Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-04
rHE orEsTIoNs ANswEREp.


on the issues of the day, the indie
pendent candidates for the assemble
have replied to the questions asked
by the EVENING NEWS and theil
answers cannot help but be satisfac
tory to the people. While these mer
stand for local option, they realize
that there are other things before
the voters at this time and they have
their minds made up as to how they
stand on all of them. These meI
are all Of the highest standing IL
their respective communities ant
would make the kind of Legislators
we need at Trenton. The EVENING
NEWS has no hesitancy in telling
the people that they will make nc
mistake in voting for them at the
election next Tuesday.
We all know that local option, the
issue upon which these candidates
lay so much stress, is merely giving
the people the right to decide for
themselves whether or not licenses
shall be granted in the different COM
munities. There is nothing of the
prohibition policies about this. The
prohibition convention absolutely re-
fused to endorse the local option
| candidates and one of the prohibition
candidates refused to allow his name
to be placed on the local option IN
dependent ticket. The prohibition
lists object to local option because
the local optionists will tolerate the
sale of liquor The local optionists
simply want a law giving the people
the right to vote on whether or not
licenses shall be granted in each
community. If a town wants to be
dry the local optionists say, let it be-
dry. If the majority in a town vote
to grant licenses, the local optionists
say let there be licenses until such
a time as the majority want all
saloons closed. This is merely
majority rule. 1t is the true repre-
sentative form of government. The
argument is that if Newark and
Perth Amboy should want saloons,
that is no reason why Metuchen and
Woodbridge should be compelled to
have them if a majority of the people
in those places do not want them.
Let the majority rule in the liquor
question as well as all others. That
is the local option issue. Truly, no
reasonable man can oppose a candi-
date for ~favoring a law like that.
But, as said before, these local
option candidates for the assembly
have declared themselves plainly on
other important questions. In spite
of the fact that the questions sub
mitted by the EVENING NEWS were
sent to them two days after they
were mailed to the regular republi-
can and democratic candidates these
local option men were the first TO
answer and there is no hesitancy as
to where they stand. They are for
the people in every instance,
They will vote for the candidate
for the United States senate who re-
ceived the majority vote at the recent
primary when the people expressed
their preference. They will vote for
the extension of the direct primary
system so as to include governor and
congressman. They will vote for an
adequate rate-making amendment to
the public utility commission law
something the republican party
promised three years ago and after
three years of power is still promis-
ing. They win vote for a drastic
| corrupt practice law with severe
penalties limiting the amount of
money to be contributed by candi-
dates and compelling the publication
of all campaign contributions. They
will vote for an employers liability
bill a~ffording ample protection to the
working man who is injured while
at work through no cause of his own.
They will not vote for James Smith,
Jr.. for United States senator.
Here, then, are candidates. who
have publicly declared where they
stand. Vote intelligently when you
go to the polls next Tuesday. Do not
vote for a man merely because he
belongs to this party or to that party.
Mere party name means nothing in
these DAYS. Vote for what you want.