Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-04-07

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Assemblyman Jackson?
Central-Yes sir, in one minute, the
phone is busy at present.
Mr.. JacksOn-Well, who is this?
Mr. French-This is French, Capt.
French, OF Atlantic City, or OF Gallo
way township.
Mr.. Jackson-Oh yes, good morn
ing Capt. pleasant day, isn't it?
Mr.. French-Very nice indeed. But
say, Jackson, | read a letter from
you to the Pleasantville Press last
week where you said you had not
been requested to have that County
SeatremOval bill passed by anybody.
What do you mean by that Have
you forgotten the manner / eX-
pressed Galloway Townships views
to you in the presence of John G..
Anderson and Senator Newell while
on our way to the city on the Read
ing road one day since you have>had
the bill in charge You certainly
haven't forgotten it have you
Mr.. Jackson Well, really, you
don't call that request do you :?
You wasn't in Trenton. That was
Just in an Off hand manner. Really
had forgotten it.
Capt. French-No that was not a
request, it was just merely a
reminder of one of the rights to
which the people were entitled. A
very strange letter that OF yours.
Hold on there Central | am not
through talking.
Central-Oh well, you will have to
be, there are others who desire to
talk to that man.
Hello Central - Please give us
Assemblyman Jackson.
Central-Here he is.
Hello Jackson, is that you This
is Mr. Dan. Walters, Jr., of Absecon.
Mr.. Jackson-Oh yes. Ell catch it
now.
Mr.. Walters-Jackson, you have
made a pretty liar of me haven't
you? / read your letter in the Press
last week and you said nobody had
written or said anything to you
about that bill you had charge of.
Now l wrote you concerning that
bill and to have Absecon interested
in it, l have told my friends SO.
l want you to distinctly understand
that / did write you, and you
answered and said you would attend
to it.
Mr.. JacksOn-Well that WASH t for
Pleasantville, that was for AbsecOn.
did not say anything about
AbsecOn at all.
Mr.. Walters-I know you didn't,
you referred to the bill generally.
And, hello, what ails that telephone
man wonder
Hello Central, give me Assembly
man Jackson. This is Ed Wilson.
Central-Allright Mr. Wilson here
he is.
Mr.. Wilson = Jackson, you are
making mistake. You have got
yourself in a nice fix. You have
thrown yourself wide open and
everybody is laughing at you. You
know what said to you, when went
to Trenton to see you about that bill
and advised you for your own good
to pass it, and give the people a
chance to vote on it. Besides l
presented Absecon's claim to you
and have told my friends l did, and
yet you turn around in the face OF
that and say you have not been
petitioned in any way regarding it
outside of Senator Newell. AS to
the Atlantic City delegation nobody
seems to know who they were.
They certainly could not have repre-
sented anybody or some one would
know something about it. Unload
them and tell who they were. There
is no reason why you should bear all
the burden You had many friends
but they cant't stand in the way OF
SO popular demand as the one
for the removal of the County Seat.
You know our people are unanimous
for their removal, of course to
Absecon but that bill only provided
for the people to vote on it. SO
strange you didn't see it. No man
can stop the will Of the people. He
can only defer or Obstruct for a
while as has been done in this case !;
but he or they who stand in the way
must fall eventually.
Mr.. Jackson-Wilson, you are
right, but didn't see it till it was
too late.
Hello Central-Give me Senator
Hoffman, / want to talk to him.
Central-All right here he is.
Senator Hoffman-Hello Jackson,
is that you. How do you feel after
your hard winters work
Mr.. JacksOn-Oh well / don't feel
so tired, but / have the "blues' the
worst kind. Say, Hoffmaa, do you
know we have been played most
beautifully :? You thought you were
"doing" me nicely, but you are just
as deep in the mud as / am in the
mire, and the worst of it all is that
paper down there in Pleasantvill has
'.caught on" to that Turnpike bill.
What is going to be done to those
people. We can't do anything but
what they "catch on to it.
Senator Hoffman, When you say
am in the mud you are mistaken,
for have another year yet and
then ! will show you how easy
it is to pass that bill. But as yOu
say, am getting it right and Lett.