Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-11-01
DEMOCRATS PLANNING
!. FOR GENERAL INVASION
OF COUNTY TONIGHT
Assembly Candidates Map Out
a Big Program and viii
Hit Hard.

Democratic Assembly candidates
continued their aggressive campaign
ing Saturday night and some of them
were also active yesterday.
A general roundup of the county
will take place tonight, the candidates
visiting a number Of social affairs
and holding iInpromptu meetings
wherever crowd can be assembled.
They will be accompanied by John
T. Otterbein, Democratic candidate
for register
A regular mass meeting is sched-
uled for Montclair. 1t will take place
N the Immaculate Conception Hall,
Pine street, and will be mainly for
the benefit of the Italian voters. In
CrarSe the First Ward Democratic
Clu5 will hold reception and ball in
the German-English School Hall,
Park and William streets.
In their campaigning. the Assembly
candidates continue to hammer home
facts about the Norris canal bills and
other features of the last session of
the Legislature that the Republican
candidates are trying to forget
James j. Farley, one of the candi-
dates, spoke especially upon the canal
bills, and Thomas A. Kenny addressed
a special plea to the young voters.
Other candidates emphasized the neg
lect of the National Guard, despite
the warnings of the guard officers
and the opportunity to provide for
the encampment in the supplemental
appropriation bill The neglect of
widows pensions and the inpoverish-
ment of State institutions were also
enumerated
Mr.. Farley. in discussing the Morris
canal bills, said, in part:
"The terms OF the attempted bill
made 1t mandatory for the citizens of
New Jersey to give the operating
company deeds and titles to the most
valuable water basin in Jersey CITY
and worth millions. The Republican
Assembly~-and remember. gentlemen.
that twelve came from this county
was willing. yea, worked to sell the
rights for paltry million and one
half in cash.
Voters of Essex County and ada
cent territory were virtually I'D in
arms against the bill. Newark city
officials and the real men of the
county fought the measure tooth and
nail. Meetings were held In the City
Hall and adverse was the criticism
received.
while the Democrats admitted
that the noxious waterway should be
abandoned, they insisted, however.
that the rights Of the people of the
State should be protected in the aban-
donment.
1.-THE value of the canal has never
been truthfully estimated. 1t ranges
50 high that experts fail to make a
proper survey Just to think that all
was to go for one and one-half mill
lion dollars.
''If this measure had become a bill
IL would have gone down in history
as the sreat est steal ever perpetrated
- IL. - -.
Of that body was decidedly Republl-
can. The Legislature in 1915 stood
forty-nine Republicans against thirty
two Democrats.
THE best citizens of the State
fought the bill. They realized what
was behind it. Now, what did the Re-
publicans from our own county do?
THE twelve disciples of 'Dal.' rep
resenting the moneyed interests. we're
always faithful to their trust. Every
time the Norris Canal bill was up for
reading or at a hearing on the pro-
posed measure. one notable event was
staged. That was the fact that the
twelve from Essex were always in
their chairs ready to fight for the
passage of their pet bill. They were
virtually glued to their seats In the
interests Of the canal abandonment
bill
"when the final test came, what
happened? The twelve from this
county cast their ballots in favor of
the bill, but the citizens were pro-
tected by the Democrats and the bill
was lost.
Now, this year, the Republican
Assembly candidates are telling you
OF the vast sums of money saved the
taxpayers by their works of integrity.
In lieu of asking your vote.- they
should be on the platform asking
your pardon. They tried to do you
last year, now what are you as citi-
zens and taxpayers OF this great free
State going to do for the Democratic
Assembly candidates who pledge
themselves to at all times protect the
interests OF the taxpayers OF the
County Of Essex and state Of New