Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-10-26
yNSEND TURNS
LIES UPON HIS
.|T|CAL FRIEND
We Did Wrong You Are
to, Is Parker's
Argument.
lLASKAN GOLD, THE
BONE OF CONTENTION.
Democratic Nominee Points Out
That Scandals Developed Dur
ing Republican Regime.

Edward w. Townsend. Democratic
candidate for Congress, has issued an
other philippe to his opponent, Con-
gresham r. Wayne Parker, who is
seeking reelection. The former takes
the latter to task for declaring thar
the Democrats could not be trusted
with the gold in Alaska. Mr.. Parker,
whom the Democratic candidate char
acterizes as a "Ca%nnonite," is reminded
that all the Alaska scandals so far
unearthed showed hat the, Republi-
cans and not the Democrats were at
fault.
Townsend Expresses Views.
The full text of the letter follows:
"MONTCLAIR, Oct. %, 1910.
Hon r.. Wayne Parker, Newark, N. j.
MY Dear Mr.. Parker-In a recent
speech delivered in Montclair you are
reported to have said that a reason
Democratic congressman should not be
elected was that they could not be
trusted with the gold in Alaska l
that you fear that we would
steal it were we in place to entice a
secretary of the interior to aid us.
This eommendable concern for the
safety of Alaska's mineral wealth
must be based upon some evidence;
something must, have been noticed by
you which suggests this fear, and in
searching my mind for the something
/ recall nothing relevant except the
effort already made to rob Alaska of a
billion dollars worth of mineral wealth
AN effort bold, persistent, crafty and
which failed only because a burglar
alarm rang most Unexpectedly. But,
my dear Mr.. Parker, were they Demo-
Gratis who made this bold, persistent
and crafty attempt to steal the coal
lands of Alaska? Or was it a syndi-
cate of Republicans who were detected
trying to shove Mr.. Ballinger through
the window when the burglar-alarm
rang and awoke a startled nation to
the most ~stupendous conspiracy to rob
known to history? Are not Mr.. Bal
fingers hackers men who have already
benefited by tariff favor which you
have voted to give them? Are they
not men who subscribe bountifully to
campaign funds to elect Republican
congressman? Are not the men back
sng Ballinger and their monstrous con-
spiracy against the people responsible
in part for Republican and stand-pat
defeats in Maine, in the Fourteenth
Massachusetts, in New Hampshire, in
the Thirty-second New York, in Kan
sas, in California, in Wisconsin? Is
not the Alaska scandal, with other
fruits of Cannonism, the reason thou
sands of honest Republicans in this
congressional district will refrain from
voting for you on November 8?
50 So NAu.~
1.-The fact that the Republican machine
has connived at an attempt to rob
Alaska of Its mineral wealth is not a
pretty reason for you to give why you,
a machine Republican, should be re-
turned to Congress-; nor is 1t logical for
you to say to your constituents that be-
cause your party has been caught try
ing to steal, my party should not be
armed with night sticks and employed
by the people to watch you.
1T hnd that in the above paragraph l
nave used the term machine Republi-
cam and | hasten to assure you that
It is not used to imply any personal
disesteem. In all my campaign
speeches I have sought to make clear
tina you act wholly upon principle IN
aiding Mr.. Cannon 10 conduct our gov
eminent; II / have always insisted
that you acted within the rights of a
gentleman in accepting from Mr.. Can
non the reward he ave you by making
you, last session, chairman of the judi
ciary committee, sometimes called oy
the frivolous "Cannon's graveyard" /
maintain that, honestly convinced as
you are that Cannon is the proper per-
son to make and unmake laws for all Of
us, 1t is no personal reflection upon you
that you persist, against my advice,
In giving him your loyal adherence, and
accept favors from his hands. 1t is
only in that sense that I refer 20 You
as a machine Cor Cannon) Republic
can.
you also told my %neighbors in Mont
clair that they should not vote for me
because the Payne-Aldrich tariff causes
high wages. Now, really, Mr.. Parker,
this was not wise in you. The people OF
Montclair, like the intelligent voters all