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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02
Says Some People Won't Move
Unless There Is an Earthquake

You have got to kindle fire in
them. There was time when only
two things would move them, that
was fire and fodder Fire underneath
them. Fodder has gone out of
fashion. These are the things that
are being done in Trenton. Men are
being lined up and their own private
convictions Joined to the convictions
of the others And this is all done
by suggestion and they will not be
moved unless there Is an earthquake
and there is going TO be an earth
quake unless something happens to
settle the earth before that am not
speaking in jest, l am speaking in
earnest. The people of this country
and of this State are going to have
what they ought to have by one pro-
cess or another. l pray that it
might not be wrong process.
II have the greatest confidence in
the self control, the public spirit, the
legal conscience of the people of
America. And I do not myself be-
lieve that dangerous things will hap
pen. But warn these gem
tlemen not to wait too long
to show the people of this
country. that justice cannot be got
by the ordinary processes of the law.
/ warn them to stand out of the SOW
ereigns way 1 have Travelled from
one end of this country to the other.
ladies and gentlemen / looked into
the faces of many audiences. never
have seen any symptom that men
were going to kick over the traces of
the laws that they have made, but I
have seen great majesty seated
upon their countenance and infinite
patience.
"They are sitting now, and this is
the test, this is the trial, this is the
ultimate seat of judgment, and If
these men will not serve them they
will be swept like the chaff before
the wind, and other men, more hon
est, more active, more wholesome,
with the freshness of a new age upon
Them. with eyes that see the country
as 1t is, men who are cool and
thoughtful and determined, shall go
to the front and lead them to the day
of victory. Then America will be
crowned with new wreath Of self
revelation and of self-discovery and
these creatures will have disappeared
like the dust in the wheels of the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02
DEMANDS PROTECTION TO
NAME GIRLS MURDERER

NEW YORK, May Richard F.
Dunbar, serving a term on Black
wells Island for grand larceny, who
confessed recently to the police, they
reported, that he was an accessory
in the murder Of Matte Hackett,
near Readville. Me-, in 1905, refused
to give the name of her slayer to-
day. =
Dunbar is said to have declared he
wouldn't reveal the stranger of the
girl unless he was guaranteed PRO
lection" One alleged clue furnished
by the prisoner is said to lead to
Manhattan. A police official said
there may be an arrest in week.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02
NeWdrkerS Hear Wilson
ExhOrt for Jury Change

they repealed the law the very next
year. So surely appointments by the
joint meeting of the Legislature have
not resulted in impartial appoint
ments.
eThen some of US say: Let the
governor appoint. because, we say,
the governor is a man Of such high
character and high dignity that he
will exercise his power wisely. Others
of us say: Let the judiciary select
them. because we know that our Ju-
dietary can be depended upon And
so we have this problem for soln-
ton. which we hope. however. before
the middle of the month to reconcile,
and to bring forth some measure OF
relief, by law that will give us I'M
partial grand and petit juries.'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02
"a Have Exercised a Great Deal
of SeIf-DeniaI About Jersey"

II have exercised great deal of
self-denial about New Jersey. When
l had to make up my mind where I
was going to spend next summer,
after I got back from the Panama
Canal, my great temptation was to
come back and pitch my tent near
where used to pitch it on the shore.
and I was withheld by this considera-
ton: There is going to be con-
test for the Governorship of this State
for the nomination for the Cover
norship next summer and [ did not
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02
Certain Things We Want to
See Done and Administered"

