Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-08
COLBY may NOT TAKE
OSBORNE'S CHALLENGE

i Il am pleaseu tndb oehatoA LILY
has announced himself candidate
he said. IT think 1t is for the good
of the party. 1 contemplate asking
Mr.. Colby to tour the State with me,
speaking from the same platform, so
that the voters will have an oppor-
tunity of judging the qualifications
of EACH"
Osborne to Canvass State.
Mr.. Osborne, who is opposed to the
Idea of fusion with the Republicans,
las his platform, issued few days
lago. plainly showed. said that he in
tended making a thorough canvass
OF the State.
When asked what he intended to
do If Mr. Colby refused his invitation
to debate, Mr.. Osborne replied:
1T confidently expect that Mr..
! Colby will accept. But regardless of
that 1 shall campaign New Jersey
thoroughly like Johnson eampaigned
California.
at want the voters of the State
not only to know what I stand for
but to give-them every possible OPP
portunity to size me up personally
and make up their minds whether
am the man they want to lead the
fight against the two old party ma
chimes.
Selecting a nominee for Governor
should not be done with an idea OF
comforting an honor upon a man, but
rather of choosing a man to do an
important and difficult piece of work"
/ Plans for Mr. Osborne's speaking
tour are under way now. For two
weeks. however, he will be active in
behalf of Herbert M. Bailey, candi-
date for Congress in the Sixth dis
| trict.
Mr.. Osborne's letter, addressed to
the former senator, Is as follows:
"As you have announced yourself
I a candidate for the Progressive nomi-
| nation for Governor of New Jersey,
l propose that you and I campaign
the State together, addressing all
meetings jointly, in order to give the
Progressive voters the best possible
opportunity to judge between the
policies you propose for the party, and
the policies I propose. and to deter
mine which of us they prefer for
their Standard bearer in the forth
coming campaign.
Assumes He Is Opposed.
| while you have not announced
your platform, I assume that 1t will
| be opposed to mine in important es
! sentials. A few weeks previous to
my announcement you were quoted
| in the newspapers as saying
that you would not, under any
| circumstances, be a candidate and
on May 8 you describe con-
yersation with me as follows: Only
last Friday launched with Mr.. os-
| borne. He told me he wanted
| to be a candidate for Governor and
| I assured him that / would support
| him with the greatest pleasure. /
| told him I did not want to be "a
| candidate and would not be, unless
the leaders are practically unani-
nous in the belief that should rum
I do not regard this as putting you
under any obligation to support me
you had a perfect right to change
your mind, but, as you did not de-
eide to become a candidate un-
til after announced my plat
forms, I assume that you have
now become a candidate, not be-
cause you are opposed to me person
ally, but because you are opposed to
important features of the platform
stand on. | accept that issue. / in
vite you to debate it with me Jointly
throughout the State, and let the
Progressive voters decide which plat
form the party shall adopt.
"The platform I have proposed for
the Progressive party is not a mere
yote-catching win-quick device, but
is an effort to translate our up-to-
date experience with governmental
problems into political action that will
definitely promote the general well
fare. If the craftsmanship of the
Progressive party is to avail, 1t must
address itself to curing. not merely
palliating, the. evils which flow from
| the inequitable distribution of wealth
| in this country. In the program I
present for the consideration of the
Progressive voters, privilege is in
dicted as wholly responsible on the
one hand for the dangers in the
| swollen, unearned fortunes, and on
the other, for the disgrace of the
widespread, undeserved and hopeless
poverty among the people who do
the work of this country; and this
program proposes not to palter with
the regulation of privilege but to de-
stroy every form of privilege, where
by the few take toll from the earnings
of the many.
l. 81 maintain that two propositions
in this program will lay the axe at
the very root of the tree Of privilege.
To abolish taxes on buildings and
personal property will do more to re-
store equality of opportunity and de-
stroy privilege than can be accom-
plished by any other single means.
1t will break the power of every trust
that depends upon the monopoly of
natural resources and will make land
easily available to millions to whom
1t is now impossible. The public
ownership of public utilities will stop
the mulcting of many millions an
nually from the people to pay divi-
dends on >watered stock and bonds
will wipe ont the most prolific source
of political corruption, and will end
the power of great trusts to injure
and ruin their smaller competitors
through secret advantages in trans
portation.
"As you are aware the remedies l.
propose for the trust evil are not
original with me; the proposition to
permit municipalities, after a rsfer-
endum, to exempt personal property
and buildings from taxation, and to
acquire and operate public utilities,
was included in the declaration Of
principles which was adopted practi-