Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16
Amend VOEStedd Act:
ZerUrgeS; Speaks On
Taxes, Roads, Cdrfare

TRENTON, Jan .16-Governer
George s. Silzer before an audi
ence which vrowded the capitol
theatre today, delivered his inaug-
ural address, which briught forth
cheers and applause from the audi
ence as he touched upon many
important topics. At the close Of
the address, applause was loud and
long and was sometime before audi
ence had Quilted to any extent where
the ceremonies could be brought to
a close. The address follows:
To the Legislature:
The task which we are about to
undertake is a great one. 1t would
be burdensome unless we approach
it in a spirit of service. Approached
in this way the burden will be light
and full of interest and promise.
Each succeeding generation brings
ats own problems: the problems of
yesterday seem comparatively insig-
niticaEt with those OF today. Those
of the present and future loom
larger because they must be met and
solved now.
The complexity of modern life
brings it's problems. The healthy
expansion of business must be pro-
vided for; means OF transportation
adequate for other days and other
conditions must bo improved and en-
iarged Individual needs and re-
quirements must be cared for. The
requirements of an advanced civil
ization, rich in invention and adept
at organization, are many, comrii
Gated and competing.
Our fathers, IN setting up our
form of government, profited by
their own bitter experiences and
seeking to avoid the pitfalls, sought
TO guard against a recurrence of the
evils from which they had been de-
livered. Through their unselflsh ef-
forts, democracy was born and the
preservation of that democracy de-
pends uuon the exercise of eternal
vigilance" on the part of the citizens
of the state and of the nation.
Our government, whether it be in
the city, STATE or nation. will be pow
erful and good in proportion to the
interest that we take in its admlnls-
tration. Eur we are giving too little
thought to government and, by our
indifference, are frequently entrust-
ing it to others who are not solicit
Gus of the comman good.
1t shall be our purpose to put
government back into the hands OF
the people; to arouse them TO a full
realization of the necessity of re-
gaining their own government, keep
ing it, guarding it, ana jealousy in
sisting upon their rights under it.
What is the situation, and what
are the conditions in city, state and
nation, which invite the criticism of
the citizen and which make him sus-
picious of government itself?
Everywhere special privilege shows
it's ugly head. Combinations are
permitted to thrive, seemingly un-
hampered and uncontrolled, placing
those outside the combinations at a
disadvantage Competitor is crushed
and eliminated. Preferential laws
are passed but no effective methods
are devised or employed to prohibit
practices which at every turn harass
the ordinary citizen and permit one
class TO press upon another. Special
privilege is either permitted by law
or not prohibited by Jaw.
These things, against which we
protest, have been Il matter of nat
ural growth arising out of modern
methods of doing business. They
are the fruitage of the efforts of
those who desire, with selfish pur
pose, to fill their own purses. They
call to their assistance the art of
propaganda to influence the public
mind.
This art, used first for public and
patriotic Ra{Rasssa wss so9n turned