The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-24
BOOMING SOMMER
COLBY TALKS ABOUT THE
BISHOPS BILL.
Says That It's Provisions Have Not Been
Everywhere Enforced-Well Received
at East Orange Meeting.


a mass nesting to further the interests
of Sheriff Frank Sommer for the Guber-
material nomination was held last night IN
the open air in front of the Erie Railroad
depot in Prospect street, East Orange, at
which Senator Everett Colby was the prin-
cipal speaker. 1T had been expected that
the Sheriff would be present, but he did
not put In an appearance. The meeting
was attended by about 200 persons, includ-
ing many women. Senator Colby received
a big reception.
The clouds were dripping when Senator
Colby arose to speak off an old wagon
that had been decked out with bunting,
and a brass band opened the reception,
while the crowd cheered. The Senator
came out plain for the Sheriff and made it
clear just where he stood. When he men
toned the candidates name there was
considerable cheering. In his talk regard
ing his friend the Senator stated that the
Sheriff is a man OF sterling character and
has proved himself a man i~n~every respect.
He told how he had brought credit to his
office and saw that the laws were en-
forced as they should be.
All through the talk the Senator made
emphatic his reasons for believing the
Sheriff would make a good Governor. He
stated that the Sheriff had tried hard TO
abide by his oath of office, to give the
people what he promised when accepting
the nomination. He said that the Sheriff
had been willing to etand for nomination
on the New Idea platform.
Toward the close of his speech. Mr..
merits of the Bishops bill. stating that he
had voted for the measure, and believed 1t
a good bill. He claimed that in several
sections of the county the bill had not been
1t was true in some respects, he said.
that many of the poor men did not get
their glass of beer on the Sabbath, while
the, rich man had his stored away. He
said that a bill had been on the books for
over one hundred years that forbade the
opening of saloons on Sunday, but the
real enforcement of closing did not come
until the Bishops law went into effect
with the provision that all screens be re-
moved. The bill, he said, was one of the
big reasons why saloon men and the
brewery interests had been working
against the reformers.
The Senator warmed up to old-time vigor
in his talk on the Dill, and his sentiments
met with approval from the crowd. He
said afterwards that he had not really in
tended TO talk on the matter. He was
willing 70 stand for his action In voting
ing that there were parts of the State where
men believed the provisions of the bill
to be too strict for their particular locality,
and that there was a demand that 1t be
modified or repealed. He held that the
people would have to settle this matter
themselves for their own satisfaction. He
did not. however, come out with a recon-
incubation for local option in plain terms.
Former Assemblyman Austin Colgate fol-
lowed Mr.. Colby and entered into a discus
sion of equal taxation, saying that hither-
to the railroads had been getting off easily
on the payment of rates. while the citizens
ALWAYS had to nay their just due. He
and urged all to turn out at the primaries.
Mr. COLGATE injected considerable amuse-
ment into the meeting and received a warm
r%eceptions ~
n T. Williams olloved and told of the
principles, of the New Idea party. A. c.
Smith smoke on the Importance of the
ercfse> their righr of suffrage in this re-
gard.