The sun., 1916-11-19
MUST CLEAN HOUSE,
SAY PROGRESSIYES
Republicans Told They Should
Get Rid Of Their Present
Leaders.
JOHNSON FOR PRESIDENT
California Governors Name Is
Proposed at New Jersey
"DOllar Dinner"

New Jersey progressive Republicans,
whose support of Charles Il. Hughes
made possible the big Republican sweep
In President wilson's State. talked
about the past and future at a "do''ar
dinner" In the Hotel st. Denis. Broadway
and Twelfth street. last night.
Il was evident from the tenor OF the
speeches that the Progressives are not
al, satisfied with the leading part which
is being played by some Of the old time
q. q. r. leaders in party ana'rs. ana
more than one demand was MADE Tor the
retiremen, Of a number Of them.
Edmund y Osborne, state Senator-
elect OF Essex county. was one OF the
drawing cards. He was elected on q
Progressive platform by more than
5000 plurality. Other speakers were
George l.. Record. one OF the Hughes and
Fairbanks electors OF New jersey :
Mayor Mark NJ. Pagan OF Jersey CITY,
James q. Blauvcit. ex-Assemblyman OF
Passaic. and ~Assemblyman Heroert -.
Bailey OF Bergen.
'"The national defeat Of the pubiic
party Edmund y. Osborne said. "is NOT
due to a preference on the part OF the
majority for Democratic principles over
Republican principles, but 1t Is u 10
the distrust OF the stand pat national
Republican leadership by Republicans IN
many Of our most progressive states
which are nominally Republican by u
big majority.
Results Point Way.
The results of the national election
make Il plain rs a pike stan thai the
Republican party cannot hope to come
back into power again under the leader
ship of such men as Penrose, Smoot'
Lodge. Barnes and Croker. We have
got to complete our housekeeping. cast
out these false leaders and establish a
new leadership of forward looking men
who are not under suspicion OF being In
public life to serve private interests. We
must TAX. the lead in advocating sound
progressive measures for the welfare OF
the country and put the Democratic
party on the defensive as the conserva-
tive party Of the nation.
''That IL what we have done In New
Jersey. and Ne owe a very large meas
ure of our great victory In this state
TO the fact that our next Governor OF
New Jersey. Walter F.. Edge. and our
candidates for the Legislature stood on
q genuine progressive platform. which
proclaimed the Republican party as free
from control by the public utility mo-
nopolles OF the State. while the Demo-
cratic candidates stood on a platform
and were controlled by leadership which
Justified the belief that they were thtr-
oughly dominated by the great privi-
legged interests.
''The way for the Republican party to
win In the nation Is the way we won In
New Jersey-by taking advanced ground
and by making 1t perfectly plain tina,
the Republican party Is dedicated Il
ths service Of all the people"
Osborne Points TO johnson.
Senator Osborne suggested that Hiram
johnson. United States Senator-elect Of
California. would make a good candidate
for President In 1920.
George l.. Record said: THE Re-
p%ublicaps II the country can draw a
lesson from the extraordinary success
OF the Republican party in New Jersey,
The causes OF that success are plain
Senator F~relirghuysen won the nomlna.
ton for United states Senator agains,
all the leaders Of the party who were
In partnership with the public service
corporations. G~overnor-clect Edge in thu
Republican convention took the side OF
the people as against this great monop.
oily by standing for the Increased taxa
ton OF the franchises OF the public
utility corporations and for n home rule
plank. which means municipal owner
ship. The natural resul, was that at tn,
recent election the great Independent
vote In New Jersey e to the Republi
can party. and the Republican ticke'
swept the State by over 10000 plurality
"If the Republican party In the nation
n TO succeed. the question that divided
It's leadership In 1912 must be settled
and not merely held in allegiance or post
poDed. This means that those leader,
who have been for years merely tn
business agents Of great corporation
holding special privileges, m who hav'
become personally rich by serving thes
corporations, must cease to be business
partners with the owners Of these mo
nopolies. or they must retire"