The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-01

Il O39 ct 4 haAAgNU III BAAiAlBA1J aAN -
the triumph of principles, and l propose
to conduct myself and my campaign so
that, whether elected or defeated, when
It Is all over l can look you all In the
face and feel no disgrace.
l thank you from the bottom Of my heart
for this kindness, but now we must get 10
work. | will not be able to be with you
much of the time, as l have been informed
tonight hat l am to make from six to
eight speeches a day in every county In
the State. II these are al made. and they
will be made. and the platform supported,
success Is assured as surely as you and
I stand here.
Coleman X. Kissan n. president Of the
Union League Club, awaited the candidate
at the door with DIR. T. Earle Budd and
! Postmaster John A. Alderman. Of the
| Entertainment committee. AS the process
sion drew near, with the band playing
Hold the Fort and the paraders sing
ing II, a band stationed in the clnbrooms
on the second floor took up the refrain
and the waiting members swelled the
chorus.
Colonel Olcott was the first to ascend
the stairway. followed by the band. I'M
mediately behind thu musicians came for
mer Judge Fort and Messrs. Nissan. Ack-
herman and Budd. AS they entered the
room the SOM was drowned in cheers
that lasted for several minutes.
The rooms had been decorated for the oc"
casion. The sam brand Of s~ticlkless LEM
onade that was served at the East Orange
| Republican Club last week was ladled out
in two anterooms in generous quantities.
Mr.. Nissan lost no time in preliminaries
He stated that the reception to the Guber-
material candidate and the nominees for
the county ticket was in accordance with
the clubs custom. and Immediately called
upon Assistant Prosecutor Mott, the man
who placed Mr.. Fort In nomination at the
State convention. for a speech.
IT am delighted to be here and see this
magnificent turnout, one of the best at this
stage of the campaign that I have ever
KNOWN Judge Mott spid. when men
come out by the hundred at a meeting that
is held before the campaign is fairly be-
gun, it certainly means something. II
means just this, that when the Republican
party is right the people stand back Of 1t.
He added that the party was-right and
spoke highly of State and county plat
forms. Judge Fort must be made Cover
nor, he concluded.
The room was crowded and uncomfort-
ably warm. All the building regulations
were violated by the dense mass of men
that filed every chair and crowded into
every nook and Granny, standing in the
ante-rooms and on the stairs. They were
generous with their applause for every one
who spoke. They gave Judge Mott a well
come and a farewell, and then when Sena-
tor Colby was introduced they found room
to make plenty of noise.
II attended this meeting tonight because
I am in this fight to win,'' said the Sena-
tor. 'If the Republican party is right,
apd 1 believe it is. 1t is worth working
for
He said that it was up to every Re-
publican to get his coat off n hustle.
No oarnnaiop mo- axya~ NOV lu NJ, fforaat
to go on the stump end fool the people,
he averred, and there was no tendency to
undertake any sue campaign this year.
Tt was here that he stated that some of
the "stuff'' of the New Idea had been
taken into the platforms of the party this
year, adding that the league would remain
on the Job for the next twenty-five years.
After stating that he was in the cam
paign because he believed every plank of
the platform and because Mr.. Fort be-
loved them, Senator Colby said there
were some who had endeavored to get the
New idea Republicans to take an attitude
that would 'ssoon make them nothing but
common scolds.'
The Essex Senator reviewed the bene-
fits which he saw in the proposed direci
lprimary legislation. That, he averred
would free the party from any corpora-
tion or boss domination in that 1t would
give the people a chance to investigate
the candidates for nomination during the
primary campaign, and no aspirant would
be able to duck or decline to commit
himself on any issue"
He was emphatic in his threat to "sit
down. the moment the Senate turned
down any of the bills that were to be pre-
scented in conformity to convention pledges.
He said he was sure the enate would do
all that the party had pledged.
sfEuorxy paop hara pan talre off biq paat
and work just as hard as he can for the
success of the Republican ticket he con-
cluded, land know that he is working for
the people. I you get to work there is no
doubt about the result
Before I get carried away by my elo-
quence," Mr.. Colgate said when he was
called upon, II want to thank you for
the nomination for the humble office of
A~ssemblyman. II I am elected I will do
my best to serve the city of Orange and
the county. And I think will be elected,
for I I'm on the tail of the ticket of which
our distinguished fellow citizen is the
head"
Congressman Parker received his share
of applause when he was called to the
forum. He said the party platforms were
much alike this year. He said 1t was a
case of the party and the fitness of the
man who was the candidate for Gov
ernor. Then followed an eulogy of Judge
Fort.
Il want to thank those who voted for
me at the primary election and those of
the more intelligent class who voted
against me-" He was interrupted for the
second time by laughter and applause at
this sally. Finally resuming: mot for
voting against me, but for welcoming me,
as they supposed, back to the Republican
PARTY. Blu l never left the party. You
can't get me out of it,"
Mr.. Colgate dwelt on the vote-getting
qualities Of Judge Fort. He said that he
had managed to get the support Of two
factions that we're fighting bitterly in
Jersey City when their delegates went
into the State convention, a remarkable
feat. He is designated as the humorist
of the campaign, and he lived up to his
title by dealing with the problems that
would confront Mr.. Fort should he be
elected. One of the Hudson factions, he
ventured. would get left because they
were Numerically opposed to each other.
Mr. Martin took up statements made
editorially limiting at benefits that had
accrued or would accrue to the New Idea
as a result of the harmony in the Re-
publican party. 1t wasn't necessary TO
deny che allegations there, he said. He
recalled that he had been elected an
Alderman in 1902 and declared that he
has been fighting corporate and boss
control ever since, aud that he was go
ing to keep it up.
Twelve or thirteen years ago." Mr..
Martin said in discussion of the issues, "a
man stood up in Jersey City and said:
Il have studied this problem from end to