The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-24
ATTACK ON
FREEMAN BY
Mr.. MARTIN
Refuses to Debate Excise
Question With J.
Frank Burke.
ASSATLSFREEMAN'SSTAN
Eleventh Warder Sore Over IN
yitation :. Charges Insincerity
and inconsistency Sc Tells
How Republicans Are
for Bishops Law.
ASSATLSFREEMAN'SS STAND

William p. Martin. one of the Re-
publican candidates for Assembly VINO
was asked by Alden Freeman TO DEBATE
the excise question with j. FRANK
Burke. champion of temperance
today sent a sharp and voluminous re-
ply to Mr.. Freeman, in which he gives
the latter a M~artinesque scoring. MI
Martin charges Mr.. Freeman with IN
consistency, with misleading his lnde-
pendent party, which is composed part
ly of ''kickers," and with insincerlty.
He suggests thai Assemblyman Edward
II. Wright, jr., be requested to DEBATE
with Mr.. Burke or with himself, as
he stands on both the Democratic and
the Independent platforms. Mr.. Mar
tin also charges Mr.. Freeman with
J misstating the position of Republicans.
The letter, mailed from New York,
under yesterdays date, is directed to
Mr.. Freeman as County Chairman OF
the Independent Citizens Party of Es-
sex County. In it Mr. Martin says:
Il have the honor to acknowledge re-
ceipt of your courteous favor or the ga
of October, 1907, in which you state that
there is great confusion in regard to the
excise question and that both the Repub-
Iiean and Democratic county platforms de-
clare for the extension of the local option
iuea 10 All pndSeS u INC CAIloO duSSASH
including the Sunday opening OF saloons
and that the contrary view that local
option should not be extended to include
the question of Sunday opening has been
championed by Mr.. Burke, superintendent
of the Anti-Saloon League of New Jersey,
and that his views have been embodied IN
the platform of the Independent Citizens
party.
You request that l join in a public dis
cussion of these two varieties of the home
rule doctrine. l cannot enjoy the pleasure
of debating with Mr.. Burke for three rca-
sons, first, because there is nothing to de
bate; secondly, because / am engaged Ia
speak every night up to election day at
two or more meetings, and thirdly, be-
cause [ do not consider the invitation TO
debate extended with sincere purposes in
view.
your Citizens Independent movement
is, in large part, this year, in addition TO
those worthy persons who are being misled,
a combination of Prohibitionists and peren-
NAL klckers,' who are now working as an
adjunct of the Democratic party, largely
for the purpose of defeating the Republican
candidates, and every vote cast Tor YOU
party and a continuation of bossism of thu
worst type and corporation rule, which
your platform states are the paramount
issues and with which statement / fully
agrSe.
curing and permitting the Endorsement OF
the Independent Citizens ticket of tht
Democratic candidate for Alderman IL
my ward against Jerome t. Congleton
who has always been absolutely free from
the slightest faint of bossism and also thu
Endorsement of Joseph A. Wright, the can
didate for Alderman. in h First Ward
who is VIGOROUSLY 9 tool of the machine
and practically by his own admission one
of the blindest follower of the Demo
cratic boss In the Newark Common Coun-
ell.
s'You informed me when you offered me
the nomination on the Citizens Independ.
emf ticket, In answer to my query as to
how one could adopt the principle OF
home rule and deny 9. part of the applica-
ton of such principle, that you permitted
Mr.. Burke, of the Anti-Saloon League, t
draft the excise plank of the Independent
Citizens movement, and that you did not
regard it of any Importance and you SUI
gested that I could stand on the Republi.
can platform alone and accept such in
dorsement.
ut is inconsistent and insincere for yol
now to try TO tell the people that you
stand firmly on Mr.. Burke's excise plat
form and against TIN Republican principle
and make believe that you present ex-
cise position is of the utmost Importance
when only last week you tried to nave me
believe that the excise plank was Of nc
Importance.
II would suggest that If there is to be
any debate that you discuss the matter
with Edward II. Wright, jr., your col
league on the Independent ticket. who for