Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-18
NECESSARY TO
GET TOGETHER
IN MONMOUTH
COlbyites, II They Would Win,
Must Become More Thoroughly
Organized Before Primaries.
PLENTY OF SENTIMENT.
Special to The EVENING NEWS:

Special to the EVENING NEWS:
FREEHOLD, Sept. 1S.-The Col
by movement in Monmouth is an i'm
mature development, and labors I'M
der the disadvantage of fragmentary
and imperfect organization. There
are elements of promise in it pro-
vided there were time to systematic
effort. AS it is, there is quite a basis
of raw material, provided it could be
moulded into form and made effect
i've in the primaries-but this pro-
vlso is an important if not control
ling one The present outlook to an
observer III a tree is, that the "regu-
lars in the approaching trial of
strength, will in the main be success
full, and yet that several of the pri-
maries are likely to declare for the
independents.
The Colby people have named a
ticket for the republican assembly
nominations comprising the names of
three high class men, and the general
expectation is that the organization
leaders will put up the old ticket,
Messrs. Reed, Vanderveer and Hen
ry, who have represented the county
in the house already for two terms,
riding in on the crest of the Roose-
welt wave.
Three Strong Men.
The Independents are Messrs. Will
liam H. Barnard, of Asbury Park, a
high class nomination in every re-
spect, a prominent business man of
that city, a graduate of Princeton,
and an all round capable, popular
and progressive citizen; William II.
Reid, of Tenant, near Freehold, a
representative farmer and horticul-
turist of the better class, of a high
order OF intelligence and the strictest
integrity, who has already demon
strated his capacity to fifty represent
his constituents by a former service
of one year in the assembly; and Ru-
fus S. Merritt, of Fair Haven, near
Red Bank, a citizen enjoying the con-
fidence and respect of his community
in a high degree.
The three names present an array
of strength and fitness which the 9th
er wing of the party can hardly ex-
pect to equal in point of acceptability
and capacity, and If the regulars in
sist upon the old ticket it will almost
be impossible to prevent people in
general from making "invidious COM
PARSONS"
1t is said the contemplated depar-
ture from former usage in setting up
assemblymen as candidates for a
third term is in furtherance of a
plan in lease OF their election to de-
liver the solid vote of the county to
United States Senator Dryden in his
candidacy for reelection, and it is
also understood that the money of
that gentleman is counted upon to
carry the election.
Tail of Dryden's Kite.
State Senator Brown, Sheriff Fran
els and County Clerk McDermott are
charged with having made common
cause to attach Monmouth county to
the tail of the Dryden kite, and ev-
erything is to be made subservient
to that end.
What the good government people,
the anti-bribery committee, which in
cludes representative men of all par
ties, proposes to do about it is not
quite clear. The law is very specific,
the punishment plainly set forth in
every case of conviction, and the eyes
of the people of the county are on the
chief actors in the drama. The anti
bribery people are pledged to earnest
and exhaustive effort to detect fraud
and bribery, and prosecute delin-
quents without fear or favor. If
money or any of the forbidden mean
of corrupting voters is used or resort
ed to, they purpose knowing it, and
1T will be for the courts to do the
rest. If the republican sheriff fails
to furnish grand juries to indict and
petit juries to convict or the prose-
cutor's Office ~falters, they and those
who act with them will stand in the
lime light as well as the iuries them
selves, and the responsibility for such
defiance of law and morals will be
fixed where it belongs.
Dealing Out the Fund.
The gentlemen who, it is said, are
to be the intended p%urveyors and al
moners of the fund are not members
of the anti-bribery committee, but
their friends are represented on it,
and will have to show their hands.
Things done in a corner will have to
be brought to light, and if it should
happen that those who help tt make
the laws and are entrusted with their
administration, wilfully set them at
defiance, the consequences will be
brought HON to them as never be-
fore.
The Colby men stand for liberty
and law.