Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-04
MOOSE UNIT SINCE
PR|MAR|ES--COLBY
Progressive Candidate for Gov
ernOr Addresses Two En-
thusiastic Audiences Here.
PROMISES LABORERS
SWEEPING REFORMS
Says IS Per Cent. of Strikes
Are Justified, 90 Per cent. of
lnjunctions Unjust.


Former state Senator Everett
Colby returned to this city last night
after a three days tour of middle
Jersey and was highly elated over
the successful results of his three
day campaign. He was just bubhling
d over with confidence and was loud in
4 his predictions of a surprising vic
1 tory for the Progressive party
throughout the entire State.
He held meetings in the Eighth and
Sixteenth wards last night imme-
j diately on arriving in this city from
| his long jump. and received an en-
thusiastic reception at each of the
sessions.
The first meeting was held in
Berkeley Hall, 516 Clinton avenue,
where the gubernatorial candidate
was introduced by Board of Works
Candidate Frank f. Davenport. After
complimenting Mr. Davenport on his
oratorical effort, Mr. Colby plunged
right into the basic facts of his plat
FORM pausing only long enough to
let the audience know that the Pro
eressive party is a live proposition.
spoke TO a Hundred Thousand.
i've met perhaps a hundred thou
sand people since | left Newark on
Wednesday, and I'm in a position to
know whereof / speak. Whoever
says the Progressive party is dead
has a mighty fall coming the day
after election" Rounds of applause
greeted this statement.
practically everyone I have met
told me they We're with me in my
: progressive ideas. They have to be
If they intend to keep up with the
times. Look at the Democratic plat
FORM Look at the Republican plat
form! Compare them with the Pro-
gressive ideals!
What do they say about taxation,
the trust question, the reduction OF
the high cost of living, the readJust-
ment of capital and labor All these
things are of the utmost interest to
the common voter They use their
! platform as a means of coaxing votes
! and not to tell of the party ideals.
I'VE have a definite platform. We
make no rash promises, but what we
promise Well do. We don't say we're
going right in to decrease rents and
put up wages, but we've made
study of conditions to help bring this
about
Tells of living Cost Increase.
Mr. Colby then went on to explain
that the cost of some meat and food
products had increased 11s per cent
and the average cost of living IN
creased 80 per cent. within the last
ten years He then took up the la
dor question.
IF the Progressives get in power,
he said. I'VE will arrange some plan
BY which the laboring man will be
placed on the same plane with ms
employer in cases of strikes. Inc ~
junction is misused. Sometimes the
laborers strike in ignorance, but
eighty-five times out of a hundred
they are justified. (Applause).
fThe courts discriminate against
labor in issuing injunctions, Ninety
per cent of the injunctions issued
against laboring men are unnecessary
and secured unjustly. When the
mayor of a municipality declares ne
has lost control of the city then let
the court issue injunctfons prevent
ing laboring men from eongregating.
] talk this way to the employers !
of labor as we'll as to the employee.
I'VE won't try to break up the
trusts: II is foolish. But we viii reg
ulate them and prevent monopoly
thus allowing competition.
Devious Ways Of "Persuading."
Mr.. Colby then went on to explain
the various ways of bringing the
LEGISLATORS ito time in years gone
by and now as carried out by the Re-
.,rhev would make foolish bets,
he said. '"or play poker and purposely
lose large sums of money 70 those
Who were to get it. Now they ac-
conlplish the same thing by using
political plums' and 1t is more et-
fective?"
IN spite of a trying day in his State
canvass and delays in Middlesex and
! Union counties due to auto trouble,
the candidate for Governor arrived at
Berkeley Hall close to schedule time.
He went from there to Heller's Hail,
In Verona avenue, where he ad-
dressed a second meeting.
You have heard the chairman IN
Produce me as the next Governor of
New Jersey" said Mr.. Colby, at Hell
ier's Hall "That is not Joke, but
4omethlng that is likely to occur,
hNith the Republican and Democratic
parties at war internally. You Know
+ when q Democratic candidate for
Governor turns down state COM
pnittee that is elected by the people
of the party TO do the work of the
campaien il is likely TO cause a dis
furbance.
san Noose United since Primaries"
1--WE Progressives have had no fight |
about who is to do the work. The |
only division we had was before the
primary when one group thought we
ought to do our work rapidly and at
once and the other group thought we
ought not to try and could not pro-
gress at such speed. Now that the |
primaries are over We are all united |
and together again and there is going |
to be no division of our party at the |
election"
The two great principles Of the |
Progressive party are the land tax |
and the minimum wage. Mr.. Colby |
told his hearers. OF the latter he
said.
THE first thing / will do is TO pass |
q law to investigate all industries in |
which women are employed. / would |
have the Legislature fix a minimum |
wage in one industry and put it in |
effect and see how it works out. Then |
/ would advance TO other Industries |
and put into effect a minimum wage |
for them Also
Candidate for Board of Works
Frank Davenport spoke at both meet |
ings. Years ago the people forgot !
their duty as citizens in their loyalty !
to party Platforms were made but