The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-09-28
State Senatorial Nominee
Calls Or the Major to
Make Way for Others.
HIS LETTER A BOMBSHELL
OTHER REPUBLICAN cANDI-
DATES CONCUR IN IT'S DE
MANDs THE MAJOR con-
FEssEs SURPRISE.

Everett ColDy, the hepuDHcan nominee
for State Senator, has sent the following
letter to Major Carl Lentz. Chairman of
the Essex Republican County Commit
tee
Dear Sir:--As the party candidate for
State Senator l find myself in a very
embarrassing position in reference to the
conduct of the campaign. Under ordi-
! nary circumstances you, as Chairman of
the County Committee, would be the
natural person to have charge and direc-
! ton of the campaign The County Com
mittee itself has adopted resolutions in
unqualified support Of the principles up
on which | made my canvass for the
; nomination, and has pledged rne and the
other candidates upon tie ticket their
. sincere and hearty snpeort. ! do not IN
any wise doubt the sincerity Of that
pledge nor that you viii do what you
can in support of the whole ticket. On
] the other hand. the circumstances sur
rounding this campaign are extraordi-
Z nary.
4 An exciting campaign for the nomi-
: nation for State Senator has been con-
] Quoted within party lines in which. ac-
cording to my conception of the prov
ince of the County Committee. you and
/ the county organization should have
! taken no part AS a matter of fact,
/, you openly opposed my nomination
/ upon the stump and otherwise. and you
said many bitter and harsh things with
reference to my legislative record. and
!; you opposed the principle for which /
/. was fighting. | in turn was constrained
/ to say many things in reference to the
| influence of corporations over the party
| organization which | then believed and
still believe to be true.
"In the face of these facts for you
personally TO assume the responsibility
Of conducting the campaign would be
absurd. If under these circumstances
we quietly hand over to you the sole
charge of my campaign and that of
| the other candidates named by the Re-
| publican County Convention, we would
be justly subject to criticism of great
| number of the people who supported us
in the fight. and who know little and
care little about your technical rights
or prerogative as Chairman.
'.If we thus hand over- he sole con-
4 duct of the campaign to those who
strenuously opposed US and the principles
upon which we made -he fight it will be
charged that we have surrendered, in
4 part. at least, the fruits of the victory at
the primary in desire to obtain at
any cost an election at the polls. I
think ii Of the highest importance not
only to me personally and to all other
candidates On the ticket. but also to the
Republican party, tha+ we should re-
tain absolutely the confidence and sup
4 port of those people in our sincerity
and in our intention. if successful at the
polls. to Incorporate into law the
principles upon which we made our
fight.
4 Il have therefore carefully considered
this embarrassing position in the en-
deavor to determine where my duty
lies, and I have as result of such
i consideration determined to submit to
You what seems to me to be fair solu-
tion of the difficulty.
Il suggest that. recognizing the ex-
j traerdinary condition that confronts us.
the County Committee authorize the
campaign to be conducted by a special
campaign committee. which shall con-
4 sist of any number that may seem prop
er to the County Committee: that, upon
such committee there shall be at lea t
three persons to be named by the other
| county candidates. and that upon any
subcommittee of such camnaign eommi :
/ tee having charge Of the finances Of the
campaign the members Of the comm,tse,
so named by the other candidates shall
have the privilege of selecting one the
remaining members of the committee to
be selected by the County Committee.
Il believe that a committee thus
made up could conduct this campaign
successfully aud in fairness 10 every
shade Of polifica opinion in the party
and without friction. This plan Is my
mind has mt only the merit of fairness.
but is II accord with Your expressed
opinion that the views of the candidates
largely govern the conduct of the cam
paign. If this suggestion meets your
approval and that of the committee.