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OAFS HAT HERALD. THTJBSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 1809

CAPE HAT HERALD

LEWIA T. aTEVAN*

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How Unworthy Employee! ire Treat ed By Civil Service. Prom New York Tribune. The operation ot the merit syi In New Jeney alnce lu adoption year attain demonstrate! what been shown elsewhere, and. Indeed. In all places where It baa been t ly tried—namely, that It provide* the Improvement ot the public i vice by the elimination of unworthy employees, as well aa by ibe « llshment ot hi£b standards of guallfl carious (or entrance to the ec and by the assurance of a permanent tenure for faithful and competent of fldAla. The stronceet objection l adoption of the system by others than stowed spoilsmen was that would tend to keep incompetent a unsatisfactory employees in their places, and thus would embarrass heads ot departments who tried improve the character ot the eerv; This objection. - was. of course, baaed upon a misapprehension of both spirit and letter of the law. But such misapprehension* are sometimes per alstont and need the demonstration of actual experience to correct them. given, of a character and scope which should prove amply convincing, tha last nine months, during which the merit system has been in operation in the State and to a cumber < Its moat Important munldpaliin there have been more than A hundred dltmlsssls of officers or'employees for cause. These dismissals hav« occurred in seventeen different de fartmedta and institutions, and have been made for sixteen different caus es or classes of causes, cone of them savoring of political or religigous discrimination. but alt evidently dictated by regard for the good of the service. About one-fourth of the die mi were tor absence or neglect of duty, and almost aa many more were tor intoxication, while a third quaner of the whole was equally divided betwerc abuse of prlaonAr- or patients in prisons and hospitals and general competence or uasatiafactonneea-Othe causes for rtiamlsnil were lusubordiua lion, falsehood, disorderly or indecent conduct, violation of rules, supplying liquor to Inmates of Institutions, profane and Indecent laaguage. cruelty l animals, etc. Every one of these causes will be recognised aa sufficient to warrant dismissal, sod the dismissals were aa promptly and easily made as though ths Civil service law had not been in existence, whllt on the other hand, the scrutiny of each case by the civil service commission. and the fact that new ap3 taka the yiaces of those must be taken from the eligible list provided ms the resul .•t■ tt,ination■ afforded a reasonable t the causes assigned

At lbs same time there were tei dismissals which were not made to valid cause, in accordance with the lav, but were inspected to be due entirely to political motives. These wen carefully investigated by tb* commission, and. the suspicion of political

were la all cs— promptly made brief, the result of actual experience lu New Jersey has been substantially identical with that in the federal service and in other states and munldpalitlan where the merit system has been applied. The law protects faithful employees in their tenure of office, and in the exercise of their rights and ths malms!narco of their t as independent du

wrongdoers or incompetent employes, M ths ellmina wtIcs and the e of discipline

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STEVENS STATES PLATFORM sues en Appeal to the Republican Voter* of the County Lewis T. Elevens, of this city, a -and Ida la for tha Bmnti’lca on (or the Asaemfly In Cape May oonty, has 1 v"~ < ths following: re the Republican Voters of Cape

May Coeaty:

Having been brought up In tbe Re ihllran party, and believing

la earning out tha

party solemnly made to the people. Governor Fort in his last annual •asage sent to the legislature In January said: "So far as 1 know, no

exists for the fur-

ther continuance of tho county boards of the equalisation of taxes They cos lbs taxpayers-of the State and County about ooe hundred and twenty thou- • sand dollan per yeer. If they ever

unerltan dUseu to aspire to i dCca, and being deairoui of a oauy rtf arms promised by tbe lt< tobUcau party of New Jersey, 1 haw veeded ths advice of friends and am candidate for the Republican aoml Alloa tor Ibe House of Asaemblj ram Cape May County at the prl oarias which will occur oa Tuesday. Jeptamber Akth. 1889, from one . clock In the afternoon until clock In the evening. True representative men. who will •present the people, must stand for leas and principles, and tboee isve none have no right to ask a; he electorate Ha support for publli ■fries, in order that there may be i cataks oa tbe part of tbe people i where 1 stand and what 1 belle' best for the Government of the ate of New Jersey, of which Capt- • «y County is a moat important part aid growing political division, 1 state -re my views on subjects now -.on to be before the people to de. Ths legislation, in which Caps day County people aa tax payers •ad riusana, are Interested, Is mam tally Important. t continuation of the work i r edging for the Inland Waterway a »uich the Cape May Harbor la tl ..otbern end and Bay Head, is Ocei . umyda the northern end.la deelreo tremor fort, there baa been ex ended in the past two years a < sarable turn of money by the S r tbe dredging of this waterway, be portion of U between Cape Mai iiy and Wildwood Crest la sow w navigation -and proves the valu.

