Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-04
Open Specifications, Prohibi'
ton Law Observance and
Utility PIanks in G. O.
P. Platform

TRENTON, Oct. 4:-The placing
of all utility holding companies. as
well as utility companies themselves,
under the direct Jurisdiction of the
State Board of Public Utility Com
missioners, the exclusion from rate
making valuations of such items as
good will. franchise value and past
deficits of utility companies and the
enactment of a federal law limiting
the authority of the lower federal
courts in utility matters, was the
outstanding plank in the platform
which the Republican state conven-
ton adopted at its meeting here
yesterday. The platform was ac-
quiesced in with the utmost har-
mony, being adopted in whole with
out its separate planks coming up
for discussion. The utilities plank
included in the platform was adopt
ed at the instance of Senator VIII
liam n. Runyon. candidate for gov
ernor. and which he advocated in
ihs pre-primary campaign.
The platform, which was read by
State Senator William Stevens. of
Monmouth. chairman of the resolu-
tons committee, which drafted the
document, condemned what is term
ed the "partiality" shown by Cover
nor Edwards and the Dem mocratic
highway board for certain patented
road materials, and the favor which
was alleged to have been shown 10
certain favored contractors. The
Republican party pledged itself 20
correct this. A provision for open
specifications in road work was also
included. The convention pledged
itself to enact legislation providing
that advertisements for a patented
paving material must be accompa-
MED by advertisements for a nom
| patented material of the same merit
and that the contract must be
awarded the lowest bidder.
The platform favored the prohib-
iting of night work for women IN
laundries, factories and bakeries be-
tween the hours of 10 P. M. and
A. NJ. Under this provision, can
neries would be excluded from such
| a law. A measure similar to this
| died in committee at the last session
of the legislature.
! The convention went on record
! for a strict enforcement of the state
dry" act and the eighteenth
amendment to the federal constitu-
ton. The Rev. Samuel K. Shields
state superintendent of the Anti.
Saloon League, and G. Rowlani
Munro, counsel for the organization
were present at the convention.
| The platform contained an en-
| dorsement of the direct primary fol
| the nomination of candidates
| pledged the party to cooperate witt
the federal government in the elm
| ination of the oil and refuse nuis
ance in the states territorial waters
and favored the employment of &
county attendance officer in eacl
| county to insure proper attend
ance by children of the publ,
| schools.
In touching upon the subject o
agriculture, the convention declared
for an extension of the bureau d
| markets of the state agriculture he
partment in order to insure a lowe
price on farm products. The devel
opment of farm organizations AM
the coordination of the efforts o
the agriculture department, tn
| state experiment station and TIL
agricultural college was also stress
ed.
A demand for economy in stat
and municipal affairs was voiced b
the platform and it was pointed ou
that the 1922 appropriation bill wa
materially reduced below the pre-
| vious years bill. The party pledge
itself to adequately care for the in
stitutions of the state in making ap
preparations. Less legislation wa
also promised by the Republica
party through its platform. it bein
declared .Intolerable" that the law
of the state cover 1900 pages. TIL
platform scored mob violence an
declared for the passage in congres
of the Dyer anti-lynching bin, mo-
before the United States senate.
In closing, the platform laude
the achievements of President Hal