Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-02

and will you do all in your power TO
improve Inc perfect the law now or.
the statute books?
"Seventh-IAre you In favor of the
blanket ballot and of combining 1t to
the polling places, and that If 1t is dis
tributed at all, It shall be at public
expense and upon different colored
paper from the regular ballot, and will
you do all in your power to pass such
law?
"Bighth-Arc you III favor of having
the primary md election officers ap-
pointed by some impartial agency. like
a court, and will you do all in your
power to pass such a law?
Corrupt Practises Act.
"Ninth-Are you in favor Of a cor
rupt practise act that will absolutely
prohibit the expenditure of any money
whatever except as prescribed by law,
and will you do all in your power to
pass such a law providing drastic PEN
alties for violation of the act?
~Tenth-Are you in favor of prohib-
iting the employment of more than two
watchers or workers for n one party
at the poles on primary and election
days; or prohibiting the hiring of We
hicles for transporting voters. of pro-
hibiting contributions by corporations,
and will you do all In you power to
pass such a law?
"Eleventh-Are you in favor of a just
and equitable employers liability act,
and will you do all in your power to
pass such a law?
"Twelfth-Are you in favor of obey
tno Abe LAM nnur on tho ctafHta hunks
with reference to the popular selection
of United States senator's, and do you
believe that the action Of the people,
under and in accordance with that law
at he recent primaries should be de-
ferminative2 And that Hon Edward
C. stokes and James E. MARITIME can
be the only strictly legitimate candi-
dates before the Legislature?
"Thirteenth-Do you believe that the
reforms outlined in the twelve pre-
ceding questions a be effected II a
majority of the Legislature are the
political tools Of senatorial candidates,
or he political crooks of special in
terests?
"Fourteenth-Do you believe that
these reforms can be effected unless a
majority of the Senate and of the AS
| S6I1DlY are al ldNOi VI hhOoS
and unequivocally committed to them?
G.. o. P.'s Only Hope.
"Fifteenth-Don't you believe that
the only hope of the Republican party
on November 8 is in being pledged to
these reforms as an organization rep
resented by you and the candidates for
the state Senate and the Assembly?
, pSixteenth-Will o then show your
Independence, your patriotism. your
courage, your love of this State and
your true party loyalty by publicly
expressing the hope that no Republi-
can or Democratic voter will cast his
ballot for any Republican or Demo-
cratic candidate for the state Senate or
the Assembly who will not. explicitly
and categorically, pledge himself to the
reforms covered by the first twelve
questions above?
'sIynder these circumstances then.
what must the necessary inference be
IL any candidate for the State Senate
or the Assembly refuses to pledge him
self to these reforms? Are we to infer
that he is against these reforms? Has
any one of them dared to declare pub
licly that he Is against these reforms?
Then IL he is not against them, why
does he not declare for them? That
Is the question, and the reason is too
plain to admit of a possible doubt. and
he is unworthy of the support of any
patriotic citizen of either political
party.
Indeed. any candidate for the State
Senate or the Assembly who cares for
his rood name Will not subject his
honor to the grave suspicion that must
necessarily forever rest upon II II he
remains silent.
Looking upon the Republican party
as the political instrument by which
thu welfare of my country will best
be conserved, l have deemed 1t my
duty as a Republican to address this
open letter to you for two reasons:
"First-I am convinced that our
only hope of success ON election day
lies in our securing the confidence of
the people and convincing them not
only that you personally are for these
reforms, but that you will be supported
by a Republican Legislature which is
also committed to them.
'sSecond-As before stated, all these
questions are distinctly moral and es-
sentially local in character. and it is
a matter of the highest Importance
that they be disposed of before 1912, in
order that the great economic and po-
litical questions that must necessarily
confront us then may not be clouded
and befogged by these local issues. but
that the great national questions be
clearly apprehended by the people and
squarely met by the opposing parties.
Yours very truly,
CHARLES N. FOWLER.
Hon. Vivian NJ. Lewis.
Paterson, N. j."