The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-01
Orange and East Orange
Give Republican Candi-
date Big Demonstration.
NOTHING ON EXCISE YET
Fort Says he Will Give His
Opinions on the Platform at
Meeting Friday Night.-Mar-
tin, Parker, Colgate and
Others Talk.

Orange and East Orange Joined in
giving John Franklin Fort, Republican
candidate for Governor, and Senator
Everett Colby one of the bestjwelcomes
and demonstrations ever accorded a
candidate in the two cities last night
Both were guests of honor at the John
Franklin Fort Campaign Club in East
Orange early in the evening, and Joined
arms together IN marching with the
club, 200 strong, up Main street, headed
by a bfhss band to the Union League
Club in Orange, all singing Justify
Hold the Fort"
Both were love feasts. The New Idea
workers mingled with the Regulars,
and whenever Mr.. Fort could say a
nice word for Mr.. Colby it was done,
and the Senator did likewise for Mr..
Fort. The gubernatorial candidate took
dinner with the Senator at his LEVEL
Ign Park home, West Orange, before
the meetings and parade were held.
For a time it was thought at the
Union League Club that Mr.. Fort would
discuss planks in the platform when
he picked up O copy of it, as William
P. Martin had done, but he refrained.
MIR. Martin has discussed the. is
Sues he said. HE has given his views.
Those are his opinions. On Friday
night 1 will give my views and they
will benny opinions. And let me say
that l Twill stand by my opinions"
Senator Colby gave two addresses
in favor of the candidate, n said he
was in the fight to win, but if the
Republican Senate did not pass the di-
rect primary and civil service bills to
- s-A--x5.-ANl k@wa hn rUac CninO
to sit down. He said he had been
given the promise, however, that the
bills would be passed, and he believed
the word would be kept. He believed
further, he said, that every man who
wanted the right to prevail would take
off his hat and coat and work for the
election of the entire ticket. He also
stated the Republican League for Linn
tied Franchises and Equal Taxation
would be ION the job this year., next
year and for the next twenty-five years
to see that the Republican party stood
for the right candidates and platforms.
Others who spoke at the Orange
meeting were Congressman r. Wayne
Parker, Austen Colgate and Assistant
Prosecutor Wilbur A. Mott.
A band concert preceded the East
Orange meeting, and a big crowd gath
cred. The guests were late in arriv-
ing, and at 1886 City Clerk Lincoln ID.
Rowley, chairman of the meeting, led
those who had come from dinner at
Senator Colby's home to h platform.
Those who took seats there were Mayor
William Cardwel1, of East Orange;
Robert w. H-awkesworth, George r.
Howe, Congressman Parker, John
Lenord Merrill, John B. Woolston,
Captain Oscar H. Condit and Joseph A.
Birkholz.
In introducing the first speaker the chair
man said that he wished to extend the
clubs welcome to its members and to Its
members friends, and then went on to
tell of the object of the organization and
it's benefits. AS he turned and brought for
ward my distinguished guest, Senator
Colby" the crowd rose and would not let
him proceed until three cheers had been
given.
s'G~entlemen," Senator Colby began, I'VE
have only fifteen minutes here SO I must
be BRIEF Judge Fort viii be with us before
long, But I want to say just one word to
the young men of the Republican party.
The campaign is just opening and many of
these young men in the county are trying
to make up their mind just what the cam
paign means"
The speaker was interrupted by a deaf
ening shout and Mr.. Fort walked up to
the platform unattended. AS soon as he
caught sight Of him Mr.. Colby raised his
hand and the cheers broke out ngain. He
did not attempt to proceed with his talk
until the candidate was seated. Then he
went on:
''1,hi deciding what to do is a difficult
problem, but be assured Of one thing,
no man can go into politics and be a sue
cess unless he is headed in the right d.
rection and knows it. There has been no
campaign in years so involved as this ore.
Some say that the Republican party
does not mean TO abide by its own plat
form. Some of you var to know II
there are any mistakes that the Hepub-
1ican party will not straighten out. They
want TO know win the party be sold out
after e~lection; will it accept everything
that is wrong and crooked. 1 don't pro-
pose to have any misunderstanding on
these points. | say that the Republican
party has been controlled in the past by
corporations. l say so. You don't know,
but | do. We have worked for years in
the Republican party to take all there IS
good in the party and turn it to account.
The party in the State has announced
itself for the platform containing the best
thoughts of the best people in the party.
I believe that the candidate is In entire
sympathy from the crown of his head to
the soles of his feet with every plank in
the platform.
DO not think that everything is as it
should be, because it is not so. But things
will be no better because the good men
in the party run away from it when they
see things they do not like. The thing to
do is to get into the party and work from
the inside. If every young man does this
everything that is wrong will crumbie
away and frizzle up, and they viii sec
things as they should be-"
Mr.. Rowley said that he had not tho
right to introduce the next speaker, as he
was already known, being a neighbor OF
all present. Nothing further was needed,
and the chairman's formal announcement
of the speakers name was lost in the
shout that went up as Mr.. Fort stepped TO
the front. When he was allowed to pro-
coed, he said:
Mr.. President and Friends: From the
bottom Of my heart l thank you for your
invitation to me to be here tonight and
for thic magnificent reception. do not
believe that any one appreciates more than
/ do what this nleaf1s. This is my home,
you are my friends and il nils me with
great pleasure TO be- with you.
I entered the hnll IN time to hear part
OF Senator Colby's speech, and If the first
was as good as what I heard it was very
good But | heard him say that 1t had
been suggested that the Republican party
did not intend to stand by its platform
~ T efher tbs. suggestion was