Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-04-04
Corrupt Lobbyists at
Trenton Bitterly Assail-
ed by the Governor.
WATER.SNAKE DISGRACE
MUST BE WIPED OUT
AT N. Y. Banquet Speech EN-
phasizes EVENING STARS
Exposure of Big Grabs.

Bitterly assailing the corrupt lobby
at Trenton. Governor John Franklin
Fort, at banquet in the Hotel Astor.
New York city. on Saturday night.
added force TO the EVENING STARS
expose of the Carnival of traitors
which is vividly depicted in today's
cartoon. He graphically described the
complete control that corporate inter
ests were exercising over the law
makers. Uneouivocally the Governor
again committed himself to the Nc
Gran anti-water diversion bill without
it's iniquitous amendment.
The Governor demanded the enact
ment of legislation to abolish the lobby
He referred to the lobbyists as paid
criminals, who were trying to corrupt
the Legislature, and he showed more
than a fear that everything Is not as
regular as 1t should be at the State
House.
Referring to the Aids case in New
York State, where envelopes containing
money were passed TO legislators in ex-
change for their votes for corporation
measures, the Governor said:
ESQ far as know. there have been
no envelope incidents in Trenton lii<s
the famous one In Albany. II thesi
have been any, the guilty ones have
been too smart 10 get caught.
..I hold the mun who gives the sen-
velope' 10 n Legislator or the dollar TO
the voter equally guilty with the mas
ySho receives -. II there In any dis
tInction, fhc man who gives the sen-
velope' is tbr greater scoundrei.
..If men wIs ere elected to repressut
the people do fall of their dufy, II y
often because they are surrounded by
these lobbyists in the lceisinfive hsIfs
4 and subjected 10 cnioIery and tensptn-
lion which sometimes causes them ~
/ fall.
"I want nv state TO paRs laws re-
auiring every man who goes to Trentos
to register and declare his business and
he prevented frcm baclsdoor interviews
with Legislators. want these So
called lobbyists taught that fhey ar~
criminals paid to endeavor to make
criminals of our Legislators.
"Why should these great interests fB
the state keep a corrupt lobby at wash
ington and AIhanv and Trcntonf The
Legislature would do right II let alone.
! The people cannot have q lobby. They
elect men TO represent them. We hesr
| much about the Legislators introducinG
bills striking the corporations. Yer.
little of that IL done. The truth is IL Il
the lobby that does the striking. Tbe-
strike every bill 10 prevent corporate
reactions or TO give the people power
And the men who present laws In the
ri
II not quite, impossible 20 get sueh
bills out of the committees.
'BiiIs that tho special interesfs- seek
go sliding down the parliamentary
ways as IL they had been creased. They
are reported and rcreported. amended
and substituted. and hours are given
up In conference over them to max q
sure they pass. Oh. the pity of II!
Light. air and water are three OF the
essentials Of life The State under its
Lolice power has absolute control of its
waters, no matter whether they come
from the surface or the surface.
No individual or company must be al
lowed to control them, nor should they
be permit ed to make gain by them.
The State must take over and own
every drop of surplus water in the
of every private water comuany-not
giving il penny for its franchise, TO,
that already belongs TO the State-and
should under no circumstances gran.
another.
Let the State provide for the suppl,
of all cities and towns at the cheapes,
price possible There is no question In
r New Jersey more potent for the peopit
than this II means everything to the
. future Massachusetts has already
, spent forty-one millions in this wy IL
the metropolitan water district alc.e. /
has reduced the price OF water and KEEP
for the State all profits to relieve taxa
. ton.
THE party. OH what crimes ar,
committed in thy name, Do not ex-
pose a rogue; it will hurt the party
Do not pass legislation against tht
saloon; il will hurt the party Do no
pass a bill 10 control and regulate cor.
porations; it will hurt the party. DC
not pass this or that bill against cor
poration; it will shut off contribution,
to the party Do not pass that meas
ure in the interests of the peopee, be
, cause some railroad or public servic,
corporation is against it; il you offent
!, them you will hurt the party. Do no
~. -t,4tI lpfze . t1eT
pass Dill TO prevent ciiiu idOoi' lhet
are companies in the State who wisf
such labor and they will oppose th'
party
ITO use the whole thing is intolerable
If executives and legislators could onl,
; be brought to see that legislation whicl
, is right never harms the party. what
, blessing it would be. As Senator Bev
eridge expressed is a short time ago
, We are getting in these days wher
We reduce the party cry about to this
Hurrah for the State: hurrah for TN
| party; h, rah for the organization
hurrah for the chairman Of the organi
, zation. He stands for the corporation
, which furnishes the money to enaol
the chairman to control legislation 70
thei- special interests Is II not ahou