Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-20

posed to deprive of it's presenI-ppro-
priation or to what extent the work Of
building good roads is to be retarded
or the cause of education be neglected.
/ have had a somewhat intimate
knowledge Of state affairs for years,
and / believe the government to be
economically administered, but If the
duties of the goyernorship are placed
upon me 1 shall seek for methods of
economy without impairing the eff
cheney Of the public institutions or de-
creasing the amounts now contributed
by the state treasury to the general
good of the people of a progressive
state.
A Government Free Of Debt.
At present / congratulate the people
Of New Jersey that they possess a
state government absolutely free Of
debt, bonded or floating, and a treasury
containing q free balance of 81, 0o0, 900.
l believe in the value Of the work
of the civil service commission as one
Of the instruments of good government
In the state and shall support its eff
forts to remove partisanship from the
public service.
The policy of potable water con-
servation. which has been entered
upon by the state, has my hearty ap.
prevail.
| believe in a nonpartisan judiciary,
and If the duty of selecting men for
Enruina unnn tha happh follo r,nAn nna
shall make appointments In accordance
with that belief, the only limitation
placed upon this pledge being that
ability and character must be the final
qualifications for appointment.
The wonderful growth of our coun-
try has made demands upon capital far
In excess of the ability of the individ-
uals to furnish, and it has been neces-
s:ry to find means for joining In one
common fund the resources of many in
order that great enterprises may be
carried on to meet the needs of a
greatly increased population. The cor
poration, established by consent of the
state, has been found the most con-
venient method of accomplishing this
result.
The active employment Of capital
should be encouraged by liberal laws.
but 1t Is necessary to prevent the use
Of statutes, %purposely made liberal to
encourage legitimate enterprise, from
becoming the means, in the hands Of
selfish or INSCRIPTIONS men, of extort-
Ing undue profits from the people or of
Inducing innocent persons to invest
their savings In unsound schemes. /
believe the time has come for the state
to exercise more care In permitting cor
porate existence and that laws should
be enacted requiring investigation by
competent authority into the purposes
and the plans of those wig make APP
plicauon for permission from the state
to associate themselves into corporate
bodies before such license Is granted.
More stringent provision should be
made against overcapitalization and
what Is commonly known as stock
watering and more ef1cacious means
OF enforcing present laws against such
practices be furnished.
Public Service Corporations.
The intimate association of public
service corporations with the daily life
OF our people makes the question Of
state supervision of their activity n
of absorbing interest today. The Re-
publican party has created a commits
sion and clothed it with important
powers over these corporations. This
step was taken with care and caution,
and a full realization that interference
by the state with the conduct of any
business by those who are responsible
to its owners might be demoralizIng
and react upon the public it was