Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-16

lutely unsolicited, with the consequence
that I shall enter upon the duties of
the office of Governor. If elected with
absolutely no pledges of any kind to
prevent me from serving the people
of the State with singleness of purpose.
Not only have no pledges of any kind
been given, but none have been pro-
posed or desired. In accepting the
nomination, therefore, I am pledging
myself only to the service of the peo-
pie and the party which intends to ad-
vance their interests. l cannot but
regard these circumstances as mark
ing the beginning of a new and more
ideal era In our politics. Certainly
they enhance very greatly the honor
you have conferred upon me and en-
large the opportunity in equal degree
A day of unselflsh purpose is always
a day of confident hope.
81 feel confident that the people of
the State will accept the promises you
have made in your platform as made
sincerely and with definite purpose to
render them effective service. That
platform is sound, explicit and busi-
nesslike There can be no mistaking
what it means. and the voters of the
State will know at once that promises
so definitely made are made to be kept.
not to be evaded. Your declarations
deserve and will win their confidence.
But we shall keep 1t only by per-.
formance, by achievement by proving
our capacity to conduct the adminis-
tration and reform the legislation of
the State in the spirit of our declara-
tions not only, but also with the sa-
gacity and firmness of practical men
who not only purpose but do what Is
sensible and effective. 1t is towards
this task of performance that my
thoughts turn as / think of soliciting
the suffrages of my fellow-citizens for
the great office of Governor Of the
State.
New Problems to Solve.
"I shall do so with a very profound
sense of the difficulty of solving new
and complicated problems in the right
way / take the three great questions
before us to be reorganization and
economy In administration, the equal
ization of taxation and the control or
corporations. There are other very Inn
portant questions that confront US. as
they confront all the other States of
the Union in this day of readjustment:
the question of the proper liability Of
corrupt practises in elections, the ques-
ton of conservation, but the three 1
have named dominate all the rest. 1t
is imperative that we should not only
master them but also act upon them,
and act very definitely.
1.-THE solution of these questions Will
require profound study. We must take
together common counsel and seek
more specific legislation, and this legis-
lation must be backed by the men
who originated It, With this done, 1t
will be found that it is nonsense to
say that the Democratic party is
against the business interests. Tne
common interest is the only interest
which we regard, and If one falls to
come in our conferences as to a COM
mon understanding he must take the
consequences. We must pool our COM
mon interests and we can succeed.
ANY business house would be
ashamed to run it's affairs as our State
has been managed. without economy
and with the creation of useless boards
and commissions. 1t would be very
simple to get an expert business man
to devise methodical and economical
plans for the conduct of the public
business.
interests as Public Enemies.
"It is first of all necessary that we
should act in the right spirit. And the
right spirit is not a spirit of hos
tility. We shall not act either justly
or wisely If we attack established In
terests as public enemies. There has
been too much indictment and too HIT
tie successful prosecution for wrongs
done too much talk and too few prac-
ticable suggestions as to what Is to be
done. 1t is easy to condemn wrong
and to illuminate against wrong-doers
in effective rhetorical phrases, but that
does not bring either reform or ease
of mind. Reform will come only when
we have done some careful thinking
as to exactly what the things are that
are being done in contrayention Of the
public interest and as to the most