Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-03-15
SAY PARTY MUST
REFORM OR DOOM
| OF G. 0. ?. IS NEAR
Progressiyes Rap Present Lead,
I ers-Edwin D. Osborne
Elected President.

! Officers for the comlng year were
elected by the members of the Progress
sive Republican League in their head
CHARTERS in Bank street last night, Ed
Ain D. Osborne. of Montclair. succeed
tng William Fellowes Morgan as presi-
dent The other names were: Lathrop
Anderson. first president; r. A..
Heller. second ce-president; Henry c.,
Hines. third president; John 5.
Gibson recording secretary; Austen
Colgate. sergeant t-at-arms. and Walter
+ Simpton, vice-chairman. The re-
election of Mr.. Simpson was made
Temporarily, as he announced that he
aid not have time to attend to the Of
Zee as it should be hned.
! President Osborne said in his speech
Of acceptance that nothing could stop
the progressive movement, although
some delays would be experienced.
When men are in movement he
continued, not for money or power,
but only because of their conscientious
ness. nothing but a victory can stop
that movement. and it will come in
our day We want clean. honest and
straightforward government that gives
Everybody chance, the children of
the poor as we'll as the children of
the rich, but the trend of the time is
nothing of that sort. The grand old
party is facing the most perilous con-
Aitions and this peril will lead to de-
feat if the leaders are going on as they
have been We are not going to stand
tor things as they are now going on
at Albany and at Trenton. Aidrichism
and Cannonism have got to so. If they
don't the Republican party viii go.
Former Assc mblyman William F.
Martin, who succeeded in having
adopted a resolution urging the or
Eanization of Il State league. addressed
The meeting on the necessity of de-
stroying the Influence of "Aldrich and
Cannon"
Washington and Lincoln would be
astonished if they could come back and
See what is going on in Congress- he
said. after the Lincoln monument
Nas erected on the birthplace Of that
great American it was found that
money would still be needed to MAIN
lain il. and a bill WIS introd uccd in
congress for "a $50, 900 appropriation for
That purpose The bill was held up by
Speaker Cannon. and the money is now
being subscribed In Trenton bills are
being held up. too, and the Speaker
of the House is the tool of Telephone
Malselee"
A smoker and vaudeville program fol-
lowed the meeting.
The members of the new executive
committee are:
Frank H Sommer. william +. Martin,
Jerome I. Congleton, George Forman'
Harrison Van DuYne, IL, p. Brewster.
fumis II. Burnett. Conrad Hoerl Will
lam Mungle, Gaetano Belfatto. George
Virtue, GustaYe +. Sommer, Frank l..
Iriver Lathrop Anderson. Philip c.
walsh G. w. Roeber, John Hemsath.
John S. Gibson. L. s. Perry Borden u.
whiting, Everett Colby. Charles ID.
cleveland Austen Colgate. Charles r.
Aagg, Gardner Colby. II. A. Potter Ed
ward Winslow. DR.. Forest =. Lozier,
Nv. H. Taylor, Charles II. Underwood,
William II, Parry. walter r. simpson.
b. Arthur Heller. William Fellowes
Morgan II. G. Hines. 5. II. Howe,
flames W. Howard. w. II. Smith, Hen
zion Chubb. Z. l.. r. Cadmus, w. W.
Young David II. Slayback. William
Diefenthaler Benjamin ]. coe. Charles
q. Steadman Harry Wright. William 5.
-Andrus, Theodore S. BeardsfeN, Seward
AlaVis. r. r. Brown. George II. Austen,
i3r y p. Ballantine, Nicholas G.
Afirioonda. r.. -. Osborne, T.. T. Ware.
August Lacombe. MelNine H. Corter.
CHARLES H. Williams, John y. Kline and
William II. Maxwell.