The Jersey City news., 1905-08-28
PRIMARIES WILL
DECIDE FOR COLBY
State Senatorial Candidate
Declares Positively He
Will Not Run Indepen-
dently.
he is A GOOD REPUBLICAN
VOTERS ARE TO UNDERSTAND
THE CAMPAIGN is ONE OF
PRINCIPLE AND NOT OF SELF
INTEREST.

PRINCIPLE AND NOT OF SELF
INTEREST.
Everett P. Colby, candidate for the
nomination for State Senator from Els
sex County, declared yesterday that if
honestly defeated at the primaries on
September II he would not run as
/ Senatorial candidate on an independent
ticket
Are you willing to come out fat
| footed" Mr.. Colby was asked, with the
statement that you viii not accept an in
dependent nomination."
Il ana" was the reply. "If am fairly
and sauarely defeated at the primaries
| shall accept the result. But that would
not mean the end of the fight for the
principles ! stand for; not BY any means.
The good Republican or the good Demo-
erat should work to make his party bet
ter. and that is my aim. / do not mean
to be out of the party. In the present
contest there are no such clearly defined
moral issues as have arisen in New York,
and, therefore, there is no reason why
| the reform movement we are engaged in
should seek an Independent candidate in
ease its present candidate should not be
acceptable to the party"
Alderman William P. Martin. manager
Of the Colby campaign, entertains the
same sentiments as Mr. Colby regarding
an independent movement.
MIR. Colby has been urged, says Mr..
Martin, sto run as an independent eandi-
date in case he fails at the primaries.
He has listened patiently to arguments
why he should do SO, but has steadily
| refused to yield From the first his ap-
peal has been for the support of Re
publican, ana he will not break his faith
! with the Republicans who have rallied
to his standard He is loyal to the par
| ty and he will not desert it"
eve do not wish that a misunder-
standing shall go forth. 1t would weaken
our position very much, think, if the
average voter should get the idea that
Mr.. Colby was out for Colby and not for
the party with which he has been intim-
ately affiliated. We need all the strength
we can get at the primaries, ard we
want it distinctly understood that our
man is out for the regular party noEs.37
| nation, honestly and squarely, no matter
what anybody may say
There is little doubt that Mr.. Colby as
| an independent candidate would have a
large following. His managers think,
however, that if esected as such he would
have difficulty in accomplishing anything
| at Trenton unless he deserted his inde-
pendent stand and allied himself with
| the party IN power
Mr. Colby has received some sharp let
| tiers from personal friends and from some
whom he is mot acquainted with telling
him that it is useless to be a candidate of
the Republican party as itsis organized
in his county, and urging him to cut
1ocee f,so,,y !, II SIC IJo has
replied to these by the above declaration.
as well as in personal letters to a similar
effect.
In preparation for the primaries
canvass Of the polling districts in the
city and of the municipalities in the
county outside of Newark is being CON
Quoted in the interest of the Colby move
ment The primary object Of the cam
vass is to obtain records which will give
the Colby managers such information as
they desired to get from the lists the Re-
publican County Committee refused to-
give them, and incidentally to sound the
individual voter regarding his attitude
toward Mr.. Colby as an aspirant for
Senatorial honors.
At the headquarters in the scheuer
building il was stated yesterday that the
canvass thus far was by no means COM
| plete and that nothing like definite re-
suits had been obtained from any section.
The inquiries regarding Colby sentiment
had brought out. however, it was said. a
general expression that was more favor-
able than even the most sanguine Ind
anticipated.
GIRL FELL FROM A CAR.
| May Wilson, nineteen years old, of