The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-08-16
twelve New Idea'' Ad-
herents Announce Their
Candidates. for Assembly
Nominations At the Com
ing Primaries
GEORGE /. RECORD ENDORSED
REASONS SET FORTH IN SIGNED
STATEMENT WHY HE SHOULD
BECOME A U. S. SENATOR
THREE OF sIGNERs LOOKING
FOR REMUNERATION.

At a meeting held last night in the
City Hall at which were present nine
of twelve Fagan- Record Colby Assem-
blymen candidates of Hudson County a
statement was drawn up explaining in
detail the attitude Of these men. who if
elected, would take part in the next ses-
sion of the legislature at Trenton.
pledging their support to Mr..
George L. Record as a candidate for
election to the United States Senate.
Those who We're present and who
pledged themselves to the statement
We're:
John j. Coyle Washington Ryno,
Frederick n. Esher, Thomas FL. Brown,
Theodore 1. Bierck, Aaron Melniker.
William G. Kronmeyer, Frederick H..
Force and Philip w. Grece. Mr..
Bierck held power of attorney for Will
liam f. White and George s. Foster.
William A. Joerg is in the Catskill
Mountains and who previously te going
away told NJ Bierck that he would
stand for any statement that Mr.. Bierck
signed his name to.
In the signed statement the above
named announced their candidates. for
election to the General Assembly and
expressed their belief that, as represen-
tatives in the Legislature if elected,
they should be responsible directly to
the people and mot to a political
machine or organization.
The statement further sets forth:
I'VE have been accused of being
renegades and of attempting to ruin the
party (Republican) organization. What
is TO be expected from machine men,
who, in the past, have obeyed the die
tates and wishes of an organization
which, in the majority of instances was
totally obliyious to the demands of what
the people desired and who merely con-
Quoted its manipulati0ns in the interests
of politicians sand henchmen. Therefore
it is plainly apparent that we cannot ally
ourselves with men who are bound tc
machine control and who, in the last
Legislature opposed all those measures
which constituted in the main the
Colby idea. We believe IN a
direct primary law. We be-
l,eye thar, as citizens, we have the right
to express a choice for successor to
United States Senator Dryden, typi7
cal machine politician and Affiliated
with financial and corporate interests
which control the politics of the state.
We frankly state that. if successful we
will not vote for Dryden.
The ''new idea' candidates. in their
statement come out flat-footed for
United States Senate and give among
their reasons the following:
His entiring efforts to secure the
present primary law by which political
bosses may be 6verthrown; his pledges
to support Republican principles as adj
yocated by Roosevelt his clearly de.
fined position on the tariff question; to
down machine men who are conniying
at his defeat.
The Legislature Investigation Com
mittee is denounced in the statement
ISSUED which concludes with the follow
ing paragraph
IF citizens Of any district do not ap-
prove of our individual candidates. each
of us agree to withdraw and allow some
other candidate who will announce his
intentionss, to take our places.
Among new laws advocated is one
recurring sheriff to select grand and
petit jurors by lot from the entire
qualified citizenship of the county, with
discretionary powers in the Court 10 re
ject Jurors, and another permitting any
municipals which control water
supply contract with any other municl-
pality within reasonable distance OF its
water supply plant