The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-12
OWN TICKET, MAYBE
INDEPENDENTS MAY NAME
ONE IF
That Depends on How They Regard
Candidates Picked by Republicans
and Democrats.

Alden Freeman's Independents" are
coming out Of their retirement. Next
Monday night the county committee Of this
political faction will have a meeting at
which plans for the coming primary fight
against the bosses. corporation influence
and the like will be made. Mr.. Freeman
announced late Saturday afternoon that
the meeting would be held in Orator Hall,
this city. Invitations have been sent to
voters all over Essex to meet the county
committee to see what should be done,
Whether it will be necessary. from the
Independent party's standpoint, to nom
mate tickets separate from either of the
two big parties. or whether either of these
parties have selected men that the indie
pendents may freely indorse. are the ques-
lions to be discussed.
The progress of the Independent party
means much to the Republicans. Their
polling of nearly 10. 900 votes for George w.
Tompkins In the Mayoralty contest, out of
which Mayor Jacob Haussling emerged the
victor, was held largely responsible for the
result when the Republicans were sup
porting Walton S. Howarth. If the Repub-
leans do not nominate men that suit the
independents the votes will go to n Demo-
crat, if the Democrat is acceptable to
them. IF. however, the Democrat is not
acceptable, the entire vote will likely go
to a third ticket.
1t Is the purpose OF this party, which
polled sufficient votes to entitle 1t to rep
resentatlon on the primary tickets, to have
ballot boxes in all the election districts
in the county from which they rave had
petitions, so that, If there be any challenges
on the part of either the Democrats or
Republicans, because the men did not vote
those tickets at the last election, they Will
not lose their votes.
A reference today ito Alden Freeman
that his followers intended nothing more
or less thar the formation OF a new party
at the meeting next Monday night, from
the fact that petitions had been filed al
lowing them representation in the primary
election, was repudiated. THAT is not
So" said Mr.. Freeman. THAT act on
our part was simply for the purpose of
putting us in a position to name a sep
arate ticket in case the nominees Of either
of the big parties did not please u.s.
1.-THE purpose of this meeting" he con-
tinued, lis not to form a new party. NJ
new party will be necessary If the present
control of both the old parties by selfsl
business interests can be broken in either
of them. TIL Independent voters are
simply serving notice openly and frankly
that they now possess the necessary polit-
ical machinery for a third party. The is
sue is becoming very Sharply denned De
tween special privilege on one side and the
rights of the great body of citizens on the
other side.
1T has long been conceded in New Jer-
sev that the State administration, whether
In the hands of the Democrats or Repub-
licans. rarely appoints any one to the
bench. to a prosecutorship or any board
Of assessment or taxation who is not ac-
ceptable to the railroad, Public Service
CORPORATION, insurance. banking, trust
company and brewery combines which
working hand In hand, rule New Jersey
today