The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-13

party and will give the Demo-
cratic party an opportunity for fair
attack.
Fourth-As chairman of the county
committee, you in the recent pri-
mary campaign permitted that
committee to be used to usurp the
powers of the county convention,
and, through the committee, at
tempted to commit the party to
policies in advance of'such V
ton.
Fifth-You declared at Bloom
field that Everett Colby was not
fit to be the Republican nominee
for State SENATOR The Republican
vote in primary and at the election
has decided he was fit.
Sixth-You have at one time or
other s%trenuously opposed most of
the advanced policies to which the
Republican party now stands COM
mitted.
Seventh-Your leadership of the
tparty has been repudiated in all of
the strong Republican localities
above referred to, and 1t has been
demonstrated by the recent cam
paign hat a continuance of your
management is not necessary to the
success of the party.
E~ighth-You have adopted a pol
icy of regarding the persons who
We're opposed to your personal de-
sires as enemies to the party.
Ninth-You were repudiated three
years G by the party when you
were a candidate for the office of
sheriff, and you were again repudi-
ated when you led the opposition
to Everett Colby in his candidacy
for nomination for State senator.
= y
Eleventh-By you conduct during
the primary campaign, which was
absolutely ~unbecoming the chair
man of the county committee, you
placed yourself in such position as
to debar you from even mentioning
the name of the nominee for State
senator, and gave as your excuse
"a loss of memory
Twelfth-These reasons, summed
up, amount to this: As chairman
you have transformed that office
from that of party leader into that
of party boss. Respectfully,
LATHROP ANDERSON.
at Is therefore probable thai the
late chairman of the Republican Coun-
ty Committee, If reelected in Decem-
Der, 1909, will do as he has done in the
past n the Republican voters of
Essex county, who will vote for candi
dates as members o. the county COM
mittee who in turn will vote for the
Let nl,irn,a, aaino II with thptr
eyes open,
1.-THE administration of the present
chairman of the county committee is
no better thar that of his predecessor,
except hat in some particulars 1t Is
not so odoriferous. The system re-
mains. Interference with the nominal
ton of candidates for office is con-
tinued. Opposition to principles de-
sired by the voters has been maintained
and the committee has been used for
the purpose of serving special inter
ests. The late chairman of the county
committee has commented upon the ac-
ton of the present chairman of the
county committee in opposing legisla-
ton to which the party was pledged.
This, however, is only in one instance.
I may say that the present chairman
of the county committee, as well as
the secretary, have frequently appeared
in the halls of the Assembly and in
fluenced the members of the Assembly
to vote against innumerable bills for
which the party in Essex county has
stood, and to which, as a whole, it was
pledged.
Martin Resolution.
aNTlNA,a n no No n,esfIiIft,, - la,,l4
about the position of the majority of
the members of the county committee
upon the issues involved in the pres
ent campaign. because | introduced at
a regular meeting of the county COM
mite a resolution as follows:
Whereas, The supreme power, au-
thority, control and management of
the Republican party, it's principles
and policies and the selection of it's
candidates is inherent in the voters
who affiliate themselves with the
Republican party; and
Whereas, In the county of Essex
the power to legislate in relation to
the principles and policies of the
party with reference to local affairs,
to select candidates for local office
and to provide for the management
of the affairs of the party on behalf
of the members of the said Repub-
lican party is exercised at present
by the Republican county conven-
tion, which provides the medium for
the expression of the opinion of the
voters Gnow this power resides in
the voters to select candidates
pledged to principles which they APP
proved, and
Whereas, The Republican County
Committee of Essex county has
hitherto been established by such
county convention for the purpose
of endeavoring to secure the adop-
ton of the principles and policies
of the Republican party and the Sc
lection of its candidates at the polls
under the direction and control of
said county convention for the bene-
fit of the citizens and inhabitants
of the county of Essex, and to pro-
mote and further the interests of
the said citizens. inhabitants and
the party in such other reasonable
manner as shall be approved; and
Whereas, the said Republican
County Committee of Essex county
is subordinate to the county conven-
branch of the party, and was not
organized for the purpose of con-
trolling the adoption of principles
and policies nor the selection of
aandidates Mt the urinary or-other-