Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-03
.BOSR DESCRIBES
AD,
SAYS DOUGLASS
Prominent Union Railroad Man
Riddles Sand Throwing
Attempt.

"Bosh'' is the brief expletive used
by A. NJ. Douglass. a prominent union
railroad man, referring to a local news
paper political advertisement purport-
ing to be paid for by an attache of the
State Republican Committee, which at
tempted to discredit a story which ap-
peared in The Star Monday morning.
The story referred to the fact that
the four locals, which included the
engineers. f1remen, conductors and
trainment, had an address ready for :
delivery to all of their 40. 900 members
In this State which in substance told
their members who the candidates. re-
CARELESS of their political leaning, rail-
road men should support.
inadvertently the word delivered"
rather than ISSUED" appeared in The
Star Monday morning and that was
seized upon by the State Republican
Committee as a way of making a hit
by attempting what it complains of as
IA campaign of Misrepresentation"
When Mr.. Douglass was shown the
lad" he read it carefully and said:
They're in ~bad-while attempting to
show that somebody else made an
erroneous statement they make it APP
pear in their a that | posted a notice
denying my interview one day before
l had it."
Text of Advertisement.
Here is what the advertisement says
In part, referring to the statement OF
Mr.. Douglass, which appeared in The
Star Monday morning:
THE Newark Evening News investf-
gated the article in question and i'll
its issue of the same day printed his
result:
Mr.. Douglass yesterday posted a
statement in the conductors room in
the L~ackawanna Railroads depot. an
Hoboken, which was. in substance. that
he had been m~isquoted in Senator
Smiths paper and had not used the
names of the organizations referred
to-"
We'll" s~oliloquized Mr.. Douglass.
this is not a mere question of veracity.
1t is a question as to whether or net
an honest declaration made by a work
ingman or an advertisement paid for
by an employee of a political commit
tee Is to be believed apart from the
change OF one word, issued to 'deliy-
ered,' / stand by every word The Star
quoted me as having said on Monday
morning and am ready to repeat it."
Here is What Mr.. Douglass said in
part:
Are we going to vote the Repub-
lican ticket because our fathers did.
or the Democratic ticket because our
g~randfathers did? Don't you think It
would be a better policy to change our
tactics? Let us try voting for the
man rather than the party.
InAustries Are Infants No Longer.
The Republicans tell us that their
party has brought great prosperity
through the protective tariff. Let that
he. granted, but the time has passed
for a protective tafiff such as we now
have. Our industries are infants no
longer; II capitalists have had an
undue advantage in the tariff. Today
the Pa~yne-Aldrich tariff is a detriment
to the great body of the people. 1t is
one of the chief factors in the present
high cost of living.
"Of late years the Republican party
has totally ignored the wishes of the
people and has played into the hands
of the special interests. I cannot say
that the Democratic party can or will
remedy all the evils hat afhict us. Ex-
~perlence has taught us that the Re-
publican party will not try to remedy
them. If the Democrats in New Jer-
sey stand by their platform we know
that we can expect reforms in many
things. OF the two candidates for Gov
ernor in this State | consider Wood
row Wilson the better man, the one
best fitted to carry out the reforms
that we have been promised. Isn't
that what we are interested in just
now?
Republicans Not Friendly.
"The experience of railroad men at
Trenton for the past three years has
convinced us that the Democrats will
do more for us than the Republicans.
or the legislators who voted against
our bills the majority have always been
Republicans"
Discussing Vivian NJ. Lewis, the Re-
publican candidate for Governor, Mr.
Douglass says that il elected he will be
surrounded by the same men who have
throttled legislation in the past in the
behalf of special interests.
Now is the time" he continued.
"and you have the opportunity to vote
for the man-and. men-whom we have
reason to believe WILDE independent,
who will overthrow bosses n bossism.
If you think the Republican party has
betrayed its trust vote 1t out, bag and
baggage. 1 am convinced that 1t has
betrayed it's trust. Study your candi-
dates and be deluded by no more prom
ises from those who lave so frequently
broken them. Be deceived by no
specious appeal from any quarter