The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-10-14

trusts and destroy unfair competi-
ton.
Mr.. Colby explained the progress
sives' land tax proposition at length
and also told of the enthusiasm he
was encountei'ing Through the state,
not only for himself, ghe declared, but
for Theodore Roosevelt, Edmund d.
Osborne and every man and woman
who has been fighting the progress
siye cause the past two years.
He sharply criticised the repuubli-
can and democratic parties for insert
ing nothing in their platforms towards
reducingithe cost of living which he
declared to be the vital principle at
stake. He declared the cost of rear
ing a child had increased 104 per cent.
in the past ten years, fact ignored
by the two great political parties.
Mr.. Colby came to Morristown after
spending the day along the shore,
coming here by automobile from Long
Branch. In his party was Mrs. Col
by, Axel Beeken, his campaign man
ager, and his fife and drum corps
There were about 150 men and wom-
EN- in attendance at the banquet.
The dinner prepared by Day, was
served by the Women's auxiliary of
the Y. M. G. A. During the course
of the meal selections were rendered
by quartet from the Morristown Glee
club. The Rev. Ralph B. Urmy
opened the banquet by saying grace.
Following the dinner John A. H..
Hopkins, the progressive senatorial
candidate, assumed the role of toast
master. He gave what he termed
M uyl
not be made along the line of either
OF the two old parties. He told of
trying to help the republicans in cam
paigning but how he was not wanted.
Some men were afraid to come to
the progressive dinner, he declared,
and said that merchants had been
threatened with loss of business be-
cause of affiliating with the new par
ty. Last year man named for office
by the progressives had been threat
ened with the loss of his position
and only through the efforts of the
progressive county committed in
threatening to print the story and
give it wide publicity was the mans
job saved
Mr.. Hopkins declared that he had
been threatened that if he did not
contribute to the campaign fund town
ship work in his section of the dis
trict would not be done He offered
to help in other ways, to give his
personal aid, supplies, a carriage or
an automobile but only cash was
wanted. He made a written PROPOSE
tion to this effect and they" refused
it, he declared
Mr.. Osborne was introduced as the
first speaker of the evening. The
late opponent of Mr.. Colby announced
most emphatically that he would sup
port Mr.. Colby and the progressive
ticket not nominally but with that
quality of support Mr.. Colby is entitled
to as the victor. Mr.. Osborne de-
clared he was not glad Mr.. Colby had
been nominated for he would much
rather carry the flag than follow it
but as he had been defeated he con
sidered second place in the progress
siye party a mighty good place to oc-
cupy.
The platform adopted by the pro-
gressives, he declared, contained ev-
cry plank he had advocated except
that of constitutional convention
which he said was a mere detail. The
republican platform might as we'll be
written in Hottentot, he said, for il
is just a lot of elegant phrased IAN
guage with no meaning to the aver
age man in the street who has the
burden of caring for a family upon
his shoulders. The democrats he
termed as the grossest standpatters,
asserting that they do not propose to