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ot U« pOblle. W« plMls* our»«)\r« to eokct • law providing (or a oomtul* »k>n with amplr JoAadlctlon and puw era to anabie ft to regulate aurh asr-‘ poratlom oftretively and suthoratlv?

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Tbe two aaaalona of the Utgtalature which hare been held alnce that prom Ime waa made, have failed to the lawa which public Interest aceiaed to reqalre. Cape-May County ha> bu a few of these coi poratfons at present and It la. therefore, not so much «on corned oeer their control aa are the rongested cities of Newark, Jerse) City, Paterson and other such places The time, howerer. Is not far dlatani when complaints may be brought In thla county against the managemeo: of these claaaea of companies, which are growing In number, and it la web to take time by the forelock and bav. such legislation as shall be beoefl rial for thU county aa It la for th. other conor'ea. Such legislation har been advocated by Governor Port,an J shall aid him in every poeslble wa.. In carrying out the promisee of th* party solemnly made to Ibe people. Governor Fort la his last annual message sent to the Legislature In January said: “So far as 1 know, no j reasonable excuse exists for tbe fur ther continuance of the county board' of the equalisation of taxoa. They co t the taxpayers of the 6te>6 and Coun ty about -roe hundred and twenty thou sand dollars per year. U they arm bad any useful purpose.which I doubt they hare served It and their furtbe. continuance can only be Justified ui on tbe low and abeolutelly ludefens: ble ground that placet are provide, for eighty-four persons - to draw sa aria# from the public treasury whlc* are not earned.' I will vote for the repeal of an; law continuing them. Cape May Com ty pays out for the experimental 01

five hundred dollars per year It dltlon to the three thousand pale by ta« State to the throe member: of the board. This Is an expense tha: tbe tax payers can cheerfullly dis perse with. 1 am also In favor of the repeal o! toe law which limits the local tat rate and which has caused our own county tax assessments to rise U greater proportions than were necer sary in order to get tbe amount o: taxes needed to carry on tbe uranlct pal governments and yet keep wtthlr the law with regard to the limit ot tbe rate. I also favor a law whlc! will require the railroads to pay theitaxes Into the Gtate treasury at th< same time aa the local tax payer L his taxes to tbe local o that the dlatributloi of the funds to be paid out of thi State Treasury tor the schools sh»: be paid to them within a reaaohabb period of a tew months and not elgb teen months after their collection, si is the case today. The railroads should not have any more prlrfieget than the Individual tax payer nor should the Individual taxpayer hat. any more privileges than the railroad i,

1 am In favor of the direct primary elections which allow every pereo; to vote for whom be pleases for thnomination for any office without regard to tha dictates of a few aelfcboeen loaders, who presume to ae led the candid#Us for the people and whoa# candidates are generally tor what la tsraed those who hare ape dal Interests 'at .stake In expects!) legislation. I believe In the systci of direct primaries which now exist* in the counties and In-the lesser po Utlcal divisions of the counties Tbe gtate Republican platform.her. toforc quoted in part, said; "Onr prl mary law—a Republican enactment-

has done away with the violence and ee.

fraud at the primaries and baa

shied voters to express their choice and exercise their will In the Dominating conventions We pledge ourselves will simplify and Improve our priI believe Rut they should be ex tended to tha nomluaMene of con grass men and governor, and will, ae

you lor such bills aa will

cordlngiy, vob tend to bring

I ^ W ottu

off 1 os by marking at

name of each candidate voted for.and pnaMbttioa «( Ibe distribution of the

The constitution States, hbwersr, pvw _ t shall be elected by the legislatures of the several state*, and. therefore, Hwill be dimruU. to determine Just

what

subvert the idem of tbe framer* or u- i-xrrUrnt federal conatllutlon. Tbe last Republican platform declaredv'*Th« Legislature baa passed rvsolunSas favoring tha federal cooaUtuUon of the alec lion of United States Senators by popular vote, 7 and until such meat has been adopted, we favor the enactment of q law for expression In some authoritative way by tbe voter ■J his choice for the United State*

Senator.

1 believe that tbe law of 1MW ought to be amended so that not only before sn election of tha Legislature wl will choose a senator, but that the candidate ought to be voted on by state wide primary, and a Republican Legislature should choose tbe Repub.ican with the highest tcratlc Legislature should choose tbe Democrat with the highest vote. In favor ot the extension the Cl til Service Reform Law, which ■raa first enacted in ISKI7, and under hlch now about 1,800 faithful pertong are protected from the uncertainties of partisan politics. The cfv service requires the beat of men, md they should be protected when they are honestly performing the!) duties for the public good. 1 shall advocate legislation which will grant each borough, township, ud city pure home rule or local opk»n; what I mean by local option Is .hat each municipality shall decide or Itself whether ft shall allow the sale of brewed or malt liquor*, loclde any other questions of sufficient Importance, upon which the voters of snch municipalities should prem their will. 1 beMeve In majority rule in such matters. The conotitu Don of New Jersey forbids the legislature to pasa laws regulating the internal affairs of cities, townships or boroughs, but it may peas laws under which tbe people who reside In theec Places may regulate their own affair*, and a local option law of the proper sort la one of these manners 3t regulation. 1 believe In economy in State affair*, and believe that there are too high salaries paid to some state offidala. who appear in their offices In capltol hut a few hours on Tuesdays in eech week, while they receive from five to six time* the amount In salary that their aubordlreceive The latter work alx days In tbe week and work hard. state official, or. In fact, a county official, receives a salary of $1,600 M.000 a year.or more, he should detime to ’he state or county work, and U he la not in the position :o do ao. he shoulld let some person who would devote hi# time to tha office have the Job. All of the foregoing ideas are Reibliean in principle, and should be carried out for the good of the general public am unalterably opposed to the of money In elections, and by I mean, the purchasing of the franchise of tbe electors with campaign funda. which are raised by people who have no Interest in the public, but only-in their own neni or the perpetuation 'of

Keadache

which will benefit

a chosen few or some corporation* whose officers may be blind to justice and right I do not want to be elected to this'office by bought votes

and I win use every effort

anything of this kind being done in soy campaign with which 1 have anything to do. K tbe evil of. the die

ty In elections contlnua win be no need ter a poor, be a candidate for any offi-

County of Cape May should 1 h

» mailer how humble the office may be. When persona will expend six, and sometime* ten, times the Amount of the,a*lary of tbe of-

fice, in order to obtain It.he has ac-

he aides: the lotodhl of

the public at heart and' ought to be

Inglorioualy defeated.

1 believe that my experience a* assistant aecrdtary of the State Sen ale in the sessions of 1»05 and 1906 will be of great advantage to the

bmdoro-

iOlay

-with aB tbe details of -tha legislative work and I believe that I would be la a much better position to secure tbe legislation that the Stale and tna 'County deslra than would some person who has never of tha legislative balls. 1 Having been part of tbb legislative machinery, and knowing the routine from the bill is Introduced into the Legislature until K reaches tha Governor'* office for approval I know tbit I w!U be ia a belter position to help. I. will us* every endeavor to. aid all toglalaUon which will ba to the general terest of the Buts at Urge and to Cape May County in particular. t, therefore, ask your earnest support at the coming primaries

data of which. .

September (S, ISO*, from 1.00 P. M., to *.00 P. «., I am. Your most obedient servant.

LEWIS T. STEVEN!

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