Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-09
ROOSEVELT LETTER
TO COLBY ATTACKS
new JERSEY c. 0. P.
Statement Criticises Franklin
Murphy and Refers to Party
Alliance With big Business

In a letter which criticlses the Re-
publican party for Its would-be pro-
kressivism, Colonel Roosevelt writes
Everett Colby that until Mr.. Frank
lin Murphy and all the men like him
have definitely been retired from
leadership, it is a mere absurdity to
say that the Republican party of New
Jersey has returned to the cause Of
honesty or abandoned that system of
crooked Internationally between the
bosses and big business"
: Axel Beeken, Mr.. Colby's campaign
manager, in handing out Roosevelt's
letter today, made the following
statement:
Colby has put Stokes on the de-
fensive from the very start. The
hest evidence that Stokes is the cor
p0ration candidate is found in the
Republican platform, which contains
adplank that is virtually an invitation
ia the corporations to come In anc
soNn New Jersey.
I WMr. Stokes claims to be a Pro-
Excessive and appeals to the yourg
men of the State. With Mr.. Stokes
ale associated such other well-known
Progressves as David. Baird. Dory
STRONG, Dan Voorhees,, Telephone
sEFakelee, etc. 1t is absolutely ri
sdiculous for Mr.. Stokes to say that
a party controlled by such men VIII
play fair with the people.
Wrote Before Sailing.
I TJust before Colonel Roosevelt
Failed for South America he sent a
Better to Mr.. Colby in which he made
eiear his position in reference to men
4f1- o1afV IN Io
fH6osevelt Progressives. Colonel
Reosevelt was fully aware of Mr..
sSxpkes's candidacy when he wrote
Hhe letter. The public can draw its
p~n conclusions as to the coloners
3opinion of Stokes and his humbug
pnogressivism."
The letter from Colonel Roosevelt
de- as follows:
t'My dear Mr.. Colby:
| 81 wish l were to be in the United
States this fall, so that l could take
bart In your campaign. You repre-
sent the sane and high minded radi-
scalism which is real conservatism.
q have recently been reading Brooks
tAdamss book, The Theory of Social
iRevolutions.' In speaking of the great
French statesman Turgot, he quotes
sTurgot's remarks that 'well-timed re-
fSrm alone averts revolution Tur-
got was no revolutionist, and the
with all its horrors was
brought on by the fact that the So
called conservatives refused to fol-
dow Turgot in his wise, fair and alb
.soluteiy Indispensable proposals for
reform. 1t seems to me
that the Progressive attitude is pc
.cuiiarly well set forth by you and
fthe Progressives in New Jersey at
this time. Every corrupt boss, every
big corrupt financial magnate, and
sabove all those who seek to perpetu-
ate the rule of business through a
of what Is crooked In
business and crooked In politics rec
tognize the Progressive party. and
in you and the New Jer-
esey Progressives, their worst enemies.
you are fighting the battle not only
kof all : Progressives, but of the
honest rank and file OF both the old
parties in your warfare against the
machines of both the old parties,
you are endeayoring to put the gov
eminent of this country abreast of
the Industrial and social needs of
the country.
Hits at Reorganization.
..The effort is being made by your
opponents to say that
they intend to reorganize the Repub-
.liean party of New Jersey. On this
statement they appeal for the sup
port of the young men. Until they
prove their faith by their works 1t
lis idle for them to make such plea.
aThe same bosses who wrecked the
-party a year ago as sequel TO
iswindling and cheating the rank and
file out of their rights are still in
lcbntrol. of the party organization.
They are seeking to come back into
mower by pushing forward men who
iare encouraged to make promises
which the bosses have not the slight
est intention of permitting them to
keep. The rank and file of the Re-
ublicans of New Jersey were the
zen who were most scandalously
ID UNANIMOUSLY betrayed by the
Jses at Chicago a year ago. These
,ses declined to allow the rank
file to name their own candidates
enunciate their own platform.
Il the Republican organization
actually purged itself, and until
tccepts in good faith every single
nix of the Progressive platform, 1t
idle for. them to make any pro-
:ations of good intentions. For in
ace, the Republican machine, after
crushing defeat in the primaries
ASL year, TedppoiIlieu MI dlh-
Murphy as its titular, no less
its de facto, boss. Until Mr.. Muir
and all the men like him have
aitely been retired from leader
%, 1t is a mere absurdity to say
at the Republican party of New
ersey has returned to the cause of
aonesty, or abandoned that system
OF crooked Internationally between
the bosses and big business, which
resulted in depriving the rank and
file of their power over the machine.
s..In closing, and wishing you the
SUCCESS which you so deserve, l can
not refrain from referring to your
great fight of eight years ago. which
first drew national attention to New
Jersey as a progressive State, and to
the consistent. tireless fight which
You have waged, in season and out
Of season, to keep her 80. You are
the pioneer Progressive of New Jer-
sey.
r'wishing you all success, faithfully
, 3 THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
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