Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-03
CONVENTION NAMES
TH0S. j. SGULLY
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ouAl0 VI HuubNA anu mp OoShN
and shall not take from the mouth
of labor the bread it has earned
I'VE denounce 'Cannonism,' that
pernicious system designed to thwart
the will of the majority Of the peo-
pies representatives, and to weaken
the popular branch of our govern
ment as a representative body. We
demand that such rules of procedure
shall be adopted as will again make
the House of Representatives re-
sponsive to the public will and not
merely the agency of the speaker
and the select coterie representing
special interests.
"We denounce the carnival Of ex-
travagance in public expenditures,
the creation of unnecessary offices
and the appointment of thousands of
useless officials of which the nation
al republican administration has
been guilty. We pledge ourselves to
| retrenchment, reform and economy
In the administration Of public af-
| fairs from top to bottom.
I'VE ~denounce the iniquity and
hypocrisy of the republican party for
their gross betrayal of the people by
breaking their promise to revise the
tariff downward, upon which prom
Use they obtained office.
I'VE condemn the Payne-Aldrich
bill because it was conceived in I'M
fairness and deceit, and has result
ed in the further fostering Of monop-
oIies, and has, together with the
awful extravaganza in public expen-
ditures. seriously increased the price
of the n-ecessaries of life and the
general cost of living.
1--WE favor A tariff sc arranged
that it will provide for the difference
in cost of labor in this country, and
abroad, but not a tariff that will af-
ford inordinate profits to anyone and
at the same time create a vast rev
enue to encourage wastefulness and
extravaganza in national expendi-
lures.
I'VE demand the passage of laws
which shall make obligatory the
duplication of election contributions
and expenditures before as we'll as
after election, and shall make null
and void the election of any man in
whose interest money has been used
corruptly.
I'VE favor a constitutional amend
ment which will ordain the election
of United States senators by the dl
rect popular vote of the people.
I'VE favor a law vesting in the
Interstate Commerce Commission
ample powers to regulate and fix the
rates charged by public utility cor.
p%orations, doing interstate business
to the end that the people may be
insured by law against extortion anc
unreasonable charges.
1--WE believe in the Constitution o.
the United States, and that the pow
ers thereby preserved to the states
! should not be usurped or encroachee
upon by Federal legislation. Ane
We believe that New Nationalism,
so-called, is but a "a sheer reaction
to tyrannical methods long ago sha
ken off by the free peoples of the
world
"We call attention to the made
quate care bestowed upon the rivers
and harbors of this district during
the last sixteen years. Of the ifteer
Atlantic seaboard states, New jersey
is twelfth in area, fifth in popula'
ton and fourth in manufactures
and In the matter of actual import
ance of waterways the Third Con
g%ressional District is the most i'm
portant in this state, and second t.
few In the entire Union. Yet We
find that the care, widening, deep.
ening and general improvement Of
our rivers and harbors have beer
only meagrely provided for. Lega
sanction has been given for an III
innate expenditure of 100000
upon Ohio river alone, yet its annua
tonnage of nine millions is onl,
about one-half the tonnage of Ar
thur Kill Can important part o.
which is in our district, and upoI
which the total government expenses
up to June, 1908, was $341, 100000
When the tremendous Importance tc
commerce of Arthur Kill, Raritar
Bay, Barnegat Bay, Raritan River
Shrewsbury River and the
other navigable waterways in
this district is considered, their neg.
lect has been nothing short Of
shameful, and shows an inertia OIL
ineficiency on the part OF our repre-.
sentative that demands that he be
replaced by a man familiar with the
subject and with the ability and en-.
ergy to secure our rights in this i'm.
portant regard. We also favor the
great movement fostered by tbs
manufacturers and merchants O.
this state for improved transporta
ton facilities by way of a ship ca,
nal from New York to Philadelphia
across the state of New Jersey, ant
We pledge the candidate of this con
v|ention to the active prosecution ant
support of the federal Legislation
necessary to make a great New Jer
sey inland waterway an assured
fact.
ITO the candidate nominated by
this convention we pledge our united
and earnest support for his election
to the end that through his assist
ance the wrongs and evils hereiI
mentioned may be remedied and the
true welfare enacted.
I'VE endorse the platform adopted
in the recent democratic state con
ve%ntion, and pledge to the nominee
of that convention, Woodrow viii
son, our every effort for his election
to the high office he Is so eminently
qualified to hll-the governorship O.
New Jersey"
Following the reading of the plat
form, Mr.. Pearse was asked to re
port on the choice of Middlesex FOL
the congressional candidate. In {
short address attacking republican
ism, he nominated Thomas j.. Soul
ley. Cheers and applause followed
ION behalf of Monmouth county, Rob
ert Thompson endorsed the candi
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