Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-20
WORKINGMEN
HEAR LEWIS
Hundreds Of Voters Greet
Republican Candidate In
Bergen County.
THE EXECUTIVE POWER

~Hackensack, Oct. 20:--Vfvian M.
Lewis, the republican candidate for
governor, swept through Bergen
county yesterday, shaking hands
with hundreds of voters and making
a number of f1ve-minute speeches to
factory hands and others who had
gathered at the roadside. At Park
Ridge F. 0. Mittag, the democratic
mayor of the borough, greeted Mr..
Lewis on the lawn In front of his
factory, and to show his good feeling
ordered his factory shut down SO
that the employees might meet Mr..
Lewis and hear him speak.
The candidate, in his talk to those
workingmen, said he purposed to
use his best efforts to carry out the
principles he advocated, "and," he
continued, ST you have not conf
dence in me that / will carry them
out | do not want you to vote for
me-"
: Six hundred persons crowded into
the E~nglewood Lyceum to hear Mr..
Lewis last night. In the speech Mr..
Lewis said he believed in the extern
sion of the direct primaries law to
nominations for governor and con-
gressmen, and he promised to do all
in his power to see that such legisla-
ton WAS enacted. He also expressed
himself as favoring the limitation of
candidates. expenses and publicity
for campaign contributions, be
cause ;" he said, "it will tend to
drive out the interests which often
times exert a bad influence in poll
tjac IA uyN,ll oIr1 ur;pz o,f~thn hncc
SYSTEM" he said, "and greatly re-
duce the corrupt use of money in
election campaigns"
Mr.. Lewis answered the criticism
of his speech of acceptance, in which
he declared he would be a constitu-
tional governor. II have stated in
my speech of acceptance" he said,
that if l am elected there will be
no interference with the work of the
legislature. The power incident to
the governors office will never be
used to coerce the legislature into
subordinating my Judgment to It's
own. The law making power will
remain where it has been placed, by
the organic law of the state-in the
hands of the elected representatives
of the people. That statement was
made In plain and unadorned Ian
guage. By 1t | meant, and still
mean, that ! would employ no inn
proper method, such as a threat of
the refusal of patronage or the offer
of an appointment to secure legisla-
tive action.
IF elected governor I shall al
ways feel free and in duty bound to
appeal to the people for support in
the Legislature on any matter which
to my mind is of Importance to the
people. And I shall use the execu-
tive power with all the force and
vigor possessed by me within the
constitutional limitations, to secure
the passage Of legislation that will
keep our state abreast of the times"
The forest fires now raging In this
part Of Bergen and the drought from
which the people In this section are
suffering used by Mr.. Lewis
to Illustrate the necessity Of a con-
tinuation of the policies of c~onserva-
ton and forest preservation begun
by the republican party.
From E~nglewood Mr.. Lewis went
to ~Hackensack, where he spoke to q
rousing meeting at the Oritan Field
Club. There he said he favored rate
making powers for the Utility Com
mission and asserted that before the
present Communication rates had been
increased an investigation should
have been made by competent au-
thority to determine whether or not
1t Was necessary.
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