The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-06
N SOMMER
PUT IN BUSY NIGHT IN
INTEREST OF NEW IDEA.
Two Meetings in Newark and Orange
and Nutley Voters Addressed.
Martin Talks, Too.

Sheriff Frank H. Sommer. Senator Ever
cit Colby. Alderman William p. Martin and
other New Idea men completed this week y
ante=primary campaign meetings last night
with our meetings. two in the city. one In
Orange and one in Nutley.
There wac practically nothing new In the
~utterances of any of the speakers, their
arguments being confined to a reiteration
Of the ideas they have been promulgating
for the last two weeks.
Sheriff Sommer and Alderman Martin
opened the meeting at Sherman avenue and
Astor street. When Senator Colby and
Austen Colgate arrived Mt this place from
the Nutley and Orange meetings, the for
mel went to the other Newark meeting ut
Littleton and Thirteenth avenues. The
Sheriff. however. was unabie to get to the
suburb. but the Senator sounded histpraises
in great style.
Herman b. Walker was holding ,thlngs
down" during the wait for Sheriff. Som
mer in Orange.
delivered four addresses each, and got
through before midnight. At each place
the audience was satisfactory TO the
speakers.
The meeting held in the open air at the
corner of North Centre street and Park
avenue was attended by several hundred
persons, many of whom were women. Be-
sides Senator Colby and Sheriff Sommer,
speeches were made by Austen Colgate,
candidate for the Assembly; ex-Assembly-
man William II. Martin. Louis M.
Sanders. former member of the Board of
Education Of Orange, presided.
Mr. Colby complimented the work OF Mr..
Colgate while a member of the Assembly
as a New idea man, saying that he was In
his seat every day. and despite the ridicule
hurled at them all, sat quietly and sawed
wood like the rest Of his followers.
You Defeated us last year. said the
speaker. " and l don't need to tell you
why. You know. A man was running for
the United States Senate, and he brought
the great financial interests he controlled
In this and other counties to bear against
u.s."
He criticised the charge that he and his
fellows are not good Republicans. and
held that the accusers themselves were
enemies Of the party in being false to its
principles.
"They say we are oflceseekers," said
Mr.. Colby II admit the charge. We are
seeking Office just as they are doing and
the onlv difference between us is. that we
keep our promises to the people and they
do not.
whether we win or not. depend upon 1t
that 1t will make no difference. We are In
this fight to stay. and ] am willing to
make an engagement now. regardless OF
the possible result. to hold z meeting right
on this corner a year from tonight"
Discussing Sheriff Sommer. who had not
yet arrived. Mr.. Colby paid him the COM
pl'ment Of being "oue of the very. very
few men whom l have ever seen who does
not seem to have a selfish thought"
I'VE are going to work for this man until
our fingers are worn to the bone,' the
speaker continued. IT will admit hat
when we named a candidate for Governor
we had little or no hope of his getting The
nomination. Now | believe that we are go
ing to nominate in the primaries and elect
Mt the election Frank II. Sommer."
Mr.. Walkers addressSdid not differ ma
~terially from the rest. except he made
some disclosures of the methods of the
Regulars" learned. he said. when one OF
them. Discussing candidates. he relnnrked:
"One of them got back from Europe to-
day. Would he state his views on public
questions? oh, no; he said he would take
the nomination II offered him, but that he
made 1t n rule not to discuss politics"
Mr.. Martin spoke briefly, dealing in the
main with the need of ballot reform and
the direct primary.
Sheriff Sommer was received with three
cheers, after being introduced as zone of
natures noblemen, the mex Governor of
New Jersey"
He reviewed his former campaign
and his conduct of the Sheriff's Of
flee, and said that regardless of criticism
or enmity that he may ave aroused. he
would pursue the same policy again under
similar circumstances.
He reiterated his position on che liquor
question, f~avoring local option for ZACH
community. He said the Legislature had
made a izzle each time they tried to set
tie 1t, as no general law'would be applica-
BILE to all localities.
From my experience with professional
politicians, as they call themselves, / am
glad that I have not yet graduated from
the amateur class In which they say I
belong he said.
Mr.. Colgate reviewed his career in the
Assembly and declared that 1t would be
pursued II sent there again.
William H. Parry, president, presided Mt
the Nutley meeting. While awaiting the
speakers from out Of town. f. s. Farwell,
of Nutley, addressed the meeting on the
principles OF the New Idea. He said that
the people were awakening to the condi-
lions.
When Senator Colby entered the hall he
was greeted with generous applause. The
speaker wasted no time after being intro
duced. He reviewed the work done by
the New Idea In the legislatures of the
past two years. He said that the New
Idea party desired to stablish confidence
between the laborlng mar and the so-ctlie1