Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-02

uDOH DDHd nut RdluhllOH.
~. We reaflirm our allegiance to
the principle that the natural re-
sources of the State should be consid-
cred as common to our whole people.
that the benefits accruing from the
proper conservation of these natural
should result from their de-
velopment under public control, and
that in pursuance of this policy our
water rights and other natural re-
sources should not be permitted to be
used, whether owned by the State or
privately, for any purpose injurious
to the public welfare, and we believe
that the wilful destruction of forest
should be prevented by
well-considered legislation.
"l3. We peldge our party TO the
continued support Of our Public
Utilities Commission, together with
an extension of it's powers of super
vision, SO that the rights of the peo-
pie of the State and of the corpora
tions affected by this particular COM
mission shall be justly and imparti-
ally guarded. And In this regard we
believe that the commission, in adj
dition to having the power to sus-
pend increased rates pending the in
vestigation of the propriety thereof,
should have. the power to grant or
withhold, its permission for the issu-
ance Of corporate securities for the
protection of @investors.
'14. We believe that any legislative
provision which has for it's purpose
the be~tterrnent' of conditions, whether
In the city or county, is particularly
praiseworthy and we record our. APP
prevail Of the parcels post service and
urge upon our representatives in
Congress and in the Senate of the
United States the d~esirability of Sc
curing as speedily as possible an ex-
tension of this form of transporta-
ton, which Is a matter Of great i'm
portance TO the residents of our
rural communities. and we favor
a constant and well regulated policy
of road building and road mainten-
ance SO that the rural counties in
this State may enjoy the benefits Of
a scientific road construction.
What Party Has Done.
"I5. In calling attention to the
work of the Democratic party dur
ing the last session in regard to those
measures OF social and Industrial
justice, including the workmen's
compensation act and the laws af-
fecting women and minors, we reit-
crate our sincere desire to enact such
legislation as will effectually pre-
vent or minimize industrial accidents
and tend to decrease those diseases
incident to particular undertakings,
an enlargement of the powers Of the
State Labor Department, an extern
sion of the workmen's compensation
and employers liability act, complete
publicity of the reports Of industrial
accidents and disease and the care
full regulation of the hours Of labor
for children.
"16. We believe in the extension Of
the powers of the department of Ia
Dor and the State Health Depart
ment, so that those parts of our
State government may be properly
maintained, believing that those de-
partments, whose supervision Is of
a purely humanitarian nature, should
be wholly separated from politics;
that when their scope is enlarged
they should be given an adequate
number of inspectors adapted to
their increased needs; that the au-
| thority to enforce any necessary
regulation pertaining to these de-
partments should be of a summary
character.
at. We also favor and indorse the
efforts which our State and It's vari-
Gus institutions are making for the
preservation of the public health and
| for the purpose of e~ffectually coping
with the problem of tuberculosis, we
believe in the establishment of a
system of expert medical inspection
of all eschool children and the es-
t~ablishment under expert supervision
of a s~anitarium for those affected
with incipient tuberculosis. To those
unfortunates who by reason of de-
fects of intellect, poverty or enforced
confinement are at the present time
wardS of the State, we favor liberal
provision, estimated under proper
authority, for their maintenance and
the bestowal upon them Of all care
possible. so that their deficiencies
may be remedied or at least
ameliorated.
For Safety on Railroads.
rs. We pledge the immediate en-
aotment of legislation not less strin-
gent than that in force in other
States, whereby, subject to the regu-
lation of the Public Utilities Commits
sion or of such other body as may be
designated for that purpose, there
shall be promptly undertaken the
elimination of every dangerous rail
road grade crossing in the State, un-
der such terms as to the distribution
of the expense of such work as may
be determined by the Legislature. We
point to the fact that the Republican
party, having control of the Legis-
lature of 1912, despite explicit pledges,
made no effort to solve this important
problem until the busy closing days
of the session, when adequate con-
sideration and debate was impossible.
The measure then proposed and
forced through by the majority was
obviously designed more for political
than for practical purposes, and was
on it's face a lame, ineffective and I'M
statesnanlike solution of a great
State problem.
"19. We favor safeguarding railway
travel. as far as possible. and there
fore pledge ourselves to the passage
of q law to accomplish the purpose
contemplated In the full, crew bill,
which for the past two sessions failed
To pass the Republican Senate.
$50. We denounee the repeated eff
forts of our opponents at the last
session Of the Legislature in endeav-