Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-26

the traffic will bear in the case of rail-
roads and public service corporations.
THE high cost of living, occasional
panics. piling up of m fortunes
in the hands of a few people, all can
be traced to a great extent to bad
laws or to the bad administration OF
law. This condition of privilege is
maintained by what is popularity called
the boss system in politics. In brief
that system is this: These great spe-
cial interests employ some of the lead
ers of each politica party. With
none received substantially from
these corporations they establish and
maintain political machines or organi-
cations. These organizations procure
at the primaries the nomination IN
each party of safe men for public
office, whom they trust not to inter
fere with any of these corporate privi-
leges or immunities. BY this control
of both party organizations the spe-
cial interests are protected, no matter
which party is successful at the polls
No permanent relief from this condl-
tion can be obtained by the people by
going from one 9arty to the other I'M
til the organization of n party or
the other is forcibly taken away from
these special interests. To accomplish
this result it is necessary for the peo-
pie to go to the primaries and secure
the nomination in one or the other
party, or both, of men who are free
from the control of these bosses who
represent special privileges.
when an attempt is made to fight
at the primaries, however, one is CON
fronted with the fact that existing
statutes give a great advantage to the
existing boss-contro1led organizations
in that they afford abundant opror-
tunity for the commission of fraud
without danger of punishment, and IN
that, also, to carry on a fight at the
primaries is a very expensive process,
and it is hard for those fighting for the
public to get the necessary one to
carry on the fight. The organization
used as a machine is willing and able
to resort to fraud, and can get plenty
of money from the special interests
which it serves.
"AIl this points. in my mind, to one
conclusion. If you are going to cut
down trees ii is wise to spend some OF
your time in obtaining and sharp
ening an axe. If you are going
to accomplish reforms of statesman
ship, which can only be done by nom
mating free and uncontrolled men at
the primaries, the most important
thing to do is to get these primaries
so that there can be no fraud COM
mitted and so that the expense OF
carrying on a primary fight will be as
little as possible. In my opinion, there
fore, the thing most important to the
people at the present time is the COM
plete reform of the primary and cleo
ton laws Of this State. MY Idea OF
the changes needed in these laws is
stated in the platform, to which give
my unswerving pledge of loyalty.
IT believe that these election law re-
forms would effect a radical change In
the practical politics of our State and
would result in the nomination and
election of an entirely different class
of men to public offices. I believe these
laws would tend to the destruction of
the control by any boss or by spe-
cial privilege of the politics of our
State and the municipalities thereof. II
nominated and elected Governor | shall
use the powers of that Office in a
legitimate way towards accomplishing
these reforms.
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hile L ueeii eie ~ioieeoihe i"'
to be of the greatest Importance, other
issues are involved in politics upon
49, \. =; nnoaor that tho p,blic
Whlcn II Is proper 'ne' LIZ p"'
should know my opinion. L am IN
/ favor of A law charging the power of
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the fupilc ollltS coiiliii''ion
established and giving to thai COM
mission the mower to make a physical
,aI,a.ion of OIL nronortv devote to a
Naludtloh ol an piopet'S
public use and to fix Just n reason
able rates to be charged, giving such
aa~m;..,or .+ho nouer to con,nel ade-
colhiiiisSioh tne Po"N W Nop 800
quate service.
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