Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-28
GLASS RIDDLES
STOKES'S PLANS
Senator Ollie James Also Urges
Fielder's Election at Big
Trenton Meeting.

TRENTON. Oct 2s.-Representative
Carter Glass, of Virginia. the drafts
man of the administration currency
pill, now pending in the Senate, has
two prosperous papers in Virginia.
and he will give them both to former
Governor Edward Casper Stokes if
the latter will meet him on the pub
lie platform and verify one statement
in his column and a half of criticism
of the bill. Congressman Glass
pledged himself to send a SO, 900
check to Newton A. K. Buzbee,f the
chairman of the Republican State
Committee, If Stokes viii point out
the paragraph in the currency bill
that requires banks to invest in utility
or municipal bonds.
Mr.. Glass. before the completion of
his address in the Trent Theatre TO
1000 people last night, said he was
willing to give away all of his for
tune if the former governor and Re-
publican candidate would dare to
prove some of the assertions made in
a signed statement crlticising the
Owen Glass bill
The speech of Congressman Glass
was one of two addresses to show
the relationship of the election in New
Jersey to national affairs and the
policies of Woodrow Wilson. The
other was delivered by United States
Senator Ollie James, of Kentucky.
who devoted his entire address TO the
tariff measure and its effect. Both
Of them lauded Governor Fielder. It
was in the speech of Glass, however.
that the real interest was manifested.
Why Fowler Was Deposed.
Mr.. Glass said he was naturally
reticent about coming here to take
part in a local campaign. On the
train TO Trenton, however, he met
several Republicans of national promi-
nence coming here to aid Stokes, SO
his reticence vanished. Taking up the
currency question Immediately, Mr.
Glass said that the Republicans had
done nothing with it since 1853, when
they passed a war measure. He told
Of the efforts of former Congressman
Charles N. Fowler, of New Jersey, to
do something with the currency, and
he said that Fowler was deposed by
Cannon as chairman of the commit
tee on banking because he was not
subservient enough. He explained the
provisions of the bill and said it was
intended to meet business conditions
of the country and not to be swayed
by the condition of the bond market
He said that the currency bill will
be the greatest achievement of the
Wilson administration.
In his recent criticism Stokes took
up the currency bill in detail, and
Glass said that it wouldn't be so bad
ii the statement made by Stokes had
any foundation in truth. Stokes said
that it aimed to make the country
banks dependent on the central banks
az will give SIC, 600 to Governor Stokes
campaign fund if he viii show one
fathom of truth in that statement,
said Glass.
Stokes said that the banks Of Cum
terland county, under the Glass bill.
would have to invest s., 500, 900 of their
deposits in bonds and municipal
securities. Glass asserted that no Chi
nese bird hopper would be guilty of
exceeding that species of exaggera-
ton. Stokes said that the bill would
prevent banks loaning money to poor
roen who were strangers Glass
wanted to know what chance a poor
nan who was strange had in Stolzes's
hank today. The speaker played eff
feetivelv upon these poor men who
were strangers" all during his speech
and the audience took great delight
in this sarcastic reference
Nations Eyes on Jersey.
Ollie James said that the South is
looking to New Jersey. the West is
Looking to Jersey and the whole re-
nublic has its eyes toward this State
10 see what the voters are going to do
with the policies of Wilson. He de-
clared that New Jersey today is lead
ing the nation in progressive legisla-