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NEW JERSEY. 



representing the policy of the party in power, but 

 making the efficiency of the public service the first 

 object : 



That the public revenue should be largely raised 

 by a tariff adjusted as far as possible so as to pro- 

 mote the interests of American labor and the pros- 

 perity of the whole country : 



That no further grants of public lands should be 

 made to corporations and monopolies, but that the 

 national domain shall be used for the equal benefit 

 of all the people. Until these great principles are 

 perfectly secured, the mission of the Republican par- 

 ty will not be ended. For their accomplishment, 

 we demand the full enforcement of all existing laws : 

 if these are not sufficient, we demand additional leg- 

 islation, and, if necessary, additional amendments 

 to our Federal Constitution : and, finally, we affirm 

 it to be the bounden duty of the General Government 

 to protect all citizens in all States in their civil and 

 political rights. 



2. Resolved, That the President of the United 

 States, holding his high office by a majority of the 

 electoral votes cast at the last election, and by virtue 

 of the decision of the most august tribunal ever cre- 

 ated by Congress, is entitled to the support and re- 

 spect in his office of every law-abiding citizen, and 

 the puerile efforts of some portions of the Demo- 

 cratic party to throw discredit upon a tribunal largely 

 of their own creation are an exhibition of folly and 

 bad faith which deserve the reprobation and con- 

 tempt of all right-minded citizens. 



3. Resolved, That we cordially recognize the ear- 

 nestness and sincerity with which President Hayes is 

 laboring to promote the reconciliation of all sections 

 of the country, and to secure an efficient and eco- 

 nomical administration of the business of the Gov- 

 ernment. We are united in desiring the accomplish- 

 ment of these great objects, and we pledge our hearty 

 support to every wise measure calculated to secure 

 the lasting unity and prosperity of the whole coun- 

 try, on the basis of impartial justice and equal rights 

 for all citizens of all sections. 



4. Resolved, That we congratulate the country upon 

 the progress made toward the resumption of specie 

 payment, and demand the adoption of all measures 

 necessary to insure the restoration of a standard, uni- 

 form throughout the world, at a date not later than 

 that now fixed by law. 



5. Resolved, That the Democratic party of this 

 State, by nominating as their candidate for Governor 

 one who is in no sense identified with the agricul- 

 tural, commercial, manufacturing or other interests 

 of the State, nor familiar with its people and their 

 wants, and who has twice within the past two years 

 been a candidate for office in an adjoining State, 

 have disregarded the uniform practice of both politi- 

 cal parties, have shown themselves to be willing to 

 sacrifice the most important interests of New Jersey 

 to the demands of a designing and ambitious politi- 

 cal " ring," and have insulted the just State pride of 

 every citizen. 



6. Resolved, That the extravagance of Democratic 

 administrations in this State for nine years past has 

 become a glaring abuse, confessed by the late Dem- 

 ocratic Convention, and demanding a prompt and 

 complete reformation. The State House has become 

 the centre and headquarters of partisan intrigue ; the 

 public interests have been subordinated to schemes 

 of personal ambition ; the public money has been 

 squandered in useless and expensive parades, excur- 

 sions, and displays ; inordinate fees for officials have 

 become the rule rather than the exception ; the cost 

 of the administration of justice has become burden- 

 some and oppressive ; and the whole system of State 

 administration is infested with old abuses, which 

 nothing but a radical change of men and measures 

 can correct. "We demand a simplification and reduc- 

 tion of official powers and perquisites, a reduction 

 of fees, a revision of the tax-laws, and a general 

 lightening of the burdens of the people ; and the 



Republican party pledges itselr and its candidate for 

 Governor to labor incessantly for these ends. 



7. Resolved, That the reduction of the rate of in- 

 terest to 6 per cent, is the obvious demand of sound 

 public policy and should be accomplished by explicit 

 legislation at the earliest possible moment. 



8. Resolved, That we reaffirm an approval of the 

 principles asserted and established by the recent 

 amendment to our State Constitution which prohib- 

 its the use of public funds for any sectarian purpose, 

 and we are unalterably opposed to the interference 

 of religious sects in civil affairs and to any division 

 or diversion of the public school funds for their 

 benefit. 



9. Resolved, That we point with pride to the evi- 

 dence which the history of the Republican party 

 affords of its devotion to the interests of labor. It 

 has secured to 4,000,000 oppressed people a proper 

 reward for their toil, and through the agency of a 

 reasonable tariff has sought to protect the American 

 workman against the hurtful competition of the ill- 

 paid labor of foreign lands ; that the past record of 

 the party is a guarantee that the future policy will 

 be one of justice to workingmen as well as to other 

 classes of the people, and which, by the adoption of 

 wise financial measures and the encouragement of 

 industrial interests, will, so far as it can be accom- 

 plished by legislation, tend to open new avenues for 

 the use of capital, and employment, and labor. 



10. Resolved, To the candidate named for the office 

 of Governor by this Convention we pledge our ear- 

 nest and undivided support. 



The result of the canvass was the election of 

 the Democratic candidate for Governor by a 

 majority of 12,743 over the Republican. The 

 aggregate votes then polled in the State num- 

 bered 190,134, of which George B. McClellan 

 received 97,837, William Newell 85,094. The 

 nominees of the Greenback and Temperance 

 parties had 5,058 and 1,438 votes respectively. 

 The number of scattering votes was 37, and 1 

 690 ballots were rejected by the Board of 

 Canvassers. 



Of members returned to the State Legisla- 

 ture, there were 12 Democrats, 9 Republicans, 

 for the Senate ; and 33 Democrats, 27 Repub- 

 licans, for the House. 



The various material interests of the State, 

 in regard to agriculture, manufactures, and the 

 other branches of industry, though more or 

 less affected by the long-continued depression 

 in commercial affairs, seem to be in a satisfac- 

 tory condition. 



For the year 1876, the aggregate numbers of 

 marriages, births, and deaths appear from offi- 

 cial statement to have been as follows : 



Marriapes (several counties made no returns) 5,471 



Births : males, 9,864 : females, 8,755 ; sex not report- 

 ed, 782 18.851 



Deaths 18,346 



In the city of Newark alone the births In 

 1876 numbered 3,723, the deaths 3,722. 



The proportional number of persons who 

 died within the same periods of human life, 

 distributed into decades of years, is exhibited 

 in the following summary : Deaths, total num- 

 ber in the State, 13,346. Ages, under 5 years, 

 4,935; 5 and under 10, 1,112; 10 and under 

 20, 908 ; 20 and under 30, 953 ; 30 and under 

 40, 881; 40 and under 50, 827; 50 and under 

 60, 806 ; 60 and under 70, 896 ; 70 and under 



