The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-23
Mr.. Riker. The motion to approve the
:esnlntinn uaa nrmall adnnted


Mr.. Riker. The motion to approve the
resolution was formally adopted.
Senator Colby was then called upon to
speak, aud was cheered when he rose. He
said:
A thought came to me when 1 was con-
sidering our gathering here tonight. 1t
seems to me that when We get into a
Tight and get our coats off we think that
all the rest of the world Is standing still.
and that the only fight going on Is our
own little affair. l know that has prac-
tically been my thought for two years in
connection with our efforts here in New
Jersey. 1t didn't occur to me that this
was all a part of u great world move
ment.
l know it's tiresome to hear your friends
tell of European trips, but want to men
ton one little incident. Once as a boy 1
was taken 10 the House of in
England by. my father. | looked into 1t
it very far. The House of Commons then
was much the same as governmental
bodies of this country of those days. What
is happening there now?
Today. on the benches where for years
the same things went on, where the orders
OF the court were obeyed and court cabal
controlled. a great change is taking place.
| found on my recent visit to the plfce
that one corner was occupied by an Irish
and a labor element.
They are doing things in that House of
Commons Just the came way they are
doing things here. They are talking about
the same things and in the same way.
| " A9s AAASy 1oiiAiA5H tANu bllC just lAlC
same names.
one member says to another, You're a
so-and-so." and the accused member rises
and SAYS that the remark Is a dishonor to
the House of Commons. Another accuses
the government of using money to secure
men for its support. It's just Xix the
! These men didn't have the votes. but
they have. by working together, forced on
England an employers liability law more
by your Senator. They have accomplished
this and other things for labor-shorter
hours. better treatment OF employees-all
by hanging together and fixing on one
Idea.
I'll venture that in the group / have
same views on any one subject. but they
say that the only way they can frighten
the government, as they put it over there
In talking of the party in power, Is 70
unite and work for the things hat will
better the life of the people they repre-
sent. So they get together and make good.
things on which they cannot agree and
discuss many subjects. but they unite on
Ame thing in the House and work for that
n our own movement here we won two
years and lost last year. Suppose we had
divided with the other side before the
primaries last year and agreed to keep one
half of the offices and give one-half and
then had been beaten, do you think that
wherever | met an American abroad, in
England, France or anywhere else visit
ed, that whether he was from California
or New York he would have known Of this
movement here as is now the case? NO.
We would have been forgotten six weeks
after election.
I want to thank you again for the re-
ception you have given me. l am mighty
glad to get back again. We have a little
over two weeks left before the primaries
feel sure ni that g IL we nsp get of together he S we can
render an accounting or ourselves that
will equal If not surpass that of two years
ago.
cborief Fropk II SaDnar mo- then
called on and said;
l hid AVA in a corner %supposing that I
could get out Of saying anything. tonight;
I want to call attention. to the resolu-
ton that has just been adopted, express
ing as 1t does my view of the attitude that
this league must at all times and in all
g gahG i p witR ! specific tacI PURPOSE pnrT lSss and. as that
resolution puts 1t, the purpose was to de-
stroy once and for all the dominance of
the corporations and the special interests
The purpose was to secure the enactment
of a series of laws to bring to an end the
have dominated in the halls of Legislation
and in the whole affairs of the State-to
give to the people what they never should
have lost; what, had they been wideawake,
they never would have lost; the cole power
to direct legislation and public affairs. And
beyond all to secure equality between the
people on the one hand and the corpora
lions or the other, created by the people.
To secure these ends we must at all
llneS keep our purpose IN view. 1t is
true that we can accomplish this purpose
of ours only through men, and therefore
we must seek TO place in nomination those
who are in accord and sympathy with
our principles.
II is unimportant whether our choice
falls on one man or another so that the
man selected is pledged to this end. 1t is
true that In a contest our choice must fall
TO one man rather than another, but 1t
is of little Importance so that the choice
falls to a man firmly committe to these
things.
We do not say to the Republican party.
nominate This man cr that man. For
myself alone. | would say, the price of
our allegience Is the nomination nf a man
to whom the welfare of the people Is
greater than the welfare of the party.
The people can only be served in the pres
ent critical period by the nomination Of
such a man.
/ ask my party to name such q. man
and l will work for him as / would not
work If the nomination fell TO my lot.
Announcement was made Of the death of
Tamas n Shenhord. of East Orange. and