Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-08
Stokes HITS COLBY
SPEECH AS SANDER
Republican GubernatoriaI Can
didate Says Progressive As
pirant Is Aiding Democracy.

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Former Governor Edward Casper
Stokes issued a statement following
the meeting of the Republican State
Committee yesterday, regulating
certain charges made against him by
former State Senator Everett Colby,
his Progressive opponent in the race,
and characterizes his words as moth
ing short of cowardly SANDER"
Mr.. Stokes referred particularly to
the charge made by the Progressive
nominee during his speech at Allan
tic City Monday night, when he de-
claed that Stokes was a corporation
man and if elected would have the
Offices of Governor in the Broad street
station, Philadelphia, of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad.
The itinerary for Mr.. Stokes up to
November l was mapped out during
the meeting yesterday and a plea for
funds was issued. After being in ses-
sion with the committee for more
than four hours, Mr.. Stokes issued his
statement, which is as follows
MY attention has been called to
the statement made by Mr.. Colby last
night in Atlantic City to the effect
that I was a Pennsylvania Railroad
man I regret very much that Mr..
Colby should indulge in personalities
and Misrepresentation. He knows
perfectly well that his statements last
night were false and untrue. This
story was circulated in more gen
tiemanly form in my former cam
paign for Governor and was then
effectually disposed of. 1 have no
utilization with the Pennsylvania
Sai1 Of lr-Aa
rectly or indirectly, and Mr.. Colby's
charge that Broad Street Station
Philadelphia would be the Governors
office is nothing short of a cowardly
SANDER.
During my term 1 advocated and
bad passed the present railroad tax
act, under which the railroads that
formerly paid about a million and a
half dollars today are paying some
thing over six millions, and the school
children and teachers of this State
are today receiving the benefits
thereof.
When the Railroad Commission act
passed during my administration, l
appointed as a member of that COM
mission Mr.. Borden D. Whiting, a
friend of Mr.. Colby's, and recon-
mended by him. If Mr.. Colby, in
making that recommendation, was
acting for the railroads, he deceived
me. Apparently Mr.. Colby is running
a campaign, not for the Progressive
party, but campaign for the Demo-
cratic party. This he has perfect
right to do, and it is well that in his
overhead to serve Democracy by MAX
ing this glaringly false statement, he
made it clear to the Progressives of
this State that he is trying to de-
liver then into the Democratic camp"
In his appeal for funds Mr.. Bugbee
says that inasmuch as Mr.. Stokes is
decidedly the peoples candidate, it
follows as a matter of civic righteous
ness that his campaign should be
financed by the people. The call for
subscriptions is as follows:
THE Republican campaign of the
State has awakened keen interest in
the rank and file of the people. Its
candidate, former Governor Stokes,
was nominated by them. AS a re-
ceptive candidate, without any spec
tacular campaign, or without any of
the devices used in previous cam
paigns. he is assuredly the peoples
candidate and he wants the people to
be the factors that elect him. 1t fol-
lows as a matter of logic, as we'll as
a matter of civic righteousness, that
this campaign should be financed by
the people.
1.-THE treasurer of the, State COM
mittee will be glad to receive small
sums from any citizens of New Jersey
who are interested in the cause of
good government and who believe in
the success of the Republican ticket.
The Republican party. as constituted
today, is the one party to which the
people can turn with hope. The
Democrats. if successful, will be
Il tod NV xJ6 api
uuarrels are evidence of that fact.
Their candidate for Governor has
already been called off, and the an
nouncement is made that there will
be no more factional denuneiation.
The spectacular play has been made
and the Democrats are now to sit
down in harmony and work together
for the spoils. The Progressive party
cannot possibly win. The only hope.
therefore. for the people of the State
who want clean and disinterested
government lies in the Republican
party. which stands for the new order
of things. We therefore appeal to
the people of New Jersey for popular
subscriptions"
The itinerary as decided on pro-
vdes for three visits of the candidate
to Essex County. Mr. Stokes will be
in Newark on October 10 when he
UNI. On the 18th of the month he will
be the guest of the Republican Club
of Glen Ridge at reception held at
the Country Club. He will address
voters of both Glen Ridge and Bloom
field there and later will make a sec
ond address at Montclair. Mr.. Stokes
will return to Essex for a third time
on the oath of the month when he
will be the guest of the Republican
County Committee and for which event
County Chairman Herbert w. Taylor
will make the arrangements.
The itinerary by counties, as laid
out by the committee. is as follows
October 10, Essex; 10, Morris; IA,
Hunterdon; Is, Essex; II, Warren;
20, Bergen; 81, Middlesex; %, Somer-
set; 90, Passaic; "a, Essex; 27, Union;
%, Monmouth; 30, Camden; 30. Allan
tic; 81, Hudson; November l. Hud-
son.