Il want everybody to realize that l
was not taken in by the results of
the last national election. The coun-
try did not go Democratic because it
couldn't tell which kind of Republican
to go. The only united helpful in.
strument by which it could accom-
plish its purposes was the Democratic
party and what 1t did was to say
this: There are certain things that
we want to see done. not certain per-
sons whom we want to see elevated;
there are certain things we want to
see administered. This great United
States can no longer be controlled by
special interests. Now, We are going
to try the Democratic party as our
instrument to discover these things.
If the try is not successful we will
never make it again. We want an
instrument in our hands by which
we can be masters of our own af-
fairs. 1t looks likely that this is a
suitable and representative instru-
ment. therefore we will try it. Not
adopt it, try it. You know what hap
pened to the Democratic party of this
State; it got so confident of power
about sixteen years ago, or rather
about twenty years ago, it supposed
the people of New Jersey had gone
asleep and We're entrusting- it with
their fortunes and were asking no
questions. Therefore that power was
grossly abused and the people turned
away from that party for twenty
years because it had betrayed these
trusts and then it came back in 1910.
To us this was a regeneration, a re-
newed party and the first question
that came I'D was whether the old
gang ran it or not. I won't go into
the history of the two years during
the fight with the old gang Never
theless the old gang did not run it
and they. kept under cover even in
the lobby at Trenton, knowing that
there We're fingers that pointed to
their past history. These kind of peo-
pie don't like the open. They trem-
bled in the spotlight and then I was
told that just as soon as I went to
Washington the old gang would come
back. but | didn't believe it until I
saw it. Once more that bulky form
of gentleman who used to person.
ally lead the Legislature of New Jer-
sey into disgrace reappeared upon
the very floor of the Legislature and
again it was that his intrigues were
successful in blocking the things he
did not wish done. Am 1 mistaken,
have not you heard it, that the same
old gang that had for two years been
scotched had not been killed? that
great sneaking, whispering system
that established itself in Trenton.
And why has it established itself?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02

want anybody to suppose that l was
coming back to try to boss the job.
II have no candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for the governor
ship of this State, but 1 am opposed
to whoever is desired for Governor by
some gentlemen whom l shall have
THE pleasure of naming tonight. 1 do
not want to see any more Governors
of New Jersey privately owned; I
do not want to see any Governors Of
New Jersey privately manipulated by
hands that were not discovered to
the people themselves.
IT am going to New Hampshire
next summer New Hampshire is in
telegraphic communication with New
Jersey and anybody who wants to
know what I think can find it out by
asking the question. But am going
just as far away from New Jersey
as it is convenient to go. so that no
body may think | have come here as
If to nominate choice for a people
that I have labored for as I have
never labored for anything else, to
tell them to make their own choice.
That was the whole object of the
electoral reform which we have
worked so hard for, thank God. 50
successful. while l was Governor of
New Jersey, to state to them to make
their own selection, not personally
conducted, not suggested by people
to undertake to make the government
of the State their own private bust
ness, but to exercise in the open un-
der scrutiny all the names that are
to be considered in so great a connec-
ton. want to say few words about
the Democratic party.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02
Mr.. Hood Introduces
AssembIyman Matthews

Mr.. Hood introduced Assemblyman
John A. Matthews, of Essex, as the
"one assemblyman from Essex that
believes in true jury reform Mr..
Matthews said he was one of the
thirty-seven members of the Legls-
lature who, in conference with Gov
ernor Wilson, voted for jury COM
mission, while fourteen others op-
posed it.
"These fourteen men," he said,
'aided by a powerful lobby of invisi-
BILE government from this county.
were behind the opposition, which re-
suited in deadlocking the situation.
The opposition to jury reform comes
from that crowd that has run the
government of New Jersey for years.
He had not finished speaking when
there was a rustic at the back of the
stage and the President, accompanied
by his secretary, Joseph P. Tumulty,
and a corps of secret service men and
newspaper correspondents, pushed
through the crowd. The President
stepped forward. and greeted the au-
dience with a smile and wave of his
hand.
The crowd vigorously applauded
and everyone stood up. Mr.. Matthews
finished up his speech with an APP
peal to labor, and Mr.. Hood intro
duced President Wilson.
President Wilson's entire speech
was as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and fellow citizens:
1t is with very deep and genuine
pleasure that 1 find myself in Jersey
again. (Another voice; "And you're
welcome, President.0 I know it, "a
voice: "And we need you.o l know
Of no greater satisfaction than speak
ing for the people of this great State,
for 1 have not come to speak to you.
1 know what you believe in. know
what you want; I have come to
speak for you and tell these men
with whom we are dealing what 1t
Is their business to do, "a voice:
Three cheers for Presidency for we
are their masters, they are not ours.
1t made all my pulses beat quick
again to think 1 was going to come
back and speak for these people in
this great County of Essex, that
wants to govern itself and does not.
The most amazing thing about Es-'
sex through all my life in New Jer-
sey has been the number of agrees
sive, intelligent, independent men in
this great county and the failure of
those men to grapple the situation
and master their own county, and
city government. You are not gov
erned by yourselves in Essex. But
there come times when the great
force of the people of this county
speak out in such volume that even
those who ordinarily dare to aspire
to mastery haven't the voice of the
pure master That is what has to
be done now.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02
"oRETNA GREEN" ENDED

