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SAYS SENATE
VOTESAREB BOUGHT
Congressman Fowler Makes
Sensational Charges.
NE ATTACKS JOIN KEAN
New Jersey Representative Challenges
United States Senator to Deny Truth
Of Statement or to Make Reply.


Of Statement or to Make Reply.
Washington, May 24-Declaring that
1t Is necessary to buy seat in the
United States senate from New Jer
sey, Charles N. Fowler. insurgent
member of congress from the Fifth
New Jersey district. issued public
statement announcing his opposition
to the reelection of Senator John
Kean, and charging that Kean, with
Speager Cannon, and Daniel S. Voor-
bees, state treasurer, were in a deal
to prevent him from being sent back
to congress.
In direct and unmistakable language
Mr.. Fowler declares:
"Of all the subservient, truculent,
literal 'me-too's' and perfect cuckoos,
of all the political poodle dogs that
Senator Aldrich priced most highly,
undoubtedly Senator Kean wears the
blue ribbon.
but Senator Kean will not succeed
himself If the people of the state have
anything to say about 1t.
However, under the old practice by
which the candidate for the United
States senate has been furnishing the
election expenses to the candidates for
the assembly and senate of the state,
he would undoubtedly have a good
chance to find his way in again. But
are the people going to continue this
rotten, corrupt, polluting policy when
1t Is In their power to name their own
senator, make New Jersey militant in
political morality, and save the good
name of the state from the degrade
ton of being called rotten borough
and q 'cesspool of political corrup-
tion?"
Mr. Fowler, in his statement, which
reviews at length his services and his
deposition by Speaker Cannon from
the craftsmanship of the committee on
currency, makes these charges:
Convinced from all the facts in the
case that John Kean and Daniel S.
Voorhees, entered into corrupt polit-
ical deal, deem it my duty under the
circumstances to state the facts and
point out my position on several pub |
lie questions for more complete and
perfect understanding between the |
peopfe OF the Firth congressional dis
trict and myself.
"The corrupt contract which l have |
been compelled to conclude was en-
tered into by John Kean and Daniel S.
Voorhees, was quadrilateral, or con-
sisted Of four distinct propositions.
"One-Voorhees wanted to be elect
ed state treasurer and therefore bar
gained for the four votes from Union
county.
Two-John Kean wanted to cut my
political career short, and therefore
bargained for the delegates from Nor
ris county to consummate this pur-
pose by defeating my denomination.
'"Three-John Kean wanted to sue
coed himself as United States sena-
tor and therefore bargained that the
assemblymen and senator from Nor
ris county vote for him for United
States senator.
''Four-John Kean was willing and
anxious to pay the freight whatever
It might amount to; in other words.
to spend whatever money was neces-
sary to be reelected.
Part of the goods have been deliv-
ered-John Kean delivered the votes.
of Union county to Voorhees, for state |
treasurer, and now the second act in
the drama, the delivery of Inc Morris |
county delegates to anybody to beat |
Fowler has been undertaken.
John Kean and Daniel S. Voorhees, |
are placemongers. pure and simple. |
They are Office brokers. They are po- |
litical merchants. But these two self |
constituted proprietors of the voters |
Of Union and Morris counties call |
themselves leaders. Leaders in what? |
II the moral growth, progress, ad- |
vancement and elevation of the people, |
which is the very soul of our national |
life, must depend upon such leader
ship as theirs, God help this repub-
lici"
In conclusion, Mr.. Fowler challeng- |
es Senator Kean to enter a defense or |
to make any answer at all to his |
charges