Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-04
FOWLER SURPRISES
AUDIENCE WITH
PLEDGE OF VOTERS
1000 Union County Citizens De-
nand Voice in Selection of
U. S. Senators.
NOMINATED FOR SEAT
NOW HELD BY KEAN
Republican Regulars Flayed by
MurdOck and Norris at Big
Elizabeth Meeting.

tive Charles N. Fowler, at the insur-
gent mass-meeting in Proctor's Thea
tire, Elizabeth. last night declared that
in Union county within the past few
days 1000 voters had signed a pledge
to support no candidate who would not
promise to support the candidate FOR
United States senator receiving the
highest Republican State vote in the
September Republican primaries These
pledges will be circulated in every
county in the State. The Endorsement
of Mr. Fowler as the candidate to sue
coed his fellow -townsman, Senator
John Kean, preceded the ratification of
the form of the pledge.
Mr.. Fowler did not accept the sena-
torial Endorsement; neither did he re-
fuse It. He deferred making a state-
ment upon the subject for the present,
it being well known that the congress-
man from the Fifth district Is trying
to force the Republicans to renominate
him for Congress- The thousand men
who cheered Fowler regard the pledge
plan as a sure way of defeating Sena-
tor Kean, but throughout the State 1t
is generally believed former Governor
y
atorial honors are greatly strength
ened by the adoption of the pledge.
There was wild outburst of ap-
plause when Congressman Fowler de-
clared lust before the adjournment of
the meeting:
Here is some information for you,
message that will ring from Sussex to
Cape May. because it will decide the
A. tof
ator. It is this: Two thousand men in
Union County have signed pledges that
they will not stand for any candidate
for legislative Office who does not
,romise to stand by the candidate for
senator who receives the highest vote
at the primary. That number OF
voters is enough to determine the eiec-
ton"
REPRESENTATIVES. Victor Murdock, OF
Kansas. and George W. Norris, of Ne
braskn. delivered red-hot insurgent ad-
dresses and retorted to Speaker Can
mons recent assertion that shooting
was too good for the insurgent Repub-
Hcans and that they ought to be hang
ed as traitors to the party.
Fowler Pledges Self
Mr. Fowler had intended not ad-
dressing the meeting, but after the
resolution indorsing him for the Senate
lad been adopted he said:
'I am more than gratified by the
splendid audience before me. Your
rresen here is an expression of the
sentiment in this State and means that
fow and for all time the people Will
select their own United States Sen
ators
ut is a matter of little consequence
who THE man is you select for Senator
tais wear. but it is of vital Importance
that YOU select him.
with you | am going to do my
utmost to see that this one great step
for reform in the selection OF our
United States Senators is taken this
fan"
city Clerk James I. McMurray, OF
Plainfield, who is the Fowler manager,
offered the resolution indorsing him
Tor United States Senator
United States Senator Borah OF
Idaho, who was scheduled to speak
sent word that he couldn't attend but
would redeem his pledge to speak IN
Elizabeth at some early date. In his
place came Congressman Norris.
Colby Attends Rally.
There were men from all over the
state George Graham, who managed
the Grubb campaign in South Jersey
being prominently placed in one box,
while former Senator Everett Colby
and Mrs. Colby occupied another
Congressman Murdock's speech was
red hot. He told his hearers that when
they had a Congressman such as
Fowler, who doesn't grovel or cringe
to Speaker Cannon, they ought to keep
him.
In part Mr.. Murdoch said: III
.J could never understand how 1t Is
that Charley Fowler manages to main
tain that look of innocence. nave
seen a good many new Congressman
tackle him because they thought ne
was easy, and have seen those same
Congressman retire from their contact
badly worsted
II am here to bear testimony to Fow-
ler's independence. We've had little
Independent campaign on in Washing
ton for couple of years. Not 50 long
ago Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, of the
House, in a speech in New YORK dealt
with this little campaign. In 1t ne
asked: What shall VIC do with the IN
surgents? Someone in the audience
cried out Shoot them!' Cannon SAID:
NO. Shooting is an honorable death.
They ought to be hung. Some OF his
friends tried to explain this as DIT
Of post -prandial jesting but 1t wasn't
wThose words were the fumes from
heart full of hot hate for the men VINO
had refused to be dominated by him,
and whose efforts in the House had
broken his power"
Mr.. Murdoch launched a bitter attack
at the speaker calling him gross and
cruel" In the nidst of the attack
somebody in the audience shouted.
"Why didn't you put the old skate
out?'
.Ah! Gladly would have put him
ont" said the Kansan. y voted to, but
il wasn't possible. II death by the
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