The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-27
LANDSLIDE AGAINST COLBY.
REGULAR REPUBLICANS Why m
TEN NEW JERSEY COUNTIES.

EANON w W "~'
the a.. q. s~enRte-New Idea Leaders say
They VIII Fight On-FakAn's Defeat.
Tia victory Of the regular faction Of the
Republican party Of New Jereey over
de Colbyite refomens, won on Tuesday
niaht at the primaries all over the State,
was a sweeping one. The regular
triumphed in all Of the ten counties in which
contests were made. They had great
maIoritiee in every county, and especially
In Essex, for which Everett Colby rs Sena-
tor, and in Hudson county, where Mayor
FaRan, the Colbyite leader, met his hrst
popular defeat.
In Hudson county the regular faction,
beaded by Secretary of State Samue ID.
Dickinson, will control the county con-
vention by a majority of ll5 votes. This
oueures the nomination Of twelve Assembly
men favorable TO the reelection OF John
=. Dryden to the United States Senate.
The victory may prove, however, to be an
empty one, Except in so far as it involves
party control, for IL "a more than likely
chat the Democrats will score one OF their
usual victories in Hudson this year.
Mayor Pagan said yesterday that he
wasn't disheartened over the victory OF
khe regulars. The fight for the New
Idea, he said, would be- carried on. George
IA. Record, whose c~andidature for the United
States Senatorship is generally considered
TO have been an issue in the fight, also an
nounced that the war against machine
politics will be carried on and would win,
he hoped. next fall, when the election FOR
Governor comes on. Samuel ID. Dickin-
son said the result is a triumph for decent
regular Repubhcanism. Il never had any
doubt as To what il would be-"
Robert Davis, the Democratic leader,
rot a lot Of fun out Of the Rebuplican fac
tional scrap. He said he had n doubt
Of an old fashioned Democratic victory
this year.
The Colbyite defeat was equally dis
astrous in Essex county, which include =
Newark, the OrangesN md Moutolairj here
toGore Mr.. Colby's stronghold, Normally
Essex county elects a Republican delegation
to the Legislature, but owing to the effects
OF the Bishops law and the fight in the
parry the Democrats rave great hope Of
victory at the polls in November.
The Essex county Republican convention
was held at the Kruger Auditorium in
Newark last night. The Colby men could
muster on the first test vote only 1870 dele
gates to 36l for the regulars.
OATQner NOiDY, ASAemDlyt1an NllnaIn
p. Martin, Sheriff Frank H, Sommer and
other Colby leaders who had weathered
the storm occupies seats among the dele
gates and made a plucky but hopeless fight
against the machin programme Martin
hron1ht down a storm OF misses and cat
calls npon his head from the galleries when
he asked the convention to accept the Colby
declaration Of principles as the party
platform.
Arthur r. Denman, chairman Of the
---m-.sAA-. - -..1l,,RaA4n AAa-Dl khn nluN-
form that was adopted. II was strong in
it's Endorsement Of United States Senator
John F. Dryden. The platform touched
gingerly on the excise question.
The Colby men placed men in nomina-
ton against all the machine selections.
When the name of Philip &. Walsh, Jr., was
proposed for Assembly the galleries re-
membered that he was the author of the
screen amendment To the Bishops law
that brought about the closing Of the sa-
looms and Missed. The convention h
nominated eleven candidates. for the Assem-
bly,. The vote in each case was ISL to 1870
against the Colby men. The nominees are;
William Pennington. Abraham Kaiser, G.
EdRerton Alcock, Frederick Manners. Her.
bert W. Layton, George Essley and Ferdi-
nand J. Hoap of Newark, Daniel Sohleich
Of Bloomfield, Coleman f. kessam OF
Orange, ELouis @. BOden Of Verona and
james G.. Mayfeld of Irvington. .
Senator Everett Colby was in as good
spirits as ever yesterday so far as appear
ances would indicate. That he wGs dis
appointed he admitted, but he was still
fun Of fight when interviewed. He said:
We were defeated and there is not
much to be said excepting that one OF the
ablest and most faithful delegations Essex
county ever sent to the Legislature has
been recalled.
Il am naturally greatly disappointed,
but not in the least discouraged. The
fight which we started last year is just
becoming interesting and this defeat,
while IL may act the movement back a
few months, will not deter those interested
In IL from working for ultimate results.
The bishops bill is mainly responsible
for the result"
6enator Dryden was in a happy mood
when interviewed in his Office in the Pru-
DENTAL Building. On his desk were many
kilograms and letters of congratulation.
while his telephone bell was kept going
almost necessarily by friends sending
! Fluctuations.
me senator said he had no intention OF
issuinR a formal statement but thought il
due and proper that he should express his
sNaturaIIy," he said, Il am very, very
happy over the results. | consider this
one Of the proudest moments Of my life
The verdict Is very gratifying and 1 APP
Ureciate il more than words eau express
Now that it is over we can look back, and,
OF course, in the heat OF the campaign,
things have been said and done that leave
q scar, but il is my sincere hope the olive
branch will be accepted and the Republican
ranks closed up. / mean that for all Re-
lpublicans. My pleasure is added to by ths
TACT that IL is conceded that the primaries
awere conducted fairly and squarely, ano
! the general impression hat there wa
nothing TO make the primaries unclean.'
Advices from Hackensack are to the
eject that the New Idea movement viii
yhave only thirty votes in the county con-
vention against sixty-six for the regulars
Paseaio county elected only fifty Colby dele
rates out of a total OF 216. The Morris
county Republican convention will consist
Of ai9hty-four regular delegates to two
Colby men. IL is believed that in Morris
the machine win have TO make conoessiohI
70 the Colby element In order to carry the
The reformers elected only twenty out o.
the 100 delegates to the Union county con
vcntion. Freehold dispatches gay that tn
regulars headed by c.. Asa Francis will
have at least eighty-ive delegates out o.
the lO6 who make up the Monmouth county
convention. The regulars victory in Mid
dlesex county 10 estimated at New Bruins
wick as being about three TO ono. In Bur
inRton 1t was q landslide for the regulars
The Colby vote in Camden was abeoluteE
insignificant. Tho regulars carried boil
the city and county conventions. y
TRENTON, Sept. 20.-The overwhelming
defeat Of the Colby movement YESTERDAY
was the catIaa OF fubilakiOn among th.