Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-29
NO OLIVE BRANCH
TO MOOSE'--JONES
County Counsel Declares Any
Steps Toward Fusion Should
Come from Pr0gressives.
TAYLOR PREDICTS VICTORY
in CONGRESSIONAL FIGHT
Austen Colgate Also Optimistic
in Speech at County Com
mittee Meeting.

County Counsel Benjamin f. Jones
| is not disposed to meet the Progress
sives even half way in an effort to-
WARD the fusion of the Republican
land Progressive parties. This fact
developed at the regular monthly
meeting of the Republican County
Committee last night, and the county
counsel made his stand very clear on
this score.
The tollS of fusion was introduced
by Howard e. Marshall, who said he
had a plan to submit and that he
would have introduced O resolution
had the attendance been larger Mr.
Marshall intimated that his plan was
to meet the Progressives half way,
and 1t was at this point that County
Counsel Jones asserted himself, TAX
ing the view that il the Progressives
wanted to join with the G. o. p.
they, and not the Republicans, should
make the overtures.
Chairman Herbert w. Taylor, who
opened the meeting with short adj
dress, dwelled among other things on
the outlook for the Congressional fight
aext year. In substantiating his as
sert on that the outlook to carry the
y.
boundary lines run into Essex County.
Mr.. Taylor submitted figures giving
the Assembly vote in these districts.
The figures showed that the Repub-
leans carried the Tenth District by
lO2. while in the Ninth they ran 1,34O,
and in the Eighth they ran 3,045 be-
hind the Democrats. The figures in
the three districts were: Eighth, Re-
publicans, $3.50; Progressives, 1880
Democrats, 11,495. Ninth, Republic
ans, 5000 Progressives, 5,149 Demo-
Gratis, 9,430. Tenth, Republicans, TO-
$50 Progressives, 6.170 Democrats,
1882
That earnest and efficient work, the
present management of national af-
fairs in Washington and the unpopu-
larity of the income tax would bring
victory to the Republicans next year
was the burden of an address by
State Senator Austen Colgate.
In broaching the subject of bring
ing the Progressives back into the
Republican ranks, Mr.. Marshall said
in part:
There is a feeling. as find on both
sides, that some way ought to be
found whereby the Progressives and
the Republicans can be brought to-
gether on one platform. No doubt
u BOOu many Will Qr11C Dack or their
own accord. l think there are a good
many we'll meaning men who are fol-
lowing a blind leadership.
Now, don't let us get it into our
minds that 1t is not necessary. There
are a good many only too anxious to
beat the common enemy, the Demo-
Gratis. Let us consider what we can
do, whereby we can have a union of
forces next fall"
Besides fully agreeing with what
Mr.. Marshall had said, Alderman C,
w. Littlefield, of the Sixteenth Ward
reelected, urged that the work OF
preparation for the battle should moi
be left until two months before cleo
ton and furthermore that efforts
should be made to, get. the young mer
into the party.
Director Walter A. Evans, who
was reelected to the FreeholdeI
Board. thanked the committeeman
for their support and the alderman
elect, John Lantz, of the Eighth
Ward, spoke of routing the Progress
sives of that ward altogether in the
next election.