the Republican party
as enunciated at its last State ron.
vention and at odds with the views of