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home rule and a constructive and pro-
gressive ad ministration. In addition
to these, I might mention his definite
platform for the development of New
Jersey resources-agriculture, industry,
sea coast. ship canal, potable waters
aud waterways, and the adjustment
of the deadly grade crossings"
DR.. Carter then went into a discus
sion of state and national issues which
fully outlined the party platform in the
state campaign and the important tar
id history of Republicanism in the ma
tion as we'll as the recent Democratic
tariff bill and Its effect upon New Jer-
sey and the country at large. He then
continued:
ut is measures, not men for which
we plead, though were men 10 be put
in the foreground, the man for whom |
stand would of necessity be full high
advanced. High IS any Democrat may
think his candidate, [ can set mine far
higher by reason of his experience and
ability in statesmanship and executive
power. It lie not theory but practice
we need, in these trying times, not
mere theoretic learning that may be
gained from books or even from careful
reasoning, but it is the definite, practi-
cal ex perience that has been gained in
legislative halls and in the executive
chair that we need for such a time as
this. 1t is for this reason that l can
urge the candidacy of Edward @. Stokes
upon you. Trained In craftsmanship,
schooled in executive ability, in the
very places wherein you have placed
him In this great state before, seasoned
by all of these years of service, who
better can be relied npon to carry the
state forward unto its still higher des-
tiny and success? Put In Fielder, the
man who is representing the Demo-
cratic party In this contest, and with
out a word of reflection on the man, you
will be putting in a Democratic meas
ure and a Democratic principle that
will re-enact the awful scenes of 1913 to
1917, when Coxey's army of the unem-
ployed went up and down throughout
The land, when factories were closed
aud railroads filed their sidings with
unused and empty cars. Fielder is of
necessity committed to Democratic
principles, to all of their free trade pol
icies hal have brought such ruin upon
the nation in times gone by. Stokes is
committed to the Republican principle
of protection, with all of the added
principles that the party has pledged
itself to throughout its history. No
matter what Colby aud the Progressive
party may say, 1t is nevertheless true
that the Republican party of New Jer-
sey has always been the party of con-
struclive progress since j. was given
q eff HE state IN 1870. Boz not be-
led astray by the s%hibboIeth Of this So
called third party. Division has never
accomplished anything IN the past, and
it never can in the future. AS Cover
norSiokes has aptly said, quoting Abra-
ham Lincoln, THE logic of separation
naturally destroys ITSELF If there Is
n separation, then why not another,
aud another, and so on. Already we
are finding divisions within the third
party that divided itself from the old
Republican hosts. Already we hear OF
wars and rumors Of wars within their
so-called~ peaceful precincts. The third
party Is a party of iconoclasm. 1t can
never win, itself, and selfishly, bitterly
and vindictively seems to be determined
that it's elder brother, the Republican
party, from which 1t divided itself,
shall not win. Stokes, with a wisdom
clearer, more logical and more Chris
tan than that Of this ~iconoclastic mi
nority, decided that II reforms were
necessary, as they always are, in the
progress of years, they could be better
effected from within the party than
without. And he himself, recognizing
that the Republican party in its inner
spirit has always been progressive and
constructive, decided to remain within
and put farther forward the progressive
policies for which the party has always
stood.
"What is the history Of those years?
Take merely some of the more recent,
that will be better remembered by all.
The Republican party has given you
here in New Jersey civil service, direct
primaries, choice of United States Sem
ators by popular vote, increased rail-
road taxation, public utility commits
sion, corrupt practises act, employers
liability act, and the act forthe proven
ton of watered stock. all initiated and
put upon the statute books by the Re-
publican party of this state.