Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-07-18
LEAVE CHOICE
TO THE PEOPLE
No Endorsements Made by
Republican County Chairman
Tissue Lengthy Statement
SENTIMENT FOR STOKES
Reiterate Appeal to All For
merIy Affiliated With Party
TO Unite In Fall.
speciai to tho EVENING NErva.

Speciai to tho EVENING NEIvA.
Trenton, July 18:-Although re-
iterating it's appeal to all of those
who were formerly affiliated with the
Republican party to unite this fall
as in previous campaigns and CO.
operate "for good government and
majority rule the Republican
County Chairmen's Association yes
terday afternoon made no overtures
toward indorsing any candidates
with progressive tendencies, in an
effort to effect amalgamation. There
had been some talk that some such
overtures might be made, but former
Congressman Charles N. Fowler, OF
Elizabeth, spoke strongly against in
dorsing any candidates and this
"scotched' the proposition.
State Chairman Edmund Wakelee,
who has made statements rather
favoring fusion on candidates and
intimating that the Republicans
might accept a Progressive of the
Colby type, was not present.
There was some sentiment In favor
of former Governor Edward G.
i,
but the decision not to indorse any
candidates put damper on mani
festations for any individual.
The meeting Issued statement
summoning the Republicans of the
state to immediate activity, praising
the record Of the Republican party,
arraigning the tariff record of the
present Democratic administration
and demanding that the Republican
party management be placed in the
hands of the young men who will
lead it as progressive and up-to-
date advocates
AS originally drafted, the state
ment had no declaration against in
dorsing candidates, but following the
speech of ex-Congressman Fowler, a
paragraph was inserted stating that
nominations should be made by the
people. Former Congressman Fowl
er told the delegates that he favored
the general object of the meeting,
but that it would be a mistake to
take stand for any particular can
didate. Former Governor Stokes
was present short time, but made
no speech.
The committees appointed by
President Herbert w. Taylor, each
containing a representative from
each county, will begin campaign
work at once. These committees are
executive, finance, advisory, rules
and publicity. Not all the county
chairmen were present. The state
ment issued Is as follows:
We, the chairmen of the several
fry ~
the State, representing the Republi-
can party by the authority Of our
selection through direct primary,
summon the Republican party Of the
State to immediate activity.
In an address to the people of the
State, issued last spring, we made
an appeal to all Of those who were
formerly affiliated with the Republi-
can party, to unite this fall as In
previous campaigns and cooperate
for good government and majority
rule. We renew that appeal with
sincerity and earnestness. believing
that the failure of Democratic ad-
ministration both in state and nation
imposes patriotic duty upon those
who are opposed to Democratic pol
itics to unite for the common good.
The record of the Republican party
for the past half century is the his
tory of this-the greatest nation of
the world. 1t has made this a Re-
public of more privileges and oppor-
tunities for the lowly, Of more free
dom, of greater progress, of more
humanity than any government on
earth. 1t has been the party of pro-
gress as opposed to the party OF OBJ
struction. 1t has been the progress
sive party In the development of the
nation toward higher ideals. 1t is
still the progressive party, and the
only progressive party that will ever
legislate advanced ideas into prac-
tfcal enactment. 1t Is not party of
progressive talk, 1t is party Of pro-
gressive action. Great as has been
Its work in the past, its mission Is
not yet ended. 1t must solve the
problems of the day or demagogues
will offer nostrums to the nations
undoing. 1t has a duty TO perform,
and to this end it will maintain it's
own independence and its own in
tegrity, and fight the campaign this
fall with the same unfailing courage
that 1t showed In the early campaign
after the Democratic victories of
1892. Then 1t was called upon to
save the nation from the disasters of
Democratic administration. Today
it faces similar situation. A Demo-
cratic failure in state and nation has
again demonstrated the verdict of
history that the Democratic party
cannot successfully administer this
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