Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-11-01
BOTH WILSON AND LEWIS SPOKE
IN HUDSON COUNTY LAST NIGHT
Lewis Addresses Four Mass
Meetings and Answers
Some Questions.

Jersey City, Nov. 1:-Four mass
meetings were held by the republi-
cans of Hudson county last night In
behalf of Vivian M. Lewis, the re-
publican candidate for governor, the
republican candidates for congress
and the legislature. The first meet
publican Club Hall. Mr.. Lewis and
Ex-Governor Stokes were the princi-
pal speakers. Governor Fort had
promised to speak, but early in the
evening Pierre P. Garven, who con-
Quoted the tour, received telegram
from the governor saying that be-
cause of the strike of the express
men in Jersey City and the threat
ening condition there he could not
keep his engagements.
The second meeting was held in
the Peoples Palace in Bergen ave-
nue., Jersey City. Mr.. Lewis, Attor-
ney General Wilson, George L. Rec
ord, republican candidate for con-
gress, and Assistant Prosecutor
Vickers, were the speakers.
The third meeting was In St. Mich
aePs Hall, West Hoboken. The
speakers were Mr.. Lewis, ex-Goy-
ernor Stokes and Aaron A. Melinker.
The last meeting was in Turn
Hall. Union Hill, and Mr.. Lewis,
James w. Mccarthy and Congress
man Leg. Platt made the addresses.
These meetings were worked by
relaying the speakers from one place
to another, so that Mr.. Lewis could
be heard at all Of them. He did not
so closely confne himself to the lines
of his former speeches as he has on
most occasions during the campaign.
On one occasion he declared that the
workingmen should see to 1t that In
So far as they could that the men
who were friendly to their interests
were elected.
If he should be chosen governor,
he said, he would live up to every
promise ne made.
Speaking of political bosses and
bossism, at two of the meetings last
night, he said:
'I shall not permit myself to be
dictated to in the matter Of making
appointments or affairs Of legisla-
tion which / may wish to recon-
mend, by any man or set Of men.
shall be free to be the governor of
all the people of the state at all
times. and, if elected, shall exercise
the duties OF the office without yield
ing to any selfish influence from out
side parties, no matter how potent
they may be in political or business
affairs, / will not tolerate any such
interference.
Il want law passed which will
insure fair and honest election off,
GERS, and one which, in the case of
election contests, Will require that
they be decided by some impartial
authority. 1t is a serious question
to my mind, however. as to the ad-
Visibility Of having election officers
appointed by the courts, as such ap-
pointments might confer upon the
judiciary a political power which
might involve our courts in partisan
strife. It might tend also to make
the courts-for judges are after all
but human-the instruments of po-
litical manipulation, thereby tend
ing to lessen the respect so univer-
sally enjoyed today by the Judiciary
of New Jersey Everything that it
is possible to do should be done to
keep our courts out of politics"
Apart from these digressions he
followed his opening campaign
speech at Hoboken. with the excep-
tion OF again declaring that II elect
ed as goYern6e he would so make his
that the judiciary
would remain norSpartisan-
At the Bayonne mee}ing Mr.. Lewis
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