The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-27
CAMPAIGN
WILL OPEN !
ON FRIDAY
Republican Mass Meeting in
Kruger Auditorium, When
Fort Will Speak.
STATE HEADQUARTERS
Will Be Opened at Rooms of
the County Committee..New
Idea Executive Commit.
tee Takes Harmony
Acfien.

Republicans of New Jersey will open
their campaign with a mass meeting
in the Kruger Auditorium next Fri
day night. At that time former Su-
preme Court Justice ]. Franklin Fort
will deliver his first formal public cam
paign utterances on the issues of the
day. Headquarters of the State com
mittee will be opened in the course of
a day or two at the Republican county
headquarters, Academy and Haisey
streets.
Former Governor Franklin Murphy,
State chairman, and Alfred N. Dali
rymple, county chairman, completed
these arrangements today.
Nc better arranged headquarters for
the State campaign could be
than these Is headquarters, go 1t was
decided to use them.
Arrangements for the opening will
now go on. Whether there will be any
national speakers CT not has not been
decided. 1t is not likely, however, that
any but State and local speakers VIII
be called on.
The county committee will give a
reception to Mr.. Fort at the meeting OF
that body tonight IN headquarters.
The first affair will be a family gath
ering with the candidate as the head. IT
ia mot expected that the former justice
viii make an important speech, but win
devote himself to a harmony talk pr1ncl-
pauy. -.
All the county and city candidates will
be present to make the acquaintance OF
the candidate.
--Nzfnf orro unto have Decn
made for the reception, which will be
purely Informal. 1t is customary in Ike
publican ranks to have the g~ubernatoriai
candidate make such a visit as that
planned for tonight.
plans for one of the most vigorous cam
pajgns In the history of Essex Will De
made. A meeting of the speakers com
mittee will be called for Tuesday next IN
the afternoon.
The New Idea leaders will attend this
meeting, according to promise. This course
was announced at a meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee of the New Idea yes
terdav afternoon, when they adopted the
following resolution:
Resolved, That the executive commit
tee of the Repubiican League for Limited
Franchises and Equal Taxation herepX IN
dorses the candidates of the republican
party and congratulates the Republican
State and county conventions upon the nc
ceptance of some of the principles for the
adoption of which the league has laborcu.
and
'Be 1t further resolved, That we recon-
mend that the member Of the league
actively endeavor to secure the selection
of said candidates, and
'sBe 1t further resolved, That the league
be continued for the purpose Of securing
the enactment into law Of the principles
for which it hes stood. together with other
progressive legislation In the interest of the
people"
Gardner Colby said today that the reso-
luton was passed unanimously, He
stated that there had been so much dis
cussior as to just what course the New
Idea was to pursue in view Of the Thar
mony'' development that it was deemed
advisable to hold a meeting of the execu-
tive committee to definitely state their
position. The attendance at the meeting
was large.
Gardner Colby said that the resolution
explained just what the consensus OF
opinion was.
ut has been put up to me-" he said, tic
inform the county chairman that we are
ready to cooperate with him in the cam
paign work.
The headquarters of the New Idea. IL thc
present plans carry, will resolve them
selves into a clubhouse practically, ready
to use In case a break comes again with
the Regular Republicans and the room:
available to take up the work that ha:
been carried on.