Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-23
OSBORNE ANSWERS
! QUERIES TO COLBY
Tells Why lie Thinks ex-Sen-
at0r Does Not Make Any
? Response.
"HUNTS WITH MOOSE, BUT
RUNS WITH REPUBLICANS"
Says West Orange Man Prom
ised in May to Sup
port Him.

Tired waiting for Everett Colby TO
publicly answer his questions on the
differences in their platforms, Ed
mund B. Osborne in statement is
sued today, undertakes to answer
iithem for his rival candidate for the
Progressive gubernatorlal nomina-
ton.
Mr. Osborne asked Mr. Colby sew
eral weeks ago to answer half
rdozen questions after the latter had
declined to debate them in 5oinl
seampaign through the State with Mr.
osborne. Mr.. Colby has not made
any reply to Mr.. Osborne and the
.latter's statement is the outcome OF
lthis silence.
us this the attitude of a fearless
- reformer or of a politician hunting
with the Progressive hounds and run
! ming with the Republican hareY asks
uiMr. Osborne, speaking Of what he
terms an evasive answer to his ques-
ton on how Mr.. Colby stands on the
initiative and referendum.
Between D. and Deep Sea"
mir. Colby is "between the devil
and the deep sea" on the constitu-
+ tional convention" Mr.. Osborne goes
on, telling why he believes Mr.. Colby
siomitted this subject from his plat
form.
rs he silent on the recall of
= elective officials and judicial decisions
because he fears to offend the stand
pat Republicans?" is another queS-
ton. Mr. Colbys declaration for con-
tinuing the power of the courts TO
a. issue injunctions in strike cases, Mr..
Osborne says, is n step toward re-
moving the power Of the Legislature
to define crimes and prescribe their
penalties. Following is his statement
bin full:
3 Colby series of questions designed
. to force him to state his position on
certain important issues concerning
4 which he was silent or eVaSlVe in
, his platform. After weeks of silence,
he has attempted in speeches before
few of his followers in Morristown
and Elizabeth to answer some of
these question, but still remains
: silent ON others.
Denies Promise to support Me-"
"He first denies my statement that
p he promised to support me for the
nomination for governor, claiming
= that he promised to support me only
'iin the event of my nomination. 1T Is
fortunate that the truth as to this
matter does not depend solely upon
''smy memory or the memory of others
to whom Mr. Colby made the same
statement He, himself, in a care
fully prepared statement published in
the Newark Evening News, of May 8,
used the following explicit language:
q Only last Friday / lunched with
Mr. Osborne. at his request, and had
long conference about the future
: plans of the party. He told me he
wanted to be a candidate for gov
ernor. and | assured him ! would sup
port him with the greatest pleasure
e Il leave Mr.. Colby to reconcile his
ii present denial with his public state-
Z ment of May 6.
AS Mr.. Colby had put the soft
pedal on the initiative and referen-
dun in his platform | asked him TO
atate definitely whether he favored
shis principle or not His reply now
Is that he has in the past spoken in
j 1avor OF the initiative and referen-
I Gum on the same platform with me.
This Is an evasion. 1t Is clear that
he is not now advocating this vital
Progressive principle but merely
says he is not opposed to it. Is this
the attitude of a fearless reformer,
or of a politician hunting with the
Progressive hounds and running with
the Republican hare?"
Question Is How He Stands Now.
+, ',rhe point at issue now is, not
whether at some time in the past he
/, has favored the initiative and refer
endum; but whether he is now for IT
or against it; whether he favors put
i ting it in the Progressive platform
+ this fall, and whether he will advo-
i, cate its adoption as 1 am doing.
81 asked Mr.. Colby to tell the voters
where he stands on the recall of
elective officials and RooSeVeltS
cprinciple Of the recall of judicial de-
cisions. He was silent in his plat
form and he is silent now. Why?
Was it because he fears to offend the
standpat Republicans?
g II asked Mr. Colby why he omitted
from his platform any statement as
to constitutional convention. He
lmakes no reply. On this issue Mr..
irColby is between the devil and the
Q deep sea- he knows that If he comes
3 out squarely for convention based
on population, as | have done, he will
lose the support of the voters in the
small counties who want our rotten
borough senatorial system maintain
ed. and that he will lose support in
!. the big counties if he opposes such
+. q convention.
a. As to Strike Injunctions.
g MIR Colby declares for continuing
.ithe power of the courts to issue in
q functions in strike cases, but only
I after a hearing. This modification
does not remove the vicious principle
of this practise. | maintain that this
power should be absolutely taken
away from the courts, because the
r. Injunction is used as a device where
!, by acts not prohibited by law are
! punished as crimes without the right
of trial by jury, which our constitu-
+ ton guarantees even to the greatest
criminals.
''Under our Constitution, the Legis-
: lature elected by the people is the only
+, body empowered to define crimes and
i prescribe the penalties. Under the in
= junction system the Court of Chan
! Gerry usurps this power and, in effect,
declares acts to be crimes which are
not crimes, and Furnishes them, not ac-
-scording to a statutory penalty, but
according TO it's own whims.
"Doctrine Hateful TO Americans"
"This whole injunction process as
J applied to strike cases rests upon the
theory that the employer has a prop
erty right in his employee. This dec
trine is hateful to the American peo-
pie, and is supposed to have been set