Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-03

claimed to me, My God, Murdoch, if
the people ever get on to this crowd in
Washington what will they dc to them?'
Charles N. Fowler did not vote to put
the brand of infamy on Lilley.
I'VE had a panic In 1907. The people
were saved because they did not rock
he boat The man III knows more
about our money reform than anybody
else in the United States sought to
give us a financial law that would
prevent panics in the future. Charles
N. Fowler would not be allowed to
serve his people thus.
Cannon appointed a special committee
to consider the Vreeland bill. When 1t
went to the Senate Aldrich tackled on
to 1t his bill and In the confusion of
the last hours, when Congress was COM
PEELED to adjourn, the Vreeland-Aldrich
bill, laden with evils, became a law.
Tariff Juggling.
Cannon had the tariff increased on
gloves to please his friend, Lucius Lit
tauer, the glovemaker. President Taft
killed the scheme.
"He excoriated Cannon for his deal
which his power was retained for a
brief period.
Have you any doubt where Fowler
stood in that fight" he asked.
1.-THE standpatters did not know
where they stood when Fitzgerald made
his famous motion, nor not until John
Dalzell stood up and told them in a
shout they must vote aye. They voted
aye, like slaves.
We want you to help this movement
- l.. AJAxrr Tarr4,y y1T1A., Na,
non put Fowler off the currency COM
mittee it was not Fowler that he
kicked, it was the Fifth District of New
Jersey.
I'VE want the tariff revised down
ward, with a permanent inc COM
petent commission to consider the
schedules. Aldrieh enacted the last
tariff law. He rushed over to the Cali
fornians and gave them a duty on or
anges; to the Kansans and imposed
SO duty on roo corn, 1 think; back to
New Jersey and put polo ponies on the
free list. craftsmanship! Just COM
mon horsetrading.
1--WE want a law for the physical val
uation of railroads; a law to simplify
the procedure i'll our Federal courts;
a financial reform bill, drafted when
Wall Street is not in the room.
you have a mar here who will help
us obtain these things. He is Charles
N. Fowler"
Congressman Fowler Speaks.
In his characteristic style Mr.. Fow-
Ter secured the attention of his audi
ence and told them why he desired to
represent New Jersey in the upper
house of Congress, saying, in part:
Today, though the constitution pre-
scribes that tho Legislatures of the re-
spective States shall elect the members
of the United States Senate, no less than
eighteen States determine the legislative
choice by popular vote. Thirty-eight
States in all have taken steps to accom-
plish the same purpose. This is a change
from the original conception of the con-
stitution by evolution through the power
of the public will.
A recognition of popular sentiment as
to the United States Senatorship in this
State to submit his name to the people
for an expression of their opinion as to his
fitness To ignore the law is to disobey
the law. And to disobey the law Is to
defy the people who made the law, and 10
treat with utter contempt the popular
sentiment Of a State that demanded the
law, a sentiment more universal and in
sistent today than when the law was
passed, az Governor Murphy has we'll re-
marked.
TT eVau0 the demand OF the people by
interposing the constitution as David
Baird attempted to do, OIL" by setting up a
pretense of destroying party harmony. as
Senator Kean affected to do, renders both
OF these men ineligible to the choice of the
Legislature. Law makers should not be
law breakers, nor can 1t be said that the
law has not the sanctity Of the approval
of the recognized leadership since two
Republican Governors, both members of
the State Committee and one its chair
man, nave declared that a due regard for
the sentiment of the State as expressed
In law compels the submission OF their
names to n popular choice of the people.
The Kean-Baird Situation.
Since they have failed to comply with the
law of the State and nave refused 10 go
into a caucus with all the Republicans
of the State, no Republican in the State
Legislature, therefore, can be justified In
casting his vote for either Mr.. Baird or
Mr.. Kean on any ground whatever. They
are both 'insurgents''-not against a
wrong or a bad practise, but against a
law recently passed that was made to test
the opinion Of the people with regard to
the fitness of all Senatorial candidates.
Does anyone believe that either Mr..
Kean or Mr.. Baird would have evaded
the law IL he had known to a moral GER
tainty tina he would be the choice of the
people? Were tn ~ not both convinced
that rejection and not approval awaited
their appeal to the people? 1t Is perfectly
clear that their excuses are matters of
convenience and not of reason and good
faith.
Under the circumstances then, to elect