Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-11
NEW IOEAITES Do
NOTHING BUT KICK,
SAYS OAlRYMPLE
G. O. P. County Chairman Short
and Sharp in Reply to
Editor HapgOod.

Norman Hapgood, one of the editors
of Golfers Weekly. who was discov-
cred in East Orange. where he attended
dinner, by former State Senator
Everett Colby. had this to say at a
meeting of the general county commit
tee of the Progressive Republican
League, or New Ideaites, last night.
IF you fellows win, and you will If
you have the courage of your convic-
tions, consider no compromise with the
machine, and, as Senator Colby has
put it, sit ON the job. If you win you
will reform the Republican party. If
you don't win it will mean the end of
the Republican party, and the forma-
tion of new party. The great reform
wave that has originated in the West
and is sweeping Eastward can't be
stopped. The Republican party will
either be reformed by that wave or it
will be finished.
Alfred N. Dalrymple, chairman of
the Essex County Republican Commit
tee, had this to say today about Mr..
Hapgoods predictions:
II don't care to say much about
those New Idea fellows now, but we
will answer them at the next primaries
and election day as we did at the last
( primaries and election, when the voters
proved their confidence in party or
ganization by their votes These fell
lows. the New Ideaites, have nothing
else to do but to hold meetings, kick
about everybody and everything In
politics and against loyal party men in
public offices and boast of their i'm
maculate purity as citizens and in
politics."
Mr.. Hapgood also said. Oregon has
the best primary law in the country. 1t
is possible for the people there to elect
Republican Legislature and instruct
that Legislature to choose a Demo
cratic United States Senator, as was
donegin the case of Senator Chamber
lain. Frank Hitchcock, the national
Republican chairman, held that the
Legislature of Oregon was not bound
to vote for Chamberlain because a
promise of Republican to a Democrat
wasn't binding. To the credit of Ore
gon the Hitchcock plan, which was a
disgrace to the Republican machine.
was unsuccessful and Chamberlain was
elected
why AIdrich Quit.
4
Referring to the announcement by
Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island, that
he would not be candidate for reelec-
tion, Mr.. Hapgood had this to say:
"When Senators came. up for reelecs
tion, the test all over the country this
year would have been: Are you for
Aldrich or against him?' Aldrich was
far sighted enough to see this and that
his candidacy. for reelection would re-
suit in the defeat of the stand-pat SEN
ators everywhere on the Aldrich issue.
thus destroying the system which he
has created. So he eliminated himself
in hope of saving his machine"
George L. Record, the great New
Ideaite, of Jersey City, went to the
meeting early, but as he was not no.
ticed by anybody he went to the office
of the headquarters of the party and
sat there short time. Mr.. Record
declined to talk about the incident
William F. Martin, former assembly,
man, said he did not see Mr. Record
at the meeting, as he (Mr. Martini
was at the telephone in another room
when the Jersey City leader entered
the hall.
President Edmund b. Osborne, of the
Essex County League, said the cam
paign would not be a pillow fight, and
he urged the New Ideaites to work
hard Mr. Colby said:
Ex-senator CoIby's PIen.
81 am now on the job here to help
President Osborne work up the cam
paign.
"Our trouble In the past has been that
we fail at the crucial time. We are fine
at dollar dinners and fine at meetings
like these, but we fail to keep up our
good work at the primaries. Now 7
want to see a good man leading the
fight for the things that we are striv
ing for in every district in Essex Coun-
ty by July 1. 1t is only by thorough
organization that we will win. / am on
the job here every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday afternoon, and will be glad
to talk with any of you and give any
help that / can"
He urged attendance at the dollar
dinner of the league in Kruger Audi
torium May 25 and besought his hear
ers to get busy and sell tickets.
Herman B. Walker was the chief
speaker of the evening.
A resolution was adopted commend
ing Alderman Jerome T. Con-
gleton and his New Idea asso-
ciates in the Common Council, Alder
nen George w. Taylor, Charles L,
whitfield and Daniel Hopper, for their
course in trying to force the Repub-
lican party TO redeem it's platform
pledge to support civil service reform,
no matter what technicality might
temporarily upset the application OF
the law here"