Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-04
PUBLIC OPINION
EDITOR EVENING NEWS:

EDITOR EVENING NEWS: 81
The editor of the Chronicle is
either mistaken or deceived when he
in his editorial yesterday, claims that
the moral and sober voters of the
county are wasting their strength
and ammunition" when they refuse
to support candidates for the assem-
bly, who fail to take a stand for local
option. The least intelligent person
must be able to understand that We,
instead of wasting, are saving Il
strength and ammunition which we
heretofore have wasted on enemies
to the peoples right in this particu-
lar question. The people have a
! right to vote on nearly every other
question which may come up; why
then should they be prevented from
voting on the saloon question. The
| saloon business Is spreading sorrow,
strife. poverty and death in the
homes. and yet we must with silence
and patience let the saloonkeeper
ruin our present and coming genera
ton. No, friends, let us not any
longer waste our strength and ammu-
nition} on saloon-serving and beer
sinking candidates. They are not
fit to make laws for the citizens OF
the state of New Jersey.
Saws the editor: But this kind Of
work (to nominate local option can
didates) is.not likely to get results"
If this kind of work will not bring
results. then, Mr.. Editor, what kind
of work will? VIII it bring good re-
suits to elect DR.. Ramsay, who, be-
fore has showed himself unworthy
of the confidence and support of h
better element of our county? Re
member the orgies at the close of
last years assembly. Or will ii
bring results to elect the other candi-
dates. since they have been asked to
stand for local option, but ~refused2
Continues the editor: "The local
optionists would accomplish more If
they devoted their time and energies
toward spreading their doctrine and
toward urging democrats or repubif-
cans to fight for the plan" This is
very good advice, but 1t comes rather
late as the temperance people have
long been very active. in this partie-
ular work and / am sorry that this
has slipped the EDITORS notice. The
recommendations in. this advice
have for many years proved to be
| excellent, and 1t is Just this kind of
work the local optionists devote
time and energies on. And let me
further state that this werk is cars,
ried on by and among republicans
and democrats and has the support
of the best elements in both parties,
In conclusion the editor states
that the legislature viii be either
democratic or republican and that
one or two local o~ptionists could ac-
compfish little without the eo-opera-
ton of the majority Is not this
utterance an u~nguarded expression
that takes for granted that all rer
.publfcans and democrats are against
local option? This is certainly a poor
recommendation, but let us hope
and believe that it is not as bad as it
sounds Why should it be an un-
.changeable rule that republicans
and democrats should be- against the
local option? Now, it is certain that
good men from both parties will
come to the front in this county also,
and declare themselves against the
saloon. And they are here already
in the persens-e of Emil-Koyen, Robert
F. Bogardus and William ]. Bampz
bell. If the voters of Mfddfesex
county devote their strength and
energies to elect these men for
assembly they will surely not waste
any strength and ammunftfoA but
have servants In the assembly who
would work for the people and honor
cur counts
a e ELMQUIST,
Secretary