The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-10-18
VIVIAN N. LEWIS
OPENS CAMP AIGN
Plain Discussion Of State Is
sues Before Great HO-
bOken Audience.
Advances No Theories Of Gov
eminent Administration


M. Lewis, the party candidate, being
welcomed in the largest hall in that
city by an enthusiastic audience which
thronged the auditorium and left hun
hreds 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 a de-
sfrs to secure office for experimental
purposes. Mr.. Lewis said:
A custom delightfully."- simple in its work.
mss prevailed during the regime of the
Carlovingian kings. One Of the attributes
OF kinsiy estate of that period was that
the king should have long hair to Differ
enftate him from the commoner clay And
30 when certain king displeased the
powers around the throne they cut of his
hair. and. like Samson of old, he was
Bhorn OF his power.
We Of New Jersey have progressed be-
yond that period, and a mere symbol Of
authority, power or activity is meaning
less to us unless behind that symbol is
something that appeals to our sense Of
reason and our sense Of right.
Proud of His State.
It 10 most wholesome and inspiring TO
consider that the state in which we live
has attained high rank in the national
family, because II has been reared upon
foundation OF which the cornerstone is
the spirit Of law and order, good sense,
necenoy 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 a 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-
Bires they have established in this state q
government to which they render q 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 II the machinery Of their govern
ment is up to date and working In a sat
tsfactory manner-H the mechanism is
kept as clean as 1t should be and II those
In charge are possessed Of suf1cient skill
to handle It
have sometimes heard the state al
luded to as great corporation-the peo-
pies corporation-and the state election
termed as meeting of the stockholders
Of this important corporation for the pur-
pose OF electtng officers and board OF
directors. like the idea myself and 1t
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 lengthy trial
mtnfstrators Of your affairs you awoke
to 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 yeai
Z you have heard accounts Of our steward
ship and said, well DONE thou good and
faithful servant" And rightly so, for I'M
der the splendid Republican administra-
ton Of Governors Griggss Voorhees,, Muir
ply, Stokes and Fort, with the lawmak-
ing power in the hands Of the Republican
legislatures. New Jersey has expanded and
thriven. Remember that today New Jer-
sey, while the fourth smallest state In
area. is exceeded in density of populatio.
by but two states of the Union-Rhode
Island and Massachusetts-and II Is in
creasing at 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 1890 the capital invested in
manufactures has increased from, in APP
proximate figures. s250,000,0 900 to $3.50, 900, 600
The amount Of wages paid has increased
from $50. 900 to s162. Co., The number
OF wage earners employed increased from
a. -
tured goods has grown from about $780,
100000 to over 81. oOO.000.00O.
Corporation Laws.
do not, of course claim that the Re-
publican party is responsible for this
growth, but 1t is a 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 it's
share In New Jerseys progress. l know
and you know that there has been criti-
cism Of our corporation laws from time
to time. Some of 1t has been ignorant
and demagogical. There may be and prob
ably are particulars in which they should
be amended or 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 its
revision. While affording reasonable IA
cilities for proper corporate opportunity.
our 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-
uonal tax burdens. / think II would be
wise, however, and for the public interest
that a careful inquiry be made by some
competent authority as to the objects and
purposes of any corporation desiring to
be chartered In our state before the issu-
ance Of the certificate.
The state under Republican rule has
modernized it's penal institutions, estab-
iished reformatories and is endeavorins
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
new institutions have been provided and
old ones made to conform to the ideas OF
today.
The public schools of the state have 70
Uvlveo the pest OF care under Republican
rule. Railroad and other corporation
taxes have been largely increased by laws
passed by Republican legislatures and ap-
proved by Republican governors, and mil
lions have been collected from these
boofScc anu appropriated 10 the support
OF the public schools, while under previ-
Gus Democratic administrations not one
penny was thus obtained and appropri-
Ated
In the matter Of good reads every one
can see for himself what has been ac-
complfshed In the last fifteen years. The
state La crossed and recrossed by mag
nincent highways, built with the aid Of
large appropriations from the state treas
ury. Substantially nothing OF this sort
was ever done or attempted to be done
under the rule OF our opponents.
The public health has been the subject
OF careful legislative attention. and the
wise sanitary laws passed have been care
fully executed. new state board OF
health has been organized. combining the
old board with the state sewerage com
mission. securing greater economy and
efficiency. Thorough and wide inspections
have been made. Numerous nuisancea
have been removed. Potable water sources
have been protected. and the milk supply
OF the state improved as the result OF
numerous prosecutions. The death rate
in New Jersey I'm 1903 was the lowest with
one exception. in thirty years
Real Conservation.
While other states have been talking
New Jersey has been doing and she has
been In the van with laws looking 10 the
conservation Of our natural resources
The efficient work OF the forest commits
sion ia controlling forest fires has result
ed In tremendously increasing the value
OF woodland property. as will be seen
from examination of the ASSESSORS
lists and the comparison OF the prices OBJ
tanned at recent sales Of woodland prop
erty with those prevailing before the fof-
est commission began its activities In