The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-10-14
VIVIAN N. LEWIS
OPENS CAMP AICN
Plain Discussion Of State Is
sues Before Great Ho-
bOken Audience,
Advances No Theories Of Gov
eminent Administration.

NV AsSPuOAACdh SIdlC CdIuDdlSu OUGu-
ed Saturday night in Hoboken, Vivian
NJ. Lewis, the party candidate, being
welcomed in the largest hall in that
city by an enthusiastic audience which
thronged the auditorium and left hun
dreds unable to gain admittance. Mr..
Lewis spoke plainly Of state issues,
discussing his subject from the stand.
point of one having had long expert
ence and not as a theorist with a de-
sire to secure Office for experimental
purposes. Mr.. Lewis said:
A custom delightfully."- simple in its work.
inss prevailed during the regime Of the
Carlovingian kings. One of the attributes
OF klngiy estate Of that period was that
the King should have long hair to differ
entiate MIN from the commoner clay, And
SO when a certain king displeased the
powers around the throne they cut OF his
mar, and, like Samson Of old, he was
shorn Of his power
We Of New Jersey have progressed be-
yond that period, and a mere symbol of
authority. power or activity Is meaning-
less to US unless behind that symbol ID
something that appeals to our sense Of
reason and our sense Of right.
Proud Of HE state.
1t is most wholesome and inspiring to
consider that the state in which we live
has attained high rank In the national
family. because 1t has been reared upon
. foundation of which the cornerstone Il
the spirit Of law and order, good sense.
decency and progress. The foundation IL
still strong, and the cornerstone Is still
In its place. and we may therefore look
confidently to the future. One great COM
mon purpose actuates the vast majority
OF our people. They are exercising their
energies in q diversity Of pursuits, but to
the end that they may better their con-
dition and the condition of the commune
ties In which they live. and as an instru-
ment to aid them in attaining their de-
sires they have established In this state a
government to which they render a cheer
full obedience. but which they desire shall
be abreast of the times and shall be cor
rectly administered. And so at certain
intervals these freemen pause in their in
dividual pursuits for the purpose of con-
sidering If the machinery Of their govern
ment Is up to date and working in sat
isfactory manner-f the mechanism Is
kept as clean as it should be and If those
In charge are possessed of sufficient skill
to handle it.
l have sometimes heard the state al
luded to as a great corporation-the peo-
pies corporation-and the state election
WI HAOA oS q AACCtAi6 VI lHc 6lOChAOlucTS
of this important corporation for the pur-
pose OF electing officers and board OF
directors. like the idea myself, and 1t
suggests an orderly and profitable method
of procedure in this campaign. Those in
whose hands you placed the management
of the affairs Of your corporation at the
last election should account to you for
their acts and suggest such ideas as ex-
perience may have taught them will be Of
advantage for the future
Fifteen years ago, after a lengthy trial
of the party of our opponents as the ad-
ministrators Of your affairs, you awoke
to the fact that its leaders had betrayed
your confidence. Open and notorious cor
ruption existed, extravaganza in every de-
partment. depleted treasury and laws
obnoxious to the public morality had been
passed.
You stern1y rebuked your unfaithful
servants. drove them from public office
and selected the Republican party prin-
ciples for your guidance and the members
OF that party for your officials. and for
the whole period Of the last fifteen years
you have heard accounts of our steward
ship and said, "Well done. thou good and
faithful servant" And rightly so, for I'M
der the splendid Republican administra
ton of Governors Griggs, Voorhees,. MUIR
ply, Stokes and Fort. with the lawmak-
ing power in the hands of the Republican
lob LSIdIOIcS, NEW JcIScy has e4pdHuoQ anu
thriven. Remember that today New Jer-
sey, while the fourth smallest state in
area. is exceeded in density Of population
by but two states Of the Union-Rhode
Island and Massachusetts-and 1t Is in.
creasing at a rate greatly exceeding those
two states. Industries have grown at
remarkable rate since the advent of the
Republican party to power in New Jer-
sey. Since 1880 the capital invested In
manufactures has increased FROM In ap.
proximate figures. 900 to $3.50. 900 900.
The amount OF wages paid has increased
from $4,000. 900 to $162,OOOOOO. The number
of wage earners employed increased from
175.0Oo to 100000. The value Of manufac-
tured goods has grown from about $3.50,
100000 to over $1,0O 100000.
Corporation Laws.
do not, of course claim that the Re-
publican party is responsible for this
growth, but 1t Is a fair statement to make
that wise Republican government and
sound Republican laws have afforded am.
pie opportunity to labor and capital and
Jersey genius to accomplish these Won
derful results. That modern engine OF
business, the corporation, has had its
share in New Jerseys progress. l know
and you know that there has been criti.
cism Of our corporation laws from time
to time. Some of It has been ignorant
and demagogical. There may be and prob
ably are particulars in which they should
be amended or added to, but the best
proof of their general efficiency is the fact
that every state which has had occasion
to revise It's corporation laws has selected
the New Jersey laws as a basis for its
revision While affording reasonable ia.
ciIities for proper corporate opportunity
our corporation laws have been the source
of immense revenue to the state. enabling
the tremendous activities of the state te
be carried on without expense to the PEG.
pie and large sums to be distributed
among the municipalities, relieving then
to that extent of their local and educa.
tional tax burdens. I think it would BIZ
wise, however, and for the public interest,"
that a careful inquiry be made by some
competent authority as to the objects anc
purposes of any corporation desiring tx
be chartered In our state before the issu
ance Of the certificate
The state under Republican rule ha.
modernized its penal institutions, estab
Nshed reformatories and Is endeavorinf
to reform those who have drifted into EVIL
ways instead Of merely furnishing them
The unfortunate dependents have hat
more thorough provision made for them
new institutions have been provided and
old ones made to conform to the ideas OF
today.
The public schools Of the state have 70