Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-23
Especial to the newark star.I


JERSEY CITY, Oct. 23.-On his re-
turn last night to Hudson county
after weeks of active campaigning
in other parts of the State, Governor
Fielder picked Edward Casper
Stokes for a few jots.
The Governor replied to Mr..
Stokes's recent sighting comments
on the election frauds In Hoboken,
and went on to show that 1t was the
Democrats, and not the Republicans,
who started the investigation which
disclosed the evidences of fraud,
pointing out that the election officers
Implicated had been indicted by a
grand jury drawn by Democratic
sheriff.
Starting out from Bayonne, on the
northern end of the county, the Gov
ernor spoke inside the Democratic
Club and then at an overflow meet
ing on the steps of the building,
travelling subsequently to St Pat
ricks Hall, Jersey City; st. Mary's
Hail. Hoboken, and winding up a
very successful evenings work with
speech at Becker's Hall, in Union
Hill.
This Is what the Governor had to
say at the Jersey City meeting re-
garding Mr. Stokes's comments on
the Hoboken election frauds:
IT notice Mr.. Stokes takes many
filings at the election frauds which
have been disclosed in the county of
Hudson, and he also refers back to
some election frauds that occurred
here in 1880. I don't remember what
happened at the elections in that
year.
THE trouble with Mr.. Stokes is
that he is living in days gone by,
and is not living in the days that
are here, and cannot rid himself OF
the ideas that have been born in him
and have grown up with him. II
there were anything wrong with the
law of 1889 that made frauds he was
a member of the Legislature and had
eleven years during which he was in
the Legislature in which to change
| the laws which permitted these
frauds. These were the days in
which he had the power and in
fuence and was a controlling factor
| in the politics Of the State.
IT would call Governor Stokes's at
! tention to frauds that have been COM
mitted in the counties of Atlantic,
Camden and only recently in Ocean
in which a Republican was indicted
for bribery and corruption. In 1904
when Mr.. Stokes was elected gov
ernor of this State 1t was charged
that there were Illegal votes east in
Atlantic and Camden counties, and
l never saw Stokes take any steps to
punish anybody for the frauds by
which he profited. You cannot pass
any law which will provide for honest
election officers at all times Under
this election law there is provision
for the preservation of the evidence
of the wrongdoing and the guilt on
the part of election officers whereby
it can be discovered as has been dis
covered in this election that there
was fraud
1.-The investigation in which tie Ho-
boken frauds were discovered was
started by the Democrats of this
county. There have been indictments
already of men charged with the
crime, indictments by a grand jury
drawn under the Fielder act by a
/ Democratic sheriff, and these men
/ will be tried by a Democratic prose-
cutor.
| 1--WE can clean our own house In
/ Hudson county, and we do not re-
| quire any suggestions from South
| Jersey on that score
! Hunterdon county, never known tC
waver in its allegiance to the cause
| of Democracy, gave Governor Fielder
right royal welcome yesterday, ant
in his whirl of the county he was
made to feel that here was loyalty tC
/ bank upon. The candidate was &C
companied by Senator George T.
Martens, Assemblyman .. c. Hol
combe and a number of others among
the party leaders, and at every poin
he touched he was cheered and giveI
plainly to understand that Hunter
don will roll up one of its old-tim,
majorities for him on election day.
The governor began his day "a
Frenchtown and struck into many o
the most populous centres of tn
county, making short speeches a
High Bridge. Annandale, Clinton
Lebanon, White House and Blooms
bury. In all of his talks he referee
to the poor record made by the Re
publicans during their control OF tn
State government and the era o
progress under Wilson, which, he as
sured the people, will be continued
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