The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-10
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At MAJOR LENTz
IN TART REPLY
Continued from FIRST page.)

of the county committee requested the
prospective candidate to give his as
surance that, in the event of his noinl-
nation and election as Governor, ne
would reappoint you to your present
position at the expiration of your term.
Judge Fort gave his promise to these
gentlemen hat you would be reap
pointed in the event of his ncmlna-
ton and election.
20. After Judge Fort was nominated
opposed his election, worked
against him, and did all in your power
to bring about the election of the
Democratic candidate for Governor.
"3. After Judge Forts election. and
When he learned of your disloyalty to
the ticket. he notified the gentlemen
who had spoken to him concerning
your reappointment that he did not
feel bound by the promise which he
had made before the primaries, for
the reason that you had worked
against his election. and for that rea-
son he would not reappoint you under
any circumstances.
Chnngc In Attitude.
"a. From the time of Governor Forts
Inauguration until about five .onths
ago, the relations between yourself and
the Governor were what might be
called strained You have shown YOU
hostility co the Governor, and the Gov
ernor certainly reciprocated your feel
ings towards him Your absence from
the executive offices at Trenton, and
from all other occasions on which the
Governor was present, is known to all.
tE hnt,f ttra. t,,nnfhC or Mha1
the question OF e~lecting a chairman of
the Republican county committee of
Essex County was first discussed, sud
denly and without any warning your
attitude towards Governor Fort and
his attitude towards you underwent a
wonderful change. Instead of ignoring
the private office of the Governor AT
the State House, you frequently Wis
tied that sanctum, spent many hours
in deep and earnest with the
Governor; 0 appeared at Sea Girt'
and received the paternal slap on the
back with which the Governor. is wont
to greet his intimates. Indeed, lie adj
dressed you as general thereby al
.vancing you several. numbers on the
military list, and when o laughingly
he stated that he was only
sorry that he could not in fact increase
your rank.
"On at least one occasion you stood
with Governor Fort in one of the most
prominent places in the city of New
ark, for a long time, talking In the
most confidential manner, and within
a few days after that conversation
Colonel Colgate, the personal III n
friend of the Governor, that
he had decided to become a candidate
for chairman of the Republican Coun-
ty Committee of Essex county, not
w~ithstanding the fact that he a pre-
viously stated on numerous occasions,
most positively, that he did not want
the lob and would not take 1t under
any circumstances.
&c. Governor Fort is authority for
the statement that you solicited his
support for your candidacy for the
craftsmanship.
~. Among your principal ssui porters
are nearly If o all the appointees IN
his county of Governor Fort. THIS
would seem to indicate that you nave
been successful in gaining the support
of the Governor.
Aimed at Dnlrymple.
"All these facts lead to only one con-
clusion. They form the subject OF con-
yersation on street corners and wher-
ever men are In the habit of talking
politics, and yet o seem to think IL
strange that the rank and file OF the
Republican party of this county should
put two and two together. What would
be more natural than that, as the
governor is anxious to dominate the
Republican organization of this coun-
ty. he should induce his personal aide
to become the candidate of the New
Idea faction of the party? What would
be more natural than to assume that
your candidacy would tend to help Mr.
Colgate's election as chairman by weak
ening the candidacy of Chairman Dali
rymple, and thereby earning at the
hands of the governor your r%eappoint.
ment as president of the State Board
for the Equalization Of Taxes at the
expiration OF you term in January
next?
"You know, rs well as amy man, that
you cannot possibly he elected chair
man CT the County Committee. No ma
can occupy TINT position who has be-
trayed his party simply because he can
not rule It. How can you Justify your
candidacy at this time when the only
possible effect 1t can have is to assist
the New Idea wing Of the Republican
party, fer whom you showed such con-
sistent hostility in the past?
1T seems to me hat the inevitable
inference to be drawn by an ordinarily
intelligent person familiar with the
above facts IS that you have become a
candidate for chairman of the Repub-
lican County Committee with the con-
nivance of Governor Fort for the pur-
pose of disrupting the present organi-
zation and turning it over to the New
Idea faction. in the hope hat If you
are successful you will receive your due
reward. Very truly yours,
(Signed) FRANK j BOOK.
"P. ST. have taken the liberty OF
following your course in sending this
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