Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-27
GEORGE |. RECORD
PLEASED WITH
WILSON LETTER
Declares Democratic Candi-
dates Answers Are Full and
Frank on Every Question.
PROGRESSIVES WILL WIN
REGARDLESS OF ELECTION
Also Pleased With Stand for
Abolition of Old Line
Party Bosses.
Especial to the Newark star

JERSEY CITY, Oct. 27.-George L.
Record today issued a lengthy com
ment to the Woodrow Wilson reply to
the original Record quiz letter. The
Progressive Republican leader of Hud-
son county Is fully satisfied with the
reply Of the Democratic candidate for
governor, and Is not liable to put any
further questions to him.
Mr. Record says that DIR. Wilson'S
replies to his questions are complete
and frank in every instance and inti-
mates very strongly that they will
prove an election clincher
Mr.. Records Views.
Mr. Records views on the Wilson
letter follow:
"The letter Of Woodrow Wilson in
reply to my letter to him has aroused
widespread interest in the campaign.
l think the public has sized up Mr..
Wilson's letter as full and frank
statement upon every question now be-
fore the public, and in this Judgment
concur. Mr.. Wilson accepts our Pro-
gressive Republican plank as to the
necessity of physical valuation for
all public utility corporations and is
willing that that valuation shall be
taken as basis for taxation. but he is
not willing that II shall be used as an
exclusive basis for fixing rates. al
though he admits that 1t must play an
important part in any rate-fixing OF
the future. This position on this point
is sufficient for practical purposes. As
soon as we have physical valuation
of the property of these corporations
and begin to use that valuation as a
basis for taxes. 1t will be utterly i'm.
possible to induce the people to submit
to paying rates based upon any other
valuation or theory A valuation that
is good enough to pay taxes on is good
enough on which to base charges which
are to be paid by the public. 1t Is a
great step forward to have the ply
sical valuation proposition admitted to
be necessary. The rest will follow in
due time.
Encouraging to Progressives.
"All this is very encouraging to all
those who are fighting for ideas and
for principles. All such people have
cause for congratulation at the way
the campaign has turned out. At the
beginning 1t threatened to be "a cam
paign of the old order. with no dis
cussion of any real public questions
The political bosses of both sides evi-
IDENTIFY figured that Progressive Repub
leans were safely bottled up, for the
time being, at least, and that their
principles were to receive scant attea-
tion in the campaign, as they did in
the conventions of both parties. The
exigencies for the campaign, however
have forced a complete change of this
policy on both sides. Mr.. Lewis, on the
right before the convention, insisted
upon rate-making feature in the plat
form. and against the strenuous efforts
Of the State bosses, and with the aid OF
the Progressives, this was done. Mr.
Lewis in the campaign has gone fur.
ther than the platform itself for de-
claring himself In favor of one after
another of the Progressive Republican
planks, which had been rejected by
the convention. AS remember 1t he
is now on record for the extension of
the direct vote principle to the choice
of candidates for governor and con-
gressmen; to the impartial selection of
election officers; to the blanket ballot
and the distribution of the same at
(Continued ON Second Pnge.)