Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-27
LEST WE FORGET.

OverlOrds, who have now nominated
Vivian M. Lewis for governor, and
hope to skulk back into power fol
another three years. His E~xcellency
wanted the party promises kept; the
Overlords controlled the legislature
and deffed him.
In his speech at Krueger's Audi
torium, Newark, ON May 27, last
year. the governor, after again enum-
Grating the party promises, said, as
he said at the New Auditorium later
In the year:
"But two of these things have been
enacted and both were opposed,
openly and vigorously, by practically
all OF the men calling themselves
leaders of the party in this State.
They have camped upon the trail of
the Legislators and entered upon the
very floor of the assembly to prevail
upon legislators to vote against all of
these suggested matters.
eve have passed the Civil Service
law and extended the primary cleo
tions law to county committees, only
by the aid of a few patriotic Hudson
county democrats in the legislature,
who think more of the rights of the
people than they do of party"
This years legislature was no i'm
over that Of last year. If
Enything, 1t was worse. Two weeks
before adjournment, the republican
posges openly boosted that they had
either beaten every reform bill or
that they haa the votes to beat it.
On Saturday, April 2, four days
before final adjournment, Governor
Fort delivered an address before the
real estate men of New Jersey, at the
Hotel Astor, New York. In it he
again enumerated the broken
pledges OF the party, condemned the
domination of the legislature by the
Oyerlnrds,. assailed the corrupting
lobby which they employed, and con
cluded with this graphic picture oil
the situation:
bills hat the special interests
seek go sliding down the parliament
tary ways as If they had been
creased. They are reported and re-
ported, amended and substituted, and
hours are given up In conference
over them to make sure they pass.
Oh. the pity of it!
THE party oh, what crimes are
committed in thy name! Do not ex-
pose a rogue; 1t will hurt the party.
Do not pass legislation against the
saloon; 1t will hurt the party. Do
not pass this or that bill against a
corporation; it will shut off contribu-
tons to the party.
DO not pass this or that measure
in the interests of the people. be-
u some railroad or public service
corporation is against 1t; if you
offend them you will hurt the party.
To us the whole thing is in~tolerable.
: Is it not about time the
people took these matters in their
Dwn hands?
The greatest problem of our time
is the corporation problem. The
state has neglected its rights and the
public has neglected its rights, and
the people have gone to sleep, while
many valuable privileges, which be-
long to. them, have been appropriated
by corporate combinations of capt.
tai. In many cases the fran
ehise granted, that cost the corpora
non nothing, has been valued so that
great wealth has come to individuals
without the expenditure of a single
dollar"
On the spllowing Moaaay night
the senators met in secret session
and appointed a committee to wait
upon the overn and demand thai
Me "saeeiacally and unequivocally
state whether he. in fact. was ir
possession of n information, oil
whatsoever nature. which would
justiiT said speech, and. if so. te
furnish he same to this body or t.
publicly retraet and sdisclaim the
same"
There was some difficulty in get
tiE senators to serve upon the com,
mittee. but at last three. with sena.
tor Edmund W. Wakeles as theil
Is perSaa ~sondItita. SO They called
N q for sale at all druggists. za.ad
lts per bog or dlrecr II YOU w~ssh1eeo