The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-07-13
C0LBYITES FORM
A STATE BODY
Object of the Organization Is
the Election Of a Reform
Legislature and q. s.
Senator
W. P. MARTIN TO LEAD
AFTER THE STATE CONFERENCE
AT NEWARK ENDED A MASS
MEETING WAS HELD

Over one hundred Republicans from
eleven counties of New Jersey interested
in the Colby Record Pagan snew idea
movement, met in Newark yesterday and
formed permanent State organization
to war on the two main political parties
for control of the next Legislature, which
will choose a successor to United States
Senator Dryden.
Among the prominent men present
Were Everett Colby, William P. Martin,
Sheriff Frank H. Sommer, John s. Glib
son, Lathrop Anderson, William Mum
gle, Gardner Colby and Frank Smith.
of Essex County; Mayor Pagan, George
L. Record and City Collector Edward
Fry of Jersey City; Assemblymen Theo-
dore S. Bierck and Herman L. Berg,
Comptroller Thomas McEwan, Edgar B.
Bacon, Capt. John Graham and Ed
ward Mitchell, of Hudson; Gen. e.
Burd Grubb, William Holt and Sta gdell
Stokes, of Burlington; George NJ. Ber-
niger, Harry 7. Wolff, George A. Waite,
Newton T. B. Roney and Frank a.
Burdsall, of Camden; William H. Ban
mouth; Col Alexander r. Fordyce, Jr..
and n. B. Prickett, of Middlesex; Henry
Morelli, Walter r. Hudson and Gustav
Hunziker, of Passaic: Frederick G..
Burnham, Charles NJ Axtell and Samuel
Garrison, of Morris; Judge William n.
Runyon and Thomas Debeyois, of
Union, and Isaac P. Runyon and w.
w. Rowland of Somerset.
| Gardner Colby, of the Essex County
Equal Taxation League, was chairman
of the conference. Speeches were made
by the spokesmen of every county rep
resented closing with rousing speech
by George L. Record.
On motion of Gen. Grubb, a perma-
nent central body was formed with Will
liam p Martin, of Newark, leader of the
Colby forces in the Assembly last winter,
and director of the Colby fight in Essex
last year, as chairman. In accepting the
post Mr.. Martin attacked the State
House ring" and the machine losses of
the counties, naming Lentz, in Essex,
Dickinson in Hudson, Strong in Middle
sex and Baird in Camden. He said the
fight was to be one of the loyal and in
dependent people of the State against
the power and money and the corrupt in
| huenees of bossism.
| Gen Grubb was elected Vice-Chair-
| man. The naming of the other officers
was left to an executive committee con-
sisting of one man from each county
represented as follows
| Bergen, Caleb v. H. Whitbeck; Bur
| lington, William Holt; Camden, George
| NJ. Beringer; Essex. Lathrop Anderson;
Hudson, Andrew Knox; Middlesex, w.
/ B. Pritchett; Morris. Charles NJ Ak
tell; Passaic, James G.. Blauvelt; Union,
| Thomas NJ. Debevois. Morris and Som
erset did not name their representatives.
This committee was empowered to
complete the organization to select a
name for it from among several sug-
gested, to assimilate the several county
platforms and to prepare an address
to the people of the State.
The conference adjourned to meet on
| CALL The delegates were dined at the
Continental Hotel by the local Colby
] ties. .i.s s;gf Il
Last night a mass-meeting was held
/ at the new Auditorium, Orange street,
Newark. Sheriff Frank II. Sommer pre-
sided and spoke. He was followed by
/ Chandler n. Riker of Newark, who
made the principal speech, and is the
prospective choice of Essex for the
United States Senatorship in the event
of the new idea" element again throw
/ ing over the Lentz faction. Short ad-
dresses were made by Record, Pagan and
Martin, by Col. Fordyce, of Middlesex
and Judge Runyon, of Union.
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