The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-10-18
VIVIAN M. LEWIS
OPENS CAMP AICN
Plain Discussion Of State Is
sues Before Great HO-
hOken Audience.
Advances No Theories Of Gov
eminent Administration.

ed Saturday night in HObOken, vivian
NJ Lewis, the party candidate, being
welcomed in the largest hall in that
city by an enthusiastic audience which
thronged the auditorium and left hun
fireds unable to gain admittance. Mr..
Lewis spoke plainly of state issues,
discussing his subject from the stand
point of one having had long expert
ence and not as a theorist with de-
sire to secure office for experimental
purposes. Mr. Lewis said: p
A custom delightfplly simple in its work.
1ngs prevailed during the regime of the
Cariovingian kings. One of the attributes
of kingfy estate of that period was that
the king should have long hair to differ
entiate him from the gcommoner clay, And
so when a certain king displeased the
powers around the throne they cut off his
hair. and, like Samson of old. he was
shorn of his power tsa
+ We of New Jersey have progressed be-
yond that period and mere symbol of
authority, power or activity is meaning
less to us unless behind that symbol is
something that appeals to Dur sense of
reason and our sense of right. 4
Proud Of His state.
1t is most wholesome and inspiring to
consider that the state infwhfch I'VE live
has attained high rank in the national
family, because it has been reared upon
a foundation of which the cornerstone is
the spirit of law and order, good sense
decency and progress The foundation Is
still strong, and the cornerstone is still
in its place, and we may therefore look
confidently TO the future. One great COM
mon purpose actuates the vast majority
of our people. They are exercising their
energies in q diversity Of pursuits but to
the end that they may better their con-
ditiOn and the condition of the communi-
ties In which they live, and as an instru-
ment to aid them in attaining their de-
sires they have established in this state
government to which they render cheer
ful obedience, but which they desire shall
be abreast of the times and shall be cor
rectly administered And SO at certain
intervals these freemen pause in their in
dividual pursuits for the purpose of con-
sidering If the machinery of their govern
ment is UP to date and working in a sat-
1sfactory manner--if the mechanism is
kept as clean as it should be and If those
in charge are possessed of sufficient skill
10 handle it.
l have sometimes heard the state al
luded to as a great eorporatioh-the peo-
pies corporatiOn-and the state election
termed as a meeting of the stockholders
of this important corporation for the pur-
pose of electing officers and board of
directors. I like the idea myself and it
suggests an orderly and profitable method
of procedure in this campaign. Those in
whose hands you placed the management
of the affairs of your corporation at the
last election should account to you for
their acts and suggest such ideas as ex-
perience may have taught them will be of
advantage for the future
Fifteen years ago, after a lengthy trial
OF the party of our opponents as the ad-
ministrators of your affairs you awoke
10 the fact that its leaders had betrayed
your confidence Open and notorious cor
ruption' existed, extravaganza In every de-
partment, depleted treasury and laws
obnoxious to the public morality had been
passed.
You sternly rebuked your unfaithful
servants, drove them from public office
and selected the Republican party prin-
ciples for your guidance and the members
OF that party for your officials, and for
the whole period of the last fifteen years
you have heard accounts Of our steward
ship and said, 'sWell done, thou good and
faithful servant" And rightly so. for I'M
der the splendid Republican administra-
ton OF Governors Griggs, Voorhees,, Muir
ply, Stokes and Fort, with the lawmak-
ing power In the hands of the Republican
legislatures, New Jersey has expanded and
thriyen. Remember that today New Jer-
sey, while the fourth smallest state in
area. is exceeded In density of population
by but two states of the Union-Rhod
Island and Observation-Disclosures 1t is in
creasing at a rate greatly exceeding those
two states. Industries have grown at
remarkable rate since the advent of the
Republican party to power in New Jer-
sey- Since 1880 the capital invested In
manufactures has increased from, in ap-
proximate figures, $3.50, 100000 to $3.50 900, 600
The amount of wages paid has increased
from $50, 000, 900 to 100000, 0O0 The. number
of wage earners employed Increased from
175.O0O to $4,000. The value of manufac-
tured goods has grown from about $780,
DOO.OO0 to over $1,000, 100000.
Corporation Laws.
do not. of course, claim that the Re
publican party is responsible for this
growth, but it is fair statement to make
that wise Republican government and
sound Republican laws have afforded am
pie opportunity to labor and capital and
Jersey genius TO accomplish these won
derful results. That modern engine OF
business, the corporation, has had its
share in New Jerseys progress. l know
and you know that there has been criti-
cism Of our corporation laws from time
10 time. Soma uf it has been ignorant
and demaEeElEK4r=rherer may be and prob
ably are pa1MgurarR In which they should
be amendedre added to-, but the best
proof of their general efficiency is the fact
that every state which has had occasion
to revise its corporation laws has selected
the New Jersey laws as a basis for it's
revision While affording reasonable ia
ciIities for proper corporate opportunity,
Gun corporation laws have been the source
Of immense revenue to the state, enabling
the tremendous activities of the state to
be carried on without expense to the peo-
pie and large sums to be distributed
among the municipalities, relieving them
TO that extent Of their local and educa-
4ionaI tax burdens. / think it would be
wise. however. and for the public interest
that careful inquiry be made by some
competent authority as to the objects and
purposes OF amy corporation desiring to
be chartered in our state before the issu-
Ance of the certificate.
The state under Republican rule has
modernized its penal institutions. estab-
aished reformatories and is endeavorine
10 reform those who have drifted into evil
ways instead of merely Furnishing them
The unfortunate dependents have had
more thorough provision made for them
mew institutions have been provided and
old ones made to conform to the ideas OF
today.
The public schools OF the state have NJ
eeiyed the best of care under Republican
rule Railroad and other corporation
lakes have been largely Increased by laws
passed by Republican legislatures and APP
proved by Republican governors, and mill
lions nave been collected from these
sources and appropriated to the support
OF the public schools, while under previ-
Gus Democratic administrations not one
penny was thus obtained and appropri-
ated.