The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-30

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letter which had sent to the gentle
man.
AS to your request that / should
meet you on the platform = in Nor
ristown on July 18th, / most emphati-
cally decline to do so, as / do not care
to appear on the platform " with any
one who has been discredited by the
House of Assembly as you have been,
in the proceedings which took place
before the House of March 10th, when
you were absolutely unable to sub
stantiate your charges against the Ju-
dietary Committee of the House. Aft
er hearing all the evidence presented
at that time, / voted to exclude you
from all the privileges Of the floor Of
the House, as did every other member.
irrespective of party.
After reviewing this testimony Ga
certified copy of which / have in my
possession, and which any citizen of
Morris county can see at any time), /
consider that you have made false
statements in this matter, as you have
also done in the printed circular which
you are circulating throughout Morris
county, and in a letter which you have
written to friend of mine under date
of July 18th.
In the letter referred to. replying to
a suggestion that you become ac-
quainted with me before making such
charges as that !" / have aligned my
self with the saloons and the brewer
les, and am an enemy of God,'' you
reply that. You are thoroughly ac-
quainted with Mr.. Buxton" This is
absolutely false, and is stated with no
other idea than to miSrepreSent the
facts. You have never met me, nor
spoken with me. When you were be-
fore the Bar of the House of March
10Th, did not even know you by
sight, and had to ask fellow mem
Der of the House to point you out.
when you were within few feet of
me.
In the circular referred to, you state
that on March 10Th l voted |" to sus-
tain the Committee in smothering the
bill. Local Option Billy. There was
no such vote taken, as you we'll know.
The resolution on which / voted was
F." that as you had not been able to
substantiate your charges, that the |
Judiciary Committee had conspired to
hold this bill in committee, therefore,
you should be denied any further priv
ileges of the floor of the House."
The other statement in this circu-
lar, that / voted against House Bill
No. 254, known as the Local Option |
Bill, is correct. My reasons for voting
against this measure were, that DUR
ing the campaign last fall, was asked,
a great many times, to vote against |
any measure that would in any way
change the present liquor legislation
This was the only promise which /
made during the campaign. My other
reason was that | did not consider
that this year was the proper time to
put any additional liquor legislation
on our statute books. as the Bishop
law had only been in force for six
months prior to the assembling of the |
Legislature in January, and in that
time the bankers of our state claimed
(Which claim / had endorsed by per-
Sonal conversations with several bank
ersl that during those six months the
deposits of the laboring man had in
creased more than in any six months
on record. The judges of our city
courts stated that they had fewer
cases before them on each Monday
morning than had ever been the case,
and those who employ large numbers
of mechanics and artisans claimed
that they had never before had so
many men = on the jobs on Monday
morning, with clear head and a
steady hand. On the strength of such
testimony believe that the present
liquor legislation should be left alone
for the present year.
In your letter of July 18th, you state
" that there is some misunderstanding
in relation to your attitude upon this
measure local Option) due largely to
various communications you have sent
to men in your county, some of which
are in our possessions" This is not
true, but it is in the line with other
Misrepresentation you have made.
The only letter on this subject that |
have written was sent to a resident of
MOrristown under date of April 18th
and this letter expected would be re-
ferred to you. l have sent but this
one letter on this subject, and you
have but this one in your possession,
referring to Local Option, unless my
name has been signed to letters which
/ have not written.
Now as you express so much concern
about my position on the liquor ques-
tion, shall take this opportunity to
express myself so clearly that even you
shall be in no doubt about the matter.
The Anti-Saloon League is an or
ganization that ! am heartily in sym
pathy with, my only regret being that
they have placed their interests In the
hands of man who is not honest in
his dealings. AS to Local Option, /
am and always have been, in favor of
a Local Option Bill, and if am re-
elected to the Assembly, and Local
Option Bill is introduced that meets
with my ideas on this subject, shall
give such a bill my support
AS you saw tit to furnish the Press
with copies of your letter to me, before
| could have received the letter which
| you sent me-, / am sending copies of
this letter to the Press of Morris
county.
do not doubt that you will make
some reply to this letter, but as l do
not care to discuss this or any other
matter with you, and as l believe that
| have made my position perfectly
clear, | shall pay no attention to any
further communication which you see
/ - Il ~ So