e.-rnsn. By next summer It ought to •e completed to Ocean City. If noml a ted, and elected by the people, •sail use every means to farther ihi rglslsllon which will bring to a com -■ lion this most excellent work. • ulch had the ardent support of Un reseat senator and sasemblym&i. rom Capa May County. The platform adopted by ibe Rc ,..Oilcan State Canvention In Sep • aiber, 1907. said: “The policy Jtaw aid for good road* was inaugu atad by the Republican party, ula policy has placed New Jeracj irst in ths nation In lu road system . be Republican party stands pledgee i Its continuance." 1 am strongly 1 svor ot the bonding of the Sta: rcean Front Boulevard, which, when eta pitted will be 127 miles long, an. 'blch will sxten-i through the whol< .•Uu.ce of Cape May County, from resley’s Point over the shore road u Cape May. Cape May County b-u (cellenl roads already and -ths prin pal coimootioon vSi bs ths buUdici : ths bridge over Egg Harbor Bay. <Blch expense will have to he prin -pally borne by Atlantic and Cap • ay Counties, of which axp«c aUere the State should boar a •on, and If elected, I will MS every cam u> have the Rials pay s isre af Lie costs of this Impro “ In ths past im years (by reason

rove menu), Capo May County has Qcrease in value from eleven mil -loos to twenty-two millions of dol ars,tho increase being al a far great - par oealags than any other county i New Jersey. Capa May County Of the Jlai

t mid

*ay ta wealth la fee list ot tbe conntea of tha great htate. of New Jer «y. As Cape May County has grown a ths pass ten yean, so will it grow a greater proportions la tha coming iscads with the waterways and,, the nproved seashore roads, i shall advocate ail legislation •hlch win regulate and control publli itUUy corporations which afapply ighL water and other neceselUea to ha peopla of the towns o' New Jer

bis promise to the people: “Ths y has already undertaken Us t tea of superviaioa of ths public -ly'corporations, with a view U reaalng the efficiency, safety • -eonomy of service in the of the public. We pledge ourselve enact a law providing for a com sten with ample jurisdiction and | srs to a nab IS it to regulate such poration! eff#ctlrely and authors

iy.”

Ths two sessions of ths Lhgtels which have been bald since that p raa mads, have felted to « the law* which public inteibst seemed u> require. Cape May County has a few of th*s<-corporations at prei and it is. therefore, not so much <

l of ths

tho Olvll Service Reform Law, which •as first enacted U'1907, and uodur which now about l.WO faithful prrboos are protected from the »nrrrUintlef of partisan pollUr!. The civil service requires the best of men, and they should be protected win n they are honestly performing their

dotiss for the public good.

I shall advocate legislation which will grant each borough, township,

bad any useful purpose,which I doubt, and city pure home rule or local opthey have served It and their further tlon; what I mean by local option Is

•Oard or -CHoasN trckhoLoans A. & Smith, i'alanno. Jan. 1. 1»1U W. a. Johnson. Ocean aix. Jan. 1, m» J. F. Fes. Ocean City -Ian. 1, l»U Uylvaster 8pence. Ooelisn. .Jan. L 1S1) J. U Ludlam. Be. lisnnis. Jan.. ,» D. Uoballsiiaar, ICrmm Ian. 4, 1)11 J. T. liennell. Cape Mu.... Jan. 1, 1)11 David W. Kodau. Cape May Jen. 1. IMS U Bayr«, Baa Ula cay Jan. l, «tt C. Clouting, Bea ials Clly. Jaa. 1, in: Anthony U. Mmlth uirocuw

ntinuance cab only be Justified np>n the tow end abeoluteliy indefensl v ground that places are provldec ■•Ighty four persons to draw sal •i.ca from the public treasury which

are not earned.”

1 will vote for tbe repeel of any law continuing’ them. Cape May County pays out for the experimental or Kanlialioo about two thousand and five hundred dollars per year in ad ditlon to the three thousand paid by tbs State tw the three memben of the board. This is an expense that tbe tax payers esn cheerftaiUy pense with. . \ 1 am also In tavor of the repdal of the law which limits tbe local tax rate and which has caused our own county tax assess manta to rise tc greater proportions than were nece* sary In order to get the amount o< taxes needed to carry on the municipal governments and yet keep within the law with regard to the JlmR the rate. 1 also (svor s law whiwUl require the railroads to pay their taxes Into the State treasury at tin ah me time ss the local tax payer Is required to pay his taxes to the local tax collector, so that the distribution of the funds to be paid out of lh< State Treasury for tbe schools shal. be paid to them within a reasonable period of a few months and not elgb teen months after their collection, as ■a tbe esse today. Tbe railroads should not have any more privilege* than the Individual tax payer noi should the Individual taxpayer bav< iny more privileges than the railroad* and kindred corporations. I am In favor of the direct primary elections which allow every person to vote for whom he pleases for the nomination for any office without gard to the dictates of a few a chosen leaders, who presume to lect the candidates for the people whose candidates are generally foi what is termed those who have spe clai Interests at stoke In ex pec ton: legislation. I believe In the system of direct primaries which now exists in tbe counties and In the lesser po litlcal divisions of tbe counties. The State Republican platform.here tofore quoted In pan, said; “Our primary law—a Republican enactment— has done away with tbe violence anu fraud at the primaries and has enabled voters to express their choice and exercise their will in the nominating conventions. We pledge ourselves to such amendments" of this act a* will simplify and Improve our prl

