The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-01-04
.COLBYlTES TO
SPREAD LIGHT
Agitation for Limited Fran
chise and Equal Taxation
to Reach All Parts Of the
State
REFORM CLUB WILL DlsBAND
ESSEX MEN SUBSCRIBE $4,000 To-
WARDS THE PROPAGANDA
COMMITTEE OF ENLIGHTEN-
ERS NAMED.

Formal action was taken at q meeting
by about thirty members of the Republi-
can Committee for Limited Franchises
and Equal Taxation, of Newark, TO have
the organization spread out through the
State. 1t was also decided that the pres
ent organization in that county will be
maintained, whether under the present
name or another will be decided later
More than $1,000 was pledged at the
meeting to carry on the work of the or
ganization. A committee of FIVE was
named to look over the ground in other
counties and to attract the attention OF
prominent people in other places to the
purposes of the movement.
This meeting, it was intended at first.
was to be an open one, but after the
| gathering had assembled, some OF the
conferees thought it would be better to
have an executive session, and ousted the
/ reporters anl four or five workers who
/ have been identified with the Colby
movement, but who have not been among
the chief advisers.
The meeting was called by Lathrop
Anderson on his own responsibility. The
| invitations were sent to the men who
have comprised practically the executive
committee of the CODY movement, and
the members of the Legislature who
were elected last November.
Those present were Senator-elect Ev-
erett Colby, Gardner Colby, William T.
Martin, John S. Gibson, Assemblyman
Henry G. Hines, School Commissioner
John Montieth, former Speaker Benja
min f. Jones. Sheriff Frank H. somnler,
William Munge, Supreme Court Clerk
William Riker, Jr., former Sheriff Geo..
Virtue, former Freeholder Frank f.
Smith r. Arthur Heller, Henry Hahn,
| Alden Freeman, Assemblyman Gustave
Sommer Assemblyman Austin Colgate,
Assemblyman William Fellows Morgan,
Assemblyman g. w Roeber. ]. r. Whit
field, Alexander Linnett, As'semblyman
G. A. Kayser, Assemblyman Charles +.
Underwood Assemblyman George T.
Scribe, Starr J. Murphy, County Register
Edward S. Perry. Assemblynnan r. NJ.
Everett, Assemblyman Philip G. Walsh,
former Commissioner HarrisoH Van
Duyne, former Prosecutor Chandler w,
Riker, and Mr.. Anderson.
Mr.. Anderson called the meeting to
order and after stating that he had sent
out the calls of his own volition. stated
that after conversations with various
men identified with the Colby movement
he felt confident some means should be
taken to preserve the organization. be-
cause he thought it would be geod
thing for the Republican party here and
throughout the State.
In addition the maintenance of sepa-
rate Headquarters would help to provide
a place where the Assemblymen and Sem
ate could meet and hold conferences,
both among themselves and with the men
who are identified with Them Plans could
be discussed in such a place with more
confidence than in the atmosphere sur
rounding the county headquarters IT Hal
sey and Academy streets, said Mr.. AM
derson, and it was s'up to- the men pres
ent to DECIDE whether they should con-
tinue the present committee for limited
franchises and equal taxation or estab-
lish another committee under a new
name to continue the work that the for
mer began
At this juncture Gardner Colby, who
| was treasurer of the Colby committee,
called attention to the fact that the COM
mittee could not be continued, nor new
one carried on, without the aid of ready
money.
4 This practical suggestion was at once
acted on, when several Of the men pres-
ent offered to contribute 500 each to
! maintain the organization that might be
formed. The offer was contagious. and
within few minutes all the men in the
room had pledged themselves to coptrib-
ute at least 500 each.
i Mr.. Jones then spoke Of the general IN,
tcrest that had been attracted from all
parts Of the State to the movement that
had begun in Essex and Hudson, and In
a strong speech suggested that an inyes-
tigation be made into the question whe-
ther OF not It would be advisable To-
| spread out the agitation for the Rrinci-
pies that the committee stand for.
/ He proposed that there pc formed. for