Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-02
FOWLER SENDS LETTER
ASKING LEWIS MANY
QUESTIONS ON ISSUES
Continued from page ID

Der 10, 1907, adopted a platform
containing the following:
THE legislature has passed reso-
lutions favoring an amendment to
the Federal Constitution, providing
for the election of United States SEN
ators by popular vote. and until
such amendment has been adopted
we favor the enactment of a law for
expression in such authoritative way
States senator"
The democratic platform In the
same fall of 1907 contained the fol-
lowing:
I'm recognition of the constitu-
tional ~doctoring that all political
power is inherent in the people, we
favor the enactment of laws, and
where necessary constitutional
amendments providing for the selee-
ton of United States senator's by
popular suffrage"
Almost Immediately after, in Octo-
Der of 1907, in conformity with
these two declarations, the state
senate, which was republican by a
unanimous vote, and the assembly,
which was democratic, by a unani-
nous vote, passed a law which re-
ceived the approval of the republic
can governor, October 28, 1907,
which took effect Immediately. pro-
viding a method by which the voter
could in an authoritative way" ex-
press his choice for a United States
senator.
Section 8 of that law reads:
THE voting, counting and can
wasting of the votes cast for such,
candidates shall be the same as is
provided for the voting, counting
and canvassing of votes by the act
to which this act is a supplement"
Certainly this law must have the
same sanctity and is entitled to the
| same obedience as the law to which
it was amendatory.
Now, the law to which this was
amendatory provided for the direct
nomination of state senators and as
semblymen. .
Will any so-called organization re-
publican or democrat say that after
three candidates for state senator
in any county had submitted their
names to a popular nomination he
had a right, not having submitted
his name, to come in afterWard and
run Independently, simply because,
forsooth, he claimed that only sixty
five per cent. of his party had voted
at the primary?
But is this not precisely what Mr..
Kean and Mr.. Baird are doing now?
Is this not precisely the attitude
adopted by Mr.. Smith? All these
men are splitting upon their party
platforms of 1907 and contemptu-
ously disobeying and defying the
law. which has the approval Of both
parties, and yet they boast of their
regularity, which, in fact, consists
| only in seeking their own selfish
ends, law or no law.
That Hon. Edward c. Stokes should
! be elected United States Senator if a
majority of the Legislature should be
! Republican, no fair-minded, upright,
tlaw-abiding Republican of the State
will deny.
That James f. MARITIME should be
elected United States Senator if the
Legislature should be Democratic, all
fair-minded, law-abiding men must adj
nit.
If the people had preferred Mr.. Kean
as Senator on September ID, why did
they not paste his name over the name
of the other candidates. Speaking for
the people generally, did anyone want
him then7 Does anyone want him, nows
Will it be argued that Mr.. Stokes
only had 40 1000 out of 10000 votes
acst for United States Senators The
&C, 1000 is 40, 900 more than no votes at
all, and by every rule of fair play, JUS
tiee and obedience to law, Mr.. Stokes
is entitled to the support Of the Repub-
lican party.
IF the people had preferred Mr.. Smith
to Mr.. MARITIME, why did they not in
dieate their choice by FASTING in Mr..
Smith s name and selecting him instead
of Mr.. Martinez
Did not Mr.. Kean, Mr.. Baird and
Mr.. Smith know then, September 13,
and do they not know now, that If the
people could express themselves with
regard to their claims and fitness, all
would know the result long in advanced
VIII anyone in this State undertake to
demonstrate that there is the slightest
difference between Aldriehism, Cannon
ism, Sommerism and Keanisms
The public would like to know o.
whether you and Mr.. Wilson are in ia
vor of obeying this law or are in fa-
vor of breaking itf
The public would like to know
whether YOU and Mr.. Wilson are as
much against corruption before election
this year as you are both protesting
you are to be against corruption after
election.
Certainly, If you are as much against
corruption as you profess to be, you
will both demand obedience to this law
in order that the greatest of all causes
Of corruption at this coming election
may be removed.
Is New Jersey to go on and on until
a political earthquake engulfs the good
name of the State as it did in 1898, and
as it is now doing In New York; Are
we to have a Lorimer scandal right
here before we stop this rotten regimeG
This, then, Is a distinctly moral ques-
ton as indeed are all the paramount
and absolutely controlling questions OF
this election. All moral purposes claim
the support of all men irrespective OF
party affiliations. It is q question of
personal honor and civic duty and not
of party service. Party loyalty and
party service should begin only with
differences upon political and economic
questions. Ethical and moral consider
atoms should always claim the right Of
way where there may be a conflict with
political considerations. Among hon
est and upright men there can be no
possible division upon strictly moral
questions.
These observations bring me to the