mary system. “

I believe that they should be extended to the nominations of. conrr ess men and governor, and .will, aerordlngly. vote for such bills u will lend to bring about the extension of direct primaries to the- selection of am In accord with Governor Fort, who, in bis recent address, waiLg£idi irthrow of the control of the political party by special interest* through the medium of the bosses that end an amendment of tbe primary ghd the election laws, providing for; thha direct nomination of ths goVefnor, congressman, delegates to the national conventionxnem hers of party committees, and providing for the Massachusetts ballot, of which the essential features are the printing of all the names of the candidates upon one ballot ancLrequiring

that each municipality shall decide for Rself whether it shall allow the sals of brewed or malt liquors, or decide sny other questions of sufficient Importance, upon which the voters of such municipalities should express their will. I believe In majority rule In such mutters. Tbe constitution of New Jersey forbids tbe legislature to pass laws regulating the internal affairs of cities, townships tft boroughs, (mt It may pass Isws under which the people who reside In theie places may regulate their own af fairs, and a local option law of the proper sort is one of these manner*

of regulation.

In economy In State af-

fair* end believe that there are too high salaries paid to some state officials, who appear In their offices in the state capttol but a few hours on Tuesdays in each week, while they receive from five to six times the amount in salary that their subordi .atee receive. The Utter work six days in the week and work hard, if

a state official, or, in fact, a county j „ . official, receives a salary ot 11,500 or j 8 “ iuel K &Ul<

12,000 a year or more, he should de vote Us time to 'he state or county work, and if he Is not In the position to do so, he sboulld let some person who would devote his time to the of-

fice have the Jpb.

Ail of the foregoing tdeae are Republican In principle, and should be carried out for the good of the gen

oral public-

I am unalterably opposed to tbe use of money In elections, and by |

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TAX COMMiablONERA.

EUU H. M*ralis 11. BteviUs BUI wall H. TowumdU, Caps May t

Hand, caps May City.. CITY DIRECT OR V.

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Works. John W. Tliou,I—ou A sasaaoi— Enrln a Uhl •.,»■ CollacUM—UllUrll C. 11-.a... Trsasursr—Thus. W Miilvt

Your Earning Capacity ought to enahlc yu to *lo more than just make your living. \ <>u ought to save mon-y. Therl having saved, the next thing if. to Set jour surplus to work kaltfit anil profitably. The best waj i r you to insure a steady, reliable income Irom your savings is to deposit them in « Saving Fund Account in the Security Trust Com. teiv^ hc '° WI " hear interest at 3 per cent You are e-ainmg now, but jour earning capacity Can’t Last Forever Not next we-k nor next month, hut NOW is the

If yon re: cash whit

1 .start, >on never will have th may s«.me*da\ be so needful.

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Security Trust Company Gape May City, N. J.

CONTRACTOR

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Cterk.

Howard F. Otter. William K. 8l,rpi«’-l William R. ttouppaid. Lutber C. Ogdeu, George 8. Douglass Thomas S. Bteveus Everett J. Jerroll,

board or 1 . L Leach, I’rw . M. a Mart), J

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purchasing of the : a u , Ell franchise of the electors with cam ! william r. Bheppard palgn funds, which are raised by peo- | Oaorga L. Lovett

Interest in the pub-

. .SepL 1. too *

pie who have

lie, but only In their own aggrandlsv ment or tbe perpetuation of s • nefarious scheme which will bem s chosen few or some corporation* whose officers may be blind to Ji lice and right- I do not want to elected to th!) office by bought vot and I will use every effort to prevent anything of this kind being done In any campaign with which I have anything to do. If tbe evil of the use of money In elections continue there will be no need for a poor, honest man to be a candidate for any office, no matter how humble the office may be. When persons will expend five or six^and sometimes ten, times the amount of the salary of the office in order to obtain lube has anmotive besides tbe interest of tbe public at heart and ought to be Ingloriously defeated. I believe That my experience as assistant secretory of the State Sen n tbe sessions of 1905 and 1904 be of greet advantage to tbe County of Cape May should I be nom mated and elected. I am familiar with all the details of the legislative work and I believe that i would be much better position to secure the legislation that the Btqte and lno County desire than would some person who has never seen the inside of the legislstlve halls. Having been part ot the legislative machinery, and knowing the routine from the bill Is introduced into the Legislature until k reaches the Governor’s office for approval, I know'lhnt I will be in s better position to ex pedite matters needing help. I will every endeavor to aid all legislation which will be to the general in-

