Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-13
Tafi's Nomination Scored at
Meeting of Progressive
League.
COLBY URGES COLLEAGUES
To DROP REPUBLioANIsM
Decided. However. to Await Ac-
ton Of National Convcn-
ton in Chicago.

llOU vi lN0llOtldl -
ton in Chicago.
warwhoops of approval Sflss
for the Bull Moose" greeted former
Senator Everett Colby's- resolutioi
that the word .Republican" be- elims-
mated and that "afnliation with the
Republican party cease last nisn. a.
a special meeting of the Proetess've
Republican League at I'll massey
street. 1t was decided, however, 70
await the action of the national con
.vention. A large crowd filled ire
Headquarters and o~yerfowed INTO the
stairs and in adjacent Railways. In
thusiasm was at its highest nitcn.
: u want to say a word about the
suggestion that we drop the name
Republican, said Mr. Colby. IT 10
high time to break away and to~stop
tinkering with the machine am
through. I shall never again partici-
pate in a Republican primary. l nope
you will feel the same way before we
get through tonight. We ought 10
build UP a new party without regard
to offices and patronage to try to set
tie the problems that are controntsns
the country
This declaration by Mr.. Colby
brought another yell from he crowd
that filled. headquarters, I'll Haisey
street, and overlooked onto the stair
ways. I The original resolution would
have gone through as introduced but
for Edmund b. Osborne. the chair
man, who suggested that 1t might be
better 10 wait until the national ton-
vention at Chicago had acted and
then adopt a new title In accordance
with theseoutcome of the Chicago
gathering ON August b.-This sug-
gestioH was offered as an amendment
by E. B. Colby, of Montclair; the
amendment giving authority TO the
officers of the league to adopt tho
new name for the organization For
mer Senator colbyl said the amend
ment would have-the same effect as
his resolution. which he withdrew
while seconding the substitute. II
was passed unanimously.
There was no doubt as-to h sense
of the meeting. 1t was for a complete
severance from the Republican party
and the formation of a new one. The
enthusiasm was keen. DR.. Granville
H. Weeks, of the Eighth Ward. and
De Forest p. Lozier, who said they
were at the birth Of the Republican
party and now believed they were at
the obsequies, were hailed with cheers
as they declared they were glad to be
present when the new Progressive
party was born.
Score Taft's Nomination.
Resolutions condemning the nomi-
nation of President TAFT at Chicago
as brought about by theft" and in
dorsing Theodore Roosevelt for the
Presidency were 4 passed, with only
one dissenting vote The resolutions
are as follows. Il rssd4s $500
whereas, Theodore Roosevelt is
the choice of an Overwhelming ma
jority of Republicans as the party
candidate for President-having re-
ceived double the number of votes
cast for Taft in those States which
held primary e-lections-and being
the choice of a majority of h hon
estly elected delegates to the Repub-
lican national convention; and.
Whereas The reactionary national
Republican committee elected four
years ago and acting for the special
interests, stole the nomination from
Theodore Roosevelt and the Progress
sive' Republicans by ~unseating a suff1-
cient number of Progressive delegates
to insure the control of the conven-
ton and the nomination of President
Taft: therefore, be it fst.
Resolved, That we denounce the
nomination of Taft as fraudulent and
in defiance of the clearly expressed
wishes of the great majority of the.
Republican. voters, we declare that no
Republican should consider himself
bound by the .fraudulently' obtained
nominations and we indorse Theodore
Roosevelt. as a. candidate for Presi-
dent of the United States and pledge
him our loyal support. tra s-aias ~
Before the meeting got down TO re&1
business Mr.. Osborne. Mr.. Colby and
John N. Klein, who were delegates to
the Chicago convention told what the
steam roller did to them there. MIR.
Colby said that the reason that the
national COMMITTEES was so dishonest
was that 1t intended. to defeat Roose-
welt at all hazards, and that 1t did
not have the faintiest hope of elect
ing Taft In November. A resolution
was passed approving the stand TAX.
en- by the Jersey delegates to the ma
tional convention.
Before offering his resolution to cut
away from, the Republican party Mr..
Colby said that he IVES aware that
there might be some who felt it would
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