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 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-
-ony, 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 Will
liam N. Runyon. candidate for gov,
|ernor, ana which he ADVOCATED n
ihs pre-primary campaign.
The platform, which was read by
State Senator William Stevens, OF
Monmouth, chairman of the resolu-
tions committee, which drafted the
document, condemned what is term
ed the Partially" shown by Cover
nor Edwards and the Democratic
highway board for certain patented
road materials, and the favor which
was alleged to have been shown to
certain favored contractors. The
Republican party pledged itself &C
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 non
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. NJ. and {
A. NJ. Under this provision, can,
neries would be excluded from suct
a law. A measure similar TO thi:
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. sThe Rev. Samuel K Shields
state superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League, and G. Rowland
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 with
the federal government in the elm
ination of the oil and refuse nuis
ance in the states territorial waters
and favored the employment of q
county attendance officer in eacl
county to insure a 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 %
markets of the state agriculture de
partment in order to insure a lowel
price on farm products. The devel
opment of farm organizations ane
the coordination of the efforts o.
the agriculture department, ths
state experiment station and tht
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 pledges
itself to adequately care for the in
stitutions of the state in making ap
preparations. Less legislation wa
also promised by the Republica.i
party through its platform, it beint
declared ''intolerable" that the law
of the state cover 1900 pages. TIL,
platform scored mob violence ans
declared for the passage in congress
of the Dyer anti-lynehing bill, nov
before the United States senate.
In closing, the platform laudet
the achievements of President Har.
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