The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-10-02
OLD ADAGE
PRESENTED
10 Republican Voters "Never
Swap Horses while Cross
ing The Stream"
mR. comLY,S FORcEEUI LETTER

Il - II
~, 1870 '.'.'.-1 .,,,t<.
menu auvise yOu'is AAsn ~ w.
for parties and not men iof parties
stand f0r PRINCIPLES, bot men do not al
4raga stand for principles" These
w0fds NAV BE- used AZ excellent cOun-
MI III the vonnQ men yea, TO the men
M everv a0e~-Irl our State att this
3nncffre new movement has
faunched Itself, commonly known as
ffe Colby movement. That it's leader
Saa man Of good moral character and
aos1nd urfnfEpIes / do not d5sclain1 but
that many aye being won To the ranks
M THE movement simply out Of admir-
alton for this Young and enthusiastic
IaafleF / very much fear. He Is prac-
4lcallv 4 new man on the stage, and
there Is always an element ready to
ryisparage ire Old order Of things and
Id take 10 with the new. Let me sag
That often IOosIng from the old and
Identifying ones self with The new IS
wfse-lf ii we're never done, what stag
nant pools the worlds OF society, Of fe-
IiQiOn, and of politics would be. But
that man should reflect long and
carefully before he discards The old and
accepts the new Is even more OF a tru-
Ism.
EASY
the old and to unite with the new, to
cast reflections upon the old and to
IionIze the new and this Is the case
Al present in the Republican party Of
OaIf state. Perhaps the loudest CRY
which the new movement iS making
AGAINST conservative RepubIicanism In
tic state Is to the effect that there Is
too much Z Bossisfn IN her ranks.
THE new wing ii saying In emphatic
terms. z We will no longer have the
boss To reign over lis. But 1 main
tain that there Is little foundation for
aF4V such cry ri New jersey. The
State has had intelligent leadership,
but seldom indeed has any leader
sounded the e0nstfaining or COerCiye
note. Too often the rank and file 81
men have done injustice to their CON
NclentiOus and faithful leader BY styl-
ing him what We call In the political
parIance Of to. day, the z Boss the
pages 81 history afford many lIlustra-
ki0ng OF this. We forget sometimes,
however,, that IL IS only III the measure
hi which all organization has an eff
client le6der and the people follow him
that the organization viii fulfill its
mission. But the leader IS the first
reauisIte--we may call him Boss or
what we will. This IS true Of any or
panizatiCn In the Church or State. IL
recall 4 church In my younger DAYS, 10
the membership 81 which was an old
Elder who gave much Of his time, en-.
ergy and means to the work Of that
church. No important step Was ever
taken lib it's church life without con
snlting him, and whittier he led the
peOple followed. But one day death
suddenly claimed him, and the c0ngre-
cation dWindlcd To a mere handful for
lack Of leader What the old Elder
was TO that church, some Of our Re-
publican leaders have been to the par
fy. Let US appreciate them by sup
porting them and encouraging them.
DO not however misunderstood the
import Of these words When man
becomes yeTitable Boss, then he
should be dethr0ned. 1 am a. firm be-
lieyer in party organization and patty
leadership, but away with the Boss
whose loyalty TO the party Or TO the
peoples representatives Is assured BY
their personal allegiance TO him; who
loves bis party only because or when
he can to compel his party 10 serve
him.
An investigation Of the new move.
FueDt has led me 10 believe that not a
aEW VI yttS tttJAi III Atf1 AtttHo feAO d1cetF-
pointed 0fiicc-seekers. Disgruntled
over the failure OF their efforts, they
are venting their spite against the
party whose wisdom prevented it
from placing them In positions OF re-
apOnsibility, by leaving us ranks and
hurting missiles against IL from a dis
tance. This very fact In itself~that
the new movement contains may dis
appointed Office seeker should retard
Ii not prevent man from entering Its
ranks ( recall the experience OF D.
young clergyman who organized
church iii town which was already
overchurched. The work opened most
auspIciOusly. The congregations were
large, and gOodly number identified
themselves with the movement. But
alas. soon the members we're at swords
points with each other and the church
vent TO pieces And then Ii was that
the young pastor learned that his
members we're those who had gone the
rounds Of ali the other churches and
had made trouble In each fold, as the
xesuItOf which they had been expelled.
They had been eager Of course 10 enter
this new fold because no other would
have them. SO With many III the new
movement, their political troubles to-
the past constitute the principal rea-
son Tor their eaRernegs to take I'D with
something new: and the Colby move
mani Il. ffla4sttftaty thtnQ y