New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-11
STOKES HITS At BRYAN
IN BIG JERSEY RALLY
Promises, if Elected, to Perform
Duties in Person and
Not by Proxy.
PARTY IS BORN AGAIN
No Discredit to Say G. o. P. Has
Had a Rebirth, He Says in
Appeal to Young Men
at Newark.

Il stand for construction. not destruc-
ton; for progress, not revolution, and for
achievement. not mere agitation" With
these words Ex-Governor E. c. Stokes. the
Republican candidate for Governor,
opened his campaign in Newark last night
before an enthusiastic audience of more
than two thousand While Mr.. Stokes
was In the middle OF his speech a portly
German in the audience demanded to
know why he had signed the Bishops bill
and thus deprived hundreds OF citizens
OF the state OF living"
Siencing the cries OF Put him out"
which followed. Mr.. Stokes said he signed
the Bishops bill because IT came TO him
from the representatives of the people in
the Legislature, and furthermore because
it contained a provision for wiplng out
back rooms.
I'D rather sign a bill like that than be
Governor of New Jersey" Mr.. Stokes
said. land / would not think I was inter
ferlng with the legitimate business Of the
state.
Cries OF Put him OUT" were again
started, and the portly German appealed
to Mr.. Stokes with:
you won't let them put mo out, Gov
ernor?"
NO. indeed" said Mr.. Stokes. You
come right up here on the platform with
me" And he did.
Mr. Stokes raped President Wilson and
Secretary Bryan when he facetiously
promised II elected TO perform the duties
OF Governor in person and not by proxy
and not spend the peoples time cam
paigning for another Office.
Neither will | go on the Chautauqua
circuit to earn enough money 10 support
my family" he added.
Mr.. Stokes declared that the people
want things done. Il am going to try
TO bring the state into closer touch with
the people," he said. Il am going TO ad-
minister in a non-partisan way. II Is
what we do for other people that counts,
not what we do for ourselves"
Speaking OF corporations, Mr.. Stokes
said he believed that they should be regu-
lated by laws in the common interest OF
all. About 9S per cent OF our people are
honest" he said. and It is about time
that We legIslated for them and not for
the per cent that are dishonest.
In an appeal to the young men TO make
their influence felt in the campaign, he
said
The hour for party reJuyena;ion is at
hand. II is the dawn OF a new day. II
is no discredit 10 It's glorious past 10 say
that the party has had a rebrth. II has
been torn and rent by bitterness and dis
sessions. and those who formerly fought
for its principles fell upon each other In
internal strife until the timid and doubt
ing shook their heads and said the old
party had seen IT'S last victory but what
they thought were the throes Of disrup-
ton were merely the pains Of labor that
were to bring forth a new and better.
Last fan was not final disaster. II was
only the Bull Run but on November 1
next, will come the Gettysburg.
III the Democratic tariff bill brings US
a new prosperity. with higher wages and
lower prices, We shall all rejoice. We
hope It will. because IL It brings pros
perity it will bring prosperity TO Repub-
licans as well as Democrats. but II II
brings disaster and cheap times and cheap
wages and turns men out Of employment
and creates armies OF unemployed like
those Of Coxey's I'm the Democratic days
OF % the American voter Will take care
OF the issue. The danger IS that the ex-
pertinent will be costly and the lesson
dearly learned"
Ex-senator John y. Prince also spoke,
and Arthur Leach presided.