Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-03
CERAN TELLS
HOW To VOTE
Urges Support Of New Law
for Clean Government.

not won until the voters elect good
men to public offices in New Jersey,
Assembiyman Elmer II. Geran, of
Monmouth county, who introduced
the famous Geran election law In the
lower house at Trenton last winter,
made an earnest appeal to the mem
bers and friends of the Mems Club
of the First Presbyterian church, at
its first meeting of the year last
night, for good, clean government
and conscientious support Of the new
election law, wherewith will come
the downfall of Illegal voting, the
speaker declared.
Prevent Illegal Voting.
Mr. Geran's address, of fifty min
utes duration, was a resume of the
work accomplished by the new
Geran law in the primaries Of last
week, and the many things expected
of the new bill on November 4.
Special stress was laid on the Mon
mouth county orator on the discIo-
sure of alleged fraudulent voting In
Essex county last year. brought to
light two weeks ago by the return of
1900 sample primary ballots, sent
to men who had registered personal
ly and gave vacant lots or burial
grounds as their addresses. The as
semblyman stated the new statute
will prevent such occurrences.
He is very anxious over the out
come Of the Democratic state conven-
ton In Trenton today, he declared,
and believes this feature of the law
is one of the best embodied in 1t.
What excuse can a senator, assem-
blyman, OF governor give to his con-
stitutents for for not carrying out
the platform which he, himself, was
consulted in it's making is the ques-
ton, Mr.. Geran says, which will be
~propounded by all the voters in this
state next winter If the party sue
cessful on November 7 does not
carry out the platform adopted this
afternoon at Trenton.
Beginning with the chapter rela-
tive to election officers, which Is the
first In the new law, MIR. Geran gave
a clear and highly interesting expla-
nation of how each part and parcel
of the bill had originated, and It's ex-
pected effect upon the voters at
large OF election day. He referred
to the interest and organized criti-
|cism, as he termed 1t, to this new
bill of reform and why the machines
of both important political parties
are doing their utmost to stamp out
this wave of reform by ~ridiculing the
new election bill and bending all eff
fort to defeat its sponsor for reelec-
ton In Monmouth county.
Says Bill Not Complicated.
Mr.. Geran says the bill Is not com
nIfaa41I R0- zkI<r nA,411 4-os-Ita~
Massachusetts, New York, Wiscon-
sin, Oregon, etc, have tried it's pro-
visions for many years and never
met with noticeable difficulty. De-
spite the belief in both parties at the
legislature last winter, that a new
election law was an immediate need,
both machines worked with a vim
against several passages in the sta
tute and prayed fir the retention of
the old party ballot and the west
pocket" vote. But the blanket ball
lot was adopted and will do mere
the speaker declared. for the clean
ing OF politics thar any other section
of the much discussed measure.
Speaking of the objections offered
to the bill because of the new t1nan-
cial requirements and the increase
in the cost of elections, Mr.. Geran
declared he is glad to know that
money is the cost of good govern
ment. Why, he stated, in previous
elections the money was expended
and not a soul knew where 1t went
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