The Jersey City news., 1905-07-28
Colby Declares the Corpora
tiona Tried to Strangle
Him at Trenton.
HE IS FREE FROM THE YOKE
Voters Alone Have Power
to Check the March Of the
Machine.

Special to ''The Jersey City News.'D
NEWARK. July 2s,s 1905. the
assertion that he himself had .'felt the
grasp Of the system" about his neck, As
sembl yman Everett Colby has supple
mented the reiterated dclaration of
School Commissioner Frank FL. Sommer
that the Prudential Fidelity, Public Ser
vice Interests dominate the Republican
organization in Essex County.
Throughout the Thirteenth Ward,
where three Colby meetings were held,
the names Of these three great corpora
tions were on the lips of nearly every
speaker and were echoed among the au-
ditorssS Mr.. Sommer, who opened tie
way FOR more explicit references to the
subject in his Tuesday nights speech,
VAS "a thes,midst of some interesting re-
marks on the Prudential. the Fidelity
Trust ana the Public Service Corpora
ton at Rfeiffer's Hall when the entrance
of Mr.. Colby. who had spoken at two
other meetings, cut him short. The
crowd urged kthe epigrammic School
Commissioners to go on, but Mr.. Som
mer Insisted on giving way, admittedly
before he. said half he had intended to.
The 6zRs that Mr.. Sommer had just
been talking about. Mr.. Colby declared,
We're an quite true Mr.. Sommer knew
all about them, but he. Mr.. Colby, could
go him. one better, he had experienced
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I've known what it Was" said Mr..
Colby, s.fo feel the SYSTEMS grasp around
mysheek fora time down at Trenton,
where tried to represent you. I was
assured fonee by leading corporation
ohisial tfAt if I introduced limited fran
chise bill in the Legislature would lose
every friend had in Essex County.
we falI9k you have political future
said .tbis5 corporation official, ''and we
don isto see you throw it away
That is what swe'--the corporations Mr..
Sommef has told you about-said TO me-"
Mr.. Colby analyzed and compared the
platforms of the Colby committee and of
the county. committee. He said the coun-
ty asuHitkafs platform was insincere
He knew the men who drafted it, and
knew that their convictions were not ex-
pressed in the platform.
Mr. Colby referred briefly to the meth
DDS used by, corporations in controlling
elections and stirred his hearers to loud
applause yhsn he declared
Eve mus; wake up to what is being
done. The election Of Senator's is a case
in point. Tle purchase of senatorships
must stop Y
This movement he said. 'shas been
started IL the interests of the people of
Essex County and not on behalf of any
candidate The most unimportant ele-
ment of the campaign is my candidacy
for II the people will only understand
that they can get legislation at the pri-
maries itsmskes little difference at this
critical time who the candidate is so long
as he is aof rust-made and labeled and
will4werfgfor the principles to which he
stands pledged. / will gladly accept the
verdict ofsshe Republicans of this county
If they will only express it at the pri-
maries. but will not take the verdict of
the corporations or the machine as to my
fitness to represent my constituency in
the STATE Senate. All ask is that the
people shall understand that the solu-
aon of the important questions before
the State at the present time must be
worksd out by them and not by those
who haze refused to deal honestly and
xrankiy with our party or the state, as
Is shswn bs the resolutions adopted by
the county COMMITTEES.
" she lsnited franchise question they
have met the people half way. but on
the-AtEsaalasues they have promised moth
ing and have worded their resolutions so
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their true attitude. For instance. they
must ether be in favor Of taxing rail
road property equally or they must be
against it but they do not tell US where
they sssea q what they will do. What
de rlsy riesa By saying that the main
stem 2sepsrty Of the railroads shall be
taxsd AZ ths needs of the State require?
l6 NET kAo1s nut do know that we
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