Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-11
STOKES STOKES OPENS Of EMS
CAMPA HERE
Attacks Wilson and Roosevelt
in Urging Endorsement of
State G. O. P.
0UIZZED BY SPECTATOR
ON THE BISHOPS BILL"
Candidate Gives Reasons Why
He Signed Excise Meas
ure When Governor.

Ward Republican Club, led by former
Board of Works Commissioner Harry
b. O'Connell, filed in the hall.
'Ah!' exclaimed the candidate
good-naturedly. I'VE are getting re-
Inducements. I'm glad they got here
in time to vote! Well just hold a
little Quaker meeting by ourselves
until the new arrivals get settled
= Continuing. Mr. Stokes made a
strong bid for the German vote by
extolling the principles of the Ger
man emperor. Later on he paid the
local Board of Trade a compliment
n speaking of active civic organiza-
Hons.
H"You don't have to ask the Newark
Board of Trade to cooperate" he
said. "They come to you with new
IDEAS, and they're good ones, too"
A mild sensation was then sprung
when Otto I'll. Heinz, job printer, of
20 Littleton avenue, arose and in
terupting the former governor asked
him why he signed the bishops
bill' during his term as chief execu-
tive in 1905, thereby throwing out
of work hundreds and thousands of
men," The question created quite a
stir. and all eyes were turned on Mr.
Stokes as he said:
Il signed that bill because it came
to me backed by the legislators who
were the representatives of the peo-
pie of New Jersey, representing the
sovereign power of the people.
II signed it to save innocent young
girls from life of shame, who were
lured into the back rooms of sa-
looms.
Y would rather sign a bill that
would save a young girls honor than
be the next governor of New Jersey"
Here he was stopped by loud APP
plause.
Mr.. Heinz would have asked further
questions, but the ushers attempted
to quiet him.
Am 1 to be put out of the meeting
for asking you a question: asked
Heinz, looking toward the platform.
Certainly not was the reply.
Come right up here and sit along
side of me. | like your spunk and
I'll make you vote for me-" And
Heinz went.
Overwhelming applause greeted this
attitude of Mr.. Stokes and the build
ing vibrated.
Mr.. Stokes won an outburst of
hearty applause when in the course
of his argument hes started a sem
tence. "If / am elected governor
Here he paused and said, "Strike out
the If %
Mr. Stokes. contrary to expectations,
did not mention the name of former
Senator Everett Colby, the Progress
tive candidate for Governor, who has
been making charges against the Re-
publican nominee 1t was expected
that he would have something to say
about the statements, but he seemed
to ignore Mr.. Colby entirely
Mr.. Stokes adhered closely to his
speech as previously. prepared and did
not ''pull Roosevelt" by emitting a
large part of the most spicy part of
it. He delivered the speech just as
he had written it beforehand.
Mr.. Stokes was the first speaker.
When he had finished a large number
of people left the hall. Chairman
Leach arose and halted them and in a
few brief words introduced former
State Senator John d. Prince, of Pas
sale county.
Mr. Prince said the former speaker
had left him little to say. He vent
on to rap the Wilson cabinet, saying
et was being ridiculed throughout Eu-
rope because the members We're alb
sent from their desks so much, and
referred TO tt'some of the doings in
Washington as comedy that had
never before been enacted" He laud-
ed the virtues of the Republican stan
rd-bearer
''Mr Stokes is too modest he said
Look at his past record. He applied
the railroad money to the schools and
made New Jersey famous. His past
record shows that he is nothing but
progressive. Study the Republican
platform and you will see that it's
progressive.
''The only thing Mr. Stokes did not
mention is the school ques ton. At
present one man in Trenton has prac-
tically supreme control of the State
education. We propose to change this
so as to give the local boards more
power. We WIN apply our more
home rule and less Trenton rule" slo-
gan to the educational system of the
State.
THE issue to be voted on next
month is the question of a competent
or incompetent administration. The
Democratic administration has
showed it is unfit to rule. Now it's
up to you"
Mr.. Prince spoke just fifteen min
utes and Mr.. Stokes made his address
in exactly an hour.
Herbert w. Taylor. chairman ofsthe
Essex County Republican Committee,
called the meeting last night to order
and introduced Mr. Leach as the
chairman.
Mr.. Stokes took a train for Trenton
Immediately after the meeting was
over. He will rest up until Tuesday,
when he will continue his campaign in
Hudson county.
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