Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-10-08
BITTER ATTACK IS
REPLIED TO BY
PRESIDENT KIP
South Orange Executive An.
swers Statement of Rev.
David De F. BurrelI. !.

the Citizens party, of which he is a
member. and himself personally, as
published exclusively in the EVENING
STAR last week, Village President Ira
A. Kip, jr.. of South Orange, today
said that he did not take the attack
seriously.
"The people at large do not Why
should II" the executive said. "At
first" he continued, when I saw the
charges in print made up my mind
to publicly answer them. After think
ing it over however, reached the
conclusion that the Rev. Mr.. Burrell
Is being misled by someone who knows
better. Most everyone knows that Mr..
Burrell has not been in the community
long enough to make any such attacks
and make them from his own per-
sonal knowledge, and they, therefore.
are not taken seriously.
'In my opinion Mr.. