Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-16
WILSON MAKES STRONG
SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE
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element prevailed until the final poll
was taken. OF course it was impos-
sible TO prevent some disorder, : be-
cause Of the various opinions of the
delegates relative to the candidates.
No Gag Rule.
The delegates were well pleased
when Chairman Mann of the commit
tee on rules announced that the unit
rule would not prevail at the conven-
tion. This announcement seemed to
bring about some semblance of har-
mony on all sides, and the delegates
cheered wildly when they realized they
would not be bound by gag rule"
After the report of the committee on
rules had been received and accepted
Chairmap~Price Of the committee on
permanent organization presented the
r~najority report, including the platform
drawn by the Democratic state COM
nittee. Before this platform was
adopted, however, former Assembly
man Samuel s. Swackhammer of Som
erset, asked leave to make the minor
tty report and present the minority
platform. This permission was given,
but Mr.. Swackhammer was declared
out of order by the chair when he en-
deayored to make a speech. The chair
experienced some difficulty in making
the Somerset county delegate desist in
his-speechmaking efforts and succeed
ed with the assistance of many other
delegates who cried down the former
assembIyman. Mr.. Swackhammer then
presented his platform, which favored
local option. This was given hardly
any consideration. Kisses greeted its
presentation. The majority platform
was accepted. In full it follows:
The Platform.
The Democrats of New Jersey in
presenting to the voters of the state a
candidate for governor present also the
following declaration of the objects to
which they will devote themselves
should they be intrusted with the di-
rection of the administration and legis-
~latien4of the state:
Ffrst.-A thorough administrative re-
organization, in order to make the adj
ministration of the states business at
once as economical and efficient as
possible. This will involve the aboli-
ton of all unnecessary offices, boards
and commissions, q concentration of
functions upon the model of the best
business organizations and a careful
coordination of the several parts of
the pablo service. The government of
the state should be so ~systematized
and simplifed and such methods of
public accounting should be established
and enforced as would secure unmis-
taxable individual responsibility on the
part of every officer intrusted with au-
thority or the handling of public funds.
The increase in state expenditures
from less than 100000 under~the
last Democratic administration to more
than S5,000,000 last year is grossly ex-
cessiye. All appropriations of public
moneys should be based upon as care
full consideration of the burden of tax
alton imposed upon the people as of
the object sought to be served by the
expenditure, economy being as essen
tial to honest government as any CON
sideration of efficiency, and equalize
the burdens of taxation.
Equal Taxation.
Second.~-The equalization Of taxa
tion, both In oIaw and In prac-
tice, particularly as between indi-
yidnals and railway and other cor
porations, with regard to the val
uation of property and the assess
ment of taxes upon 1t, the removal
from the states system of taxation of
all elements of o~bscurity or injustice,
and the adoption of such admins
trativee changes as may prove to be