Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-23
Fails Of Election After Two Ballots
Were Taken = Assemb|ymen
Drake and Senator Colby We're
For Pitney---J Session
Adjourned Until Tuesday.
BRIBERY AFFIDAVIT is PUBLISHED

that there is no sentiment among the
people to down Dryden and that the
majority of the republican legislat-
ors want Dryden. a{
This is the affidavit alleging the
attempt at bribery four years ago in
the interest of Senator DiHden's can
didacy. The affidavit was printed in
the Newark News yesterday and ex-
cited the liveliest interest:
State of New Jersey, Ocean County, SIS:
George w. Holman, Jr., of full age,
being duly sworn, on his oath saith
that he was member of the legisla-
ture of New Jersey from Ocean coun-
ty in 1902; that during said session
there was an election for United
States senator, and that John f. Dry
den, of Newark, was a a/candidate for
said senatorship.
And deponent saith that previous
to the republican caucus for said sen
ator one Thomas Palmer, who was
known as the legislative agent of the
Erie Railroad Company, approached
this deponent and told him that he
would give deponent five thousand
would cast his vote in said caucus for
ent laughed at said Palmer and told
him that this deponent and the said
Palmer could not do business along
that line. Whereupon the said Palm
er said he thought he could get de-
ponent ten thousand dollars ($10,-
000) if he would vote for the said
Dryden for United States senator;
that this deponent told the said Palm
er that he, the said Palmer, could not
trade with this deponent; and the
said Palmer left him.
Sworn to and subscribed this 18th
day of January A. D. 1907, before me.
GEORGE w. HOLMAN, Jr.
1. w. CARMICHAEL, Master in
Chancery.
This is Senator Dryden's denial as
given out by him last night:
For several weeks past there have
been stories current that my oppon-
ents were preparing to make some
sort of bribery charge, and it has
been strongly intimated that they
might even go so far as to have some
representative actually offer a bribe
to a legislator with view of injuring
my candidacy / do not think, how
ever, that they would resort to such
an old campaign trick as to make
charge so transparently ridiculous as
that contained in the affidavit pur-
porting to have been made by Mr.
Holman.
The affidavit charges that one
Thomas Palmer made an offer to Mr.
Holman in my behalf Since the pub
lication of the affidavit l have been
informed that Palmer was profes
sional legislative agent who died
three years or four years ago 1t
was the first time | had ever heard
of him. He was not known to me,
and certainly was not authorized by
me or by any of my friends to make
a proposal of any kind to any legis-
lator.-- At the time I was aware that
Mr.. Holman was pledged to the elec-
tion of Governor Griggs, and no one
was ever authorized by me to solicit
his vote.
In my campaign for reelection ]
have emphatically and distinctly
made my position clear. and warned
my friends that under no circum-
stances would countenance any at
tempt to improperly influence any
legislator. AS the recognized candi-
date of my party, l made the fight at
the primaries and at the polls last
fall. and won; and If my record as
a republican and a senator does not
warrant my reelection ] do not want
the Office. A majority of the repub-
licans in the legislature have decreed
in caucus that | shall be reelected,
and l expect of course that the rule
of majority will continue.