Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-11
CITY HOME RULE
IS FIELDER IDEA



science. They select mayors as a
corporation would select president.
They study It as we do medicine and
law.
1.-THE things the cities OF New jersey
need more than anything else is q
freedom OF operation from Trenton
and a right to govern themselves
They ought to be given an elestic
charter. The governing body should
be made answerable to the cities
themselves. A Cape May representa-
tive should not be required to vote
on what the salary of g. prison keeper
in Newark should be. It should be
regulated In the city of Newark.
zone reason why commission gov.
eminent Is SO popular Is because II
gives cities broader powers and broad
err rights and because smaller bodies
of men are responsible, instead OF sew
eral departments that can shift the
responsibility from one shoulder TO an
other. l wouldn't be surprised to see
the next Legislature pass some man.
date to give these cities the things fol-
which they have been clamoring.
"There is another thing in which
they are interested, the workings OF
our State institutions. The State
must take care of its criminal and
defective classes. As the State grows
SO does the number of its wards
grow. OF course, the cause of crime
etc. should be removed. But CIVIL
cation has not advanced far enough
to do that. But we can adopt pre-
ventive means.
"You can't cure a criminal by lock-
ing him up. You've got to give hin
work. and we are trying to do thai
in this State--to educate these prison
ers. / have strong hopes that ths
Legislature this year will give us op'
portunity to do something along thest
lines of advanced legislation. II
| have anything to say about IL tn'
Legislature will do 1t.
Prison Labor Contracts.
1--WE are trying to get away from
the prison labor contracts just ri
| soon as the Legislature can give III
| the money to take them away from
this form OF work. Two contracts
expire in January. The prison board
has recommended to Acting Governol
| Taylor to renew these contracts fol
six months I am going to advise
Mr.. TAYLOR to do this. At the end o.
| that time I am sure the Legislature
will make 1t possible for us to enc
those contracts for prison labor.
"One of the fine things about thes
mems clubs is that there are takini
a more vital interest than, 1 believe
was their original purpose. When w
get these clubs working for civic inn
provement the desired result Qln b
reached so much sooner" Mr.. Fielde
sat down amid applause which laste'
several minutes.
Mrs. BoisseNain was next intro
duced. She congratulated the peopl
of New Jersey in having elected MI
| Fielder as Governor. She then wen
on to say:
There are about 100000 womel
who want suffrage. We want to vot
for two reasons, the first being: i
| introduce the woman's point of viey
in the government and to play a par
| in the government OF the country
second. to safeguard the interests O
women.
Governor Fielder spoke. thought
on the mans point Of view, the indus
tries of the State, etc. Now, tn
woman's point OF view is the human
point of view--the creation OF life an
the preservation of life, IT is tina
mother point Of view that we insie
upon having Incorporated into tn
governmental activity OF today
THE beginning Of our government