Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-05
GOLBY'S PROPOSAL
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/ THIRD PARTY MEN
chairman Osborne Denies That
PrOgressives Would Well
come Analgamation.
REPUBLICANS WANTED
COLBY AS CANDIDATE
Can This Have Caused His
Change of Attitude?-Asks
Statement.

. Edmund B. Osborne. chairman of
the Progressive State Committee,
issues the following statement in
! reference to Everett Colby's proposal,
! n an Interview published Saturday,
khat the Progressives and Republi-
cans amalgamate. He says:
Il am amazed at Mr. Colby's inter-
. view, published last Saturday, in
which he proposes amalgamation be-
tween the Progressives and Republic
cans of New Jersey, and says the
. Progressives welcome such movement
with open arms. I would not have
! been more surprised if a proposal of
! amalgamation had come from Theo-
dore Roosevelt himself.
Mr.. Colby and I had a two-hour
conference about Progressive party
interests only the day before he gave
cut this interview. and he did not
even mention amalgamation or hint
at tive talked very frankly and he
surely would have told me if he had
made up his mind that the Progress
sives ought to return to the Republic
can party. I, therefore, assume that
the conclusions stated in his inter-
view were hasty and expressed with
out careful consideration. am sure
he would not have issued his state
ment if he had consulted with any
Of the other State leaders.
Party Men Astounded.
without exception all Progress
sives. from whom l have heard, are
astounded at Mr.. Colby's proposal to
amalgamate with the Republicans,
after he has repeatedly said; 4 will
never go back to the Republican party
I've cannot understand it and nobody
but Mr.. Colby can tell why he has
suddenly taken this position.
We have known for months that
the Republican leaders are willing to
accept almost any well-known Pro-
gressive' as a candidate for governor,
i he will run on the Republican
ticket-anything to save the Repub-
lican party and kill the Progressive
party But we cannot believe that
Mr. Colby has been influenced to
favor amalgamation by the fact that
the Republican leaders, who for
merry cursed and fought him bitter
~, now want him to be the Repub-
Ican candidate for governor.
But quite regardless of how he
reached his conclusions, Mr.. Colby Is
wrong when he says that the Pro-
gressiyes will welcome such move
ment with open arms. l am in close
touch with the State committee and
the county chairmen--I do not know
OF a single leader outside of Mr..
Colby who favors amalgamation.
& It have met large number of the
rank and file Of Progressives in the
last four months, and l have not met
a man who wants to go back to either
old party. quite to the contrary, the
Progressives I know and hear about
are uncompromisingly opposed to any
fusion or union with the Republican
party.
Reactionaries Control.
I'VE know that the Republican
party in New Jersey is in complete
fought us during all the years we
vainly tried to make the Republican
party progressive. Where are the
new leaders in the Republican party
to warrant the assumption that the
Republicans have turned Progress
ive?' Not a single new leader has ap-
peared in the Republican party--the
old guard is in complete control
Mr.. Colby, in his interview, refers
to the Progressives and Republicans
as believing in the same principles
To what New Jersey Re-
publicans does Mr.. Colby refer? Has
he private information that Franklin