Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-21

too much power in the speaker. ii they
are un-Ameriean In that they deny free
speech and complete and untrammeled
representation, the obvious remedy is
to change the rules and not turn the
next house Of representatives owe. to
the enemy and thus retard for a dec
Rde the course of substantial progress.
Any other view, in my opinion, is dis
loyal and unpatriotic, unworthy and
lgnoble.
But the spirit of insurgency further
declares that the Aldrich tariff is high
~ Objectionable, that 1t does not real
lie the party's promise to revise the
tariff and revise 1t downward. Presis
dent Taft has said. that he signed this
Measure because he believed it was an
honest and substantial effort to, perfect
the scheme of revision upon a down.
ward scale. Suppose, however, that
Mr.. Taft be mistaken. Suppose that
the tariff schedules require further re-
vision. The present act creates q per-
manent tariff commission. This COM
mission is intrusted with power to as
NNhNo'h upon complaint VI oEOh u
w initiative what Inequalities, aris-
ing through inadvertence or otherwise,
may be present, to the end that these
may at once be corrected by the cen
gress. This plan Is at once safe and
1udicious. 1t should not be forgotten
that New Jersey has a vital interest
in this tariff problem We cannot will
ingly permit a future revision of the
tariff by the avowed enemy of a pro-
tectiye system. Onethird of the popu-
lation of this state is. earning q uyelL
hood in activities made possible by pro-
tected industries. If these Industries
be brought into immediate and fatal
competition with the pauper and IN
paid labor of Europe they could not
live a single hour,
Praise For the Tariff.
We are unalterably committed to the
principle of a protective tariff. we be-
lieve that 1t has done more to dignity
labor and to clothe naked bodies and
to fill hungry mouths with the just
fruits of requited labor than any other
economical principle devised since God
said to man, In the sweat of thy
face shalt thou eat thy bread" If the
tariff needs further revision let it be
done at once, but let 1t be lone by
those who believe in the principle of
protection and not by those who have
characterized this economical measure
as robbery theft and the crime
Of the century,
But the important and immediate
concern of the convention is to nomi-
nate ONE member Of our party to fill
the honorable and responsible position
of governor of this state. The test of
responsibility Is service, and the true
test of service is usefulness. We do
not seek to avoid this test. We cheer
fully submit to all its exactions. Four
teen years marks the duration of our
stewardship. All the administrative
duties have been met by honest and
intelligent effort. New, vexatious and
perplexing problems have presented
themselves. These have been solved
with intelligence, courage and enlight-
ened craftsmanship, and we have not
been blind to the progressive spirit
born of modern conditions. How well
this has been done the statutes of the
state disclose, and what is there writ
ten can neither be denied or repealed
by the raucous voice OF the mob nor
the Incorporate words of the agitator,
The administration of Governor
Fort, which will terminate on the LIST
of January next, is in keeping with
those which have preceded. His sep1-
Ice has been marked by integrity Of
purpose, by earnest effort and by high
ideals in governmental policy, His ac-
t~iyities, progressive and advanced,
have aroused a higher sense of civic
responsibility.
1t is said, however, that the admin
lstration has been waSteful and its
work has been marked by a fragrant
extravaganza. Is that true? An ex4
plicit answer to this sweeping charge
is important and controlling. Extrava-
gance, after all, is a relative term. The
justice of the accusation depends not
only upon the amount disbursed, but
also upon the objects for which 1t is
expended. 1t is said that during the
last year with which the Democratic
party may be fairly charged with the
problem Of administration the total
expenditures of the state were 1887
600, and for the year 1909 the total ex-
| penditures of the state reached ap-
~proximately the figure of 100000.
Well, in the first place, the increased
population of the state bears some re-
lation at least to the justice of this
charge. The population in 1890 vas
1,444,0O0, n for the yeer 1909 the
population had increased to more than
100000 This in itself is a partial an
swer, for the expenditures of the state
must of necessity bear some just pro-
portion to the increase of population.
But it is important to consider the va
rious purposes for which the state
moneys have actually been disbursed.
Building of State Roads.
Among other objects were the fol-
lowing: The building of state roads,
every mile of which has been con
structed with state aid since the be-
ginning Of Republican control; the
building of armories and the mainte-
nance of the national guard, the cause
of education, the care Of the insane,
the blind and feeble minded; the main
tenanee Of a state home for boys and
girls, the instruction of deaf mutes,
the care Of epileptics and the treat