Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11
COLGATE HITS
BACK At BEEKEN
IN OPEN LETTER
Declares the Progressive Is Not
"a Sincere Seeker After
Truth"
STIRRING UP TROUBLE,
THE SENATOR oPlNES
Colby's GubernatoriaI Cam
paign Manager Receives Early
Reply, as Wished For.
STIRRING UP TROUBLE,
THE SENATOR OPlNES

Senator Austen Colgate evidently
doesn't believe in sleeping on the JOB.
He lost no time in preparing a reply
to the open letter addressed to him
by Axel V. Beeken. well-known
Progressive, who managed the guber-
material campaign for former Senator
Everett Colby last fall.
Mr. Beenen in his letter. which ap-
peared in Yesterdays Evening Star
propounded numerous questions tC
Senator Colgate, asked him to define
the Republican platform and in a
general way manifested displeasure
with the Essex man and his past in
a communication issued last week to
independent voters
Senator Colgate among other things
frankly assures Mr.. Beeken that he
is not a sincere seeker after truth
and that it looks as though he "was
trying to stir up trouble"
The senator's letter to Mr.. Beeken
reads as follows:
Dear Sir:
"Your letter Of June Sth has been
received. / told Mr.. Colby when he
invited me to the dinner in honor of
Irving X. Taylor that some one would
misunderstood my motive in attend
ing the dinner, and you seem to be the
first one TO do so. 1t had no political
significance, and the statement from
the committee of which | am men,
Der was written the afternoon of the
dinner in question. L merely went to
Mr.. Taylor's dinner, as | distinctly an
nounced at the dinner. as a friend of
his, and refused to enter into any
political controversies.
1--WE had a very enjoyable time and
/ was more than pleased that the Pro-
gressives should have been willing to
have me at thir dinner. The state
ment issued by the committee was not
statement intended to stir up a con-
troversy between the Progressive and
Republican doctrines. but was state
ment calling attention to the fact that
during our disagreements the Demo-
Gratis have gotten in power and were
not running things to the best interest
of New Jersey and the United States,
i'm our opinion. Therefore, we hope
that our differences can be laid aside
and that we can unite to defeat the
Democratic party in the coming cleo
| ton. The letter was addressed to al
/ independent voters whether they cal
themselves Democratic Progressive OF
| Republican.
"You ask me to write the platform
of the Republican party. This / nat
urally refuse to do, as | am not the
mouth piece of that organization. OF
course personally, stand on most of
the things you mention. The only
way i'm which the platform can be
written is for the nominees of each
party after the primaries to get to-
gether and adopt a platform.
I'm regard to the personal ques-
tions you ask me concerning Messrs
Taft, Penrose, Flavell, David Baird
and also the chosen freeholders.
do not think in these questions you
are really a sincere seeker after
truth but it looks to me as though
you were trying to stir up trouble
NV answers to these questions can
not change your mind, which, from
| the tone of your questions is evident
| ly made up. / may be wrong in this
and | do not wish TO do you an in
| Justice, but I am, however, vitality
| interested in the success of the Re
publican ticket this fall. ] believe
| that the best interests of all of the
people will be served by the election
of the Republican candidates. The
Republican party has been broad
enough and is now open minded
enough to contain a great many
shades of opinion and these differ
ences should and can be settled il
our own united party and 1 hope you
as a good citizen, will lay aside pas
| grievances and get to work for tht
| success of the Republican party thi:
| fall.
81 will be pleased to hear from yot
again.