Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-26
LEWIS MEETING
EcHA|RMAN TAKES
n SLAP At STOKES
lblican GubernatOrial Cam
seate Spends Day Telling
LabOrers About Tariff.
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NINELAND, Oct. 26.-Factional war
fare in the Republican ranks was con-
t~inualiy cropping out during Vivian NJ.
Lewis's tour OF Cumberland county
yesterday. 1t is quite evidently a case
Of war to the knife and knife to the
HIT" although every Republican tells
everybody, with blood in his eye, that
the factional strife is confined solely
TO the local ticket, and that it will not
prevent Vivian NJ. Lewis. Republican
candidate for governor. from receiving
as large a majority as was given Gov
ernor Fort. which was 1,46o.
When Republicans say the local
ticket they mean the candidates for
State Senator and Assemblymen and
for Senate in particular. The Re-
publican candidate for that Office is
Isaac T. Nichols, leader of the faction
which has been fighting Ex-Governor
Stokes and is now fighting him with
out any sign Of cessation.
When Mr.. Lewis reached Camden
in the morning lie was met by Morris
Davis, postmaster of Bridgeton, and
Congressman Gardner. Ex-Governor
Stokes had accompanied Mr.. Lewis's
party from Trenton. The hand-shak-
ing of the day began at Bridgeton
where a gathering of 200 or 800 people
was waiting to greet the Republican
candidate.
Until night the day was occupied
by visiting the various industrial
plants of Bridgeton and Millville.
Talks About Tariff.
Through all of these works Mr..
Lewis, Congressman Gardner and as
many as chose of the touring party
passed. Mr.. Lewis shook hands with
at least 1000 men and at several of
the plants made brief speeches. He
limited his remarks almost exclusively
to the tariff and labor issues, going
over his former ground.
In one shop he said that he was the
friend Of labor unions and his remarks
were not objected to by the owners,
although they were ~applauded by the
employees. Mr.. Lewis renewed again
and again his promises to urge upon
the Legislature the passage of a strin-
gent employers liability law, the ex-
tension Of the primary election law,
the continuation of the present public
chool policy of the State, the fur
Their advancement Of the public schools
and everything that Is regarded as
progressive legislation.
The only massmeeting was held in
the auditorium here. It has a ca
pacity Of 1000 people and was crowded.
Special trains were run from Bridge
ton and Mlllville to accommodate the
people who desired to attend.
Speaking of Millville Ex-Governor
Stokes said that it was q town OF
neither wealth nor poverty. Every
nan there who could work was en-
ployed.i II is the home town of Mr..
3 Stokes and he was well received there
by a large majority of the citizens.
Ex-Governor stokes Attacked.
On the stage of the Auditorium when
The meeting opened here last night were
sixty veterans of the Civil War, the
Oldest OF whom was Birdsail Cornell,
Sc, and William Joline, So years old.
Most of the soldiers are members Of
Mckinley Post and are quartered at
the Soldiers Home, near here. DIR.
Waldo F. Sawyer was chairman Of the
meeting. He predicted three thousand
majority for the Republican ticket. He
then, by inuendo, attacked ex-Gover-
nor Stokes for saying that Millville,
being more central, would be a more
appropriate place to hold the meeting.
This again emphasized the bitterness
Of the Republican factional differences
in the county.
DR.. Sawyer introduced Mr.. Lewis.
After prolonged applause Mr.. Lewis
said, in part, that some of his best
friends lived in Cumberland County.
He had touched hands in friendly greet
ing of nearly 5000 people today. He
denied that the public institution In
Vineland had been too literally provid-
ed for.
what Democratic leader would dare
assert that the Soldiers lone or the
Home for the Feeble Minded had been
an undue burden to the Slater" he
asked.
He complimented the veterans for the
part they had taken in defense Of their
country, thereby making the union Of
the States forever inseparable.
After reviewing the advantages de-
rived in matters of public school, penal
and reformatory institutions inc again
declaring that the Democratic party
had never contributed one cen to the
support of the schools, Mr.. Lewis then
said that he stood for a rate-making
clause in the public utility law, the
extension Of the primary law to Cover
nor and members of Congress, a strin-
gent corrupt practises act, and the dis
~tribution Of election ballots at the pub
lie expense. He would, If elected, he
said, give the people. to the best of his
ability, a wise economical inc BUSH
nesslike administration. Unless the
voters had confidence in him he didn't
want their votes.
Congressman Gardner and Isaac T.
Nichols also addressed the meeting.