Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-21
SEES OLD parties
JOIN AGAINST NEW
BlauveIt Says c. 0. P. and
Democrats Will Form Ali
ance Against Progressives.


PATERSON, N. j., Jan. 2l.-Former
James G. Blauvelt has
today given out a statement Of his
views to the effect that the Progress
sives will not combine with the Re-
publican machine. After stating his
reasons he further concludes that the
machine and Democratic
machine will eventually combine
against the Progressives. The state
nent follows:
81 do not see any great promise for
the Progressive party in an alliance
with either the Republican or Demo-
cratic party. We are hunting differ
emit game. A combination with either
would eventually prove diverting and
defeat our primary purpose.
what are the Progressives or
sanized for?
ITO destroy the political bosses and
political machines which control botn
the old parties. Second. we are to
secure and enforce the laws which
will secure better conditions for the
men and women who are doing the
work and producing the wealth of
America. We mean, if we mean any
thing worth while, to secure to the
producer the products of his labor.
1--WE Are Loaded for Bear"
I'VE are hunting big game, loaded
for bear-stalking privilege. The
b. af
privilege, ready to fire upon anybody
that attacks privilege, and, when they
are not thus engaged they amuse
themselves gathering in the political
jobs as a pot-hunter does jack rab-
bits.
1T do not intend to reflect on the
Republican or Democrat in sympathy
with these purposes when state
that it is my opinion that the bosses
and machines, controlling both the
old parties are either directly and
openly hostile to both these purposes
or are by association and surround
ings secretly opposed.
None of the bosses or their sub
ordinates disclosed the slightest
sympathy with our cause until a lot
of them had lost their jobs and the
others see that they are going to lose
theirs. Then they concluded it would
be a good thing to get together We
could not stay together II we got to-
gether, for we are travelling in differ
ent directons.
"The local Republican machine men
see they are going to lose the Board
Of Freeholders and the county Jobs.
That's what they see down the lane,
and it is not a pleasant picture to
them. But how can that concern a
Progressive?f
"In Pennsylvania and New Hamp-
shire the Progressives in the Legis-
lature have made alliance with the
Democrats to complete the overthrow
of the Republican machine. I'll do
anything to bring together the Re-
publicans and Progressives who be-
lieve in Progressive. principles, but,
on the other hand, would use every
reasonable means to prevent an al
lance that had a prospect of re-
facilitating the bosses and Repub-
lican machine.
81 Would Aid Them, But"
''If there were within the Repub-
lican party, as it now exists, an or
ganization of men in open rebellion
with the bosses and machine, press
ing forward the measures the Pro-
gressives are urging, would willing
ly give them all the succor and sup
port could but, as far as / can see,
there is no such faction today in the
Republican party. There was such a
faction, but the men who composed
it have gone out of the Republican
party-gone out of it forever and
linked their fortunes and their hopes
with the success of the Progressive
party. know of no Progressive who
would go back into the Republican
party. Does the bird, after building a
new nest, return to the old?
THE Progressives look forward to
the coming campaign with. con-
fdence that has better foundation
than hope. 1t is the new force, INTEL
directed, moving forward,
steadily, determinedly. irresistably
We need no alliance and can make
none with the bosses and machines,
which it is part of our mission to
destroy. We will not be side-tracked
We have made a junk heap of the
Republican machine. We will do the
same with the, Democratic machine.
A victory which destroys the Demo-
cratic machine and restores the Re
publican machine is no victory at all.
In a three-cornered fight we will COM
mand the support of the people, and,
as our purposes are better understood,
we will sap the strength of both the
old machines until the only combina-
ton that I believe likely to occur
will occur, namely, the Republican
and Democratic bosses will combine
in the open, as they have been ac-
customed to do in secret, to defeat
the stalwart champion of popular
government-the Progressive party.
''These machines are natural and his
toric allies. Both are naturally the
enemies of the Progressives. We
cannot combine with our enemies
They will naturally combine, not to-
day perhaps openly. but hazard the
prediction that they will within
short time, probably after the next
election"