New-York tribune., 1906-07-10
HITS AT PARSONS
QCIGG REPEATS CHARGES.
Tells of Letters Regarding AHeged
Threats of Federal POzCer.

Replying to challenge from Herbert Parsons
president Of the New York County Republican
Committee. Lemuel Ely Qugg made public last
evening all the material in the recent contro-
Versy which arose from Mr. Qugg's declaration
that Mr.. Parsons had been making threats of
federal punishment to force federal office
holders into his political faction. Mr.. Quigg also
made confession of faith, politically and a
vigorous declaration of war on Mr. Parsons for
his administration of county committee affairs.
Threats of federal interference had been made,
Mr.. Quigg reiterated. not in one case but in
several, since his information had come from
numerous independent sources. Such interfer-
ence in New York County was not right, and
announcement of such interference, authorized
or not, demanded and received his opposition.
he declared
M Parsons was out OF town wilen Mr.. Qulsg
first made his charges When he returned he
refused to comment the statement further
than to say that if Mr.. Quigg desired to have
this affair right before the public he would give
out the correspondence. Mr.. Parsons himself
declined to make public letters until Mr.. Quigg
had acted.
Mr.. Quigg himself had no such hesitation, but
when approached had not at hand copies of the
letters to which Mr.. Parsons referred. One was
a letter sent to the President several weeks ago.
of which a copy was forwarded to Mr.. Parsons
the other was a reply from Mr.. Parsons to the
letter to the President Mr. Quiggs statement
follows:
In the sense of addressing Mr.. Parsons on the
subject of his misuse of the Presidents name and
Governor HGginss also. for the matter of that,
have had no other correspondence with Mr.. Par
sons than ths-I wrote a letter to the President.
upon the occasion of the publication of Secretary
that the President was not interfering in the
notiiying to the Presdent the statements that Mr.
Parsons had been making. had had those state
he men 10 whom they had been made they were
positive statements and plain threats. and had no
doubt of them. and have now.
I thought it unsuitable to write letter to one
that Other Know, What had ione. ana so / sent
a cooy of my letter to the President to Mr..
received from N Mr. Pa Parsons a letter in which
MS personal devotion to the President and closed
with the wholly impertinent reInark-which is !
J m iT TO h oppesd TO Governor Od@I
and that had authorized him to say so to the
m mao IeiiiiiTi % bn. 40 rot Tocoert hat ewer
give g e' bin any such anthorization and Vet have
be opposed 10 Governor odcl on frequent oc-
casions, and have never surrendered the right 10
position to Odell. or friendship for him. rs mat,
ier of any interest To the President Of the United
state who is not tn,srfsring IN facn9nal I IGlitieS
supported Parsons on the statefncnt OF PARSONS
that he was Eoing to conduct an indepcndent ad-
ard that he WoulG he as independent Of dictation
from ore outside source as from another meant
my position then and mean il now
| am opposing Parsons now because ne announces
hir1self tho agent in New York County of in
1uences Albany and elsewhere that have
right to interfere with the free expression Of Re
publican sentiment at the primary polls here in
New York County. / have no arrangement. agree
ment. bargain or understanding % Thatever with
Governor OGell or any Otler outside Republican.
7 am not a candidate for any Office. public par
tiean am playing Governor Odells game IN
our local politics. and do not wish Mr. Par
SONS playing that Of any other outside pOtioian.
| should like the power Of the New York
County org9niza zion cSeTtei, in Republican
state conventions and else Nhere thar the result.
securing the general interest, will hold
the interests Of the county organization itself and
its membership superior to chcse OF any outside
boss whether he is frank and manly boss
comes along in the parti-ColOred clothes of
former.
Mr.. Parsons did not care 10 discuss the pros
poets of the coming primaries He said he was
not in the habit Of claiming broadcast victory.
Close friends If his. who VIII work with him in
the contests. said they thought the attack which
Mr. Quigg hid made on James Is. Reynolds say
ing he was trying to represent the President.
ard the statement about federal interference
would have rather beneficial than unhealthful
effect on the Parsons adherents.
If the districts really think that the Presi-
den; IS with US, as the coming of Reynolds from
Washington. with this ouigg talk. would lead
them 60 believe isn't it going to do more 10 help
than any possible threats of federal big sticks?
asked of the Parsons workers.