Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-11

| happy to report for my colleagues
| that we have done what we INTENDED
to do. / ran say, without a boast
that the Democratic party OF New
Jersey has made good. 1t is solit
satisfaction Il stand with both fee
! on the facts. No n can deny tbs
| Democratic party has not done whai
ii promised. We are now before
you. asking FOR an opportun
ity to continue.
~ have no donbt there are nlan5
| gentlemen, like myself, whons en-
tering the political feld for the first
| time. found their actions hampered
by Unseen forces and the voting o.
| rheIr colleagues, who advocates
| they were not expected &c
favor. The Legislature of New der.
| sew. before last yea was managed
| by no one knew whom. l would q
great deal rather have the legisla-
ture going around under the hat OF
one / know, rather than under the
hat of one l do not know.
The Legislatures Compared.
sNow the difference between the
legislature of last winter and those
Of proceeding years was, that the
| former could and did act as they SO
willed, while the legislatures un-
der the administrations OF years
gone by were held In the grasp
OF one debating individual. You
have been told that the leg
islature of New Jersey last
winter was whipped into line by my
self. Do / look like a very danger
GUS person? Do | look as II
would harm any one? No, the leg
islature at the last session had been
set free from the usual, domineering
influences, and If | ever saw a re-
neved body of men it was the legls-
lature last year.
Having acted during the legis-
Ia~ture's sessions Is we thought
grown up men should act, we pro-
ceeded to pass measures f~ortifying
ourselves In defense of our promises
during the last campaign.
The Geran Law.
ssrhe election law has been pre-
sented to you for approval; a law
of that nature cannot be forced up
on you. Freedom was never hand
ed out to any one. 1t comes from
the soul. Tho-aesan law will be of
n avail il you do not. as u voter,
cast your ballot in favor OF the con-
tfnuation OF the politics expressed
in this measure. During the past
decades o always voted q Demo-
crat or a Republican, as the case
may be, bat it neve occurred TO
you to elect q representative OF
yourselves. The GeTan act giFes
you this privilege.
Another reason for the passage
OF this act WAS the Illegal registra-
ton and voting praetised In many
sections Of the state. Have you ever
heard of the good cid days In
Camden county, where Republican
headquarters was called before the
returns were completed and Inform
ed how many voters were needed
to carry the election? They some-
times held back the Camden county
vote until the remainder Of the state
heard from, so the election
would be a surety. There IRE req
sons to believe there are men In Els
county who know something
about this style OF voting, also.
Sixteen Thousand sample primary
ballots were returned In that coun-
ty this September, owing to the In
ability of the post office to deliver
same. 1t means there were that
hS.sxAksi
FOR WHICH no corresponding persons
could be found.
Urges Clean Elections.
1T shows You what can be done
election day without an election
Of this kind. Thts GeTsn bill
to safeguard the people OF New
Jersey, who go to the polls and cast
their ballot OF their own knowledge
and belief, and requires that all vot-
.rs shall be of flesh and blood, and
be seen with the naked eye.
That was our first means of deter
mining the legislature was to be a
free legislature, and to this coed
wos NO added the Corrupt Practice
Act.
He paid for something he did
MT get Is the moral of this law.
1t safeguards elections from money
evils as much as any law can. Then,
IL q candidate manages to get In Of
fee by a violation OF this law, he
can be removed. It's perfectly hui
act-the Corrupt Practice Act. !"
Hits Public Service.
Then there was another and
more important ean of establish
ing our position. You know there
were reasons to believe the State OIL
New Jersey was governed fer many
years by the Public Service Corpora
tion. We proceeded to enact laws
giving the state the control Of tbs
corporation. / know all sorts of in.
faenees we're brought to bear by thu
Public Service to defeat the Public
Utilities Act. ghts law has been de,
clared an injustice. / do not wani
anybody to suppose that I or my col
leagues passed laws that are an in,
Justice to any corporation or individ
ual- / am as confident as any ens
can be that there Will be no one
more satisfied and pleased with ths
Public Utilities bill than the officer.
of the Public Service ten years from
now.
1.-The trolley car can make or TN
make a community. a railroad car
make or unmake a city. There bavl
been light and power companies ii
this state INDUCING in these tactics
EDo you know the power and ligh
companies car enact laws dealing
death blow to your business b.
showing preference to year conapeti
ter? The Public Utilities Act wii
net tolerate such actions. The aa,
| moved in my new hoha@nsw Il
nleat Princeton, the electric High
Iconpany came and took out TN
meter. / was told / would have =
! ses dasv4a To fha rr~su4nauvs4 nffina an