WILMINGTON, Del, May e.
Wilmington ceased to be "gretna
green" when the new marriage license
law went into effect yesterday. and
it was impossible for any couple to be
legally married in Delaware for
twenty-four hours after it became
effective.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02
Because something was afoot that Il
could not afford to allow to be done.
New Jersey Is Full of Honest
Sheriffs. but Not All Honest"


After 1 came in Mr. Matthews was
referring to the circumstances that
at the hearing against the jury bill
the room was lined with sheriffs Of
the various counties OF with their
representatives. Nothing has dis
tressed me more than that. New
Jersey is at present full of honest
sheriffs, but they are not ali honest.
and we are out cunning for the dis
honest ones, but the ways of the
dishonest are just as astute as they
are vicious. They can LET their grand
iuries indict at the strategic and
dramatic moment, and they can also
withhold their grand juries from in
dieting when everything is quiet and
there is no storm on the horizon.
And you know perfectly well that the
mastery in politics of some gentlemen
who assumed to dominate New Jer-
sew would be impossible if the things
that they did were subjective to the
ordinary scrutiny of discretionary
drawn grand juries.
1--WE passed very stringent cleo
toral reform to put the government of
the State in your hands, but If the
grand juries' hands are withheld at
chosen moments what good is it that
you go to the polls and vote? Who
counts the votes? Who controls the
management of the polls? How will
the crimes committed against the
ballot be brought before your judges?
II managed to give you two judges
who were not afraid of the system
At last, in the holiness of times,
managed to give you a prosecutor
who was not afraid of the system.
And that prosecutor saw, without
spectacles. things which I myself
from a distance had pointed out to
the authorities of this city as much
as a year before. He did not require
spectacles to see them: everybody
knew that they were there, but the
hand of the law was withheld. Do
you want a system under which 1t is
profitable to withhold the hand of
the law? Do you want a system
under which it is possible to choose
when the hand of the law shall be
withheld and when it shall not?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02
Prosecutor Hood Tells
of Jury Change Measure

The fact is that it is here and
that is enough. That 1t Is here is
established by the platforms Of the
parties at the last election; that it
lis here is established by the report
sof the joint committee that was APP
pointed in 1912 and reported to the
Legislature of 1913; that 1t is here is
Established by the admission of
sSheriff Wedin himself. So, being
here. the problem is what shall we
do to effect it? They say, Let the
sheriff prepare a list of 200 names
and then let him draw all the grand
Jurors out of those 20O.'
when you take into consideration
that in the county of Essex the
sheriff draws two grand juries, of
stwenty-four men each, each term,
(which ma1les forty-eight for the
term, and that three times forty
eight (there being thee terms
year, make 144 and That he draws
them all ard is supposed to have in
fiuence with them, do you think 1t
would be very difficult for him to
draw list of 200, each of whom
perhaps would have influence? So
you see that that proposed escape is
not sufficient
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02

charioss Of God. It Is this hope. II
is this confidence that keeps the
President of the United States alive;
it is this confidence that makes It
good to come back to Jersey and
fight for the old cause"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02
Senator Davis on Platform
With AssembIyman Hennessy

