Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-02

local taxes, and will you do all IN youl
power to pass such a lawf
Fourth-Are you in favor of taking
such valuation as a basis for fixing rates
to be charged, and Of so limiting such
rates as to limit the earning capacity
to six per cent. and will you do all in
your power to pass such a Laws
Fifth-Are you in favor Of extend
ing the present primary law to the Sc
lection of candidates for party nominal
tions for Governor, Congressman, and
delegates to National conventions. and
will you do all in your power to secure
such legislationf
Sixth-Are you in favor Of electing
United States Senators by popular vote,
and will you do all in your power to
improve and perfect the law now on the
statute books7
Seventh-Are you in favor of the
blanket ballot, and of combining it to
the polling places, and that if it is dis
tributed at all, it shah be at public ex-
pense and upon different colered paper
from the regular ballot, and will you
do all in your power to pass such a
lawf
Eighth-Are you in favor of having
the primary and election officers APP
pointed by some impartial agency, like
a court, and win you do all in your
power to pass such a Iaw9 -
Ninth-ATe you in favor of q corrupt
practice act that win absolutely pro-
hibit 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 acts
Tenth-Are you in favor of prohibit
ing the employment of more than two
watchers or workers for any one party
at the poles ON primary and election
days; of prohibiting the hiring Of vehic-
les for transporting voters; of prohib-
iting contributions by corporations and
will you do all in your power to pass
such a law9
and equitable Employers Liability act,
and will you do all in your power to
pass such a lawf
Twelfth-Are you in favor of obey
ing the law now on the statute books
of United States Senators, and do you
believe that the action of the people,
under and in accordance with that law
at the recent primaries should be de-
termiuative9 And that Hon. Edward
G. Stokes and James E. MARITIME can be
the only strictly legitimate candidates
before the Legislature9
Thirteenth-Do you believe that the
reforms outlined in the twelve preced-
ing questions can be effected if a ma
jorityl of the Legislature are the po-
litical tools Of Senatorial candidates, or
the political crooks of special interests
Fourteenth-Do you believe that
these reforms can be effected unless a
majority of the Senate and of the AS
sembly are in favor of these reforms,
and unequivoeally committed to them7
Fifteenth-Don't you believe that
the only hope of the Republican party
on November s is in being pledged
to these reforms as an organization
represented by you and the candidates
for the State Senate and the Assembly,
Sixteenth-Will you then show your
independence, your patriotism, your
courage, your love of this State and
your true party loyalty by publicly ex-
pressing the hope that no Republican
or Democratic voter will cast his bal
lot for the State Senate or the Assem-
bly, who will not, explicitly and cate
gorically pledge himself to the reforms
covered by the first twelve questions
above9
Under these circumstances then,
what must the necessary inference be
if any candidate for the State Senate
or the Assembly refuses to pledge him
self to these reforms7 Are we to infer
that he is against these reformss Has
any one of them dared to declare pub
licly that he is against these reforms?
Then If he is not against them, why
does he not declare for thema That is
the question, and the reason is too
plain to admit Of q possible doubt, and
he is unworthy of the support of any
patriotic citizen OF either political par
ty.
Indeed, any candidate for the State
Senate or the Assembly who cares for
his good name will not subject his hon
or to the grave suspicion that must
necessarily forever rest upon it if he
remains silent.
Looking upon the Republican party
as the political instrument by which the
welfare of my country will best be CON |
served, I have deemed it 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 u securing the confidence of the
people and convincing them not only
that you personally are for these re-
forms, but that you will be supported
by a Republican Legislature which is
also committed to them.
Second-As before stated, all these
questions are distinctly moral and es-
sentislly local in character, and it is a
matter of the highest Importance that
they be disposed of before 1919, in or
der that the great economic and po-
1itieal questions that must necessarily
confront us then may not be efouded
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 M. Lewis,
Paterson, N. j.