Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-06

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method of selecting grand and petit
jurors. The impression conveyed and
intended to be conveyed by these
ante-election promises was that can
didates for the Senate and General
Assembly would. If elected, enact
some law which would effectually
prevent any Official from exercising
his own choice in the selection OF
jurors from a small body of men,
and which would provide for drawing
them by lot from the, whole county,
and I feel that the adjournment of
the Legislature without enacting
some legislation in line with party
promises was breach of faith. The
time has passed when platform
pledges can be made for effect only
and with no intention of keeping
them. Since the adjournment of your
regular session you have had ample
opportunity to ascertain the senti-
ment of the people of your respective
counties. and you should now be
prepared to act on your informa-
ton and knowledge of their desires
without finding 1t necessary to refer
any bill to them for their ratifica-
ton or disapproval, and l most earn
estly ask you to settle this matter
definitely and finally
People Deeply Interested.
.,rha ,,,,.,rassf.,a neorle IF our
80 das,nI,, tntarsstsd in a con-
1910, Witch viii nrovide the onnor-
tnnlty for discussion and considera-
49, % s,,goasted altero tions in and
ss,.ia - - constit,,+ion Th,s
ras.s.t.,'tic,s ,,,as adontad IN 1s4a and
tba changes IN social economic and
,,ol,tioal 7conditione wrought in sew
~, vaars ,oust no met bv changes
+, o,,r orgonie law what sltera lions
aro vice and what unwise can be
,,ronerl,, determined in aNconvention
ttsa,,at sanarsI discussion ana from
,,,ti.t +he ideos nd aryrn,ents of the
daiaaa+as con ba dissen,,nat ted nv the
nross ~ the neonle tins providing
p,,r oittzans onn,nlete infornat ion on
s,,n4aots % snob vital interest TO
49, Tbe hone and exnectation of
al foir-roinded nersons is that a
,aaaIIv oonstitnted forum for such
siso,,ssio,, shal1 he nrovided and that
th ,s0 r uS,r of The SUBDIVISIONS
~ our 'State who shall sit in this
hodx, shan he chosen with reference
~ .ha ,,ur,bers whom tbev shall rep
,sseot Al onnortnnitv is present to
von r. rise hove sectional feeling and
70 act as sincere and patriotic men,
a,,dod solely hy desire to serve the
5est interests ~ the state as
whole
.The government of our counties by
,or,a ho.rds ~ fraebolders is archaic.
Through MANY members. RESPONSE
bil,tv is divided and can be shifted
froy, ono gro,,n to another until the
average citizen grows weary in at
taroot7ng ~ locate the blame for
county -,isgovarnment Hasty or
noise,,ided legislation. designed to per-
NIT the adontion of the small board
soysrr,,oant bas resulted in defective
iar,s ond the axnressed desire of sew
aro1 counties 70 Govern themselves by
. sroa1 hoard has been defeated and
tho,, oef.i.s orc laft In an unsettled
sand,tior Tbis subiect directly
= fsa,ts ,,,,,u thousands ~. mr. citizens
- 90 nd sbo,,1d no remedied
'"Nro,, T evnress NV belief that there
10 ~ roooesitv for a nrolonsed ses-
s5on Tha matters IN which have
,,afarrad have baan widely discussed
81 q g entirely nossihle to nromptlv
Lee tba ,vbiio desire into leeis-
lat,,ra acts"
U1ha,, cnaal,ar TavIor called the
,,s,,.o 20 ordar cIerk phi1lins read
co,,arro,,s nrocla poation bv
,,,t,io,, tha snooial session was called.
Assarot1ynap Moore Of Mercer
aalsinr 70 a question of nersonal
. sp renudiated story which
M anneared in the philadelphia
18th American saving he had
..eannaan On tbe question of iurv re-
form, and had changed from his Re-
,,,hI,oap attitude To favoring the
conformation of the present system.
ngr Moore declared the article i'm
,,,,e,,ad tbe Integrity Of himself and
sorna If his Democratic friends.
ToIloa,,rg this statement Governor
r,aldar,s message to the Legislature
-,,as raad The feature of this epistle
was that the Governor stood firmly
for constitutional convention elect
ad on a basis of population in opposi-
zion to the stand taken by President
wilson on his recent trip to this State.
In snite of its conference action the