There wasn't an inch of space on
the stage. Among those who occu-
pied chairs were Senator ]. Warren
Davis. of Salem, and Assemblyman
Charles O'Connor Hennessy, of Ber-
gen. Mr.. Davis helped to kill Mr..
sHennessy's constitutional convention
bill when it came over from the House
to the Senate at the last legislative
session. The decorations were Amer
lean flags. and there was a band to
play "rhe Star-Spangled Banner
Z Chairman Edward E. Grosscup, of
Fthe Democratic State Committee, in
Produced Prosecutor Louis Hood as
chairman. Mr.. Hood was given as
great an ovation as the President
himself later received. Speaking of
the jury reform move, Mr. Hood said:
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02
REDUCES MEssAoE RATS

SEATTLE. Wash, May 2.-Effect-
i've July ], reduction Of SO per cent.
in the rates for commercial messages
not exceeding ten words to all points
in Alaska will be made by the Unite1
States Signal Corps, operating tho
military cable between Seattle and
Alaska, according to an order re-
ceived today by Major D. J. Carr from
the war department.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02
tcoutinued from First Pageo

not dare to go On the floor Of the As
sembiy IS long as he knew there was
someone around who would point him
ont as A man not delegated to repre-
sent the people of New Jersey"
The New Auditorium, in Orange
street, where the meeting was held.
was filled few minutes after Z
o'clock, although the President was
not scheduled to arrive until TAO
D. m. It is estimated that there were
about 1000 people there, among them
about 200 women. Police in uniform
and city and county detectives were
plentiful.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02

vent any constitutional change what
ever
What are you going to do about
1t? Are you going to hold q meeting
Are you going to listen to these men
and tell them what is the matter?
This meeting is not going to
change the Constitution in the least
unless you see to it that your neigh
bors are just as much in earnest about
1T as you are, unless, perchance, what
l say tonight may kindle a little fire
ins4hese gentlemen.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02
Pronounces 1t a Disgrace to the
Judicial System of the State

"Gentlemen, l tell you that the
process of corruption in the justice
of this country does not lie SO often
where it is supposed that it liesf-
with the men who preside over the
trial of cases-as it lies with the sys-
tenn which determines who shall feel
the pinch of the law and who shall
not, and the poor man, the uninfiu-
entail man, the man who does not
stand in with the gang, will feel the
pinch of the law and the other man
will not. 1t is a disgrace to the jul
dicial system of the State and the
Union, and l come to protest against
it as an American represont ative citi-
zen, for such things should not be
allowed to exist
"And look at the reaspnableness OF
the whole thing, how honest men al
lowed themselves to be played upon
Yes they say, the Democratic plat
form of the State promised you a re-
form, but it did not say what kind OF
jury reform, and we can so divide
the forces up into kinds that no kind
can have a majority
Before | left the Governorship I re-
quested that 1 might be present at a
conference of the members of the
present Legislature. We came to that
conference, we debated and fought
out on that floor in the most candid
possible manner the form of jury
commission which a majority of us
could agree upon and I for my part
yielded my personal judgment with
regard to reform. I believed then,
as 1 do now. that the safest
thing is to make this a judicial pro-
cess from top to bottom and that ii
would be wise to have jury commits
sions chosen by the justices of the
Supreme Court of New Jersey. There
were others quite as thoughtful as
myself, certainly quite as honest as
myself, who thought it would be bet
ter to lodge it in the hands of the
circuit judges of the court. and then
there were others who turned out to
be- in the majority of that conference,
or who, at the end of 1t seemed to
be in the majority, who thought that
the Governor ought to be given the
right to name jury commission In
each of the counties. / myself, though
had been Governor of the State, did
not think that was the wisest form
But when the majority of my col
| leagues in that conference declared
their preference for it I yielded my
preference, and other gentlemen pres
ent seemed to yield their preferences
and it was settled. so far as the ex-
preston of the opinion of that con-
ference was concerned, what the
Democratic platform meant. 1t meant
jury commissions in the several
counties appointed by the Governor
All, but there is little string at
tached to conference.-the the Gov
ernor is not present it is a caucus OF
the members themselves; IL the Gov
ernor is present it is not a caucus
but conference and the members
are not bound. A very neat and
sieuif{ea nt dtStinction
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02
Tells How This Distinction
Operates Upon Consciences

