Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-09-07
LRYMPLE UNFIT
FOR OFFICE, SAYS
EDMUND OSBORNE
Progressive Leader Accuses
County Chairman and Asks
Him to Resign.

In new statement today Edmund
b. Osborne county leader of the Pro-
gressive element in the Republican
party, accuses Alfred Dalrymple. chair
man of the county committee, of being
partial to the Regulars, and that his
actions unfit him for the office of
chairman. He also asks Mr.. Dalrym-
pie to resign if a majority of the Pro-
gressive candidates win at the coming
primaries.
Here is Mr. Osbornes statement in
full:
After the primaries comes the cleo
ton and all Republicans should be
anxious that everything possible be
done to elect the Republican nominees
in November
The Prosressives expect to win In
Essex county, just as Progressive Re-
publicanism won yesterday in New
Hampshire, Michigan and Wisconsin,
and as it's winning everywhere this
year. =
Now. when we do win we want a
fair chance to elect our candidates,
We want the cam paign conducted by
county committee whose chairman is
in sympathy with the candidates and
believes in the principles they stand
for. The chairman of the county COM
mittee ought to be an impartial pre-
siding officer, who keeps his hands off
in primary contests. He ought to do
as Lathrop Anderson proposes-let the
voters select the nominees, instead OF
using the machine to force the nomina
tion of one set of candidates against
another Such a chairman would be
able to conduct an efficient campaign
for electing the nominees, no matter
who they might be.
Mr.. Dalrymple is not an impartial
chairman; he is doing everything in his
power to nominate the stand-pat ma
chine candidates 4nd defeat the Pro-
gressive Republican candidates. He
does net believe In the principles that
the Progressives stand for His ac-s
tons in this primary contest unfit him
for conducting an efficient, enthusiastic
campaign if the Progressives are nomi-
mated.
We, therefore. ask Mr.. Dalrymple
III justice to the Republican party
and in fairness to the nominees, to re-
sign Immediately after the primaries
IL the majority of the Progressive
ticket is nominated, so that chair
man can be elected who will be in
sympathy with the nominees and their
principles.
Regardless of the present situation.
the term of the chairman of the county
committee ought to expire Immediately
after the primaries so as 70 insure that
the campaign will be conducted by
chairman in sympathy with the candi-
dates.
THE Progressives remember with
sorrow the campaign which Mr. Dal-
rymple conducted for Everett Colby
after the primary contest in which he
fought Senator Colby very bitterly.
Senator Colby was defeated at the
election when the majority of the Re-
publican ticket won.
1T would be very difficult to con-
vince Mr.. Colby's friends that Chair
man Dalrymple really wanted him
elected or was sorry that he was de-
feated.
But even assuming that Mr.. Dali
rymple did all in his power to elect
Senator Colby, anybody knows that try
as he might, he simply could not do
the effective work for the candidate
that could be done by chairman at
heart friendly to him.
IF Mr. Dalrymple will agree to re-
sign after the primaries in case the
Progressive nominees win, he will /
make an important contribution to the |
harmony of the Republican party in |
Essex county. We Progressives will |
agree that whenever in the future we |
are defeated at the primaries the Pro-
gressive chairman shall Immediately |
resign. so as to permit the election of
a chairman in sympathy with the can
didates and their principles