The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-25
COLBY WH|RLS
ABOUT ON EXCISE
AND RAYMOND
Now Declares lie Would Work
for Repeal of the Bish-
ops Law.
PROMISES TO SUPPORT
OPPONENT If SUCCESSFUL
Badgered by Audience, He Also
Says He Thinks Well of
Bryan.

State Senator Everett Colby has be-
come converted ana last night declared
thai IL he were renominated and re-
elected he would do all he could to re :
peal the Bishops law and that he
would introduce bill 10 allow the
people to decide by popular vote what
lhey want lie also SAID he would
support Thomas l.. Raymond II beaten
at the primaries and lcidentally an
nounced that he thought pretty we'll
of William j. Bryan, the Democratic
candidate for President.
The Senator's change of views on the
Bishops law is especially notable and
is thought to be the result of informa-
tion he obtained since his return from
the Thousand Islands, where his wife
has been Ill. The Senator attended a
meeting of tho executive committee of
the Republican League during the late
afternoon and, It was said, received re-
ports which proved to his mind that he
would have TO change his stone wall at
titude OF standing on the Bishops law
If he hoped to make a good showing at
the primaries against Mr.. Raymond for
the nomination for State Senator.
Heckled by Spectators.
The Third ward meeting was in the
open air and big crowd was on hand
when the senator appeared. The audi
tors were not all in sympathy with the
speaker and he had to answer num-
Der of questions put to him by specta-
tors. 1t was i'll reply to these that he
made his important statements.
viii you vote for the repeal of the
Bishops law" inquired "Sam" How
ard. tho minstrel man.
"Ill tell you what | will do IL / am
reelected said Mr. Colby. 81 will In
troduce a bill to repeal the Bishops
law and place on the statute books as
q substitute q measure providing that
the people shall decide by popular vote
what they want.
1.-THE party organization said that |
prepared the bill and started the agi-
tation for ii. That is untrue. j want
to say, however, that when the bill
came up, l considered il and voted for
1t as | believed l should vote. / have
never yet lodged a question. You know
ii is no uncommon thing for a legisla-
tor to be Ill or forced to be away when
disagreeable questions are up for con-
sideratio,-. / voted on every bin that
has been before the Senate while / have
been in my seat
In u state of Doubt.
'TWhen the Bishops bill came up l
studied il hard, and voted for it because
I believed that the homes of our State
would be made happier by its pro-
visions. don't know now what the
people of Essex County desire In this
particular. ! don't know today what the
people Of Newark would do il the ques-
tion Of the sale OF liquor on Sunday
were put to vote"
tTYou didn't care n darn what Essex
county wanted or what we thought
about the BILL" shouted one of his In
quisItOrs.
AFTER the bin was passed." the Sem
ator said, 81 went to Atlantic city and
/ studied the conditions there on SUM-
Gay. We had a Sheriff in Essex County
who, although not wholly in sympathy
with the Bishops law, had put his hand
on the Bible and sworn to enforce all
laws, and he did Gee TO 1t that the sa-
looms we're closed on Sunday. In Attain
tic City the Bishops law was absolutely
disrega rded, and Is absolutely disre-
garded today, because majority Of the
people there apparently do not want IL
enforced. and l have come TO the con-
clusion that a law cannot be enforced
unless a majority of the people are In
favor of IT, And so / have changed my
mind and believe that the people should
have an opportunity to vote on this
question"
When another interruption was made.
in which the Senator was asked where
he would be If Raymond were nomi-
mated, his reply was:
Change In Raymond Attitude.
"I will not only support him, but do
all can to help him win out" said Mr..
Colby early in the campaign l said
that If Judge Raymond attempted to
gumshoe through this campaign with
out telling the people where he stood on
the issues before us and without coming
out in the open l would help to defeat
him il he should be nominated, and /
meant it, but Judge Raymond since
then has come out with statement OF
his beliefs, and, while it isn't full or as
clear as we hope ii will be later, want
to say that It places him on record
clearly enough to lead me to say here
that I propose to work for his election
should he beat me at the primaries"
what do you think of Bryan"
shouted somebody in the crowd.
"What do you think of him?" re-
torted the Senator.
''I think pretty well of him." said the
questloner.
80 do T." rejoned the Senator.
High Class Vaudeville Acts,
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