Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-22
Issues Challenge to
New Jersey Delegates
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E E+ESHT16s HONESTY. TO WHICH THE LETTER CALLS YOUR
,ors THE Of authors ssss s.s OF ,as ,se sss ssfs s. ct governor srsss len psss,, to the In .n nsas sssts at T sSs
primaries and presume to use that a 5 a basis upon which his ,. "asanss :
%me conclusion is inevitable that Wilson, if nominated, would gain the
A brief s statement at srts . Il 't the truth 9TH in ts. connection will 1t nee show
S sSss s1ms om m,slssd anen, the ~ letter ssg. really % n IS n sn0 st is Of p sspestn at tn s pnt
of d Wo9as sopnst[y s in which the setter Nv " a D eSpSeysq; TO THE
Fact TIL THAT eoyERNoR wILso Ms NAME APPEA TaMs sATFaTr
1 THIS WAS Dps ! e RI SAcT n i sP5A KEa qE 4 w hFADER
leading OPPONENTS ABsoIu7 ELY REFUSED TO PERMIT THEIR
STATES STATES 4! WH 81 pf 4nnTR op pPoS H HTs an ea1aasa It WAS S : rsHh
6ISNAE REFu aay r. zssuM ME- = 1 , 4TTTgPE T W14A HIS H PMR'
soSAI saNcrioN. HIS I NAME nfHs 70 Be PRINTEp on THE DEMO,
sTATss 9 IoTs1hy l sssynp 81 ar s. CLARE; TAsNos aTR
%@aaE5RnIs AsAgdyn son VAS ! cANppATEs MILsoM PssRH,
oePosEsrs s4 To i eNuhnHS SHw 5 re rsH4, A 3T a1z nIs SANE 70
PRn naIa1nP 4rP PSn HHH sSFh8T CHOICE OF HzRe eou s1sT BE MRFRHsA )
o mms fact t that ts Wilson's Wilson, ss Ia alone appeared re- u upon sr, tbs 0ni 1m ,s sa ~ ,n rs
novahon in New Jersey and many voters did not wish to nulify their
Despite this situation. Governor wrson received a total voe vel
THESE FIGURES ARE sign ITIcANr N 1910 Y .s@ N RE RE
MAJORITY OVER HIS orpoNENr Being = 5000 HUDSON COUNTY
S5sgnns Of T H nL aSs9os oS = SO VIII : III HIS 5SonMo ~ M I
$1,000 oSdp IN T TH Dss sFR1 n%D, OF Fr I"s VIE WIfs oSs0N PR1n h1RS' VOTE VOTE y
re- RHc HHS Elf By HIN N n 1ms 7sr oT wl + PEI THE sns supP 2 = Of T Fl
MAeH5sH n fAsssIe e ? aT2sG ToeS eTahAt WITH SOLD oaaAS,
eAMpaS s Anp oTnnn r s ea5STi MAf as cO9 nGs9 SIT go %h'2 The
PITTTu u, ToTA 15s OF $4,000 s,, yo9gs I IL THE 5s1.s ENT psmss sTATE Without y.
g asissn9 and am without a n candidate ddaa ;, voted as . against woa at vote h pon nsa
The Democratic voters of the city of Newark, the greatest in population,
social and business nfe-a city the fourteenth in population in the United tied
onesiance to the Democrats party, owing its growth. prestige and inha-
wilson delegates to the Baltimore convention by an overwhelming m a
vn. In the tn wIls ss ,S Osss, TO t the %, s' ,ss ssno so the ,ng asss1%0f them son fs aso@.
their states presidential preferential choice, the wilson New Jersey
avs BY the @1 Lesisiatqre Of isi' and soor It / o mo M n but the Governor any
ia called ldr VINE is t R%ss public CO utility ta p' commission %aa'I ia~, 70 the e"o Corrupt g' prachses
act tn tn ere smnasy thstr D ehms fr Wilson'S III rns domination ssnSTa1 os' the Wilson anM, delegates
n nssnao ln maecnF '' ~nieh is ~ chsrae ofs snse of T VI letter ae sp ~nen take taken in in
10 To any person not familiar with Affairs in New Jersey it would appear
that the Legislature had persiss tt refused prior to h advent advent of civil. WI.
ton, corrupt praotses. election reform 0 the liability of employers The
b ss prosressiS w lea leaders to be n i tf"S Set Is existence; The so,eaisd
rect primary ct Of 1870. and provided for the adoption Of the Massaohu-
For he past six years the Lesislatu U Of New Jersey h hs, , sought t to
to give ta governor sole credit for l slsiston Of this character is to &C.
AMENDED sor by n The faru uee' If tS Ses Of ia ly TO 90 a operate eq fs'a Satisfactorily tori
Ws not due so much to their lack of administrative provisions, but rather
t@ ine sS0 ~no appeared HD pse%asr to their best ste advantage friends of the interests
"HE The public utility law, for which the governor is given credit enacted
by the Les stature, Of fo l@1r wh asd e revision of dc n "a T.to OF m aRU e0 clann
which is more apoopetc in its tone than practical in its apolcadOn: The
ton eTsr ad ssnass' r eli mt to 1 the pc people Ice Of pf N%ew Jersey l@sI lies in the fact that
legislature " rs1en I provided q TO 70 the , fstent til M IN z once Of the "a Rspas;
of Of the report # the commission fails to reveal a single executive act
100000. which the state appropriates annually to its SUPPORT
would Aa never w%S have sV consented to the retention Of the old commission which
state f fTem th X es aoT oman and unfair methods M %s' IF the 81 public utility cor
porations in New Jersey.
TO THE GOVERNOR is GIVEN THE SOLE CREDIT FOR THE
EXISTENCE OF THE CORRUPT PRACTISES ACT. THE RIDICU-
LOUIS INACCURACY OF THIS ST ATEMENT is BEST EVIDENCED
Ry THE FACT THAT THE LAW IN QUESTION is UNIVERSALLY
KNOWN AS THE PRINCE CORRUPT PRACTISES ACT" SENATOR
PRINCE WAS THE REPUBLICAN LEADER IN THE SENATE IN
1911. THE HOUSE HAD PASSED A BILL WHICH MET WITH THE
APPROVAL OF NO ONE, NOT EVEN THE INFALLIBLE WILSON,
WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY SET HIS SEAL. OF APPROVAL UPON IT
AND THEN FORGOTTEN ABOUTlT. AS A RESULT, SENATOR
ACKERMAN, REPUBLICAN PRES IDENT OF THE SENATE, TO-
GETHER <VITH THE REPUBLICAN LEADER, PRINCE. AND RE
PUBLICAN SENATOR FRELINGH UYSEN, TOOK UP THE QUESTION
or LEGISLATION DEALING WITH THE SUBJECT.
With the aid of experienced counsel they drew a bill, which Senator
Prince introduced. The bill passed the Senate and Assembly and was
signed by the Governor. This is the history If the corrupt practices act
for which the Governor claims credit
The Governor, for some time after
his inauguration, refused to consider This is merely another effort II
any Legislation II thsc naractei, an delude the delegates from ohe
it "a nt until by the unuel- States who base their opinion of TIL
signed, her mocrau oh ave c in Governor solely upon the highy-co
man, and eagues lormeo Wy nv ored statements issued by the Wilson
pendent citizens n Camden n Att presx syndicate
lantc counties, where election frauds Tho covornor h. ranoa.odL. az
of unbelievable magnitude had been .1Antoa ~ omo - ~ - ~