Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-10
R. WAYNE PARKER
REFUTES CHARGES
OF H. ]. ROWLAND
Continued from First Pnge.,

than a direct charge, and is MT entitled
to even the brief response which such
a charge would elicit from me.
l nay say that l am more than
surprised to be again attacked in this
manner by the man who I supposed
to be- sincere in his recent statement
that he believed in my sincerity, and
whom / have regarded and treated as
a gentleman engaged in friendly riv-
airy for an important office.
l make no further reply to the au-
thor of this attack. He knows or
should know the facts as to that vote,
but those facts may not be familiar to
your readers.
The sixty-irst Congress had opened.
Mr.. Cannon had been elected speaker.
No action had been taken which
stripped him of part of his power"
On the ordinary motion to adopt the
rules Mr.. Clark, the Democratic leader,
had offered q resolution that the COM
mittee OF rules should consist of if-
teen members, naming them In such
manner as that the Democrats and
some twenty insurgent Republicans
| would control that committee by a ma
jcrity of i've. Ike twenty insurgents
we're to get four members, the 1S9
| Regulars five members, and the Demo-
Gratis six members.
Democrats Dissatisfied.
Quite a number of Democrats,
North and South, did not like that sort
of a committee, and supported a sub
stitute Offered by Mr.. Fitzgerald hber-
alizing the rules, and by which ID
calendar Wednesday should be pro-
tected; ca the calendar for unanimous
consent should be made independent OF
the speakers control, and 81 one mo-
tion to recommit with instructions
might always be made by opponents CT
a bill. 1 voted " upon the substi-
tute resolution, together with the vast
majority Of the Republicans of the
House and a. Der of Democrats
from the Southern States. l did mol
need nor did l receive instructions
from anyone as to how ] should vote
as between these two propositions. nor
I may add, was the situation at al
confusing to me.
At the meeting in which the above
questions were ~propounded Mr.. Os-
borne, the president OF the Progressive
League, and their leader, is reported Il
have made some statements as to ny
dStiol vi cclldll lldtlcIS. oOin6 d
these / ignore, as merely imputations
of my motives. The voters must an,
swer for me as to such imputations.
will only repeat that l voted as I judge
for the good of the whole people ii
every case, but sc me misstatements q
fact may be noticed.
For example, he says;
LAS member and now chairman Of
the House judiciary committee, Mr.
Parker has for years aided in throt-
Ting the Appalachian forest bill. a con
servation bill, and has signed at least
one report, offering excuses for doing
So"
This bill was never before the
judiciary committee except one, before
1 wal chairman, and then only on a
resolution asking for advice as to its
constitutionality, the bill itself being
before another committee, and that
resolution was Immediately reported.
The fact, as stated by Mr.. Osborne,
that I have signed a report, is in it.
self a REPUTATION OF his statement that
I have helped to throttle" these bills
in committee. I opposed a later bill
on the floor. because I do not think
the United states has any right to
take such lands as New Jersey needs
and is now using for the water supply
of its population on the pretense Of
aiding navigation by utilizing the
rainfall on those lands. 1t was for the
same reason that I defeated action