Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-11-02
Similar to the Letter Sent
Woodrow Wilson by
George [. Record.
WANTS HIM TO REPLY
speciar to the EVENING NEWS.

special to the EVENING NEWS.
Elizabeth, Nov. 2:-Charles N.
Fowler has sent a letter to Vivian M.
Lewis, republican candidate for gov
ernor. similar to the letter sent to
Woodrow Wilson, the democratic
candidate, by George L. Record.
Many pointed questions are asked
Mr.. Lewis by Mr.. Fowler, and the
candidate is requested to answer
them. The letter is as follows:
Elizabeth, N. j., Oct. 81, 1910.
My Dear Mr.. Lewis:
l think that any impartial obser-
yer. of the trend of affairs political
in this state must now be convinced
that great majority of the people
have determined to cast their bal
lots for that candidate for governor
| who, in his person and legislative
support will be most certain to Sc
cure those great moral reforms
which both candidates have es-
poused, either because they regard
them as right, Or because they found
| it necessary to commit themselves to
| these great reforms If they hoped for
political success.
The people see just as clearly as
| you and Mr.. Wilson must, that all
your protestations will amount to
nothing il the legislature should be
under the control of those sinister
| influences which are Numerically
| opposed to all of these reforms
which alone are being discussed, and
are of controlling Importance in this
campaign.
The Board of Guardians who were
in control of the republican conven-
| ton. and prepared it's platform,
| would have excluded every one of
| the planks now admitted to be es-
| sential to success, had you not, per-
sonally backed up by the progress
sive wing of the republican party,
| obtained the single declaration in
| favor of rate regulation.
Had this Board of Guardians had
| their way, and you had gone out
standing upon their platform, oppos-
ing these reforms, do you now doubt
that the vote against you would
have been almost unanimous?
| The progressive movement
| throughout the United States has
| been exclusively republican as in
California, Oregan and Washington
| on the Pacific; in Kansas, Iowa, the
Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin and
| Michigan, in the Mississippi Valley;
in New Hampshire, in New England; !;
and brave fight in New Jersey.
You had the foresight, character
| and courage to take your stand on
the firing line of this advance move
| ment and may yet lead us to re-
| publican victory on November s, If
only you can convince the people Of
one fact and that is, that they are
not going to be buncoed, deceived,
defrauded and disappointed, because
| the legislature is going to be square
| ly against you In your endeavor to
| secure the reforms for which you
stand. The members of the legisla-
ture are not bound by your pledges
and there is nothing in the platform
that commits them to those reforms.
| What the people now demand
above all else Is good faith in mat
| ters political as well as in business
| matters.
| You say, if slected, that you will
| appeal to the legislature and to the
| people; but let it be clearly under
| stood once for all that whatever in
| fluence either you or Mr.. Wilson
would have with the legislature af-
| ter election, it would be and is, ten
| fold greater now with the candidates
for the state'senate and assembly If
! you saw fit to exercise it. The ques-
! ton is, have you and Mr.. Wilson the
q, independence, the courage and pa
triotism to exercise your power now
rather than to take your doubtful
chances with the legislature after
election.
A gentleman remarked the other
! day: "The legislature elected this
fall will be the most corrupt ever
| elected in this state" I asked why,
and he answered: "In the first place,
the republican and democratic can
didates for the United States senate
who are out to get it at any cost will
debauch it, and, in the second place,
the special interests will have to
! own it to protect themselves, since
/ both the candidates for the govern
orship are absolutely committed to
all the progressive reforms. The re-
suit will be that a majority of the
legislature will be the political tools
of some senatorial candidate who is
paying their campaign expenses, or
the political crooks of some special
interests in whose employ they will
be found"
If this statement depicts a true
condition then certainly there is an
opportunity for both you and Mr..
Wilson to make good before cleo
ton by taking an Independent,
courageous and patriotic position at
once upon the duty of every candl-
date for the senate and assembly in
this state.
The convention that the repubn-
can party held at Trenton Septem-
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