The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-03
VOORHEES,
PETARD.
His False and CoWardly
Attack On Gottlob Will
Hoist Him
self.
THE LABOR LEADER EXPLAINS
That Check Was for an
Ad. Of Mr.. Davis
Supply Com
pany.
NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS
Ex-Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy McAdoo to Make
Speeches Here.
TO DO WITH POLITICS

The blackguardly accusation Of Foster
NJ. Voorhees, that Leader Robert DAVIS
| was paying Henry J. Gottlob, chairman
of the Executive Committee Of the State
| Federation of Labor, in order TO secure
/ the support Of laboring nsen for Elvin
W. Crane, has cost him many friends
Laboring men throughout the State re-
sent the charge, and are arranging 70
make a combined effort to defeat hlIn
This latest trick convinees the members
! of organized labor societies that Foster
| NJ. Voorhees, is against them IN every
i way. The Republican party managers
are doing their utmost TO patch up the
/ trouble Overtures have been made to
several local labor organizations, but
every offer and promise made has been
! spurned
The transaction out of which Voorhees,
| endeavored to make campaign aInmu-
milton was d business one in every par
ticular. Yesterday Leader Davis! ad-
mitted that he drew a check to Mr.. Gott-
lobs order for S25. He also explained that
! the money was for an advertisement in
serted in the Labor Standard, a book
published every year by the State Fedora
/ ton. Last night in the same hall IN
| Paterson where Foster Voorhees, made
his cowardly attack upon Mr.. Davis and
attempted to cast a stigma upon the
honesty of laboring men, Henry Gottlob,
the man TO whom the check was drawn
said
Il have never even seen that check.
but l know perfectly well why IT was
ffs hnt
| came to be in the hands of Mr.. Voorhees,.
The State Federation of Labor is getting
out a journal, which will be published
within a very few days. The members Of
the Executive Committee not having
time to devote to the work, hired agents
to attend to the details, such as soliciting
advertisements and the like. AS 1 am
chairman Of the committee. it was de-
cided that the work should be conducted
| in my name as chairman.
"One of the agents whom we engaged
was H. B. Buckridge, of Jersey City.
Mr. Buckridge in pursuing mis- duties
went to Mr.. Davis, who is at the head
of the New Jersey Supply Company.
Buc,krldge asked MI. Davis Tor "a an .ad. I,
| Mr. Davis gave an sad.' for a quarter
| page as the representative of the New
Jersey Supply Company. The contract
was signed at once, and though the money
/ was not due until after. the publication of
| the book, Mr.. Davis said that he did not
1 want to be bothered about the matter
I again, so he drew his check book and
asked to whom he should make the check
/ payable. Mr.. Buckridge said to make it
| out to me as chairman and this was done.
| SO much for that 1t was. purely a busi-
ness transaction, open and above board.
1 Mr. Davis was not asked to contribute
one cent but was asked TO contribute ad
yertising space in the State Federation's
or Republican, but as business man at
/ the head of recognized business con-
cern. Mr.. Buclxridge was later called
| working under his direction, ard he came
| to Newark to see me. He did not find
me, and having my authority to endorse
checks made payable TO me he went to the
nearest man with whom he was acquaint-
| ed TO get the check cashed. That man
proved to be George Powell, saloonkeep-
| er and Republican worker. Powell inn
mediately carried the check to Major
Lentz and Treasurer William Riker of
the Republican County Committee, and
! then forwarded to Mr.. Voorhees, SO that
Ishe could try to make campaign capital out
of II
s'But let me tell, you gentlemen, a few
I facts which Mr. Voorhees, carefully ccn-
cealed The Republican sehemers knew
| well enough what that check was for. or
| If they don't know it was because they
| didn't want to. As matter of fact the
Republican County Committee in Essex
was asked to advertise in the State FEEDER
/ atoms Journal the same as Mr.. Davis
was and contract has been signed by
| the terms of which the Republicans are to
/ take. full page Of space and pay s1o0
| for il.
Nothing was said about that contract
4 by my friend Mr.. voorhees, Nor was
/ the public told by Mr.. Rixer or Major
Lentz that such a contract was in ex-
istence. but it is fact nevertheless the
document does exist and there was no
there was in the one which Mr. Robert
| Davis paid $25 for one-auarter of that
for which the Republican Committee
staHds 1ds, pledged t1 Pay 500 What lengths
the Republicans are forced when they
/ will deliberately misrepresent the facts
tion Of Labor, an organizatio which
represents nearly every trade iinion in
this State Personally do not feel & that
because j consider that this latest
| dodge Is another of the Acting Cover
nor's mean slurs upon organized labor.
posed to labor unions and the working
| man in general, and I ask gentlemen
/ why does not Mr., Voorhees, refute some
of the direct charges made against him
| on his labor record instead of deliber-
/ ately lnisrepresenting facts and casting
! slurs by innuendo upon me and through
I me upon the State Federation of Labor
1 Speaking Of the matter today, Leader
/ Davis said: II never heard of such q trick
| being res0rted to in politics before. When
the Republicans are 50 hard up feT 5s,,l.,al' ma
Gratis with q trifing thing, they are pe-
4 ing hard pressed. This check incident IS
/ too insignificant TO be given serious con-
/ ever that Foster Voorhees, would like to
I fsdegrade organized labor II he could.
! gave the check 10 help the State Federr
iss'1ii to tat body for Xii ceardly ' assaut He
4 may think he has Improved his cl1anEes