Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-10-13
Declares Time Is Past When
Bosses Should Control State
of New Jersey.
PLEDGES ADHERENCE TO
q. 0. p. STATE PLATFORM
Former Governor Griggs Re-
peats His AIIusions to
Woodrow Wilson.
From 9. stah correspondent.I !

Lewis vas a guest at dinner at
d. by csc members of the Down
town publican club and the Union
county Republican committee last
night.
State Senator Ernest r. Ackerman,
Of Plaindeld. was toastmaster. Grace
was said by the Rev Henry Hale Gift
ford The speakers were United States
Senators John Kean. former United
States Attorney-Genera John w.
Griggs. Vivian NJ. Lewis, Republican
candidate Tor Governor. and Judge
William y Runyon. Republican can
didate for Congress in the Fifth Dis
trict.
At the head of the list Of guests
was the name of Congressman Charles
n. Fowler of this city. but he was not
present At the guest table were As
semblyman A. w Schwartz, LLOYD
Thompson. Peter H. Mesel. John II.
Capstick. chairman of the Morris
County Republican Committee; Will
liam Reiser Mayor Mravlag. Of this
city; Samuel J. Berry Republican can
didate for Mayor of this city; Colonel
Charles w. Fuller, of Bayonne. coun-
sci for the Standard Oil Company;
Hamilton Kean. Assemblyman Ed
ward T. Moore, of Passaic; Assistant
Postmaster James White.
Cheers for Taft and America.
A standing toast to President Taft
was drunk and the singing of Amer
lea" I'm chorus followed, Toastmaster
Ackerman introduced Mr. Lewis as the
next Governor. He was again cheered.
Mr.. Lewis said he hoped the au-
dience had made base hit. He apol-
ogized for being late. as he had acted as
substitute for brother
Elk on the reception commit
tee at Paterson He said he had
journeyed across the State recently
from Cape May to Sandy Hook. He
spoke OF the oyster industry. the
leather trade of Newark and the silk
production OF Paterson, and said he
had reason to be proud of these great
commercial industries in the State.
He was a party man, he said, but
did not believe in a one-man party, and
he declared that the time had passed
when the boss or bosses could or
should control the State OF New Jer-
sey. He said he believed that New
Jersey was in the progressive stage
and that the Republican party would
in the future lead the way to progress
as it had in the past.
Mr.. Lewis then spoke of the great
Republicans from Lincoln to Taft. as
he did in his speech at Toms
River The name of Roosevelt was
cheered. as was that of President Taft
Mr.. Lewis reiterated that he would
do his Utmost. il elected, to carry into
effect the ..latform cdopted by the Re-
publican party at the last State con-
vention in every declaration therein
mac He believed that the next Legis-
lature, If it had a Republican ma
| iority, would favor, as he favored, the
extension of the direct primary law.
At future meetings Mr.. Lewis said he
woull make plain1hs positi, on every
State topic
| E;:-Governt Griggs was the next
| speaker. He said he proposed to make
d stalwart, and not half-breed, Re-
| publican speech. The inherent honesty
and the strong common sense of the
original Republican party, he said, was
| sufficient as a mentor and guide for
all honest men. whether they were Re
publicans or politicians or not. He hit
out at the muck -rakers OF some of the
magazines and independent news
papers. Some people thought the Re-
! publican party was dead. No repub-
/ lican government, he said, could exist
without i-vo dominant parties, and
would bee )me a mob without them
Even mob, even the brute creation
had leaders. So with the people. They
would herd together in different par
ti1s it was true, but stil they We're
social beings. Now one party wanted
the Republican party to let go, saying
that it had been in control too long
Columbus fought against conspiracy
and the Republican party, like him
wot so ON and on, progressine and
growing greater from year to year.
He said he believed in a Democratic
party and Republican party, anc
when the demand became imperative
that any man should abandon hi.
party, let him do II, as Bryan did
But the time had not yet come, ano
never would come, when ii would bt
imperative for a Republican to aban
don his party no said. Mr., Grigg.
again alluded to Woodrow Wilson il
the same way that he did in his Hack
ensack speech.
Mr. Griggs then attacked the speech
es and position of Woodrow wills soi
upon the subject 2f wages and tn
labor question. Hs said Mr.. Wilson
attributed the larger wages paid il
this country than in other countrie
to labor unions. Mr. Griggs declared
that the same ratio of higher wage
was paid before there were labor un
ions in existence He said labor or
ganizations in foreign countries wer
as ironclad as they were here. AM
yet they had not been able 10 increas
wages in the same degree as they na'
been increased here
No Apologies 10 Make.
Proceeding, Mr. Griggs said we had
Republican party in this state, and 1t
duty was TO see to it that its candi
dates were elected. 1t was now tn
majority party and should remain SO
The party had no apologies to make
1t had record of which 1t could AM
should be proud and no cause to re
gret Let us defend it, he said, .ag
gressively, even defiantly. if need be.
Concluding. Ex-Governor Griggs sal
that 1t would please him to learn tn
next day after the election in Novembe
that this young and old friend had bee
elected. His election was of great i'm
portance to the State, and Il would b
gratifying as showing how much W
had escaped and how much we vii
have gained