Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-06

smoked out. Those gentlemen have a
support the candidacy of James
Smith.
Pay Too Small.
you know, very much to our dis
credit, that we pay members of As
sembly in New Jersey only $500 a year.
No man, for $500 a year, without some
independent means, can afford to repre-
sent you, and to pay them but $500 a
year Is to put them under direct temp
tation. / do not mean the temptation
to accept money, but a temptation to be
acquiescent on the side where business
interests are involved. Now, some
members of u Legislatures are en-
ployees of large business concerns.
Those business concerns put the screws
on those men whenever there is any
danger of any pending legislation be-
ing against their interests.
"They do 1t to these men, for example,
and say: Why don't you see that our
direct interest is in the present sched-
ules of the tariff? DOM you gee that
1t Is imperative that we have the right
man to represent us in the United
States Senate to see that that tariff Is
not too freely tempered with? Dc you
expect us to retain you In our service
or to pay you the same salary IL you
act contrary to our interests as If you
act in accordance with our interests
Il am not hazarding a guess. 1 am
speaking whereof ] know, n l tell
that ] nave very high admiration
for the splendid fidelity and %independ-
ence of some of these men upon whom
this pressure has been brought to bear.
They will not submit to it. You must
see to it that they are requited for their
fidelity to you.
ct Is easy to pick these men out. 1t
is easy to find out the men who In re-
cent years have grown reckless. There
has been too little concealment for
their health. These things are common
talk. It is common talk in South Jer-
sey that Mr.. Smith can have as many
Republican votes as he needs to elect
him Senator. I don't believe it. I
don't believe that the Republican mem
bers of the Senate and Assembly would
so disgrace themselves and their party
as to enter into a contract of that
kind. But the point that 1 call your
attention to is that some leaders do
believe 1t. Some leaders do believe that
they can deliver the votes to Smith.
The Reverse of the Medal.
"Now, gentlemen. what is the other
side of the picture? Mere negation
don't count for anything in accomplish
ment. You defeat as many special
interests as you please, they always
have their representatives; you cannot
the end of the waiting list. You
can induce, possibly, conceivably, [
tried it but did not succeed, you might
induce James Smith, 1r, to retire, but
if Mr.. Smith did retire somebody else
would take his place. The interests are
of a retiring nature, n they have
a great many ~presentable persons
whom they could put forward, and If
you looked them over hastily you would
not recognize them. For my part. I
would rather have somebody that /
knew as their representative than
somebody that I did not know and who
had not disclosed himself, because 1t
is very hard in some parts Of this Com
monwealth to pick conspicuous GENTLE
who are not in some way connect
ed with the special interests.
Some of them are capital men. but
of them have the fatal PROPOSES
sion, so far as the public interests are
men who cannot think in
terms OF the peoples interest, becaus
they do not know what those terms
mean. They believe that he destinies
of America are tied up with the pros
perity of their particular business
Mr.. MARITIME has the great good for
tune to represent. at this critical juno
ture in the affairs of New Jersey, a
great popular cause. He represents an
opportunity for the people of New Jer-
sey to say whether they believe in the
popular choice of United States Sena-
or do not believe in 1t.
II have tOard a great many hope
for compounds God defend La against