The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-09-23
Speculation Is Rife As to
Whether Or Not the Ma
jor Will Direct the Colby
Senatorial Campaign.
JOINT COMMITTEE PROPOSED
COLBY MEN WHO THINK THE
MAJORS MANAGEMENT WOULD
COMPROMISE THE REFORM
ERs SUGGEST A SUBSTITUTE.
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NEWARK, Sept. %, 905.-Differ-
ences of opinion are said to have arisen
among the leaders of the Republican
Committee for Limited Franchises and
Equal Taxation as to who shall direct
the coming campaign for the legislative
and county ticket Some of the most ac-
tive members favor the appointment Of
committee of FIVE. Of which Major Carl
Lentz, chairman of the Republican conn
ty committee, shall be chairman, and
shall have one other of the county COM
mittee who opposed the Colby movement
during the recent primary, and three
members of the county committee who
are known to be in complete accord with
Colby and the principles upon which he
made his successful fight, as colleagues.
Il Those who favor this plan say that
they maintained during the contest for
the Senatorial nomination that they were
loyal Republicans and that should they
succeed in non1ira ting Colby hey would
expect the regular county committee aud
it's proper officers to carry on the cam
paign and elect the candidate of the par
ty They also believe that by placing
Major Lentz in charge Of the campaign
much will be done to wipe out any hard
feeling which may have been engendered
by what was said on both sides in the
excitement Of fierce political fight.
Opposed to this plan are several infu
entail men identified with the Colby
movement, who do not think that under
all the circumstances Major Lentz is the
man to direct the campaign III which Mr..
Colby is the candidate for State Senator.
They say that the Major entertains
something like this conviction himself
and refer in suhstantiation of their state
ment to the conversation which took
place between Mr.. Colby and the Major
at Republican headquarters on the morn
ing following the primaries.
This was to the effect that the Major
asked Mr.. Colby if ha.sthought that he
{the Major should resign the chairman
ship of the county committee, in view of
the fact that. Colby had defeated him in
said that, frankly, he thought the Major
should get out. the latter replied, emphat-
ieally. that he wouldn't. 1t seems that
that was not all that was said during
that conversation. A man who heard
about it is responsible for the statement
that after the Major had snapped out.
"Well. ! won't he went on TO say that
he did not mean to ask Mr.. Colby if he
thought that he should resign from the
chair1nanship of the county committee.
hut from he active management Of the
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after the way in which he scored Colby
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looking at the matter in That light. he
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Colby leaders who adhere to this view
of the case are said to favor the appoint
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