the voter to Indicate his choice foi - tercet of the Stale at large and

office by marking a cross opposite the name of each candidate voted for.and prohibition of the distribution of the ballots outside of the polling place. comprehensive bill to prevent c8rrnpt practices and tbe nse of money »t e(Actions, and the selection of ^ofssthe primary election officers..in the event of B factional primary test, by sotnt impartial means other than by the chairman of a

ty committee."

We already havw a choice pressing oar views in the primaries States Senators in the election preceding that when the legchooses a United States Senator. I will, therefore, vote for any legislation which will bring ths choice ot tha United States Senator nearer The constitution of the United Stoics, however, provides that they shall be elected by tbe legislatures of

win be difficult to determine Just what is proper and whs* will subvert the ideas at tbe framers of or excellent federal constitution. Ths last Republican platform declared: “The Legislature has passed resolutions favoring an amendment to the federal constitution of the election of United States Senators by

of a la:

authoritative way by the voter of his chetos for the United State*

0 of tbe Legislature which oee a senator, but teat tl e ought to be voted on by

Capo May County In particular. I, therefore, ate your earnest sup port at tbe edming primaries, .hdate of which, as before noted. Is Tuesday, September-28, 1909, from 1.00 P. M , to 9.00 P. M.. I am. Your most obedient servant, LEWIS T. STEVENS gape May, N. J„ August 28, 1909. COUNTY DIRECTORY. Justice of the Supreme Court—Thos W. Trenchard. Republican, 1914. Circuit Judge—Allen B. Endlcott, Republican, 1011. Law Judge—James M. E. Hildreth, Republican, 1911. Prosecutor of Pleas—Ernest W.Lioyd, Republican. 1911. Sheriff—Robert R-Corson, Republican,

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Ocean City; Nova

CHURCH DIRECTORY Services at 8L Marys R. C. Church Washington Street Rsv. Father D. & K*U) itectoi. Rector's offlc* hours—I to 11 A. M . I to EM P. M. Mosses, Sundays. 6.15, 8 and 10.00 o'clock, a m Weekdays. 7 o'clock Evening services Sunday and Friday, *t 8 o'clock— Coofossioas—Baturds>-■ and Thursday*

) )0 P. M.

P. E. Church ef ths AdvsnL LAfarstte St-, bstaeeo lacksm and Decatur. Rev Arthur Hess, Rector Bunders—Celebration of ths Holy Com muulon, 7.30 a. m.. Morning Prayer LI tony and Sermon, (an tha am Sunday «( each month celebration of HobCommunion) lO.M a m. Bundey-school * P. m., n van In* (Choral) osrvlce and Sermon 8.00 p. m Wesk-daya—Wsdaeodaya, Craning Prayer, 8.00 p. m. Saint's Days and Thursdays. Celebra tlon of tne Holly Comm-mlon. 7.30.

and lu the evening at a. Sonday-scbool at 3 p. m. Wednseusv evening Prayor MaoHng at 8 o'clock. Young Peoples Meeting Sunday evening at 7.20. Boring ProshytsHse Church *m euuduct ths the Cold Bprins t'rssbyterten

serrtess at

FIRE ALARM CALLS.

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M- C- «WA.1N ■■ ANLiA TIBER ui Artificial Ltaac ravvEtcii, Cellars, Floors. Etc.. Etc vn* am> evaiHi euTifiBg. »sv COCOS Ok DUIGS a SPtCUCTV

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Office and Shop-Cor. Corgie and Jefferson Sts i C/.PF MAY* N. : J.

SAMUEL E. EWINti General Contractor, House moving a specialty

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City; November 1911; WIILake, M. D., KepobUcan.Cold Spring, November 1910; Nathan A. Cohen. M. D., Democrat, Wildwood.

November 1909. v

Connty Clerk—Juku* Vay.Rcpublican, '

January 1910.’ #

Surrogate—Charles P. Vanaman. Re-

publican, 1912.

County Superintendent of Schools—O.

* O. Barr. 1909.

County Collector—Joseph I. Scull, Re

Jamas? i/UU.

Hughes, Republican, 1»U. Board of Election*—Henry F. Mrty, Republican, 1910. Otoifcr aoard ofHItpteina WHUhai J. Tyler, Drier, Democrat, IMO. “ Ot Etectioos—Frank W.

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