Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-07-12
BLAUVELT WILL
RUN FOR SENATOR
AS A REPUBLICAN
Former Progressive Announces
His intention of Entering the
Passaic Primaries.
Special to the Evening Star.

Special to the Evening Star.
PATERSON, July 1S.-James G.
Blauvelt, a member of the Passaic
Valley Sewerage Commission, today
announced his decision to run for
State senator in the Republican pri-
| marieS.
Il ask all persons having a right to
vote in the Republican primaries for
their support, regardless of former
| political affiliations" he declared
"I believe that we can increase
enormously the demands for labor
and the rewards of labor in our State
by legislation which will enable any
community that so desires to in
crease the taxes on idle and unim-
proved land and reduce the taxes oil
| homes, stores and factories and their
contents. In this respect [ advocate
home rule bill by which each To-
| cality has the option of adopting the
act or not by q vote of it's people SO
that, even though the new system
be better than the old, it will not
be forced upon any community
against its will.
81 believe that every municipality
should have the right to own its own
water works, it's own gas works,
!
municipal public utility
For Government Ownership.
! "I believe the nation should own
| the railroads, telegraphs, telephones.
These are national highways and pri-
vate ownership of them operates just
| like the private ownership of a toll
road.
Regulation cannot succeed, be-
cause it Is essential to the life OF
these private interests that they con-
troll the regulators, not corruptly
necessarily, but they must see to 1t
| that the men who are made regula-
tors are men in sympathy with them
and not in sympathy with the pub
lie. Private ownership points directly
to the highest possible price for the
least possible service, whereas pub
lie ownership points directly the op-
posite way-the best possible service
for the least possible price.
IT believe that every community
should have the home rule right or
local option to decide by the vote of
its people whether it will or will not
license liquor selling within the con-
| fines Of that locality
IF elected senator, l shall vote and
use the influence of the office for the
| passage of these three home rule or
local option measures.
I'VE know that this program can
not be acceptable to the machine be-
cause we know that the machine is
nothing but the tool or instrument
created by the big interests to serve
Its ends.
After considering all the circum-
stances, those who have interested
themselves in this cause have con-
| cluded that the best place to wage
| this contest is in the Republican
party. Here are our friends. Here
are the men who in the past sup
ported us under the banner of the
| New Idea and Progressive Republican
banner and carried the county for us.
"All these measures are measures
which have to be passed in the Legis-
! lature, in the Senate and in the As
sembly and | am assured that there
| will be five men who will run for the
| Republican nomination for the As
sembly pledged to this program. We
| will do our best and we put 1t up
to the people to decide for them
selves whether they will secure these
local measures and rights or whether
they will still leave all these rights
In the hands of the creatures of the
political machine. The time to test
this is primary day and believe that
among the rank and file of the Re-
publican party vast majority favor
these principles, and l ask their
support"
McCran an Opponent.
Thomas McCran, who was defeated
| by Senator Peter ]. McGinnis three
years ago, is being urged to enter
the race against Blauvelt.
Mr.. MoGinnis again will be a can
didate for the office, but it is under
stood he Is entering the fight merely
as a compliment to the Democratic
party. Ne has been closely affiliated
with Qovernof Fielder, and it is well
Understood his three years record in
the Legislature will be rewarded with
his appointment as prosecutor of Pas
sale County with the expiration of
| the term of Michael Dunn next
spring.
No opposition candidates to Mr..
McGinnis are announced from Dem
| ocratio circles.
John Courtade announces the can
didacy for the Senate of Edmund G..
| Stalter, one-time Assemblyman. Mr..
| Courtade is assisting Wood Mckee
| in the management of Mr.. Staltere
campaign.
Passaic offers three Republican
candidates IN tne oenaIOrlal race
Former District Court Judge w. W.
Watson, former Assemblyman Ed
ward r. Moore and present Assembly
man George H. Dalrymple.
The Republican candidates for
sheriff include Roger c. Turner. pres
ent freeholder; William B. Burpo,
present deputy sheriff; Winfield S.
Cox, former sheriff, and George w.
Pollitt, former postmaster.
The fight locally will be for Mayor.
The Democratic party will endeavor
to secure the election of former Coun-
ty Counsel j. Willard De Yoe. Mr.
De Yoe is the only Democratic name
offered In the Mayoralty contest thus
far.
The Republican aspirants for the
Mayoralty are Sheriff Amos Radcliffe
and Albin Smith.
In the Assembly race there will be
a host of candidates. In addition to
John Hunter William Hughes and
William II Barbour, present Assem-
blymen, and the possibility of Assem-
blynan Randall there will be entered
Janes A. Harmon, Joseph L. Lieb-