The sun., 1905-09-13
COLBY BEATS THE MACHINE.
SECURES NOMINATION. FOR STATE
SENATOR FROM ESSEX.

Montclair Gives Him All Her Twenty-tWo
Delegates, and His strength In Newark
Surprises EyerybO', the
Regulars May Take Him up now.
MoNrcLAIB, N. j., Sept. i2.--The Sing
ing politician" Everett Colby of West
Orange, to-day routed the forces OF the
machine Republicans at the primaries IN
Essex county, and tonight the wires are
busy sending out the news that his dele
gates have been returned In perfect land
slide OF votes. and that the nomination for
State Senator is within bis grasp.
The campaign Of melody wound up In
rain Of votes as tuneful to his ears az they
were discordant to the followers OF Major
Carl Lentz, who Is known as the Republican
organization leader, but whom Colby has
arraigned as the boss Of the district. Colby's
methods in the campaign consisted OF
liberal use OF fine barytone voice, OF a
competent band to give concerts, and OF a
stableful of automobiles to whisk him from
place to place. As result, 1t Is estimated
that twenty-five out OF the Twenty-Five
delegates that are chosen from the iour
wards of Montclair are Colby men, and
that the rest are Of the Lentz organization.
The commuters wealthy New
York business men who never before have
taken Part in contest at the polls-suffered
themselves to become Interested this time.
They were whisked from the station to
their polling places in six automobiles
provided for the purpose by two Of Colby's
delegates who live in the Third ward
These two men are somewhat opposed
In practise to the principles that Mr.. Colby
has been advocating. He has been keen
for the limitation Of franchises to public
service corporations in this State, and also
demands the equal taxation of corporations.
His two most diligent delegates in the Third
ward, and in the entire city for that matter,
were william B. Dixon, secretary of the
American Steel Corporation, and Starr j.
Murphy, John D. Rockefeller's legal adj
wiser. However, ey turned to like good
fellows, Notwithstanding the apparent in
consist ncy, and sourried about all day from
the Colby headquarters in the armory OF
Company X, N. G. N. j., in the Morris
Building
1t was early when the polls opened, but
there were many at hand to keep the clerks
busy. 1t will be impossible for history
to record the exact moment at which MIR.
Colby entered the booth in his own par,
ticular polling place, and anyhow 1t will
be unnecessary. There were so many
Others crowding in all the time to vote for
him that such an act would have taken
valuable time that the officers of the cleo
ton could not afford to lose from the busi-
ness at hand.
All the elements Of Montclair were fused
into conglomerate whole for him. After
the spectacle of the two corporation men
was no surprise when black and white,
landlord and tenant, employer and en-
ployed all appeared to be agreed that Colby
was the one man for them. He was as
strong in the Fourth ward. where they
have but four delegates to the nominating
they have six. He was exactly as strong
az in the other two in the Second and Third
wards, each represented by six delegates
And that is all the districts there were for
The epithet Of the afresh young millionaire
from Wall Street" which was made by the
Lentz forces in order to hurt the Colby
cause. had no effect: Mr.. Colby is a mem
Der Of the firm Of Henick, Hicks 4 Colby.
Wall Street bankers. He is 30 years . old,
Orange.
The regular ma chine forces are In fear
and trembling tonight that Colby will not
be content after he has been nominated
and elected to the State Senate, but that
gressman and will disrupt the ma chine in
the county entirely. Colby disclsims all
ambitions in this line, but the feeling about
he. dauarters is one of deepest gloom.
NEWARK, N. j.. Sept. 12.-Everett Colby,
indepe endent candidate for State Senator
from Essex county, N. j.. carried that
county last night at the primaries in spite
Of the most strenuous work in opLosi-
ton by the Republic an organi7 alton, which
he has 80 vigorously antagoniZed
The mechanical end of the canvass has
not made any nomination in opposition
to Colby but has been playing q waiting
game, and 1t was predicted last night that
II Colby showed sufficient strength he would
be taken up by the regular organization
and put in nomination: Otherwise, another
good Republican might be announced
this morning, and perhaps 1t would be
Halsey NJ. Barrett.
had secured the delegates in the First,
sixth. Eighth, Ninth Eleventh and Fif-
teenth wards and had control of the county
convention. 1t was a great blow to the
machine and a surprise to everybody.
The returns at midnight indicated that
Colby could not be defeated in convention.
OF the AT delegates it appeared that he
had secured nearly 250 and had the cont rol
of the county convention. The county
outside Of Newark is conceded to him, and
he has enough delegates in the city of
Newark to enable him to go to the conven-
ton with assurance of success and to carry
his followers through on the ticket. At
the polls the opponents of the dominant
leaders will assert themselves more strongly
than in last nights primaries.
BOSS DAVIS'S WALKOVER.