Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-16
FORMER SENATOR
SMITH INDORSEO
FOR TOGA HONORS
Democratic Clubs of City ALI
Urge Candidacy for
Senate.
RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED
BY UNANIMOUS BALLOTS
Essex Assemblymen Are Asked
To Give Their Sup-
port.


senting an aggregate membership of
more than 5000 voters. have indorsed
former United States Senator James
Smith, jr., for election by the incoming
Legislature to the seat in the United
States senate which John Ilean va
Gates because of the expiration of his
term The Endorsement resolutions IN
/ every instance were adopted unani-
mously, and the seven big organiza-
4 lions have declared as favoring the
election of Mr.. Smith as we'll as calling
upon the Essex assemblymen-elect TO
use their efforts in his behalf
4 Enthusiastic Meetings.
Four of the seven Democratic clubs
met last night. They w4re the Huron
Club. the Tenth Ward Democratic
Club. the Nee Tu Tona Club and the
Ieveen Association. They held en-
tthusiastic meetings at their respective
headquarters Prior to last night the
/. Mohawk. the Wanaque and the Leni
Lenape clubs had adopted resolutions
favoring the candidacy Of former Sem
ator Smith. At the Huron Club meet,
ing in the sixteenth ward Alderman
elect John NJ. Judge introduced the
endorsement resolution. 1t read as
follows
'swhereas, The next Legislature of
! New Jersey viii be Democratic on Joint
ballot for the first tins in many years
thereby affording an opportunity for
the election OF a DEMOCRAT to the
United States Senate, and
i whereas, The opportunity is best
fnr.
state to honor itself and at the same
{, time honor one of its distinguished
members whose time and labor have al
1 ways been at the service of the party
in good and evil times,
ssRcsoived, That the Huron Climb of
4 this city indorse for election 20 fhe
United states Senate the Hon. James
smith. ir., In case he shall be capdi-
date, and In that event urges upon rep
resenfafivesr of Essex county in the
forthcoInine session Of the LeEisiatnre
! that they exert every honorable means
to secure his election.
DIR. McGufnness Presided.
DR.. P..J. McGuinness, former county
collector. presided at the session of the
j Nee Tu Tona Club. of the Fourth Ward.
Speeches in support of the resolution
of Endorsement were made by Alder
!, man elect Alexander Archibald, former
Alderman Shepard NJ. Mills, William
]. Knowles, John Randolph and Will
lam A. Roebling
Harry l.. Morris and John T. Rogers
acted as secretaries of the meeting.
The resolutions adopted are as fol-
lows:
..Whereas. The Democratic party has
tust emerged from a great popular
victory: and,
! sWhereas, During this fight We ceded
no principle but fought manfully for
the success of State, county ana city
candidates, as we'll as all popular meas
lures; and.
s.Whereas. From the earliest times
our State governments were modeieo
on those of the colonial period, with
istrict severance of the executive, iegis-
lative and Judiciary departments; and
Whereas, 149,251 Democratic voters
in the State Endorsed that long-recog-
nized principle by expressing no pref
erence for United States Senator, leav-
ing that question to the Legislature
in accordance with the long established
custom provided by the Constitution or
the United States; therefore be it
Resolved, That we. the members OF
the Nee Tu Tona Democratic Club or
the Fourth Ward. unanimously declare
it to be our sincere judgment That the
direct primary voting was entirely per-
functory and subjunctive. which Is
proved by the insignificance of the re-
suit (only 81 ,022 out of a total of 2lo,-
273 in the State), and the fact that
] there was no voluntary compact on
Il -I-kt nsTa nj RI n ffac
therefore, be it
"ResoIved, That we, the members OF
the Nee Tu Tona Club, peaceabie
tribe of Democratic Indians, imbued
with a deep sense of the wisdom dis
,IaveJ by the other branches OF the
Essex county family in indOrsing the
Hon. James smith, jr., the aclknowl-
edged chieftaIn of all the New Jersey
,,;hes. for United States Senator. do
hereby express our enthusiastic ap-
uroyaI of such course, and heartily con-
eur in such action; we furthermore
commend and congratulate the Essex
county AssembIymen-eiect for defend-
ing the high standard of the United
states senate and the laws that our
sorefathers have handed down TO us,
and thank them for giving the OPP
,ortuuity of expressing our, pleasure
and satisfaction with their choice,
whom, besides being "A respected and
esteemed business man. statesman and
citizen, we look upon Hs the mainstay Of
the New Jersey Democracy. and a man
amply htted and highly deserving OF
the signal honor, and, be 1t further
..ResoIved, That we protest against
the effort being made to subyert the
will of the people as expressed through
the legislature,
OF similar purport were the resolu-
tions adopted at the meeting of the
Tenth Ward Democratic Club, which
declare;
Whereas The Tenth Ward Demo-
cratic Club, in regular meeting assem-
bled, feel 1t a duty to congratulate fell
low Democrats of the State. county,
Continued on Fourth PaEs.l