Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-11-15
AGAINST PAYING
POLL WORKERS
Bull Moose County Committee
Takes Action on Watchers
and ChalIengers.
LAY PLANS FOR STRONG
CITY ORGANIZATION
Frank |. Driver Named as
Head of New Newark
Body.

the employment of volunteer watchers
and challengers. This policy will be
adhered to in every election or pri-
mary hereafter. The executive conf
mittee. however, was instructed to
consider the a~dvisability Of employ
ing 4 paid secretary to look after the
party business, and be constantly in
touch with the work of the organiza-
ton. Walter F. Simpson has served
in this capacity heretofore without
salary.
Plans were laid for a stronger or
~ganization in this city and following
the county committee meeting the
Newark representatives met and
formed themselves into the Progress
sive city committee. Frank l..
Driver was chosen as chairman and
William H. Smith as secretary. This
committee will be composed of two
representatives from each election
district. A meeting will be held on
Thursday evening.
Friction developed over a resolution
offered by Herman B. Walker which
provided that Chairman Irving K.
Tavlor should consult with repre-
sentatives of the State committee,
with a view to establishing a joint
State and county headquarters in
Newark. Borden d. Whiting op-
posed the resolution and finally of
fered an amendment that any plan
proposed should be reported back to
the county committee for approval
The rather general discussion be-
came lively when Everett Colby
stepped to the front and said: Now.
what is the use of fooling? There has
been friction in our organization, We
realize it; we don't want 1t to con-
t.nue, neither do we who oppose hasty
action on this resolution, nor those
who favor the proposal.
Edmund B. Osborne, head of the
executive branch of the State COM
mittee. as the seconder of the Walker
resolution, made a sharp retort to
Mr.. Colby. He said that the refer
ence to friction was a big surprise to
him. II don't believe he continued.
shat the business of the State and
the county committees can be con
Quoted from the same desk. That
did not strike me as the purport of
the resolution which l seconded
merely to get it before this body
And / want to say as a member of
the State committee that l can work
anywhere with anybody who is in
terested in the Progressive cause"
Mr.. Colby's utterance about friction
was taken as a reference to the con-
troversy that occurred previous to
the general election over the naming
Of former Governor Fort as national
committeeman at the Chicago Pro-
gressive convention in place of Bor-
den D. Whiting, which resulted later
In the voluntary resignation of Mr..
Fort to make way for Mr.. Whiting
and the choice of Mr.. Fort for State
chairman. The incident las night re-
vealed that some old sores are not
healed.
The plan for a city committee was
suggested by John Mulvaney. whose
resolution provided hat il should be
composed of the ward chair men, with
power given to each to name an
additional member. After desultory
discussion as to the ACCESSIBILITY of
creating a city committee in that
a substitute motion by Will
bur A. Mott providing that the coun-
ty chairman call the Newark mem
btrs of the county committee to-
gether for organization Was accepted
and passed. The chairman called the
meeting to convene Immediately after
adjournment.
It vas former Senator Colby who
suggested that the committee go on
record as opposed TO the payment of
workers at the polls. He said that he
did not wish 20 have another ex-
perience like the one he had on the
night previous to the last election.
when he was importuned for money
by men asked TO work at the polls.
In his belief such payments were
against the law, but whether that
were SC or not, he believed that the
ruies of the old game should be abol-
ished.
In approval of what Mr.. Colby said
Mr.. Osborne offered a resolution.
which was passed, providing that the
officers and members of the executive
committee and all charged with the
responsibility for a campaign be in
strueted to spend no money for
watchers or challengers.
a resolution by Mr.. Whiting set
forth thai Il was the sense OF the
committee that no member thereof
should maintain any official connec-
ton with any other party. and em-
bodied a recommendation to the State
committee to call upon all Prcgres-
sives in the State to sever aml,ation
with any other political party. 1t
was passed unanimously.
The resignation Of William Fell
loves Morgan as treasurer was ac-
cepted and in his place Charles c..
Goodrich, of West Orange. was
chosen. There were many tributes
to the work of Mr.. Morgan for the
party. He was elected first vice
president to oil a vacancy and r.
Arthur Heller, Of Newark, was chosen
q second vice-president. Chairman
Taylor named the heads of the usual
committees, and after conference with
them will designate the other mem
bers OF these bodies.
Two amendments to the constitu-
tien to be acted on at the next meet
ing were offered. The most impor-
tant one. proposed by herman B.
Walker. would prohibit the Pro-
gressive County Committee. or n
onicer thereof, from giving IN in
dorsement to any Progressive candi-
date previous to the party primaries.