The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
TO CAST
 LEE OUT Alderman Meyers Defines > Scope of New Republi-
 can Movement IS NEITHER OF
 sYOUNGS' NOR sOLDs' Just One of Thousands of Republicans Who Resent
 Railroad Domination Points to Harbor- Car Barn Grab as Example of Faith
 lessness to People

The first statement of an official nature, coming from the anti-Lee Re- publicans, appeared today in the form of a communication given to the press by Alderman Eugene I. Meyers. the Republican member of the Common Council from the Eleventh district. Mr. Meyers represents particularly. it is safd the element among the Re- pro-railroad administration by a Re- publican Mayor. His statement is made to clear up the idea that the movement in which he is interested is a young Republican movement The statement contains some scarcely veil- ed references to Mayor Lee, which probably represent the attitude of some thousands of other members of the Mayors own party.
 Alderman Meyers statement follows:
 sI desire to say a few words to clear up 8 misunderstanding which is. per haps, more of language than Of fact Recently I filed some hundreds of ap- pIications of Republicans not previous ly voters in Republican primaries, but who desired to become so. These were the last of some 800 applications of persons who desire to participate in the Republican primaries this fall, for the purpose of obtaining the regular Republican nomination for Mayor for a Republican whose first duty will be to the whole party and to the whole people, and not to this or that corpo- ration,
 "These men, like myself, do not count themselves either 'old' or young Republicans, although the fashion seems to be to describe them as the latter, perhaps because there has peen in recent years a contest between fac tions of the party so named.
 However this may be, the present l movement to free the Republican party of leaders subservient to the New Ha- ven railroad is not of either of those factions but is a movement spontan-
 eously arising in the minds Of all Re pub1icans who have carefully noted such significant happenings as the abolition of the city harbor line, which was for the benefit of an organization which naturally desires to cripple con- petitive transportation, and the grant ! of cal barn privileges to the same peo- pie. These incidents are not only inn portant in themselves, but they are | important as showing how far, under | its present leaders, the party in Bridge port has been removed from the pI!n- I ciples of Lincoln, Roosevelt ana tne | late Governor Lilley.
 l saThere are but two ways in which g party can discipline leaders who De | tray, or misrepreSent it. One way IS to- passively permit the nomination 01 are elected to vote for the candidates | of the other party. The other anc better way is to defeat such persons
 within the party primary when they seek renomination. and to nominate 1T
 their places men who will be true anc
 faithful.
 taThis latter way is the right way The Republican party can d1sclpline the members of it's own household without help It can and will show the world that though leaders may sir | in the name of the Republican part3
 they cannot sin with it's approval ane consent.
 s.Our laws, our institutions. ou1 party rules contemplate that men VII
 be frail. That occasion will ar1s<
 where men must be put down ron
 places of power for their abuse or It
 This is what the primary is for I is to enable the Republican voters tt
 sit in judgment
 sIt is not only the right, but tht
 duty of Republicans to attend thell | primaries, and to vote for such can didates as in their individual opinions will serve the people best. They ars not to move at the dictat1on Of rev | individuals but in accordance witt I their own judgments. That is the kine of a primary we are going to have II l the Republican party this fall W1tf | other Republicans I am going to vot' | for men who believe that Brldgepor7 | is for the people and not for the New Haven railroad. Because we so De | lieye we favor the nomination of Char les H. Morris, and if he will not run | then the nomination of some other Re publican whose principles are equally we'll known and equally for the promo tion of the best good of all-'