The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-10-09
|FACAN'S REPLY
TO DICKINSON
Mayor Rsiterates His Charge
That Hudson's Republican
Leader Is On the Pubic
Service Payroll.
SECOND TERM FINANCES

TIVE GUIDE AND OF THE BILLS
HE PREPARED WHICH THE
COLONEL SAYS WE'RE CRAZY
AND TROUBLESOME.
In reply to the answer made by Col
onel Samuel D. Dickinson to the recent
attack on him by Mayor Fagan the
Mayor this morning gave out the follow
ing statement
The Republican leader whom I charg-
ed in my recent public statement with
secretly endeavoring to defeat my elec-
tion has made public his reply. / believe
no one can read it without carrying away
the impression that this leader has been
from the beginning plotting to defea.
my election and willing, if necessary to
assure that end. to permit the defeat of
the whole Republican ticket.
He denies that he is on the payroll of
the Public Service Corporation. This is
merely a technical evasion of the sub
stance of my charge. He does not deny
that he is or was until recently in the
employ of or receiving remuneration from
the United Electric Company of New
Jersey, or other subsidiary company
owned by the Public Service Corporation
! challenge him to deny that he has re-
rectly or indirectly from the Public Serv-
ice Corporation. its officers or agents, or
/ challenge any responsible officer of the
Puhlie Service Corporation to publicly
sfa-e that this leader has not received
sssell remuneration. If such denial is
made. am content to leave the public to
5uise between US until legislative inves-
Jigation Of the relations of this corpora
ion with many public officials throughout
tie State. which is bound to come. shah
reveal the facts.
The main point of my charge
against him, however. was that he has
since the time of the refusal to grant the
West Side trolley franchise opposed our
equal tax measures This charge he ad-
mits. He admits that the draft Of reso-
lutions prepared by him for the recent
county convention, contained no explicit
declaration upon these subjects. He ad-
mits that he used his influence to prevent
the introduction Of our equal tax bills
in the Legislature, and that he opposed
their passage in every way. He at
tempts to justify this action by an at
tack upon myself and Mr.. Record.
The utter absurdity of this defense
Is manifest by consideration of the
facts. He says that we made ourselves
perfect nuisance at Trenton. To whom
lid We make ourselves nuisance? We
made ourselves a nuisance to those of
our party leaders at the State Hc>e
who We're acting in the interest of the
corpora tions. We made ourselves nui-
sance TO such members of the Legisla-
ture as were controlled by corporate in
auehee, and who were extremely anxious
that this corporate control over their ac-
lion should not be called to public atten-
hon by our agitation. We made our
selves nuisance to the lobbyists.
He charges that we advocated wild.
crazy and impossible bills. The truth
Is that we only presented and advocated
at Trenton three bills: First. bills to
tax railroad property at local rates; sec
ond, bill to tax trolley franchises the
same as other property at local rates.
This proposition has been sustained as
% its constitutionality by the United
States Supreme Court The third bill
was one to take from the Attorney Gen
aral and t. vest in the Supreme Court
ihe. power to>permit JERSEY City to bring
suit to test our claim that the trolley
hanchises had expired. This bill was
made necessary by the refusal of the
Attorney-G General brother of the presi-
dent of the Public Service Corporation,
to allow Jersey City to submit its claim
sosthe court.
'slaother bill was to make Gear the
bower Of Jersey City to supply water to
he West Hudson town. All these bills,
70 obviously in the interest Of the people
IF Jersey City, he now declares to be
wild, crazy and impossible. By this adj
mission he conyicts himself to my charge
hat he is opposed to main stem and
franchise taxation Why is he opposed
Q these measures? These bills are in
mother part Of his reply sneered at as
gallery bills, and he declares that he