Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-20
REAL PLEDGES,
WILSON STATES
Democrats Mean Promise to
Abolish Grade Crossings.

8Sf tlSSA put III Lac m0SL Gay
of his campaign in Union county
yesterday. 1t did nothing but rafna
but the wet weather did not dampen
the enthusiasm OF the voters, who
turned out In large numbers at each
OF the eight places he spoke. The
governor made his principal speech
at Elizabeth, where he spoke of a
subject SO dear to the hearts OF the
residents of that city, the abolition
of grade crossings. He pointed to
this plank in the Democratic plat
form as one OF the most important
of the promises OF his party, and be
left no doubt az to what Is going to
happen in the next legislature If the
Democratic party is again placed in
control.
Among those who listened to the
governors speech at Elizabeth was
Congressman Fowler, one Of the
leading Republican ~progressives OF
thecounty and who for years has
fought the leadership Ut former
United States Senator lawn Kean.
The Republican platform pledges
the party to abolish ali grade cross
tngs THE expense Of the railways
said the governor. Il wonder IL the
men who drew up that platform
knew how many grade crossings
there are In the State OF New Jersey,
NIL through the extended rural dis
fricts Of this Commonwealth And
do .theyssfor one moment want, you
to believe it proposes something
fhatSmusts be done? We took 1t for
granted that the expense to the rail-
ways must be limited to what the
railways are Immediately financially
able to do. Now, 1t goes without say
ing that In communities like this OF
Eliza beth, where there lis constant
traffic moment after moment; that 1t
is Imperative in thet4interest of
human life that grade crossings
should be- abolished. / want to go
intossthis with you because 1T illus
trates what / regard az the leading
feature of the Democratic program,
that lit Is the pledge of men who In
tend to- do exactly what they say.
and Is. therefore, quite within the
limits OF Immediate consummation.
asaa Mean Business.
These are the things we want to
do, and want to do next winter. We
mean business. And whatsI want to
ask you ia. are you willing to trust
the unfinished business to a body of
men who have not even begun the
business? We have begun 1t. How
are they going to undertake to abol-
fsh all the gradezcrossings In this
state, and at once, at the expense OF
the railways7 You know they are
not; you know they cannot have In
tended to do so; you know that they
have had close alliances in the past
with the railway companies. and you
have every reason to suspect that
they made these big promises, these
important promises, with the knowl-
edge that they could not be carried
out. In the FIRST place it@would not
be fair to carry 1t out.
II do not hold any brief for the
railways, but 4 do hold 8. brief for
Justice; / do hold a brief for what IL
fair, and I want to call your atten-
ton tessthe plank that corresponds
with that In the Democratic plat
form Itsproposes to do perfectly
feasible thing, to put into the hands
Of the Public Utilities Commission
the right to abolish every railway
snrossing which it ID immediately i'm
peratyie should be- abolished for the
,'pafety OF human life. That Ia per-
fectIy feasible. that is q workable
plank, and the other Is not
The governor said that II the
people didn'tawant Democratic
legislatureA he, of course, would be
hatisfed; but he promised to make
it extremely unhappy for the mem
bers OF THAT party should they get In
control Of tina IaWmakers- but
what / want, he said, Tia results,
not entertainment The Democratic
party he continued, Sis reorgan-
lied under new leadership and the
Republican party Is not. Which do
you ~want--the old leadership or the
new, the old organization or the
newt Isn't that a elear~cut issue?
Am I stating 1t unfairly? Isn't that
the simple fact Of what you have to
determine on the 7th Of November?
You have got to determine whether
you4want to go forward or backward,
w are now ready for g. peoples
government and rant yoN To dis
tinetiys understand whataI mean by a
peoples government; by a.4speopie's
government Misunderstanding that
some gentlemen on the Republican
side q unable to comprehend.
Fl do net regard Republicanism as
these gentlemen hold it, I regard it
as stage OF intellectual develop
ment. regard Republicanism OF
their brand-that is, Of the stand
pat sbrand@as state of mind, and
a state OF mind that II is impossible
for any nation to remain In. As 7
understand the theory of the stand
pat Republican. 1t Is that he believes
that the government ought actually
to be controlled BY those gentlemen
who have The largest economy in the
community. He believes that they
ought to possess a sort OF q trustee
ship that they better than anybody
else understand the conditions Of
prosperity and that when they get
the prosperity they will be kind
enough to share 1T with us
Talks ia Maay audiences.
The governor began his trip OF
Union by speaking to about 800
workmen at GaFwuod. He 1oldstheua
Of what the Democratic party had
done for them In the last legislature
aad asked them If they we're salts
fed, and IL so 20 support the Demo
cratic candidates oavNoYeaaber &.
After luncheon, at the home ef Cons
gresham William HI futile, the
governor raotored to Westheld,
where he spoke To about Sa0spersons
ct the Casino.
From Westfeld the governor vent
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