'In a public conference where they
are open to show their hands they
do not show their consciences. In
private, where it is possible to make
arrangements. they do find them
selves-not responsible to the public,
but to each other. And therefore it
seems that when these conferences
are over and every man there had a
chance to express his conviction, and
full conviction, everything was just
as fluid as it was before, and some
perfectly honest men allowed them
selves to be instruments for defeat
ing this measure because it was not
in the form they desired So that it
is that a very subtle. Machievellian
mind has been thrust into this affair,
and men thought they were following
their own convictions when they were
making it impossible for the party to
fulfill it's pledges to the people.
Ladies and gentlemen. does any
body doubt that the people of New
Jersey want this political business
put into good hands? 1 have no doubt
on that subject, and IL you were to
have an election between now and
next Tuesday there would not be any
doubt what would be done next Tues
day. and there would not be any
doubt that if the election were to be
next Tuesday some of the gentlemen
who would try to defeat it would not
be there to try.
There Are Gentlemen in Other
Counties Could Pick Our
II have a little list, 1 can point
out to you some gentlemen. 1t is not
| worth pointing out to you many of
the gentlemen in the Essex delega-
ton, because they are all Jumped into
one; they are not distinguishable
from one another, they are In the
condition of fluid candy that has been
too close to the neighborhood of the
stove; they are one lump. pumped
| into the box by the impulse of one
mind, and that mind not their own.
Therefore, I would not take the pains
to discriminate among the select
eleven. It Is not worth, q Thoughtful
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-02

mans while. But there are gentle
men elsewhere who can be pointed out
by names, in other counties, and If
I should visit their counties should
take pleasure in picking them out.
You want TO know who you are talk
ing about as well as what you are
talking about. These men ought to
be described according to their
orbits; they don't belong to any solar
system; they are erratic comets, and
the law of gravitation that governs
their course is to my mind meal
culable.
There are two things that the
people of New Jersey are determined
to have and have not got. They are
determined to have jury reform; they
are determined to have look at their
Constitution. The gentlemen who
made the present Constitution of New
Jersey looked long way ahead they
said: We may need this Constitu-
ton some day, and we are going to
make 1t after such a fashion that
nobody can monkey with it, not even
the people themselves They limited
the number of times you could sug-
|
ton within a given period of years.
They said: This thing is too ex-
citing; don't try ii too often. This
is your own Constitution, but your
own Constitution will not stand the
pace: you had better live on your
bylaws for time. and five years at
time is not a bit too long to live
on your bylaws and keep quiet. And
when you begin to touch this deli
cate Constitution you will have to
pass it to the Legislature in order
| that it may have a chance of sur
viving its Makers
The Circumstances of 1913 Not
at All Like Those of A. D. 1874
Now, a Constitution that is made
in one age is not suitable to the cir
cumstances of another age, and the
circumstances of the year 1913 are
year 1874 as the twentieth century is
unlike the seventeenth century. A
whole economic. social and political
system has been altered within the
period during which this Constitu-
ton has served the people of New
Jersey, and, in my opinion, it is just
about time that the people of New
Jersey ask themselves If they don't
want to rejuvenate things and bring
their fundamental regulations up to
the circumstances of today. There is
only one barrier. l am told, to that,
and that is that Essex County, for
example, has so many more people in
1t than Cape May County that 1t
wants more representatives in the
Senate than Cape May: that it wants
as large representation in the Sem
ate in proportion to Cape May as the
population of the county is in pro-
portion to the population of Cape
May; and certain astute gentlemen
are relying upon that in order to pre-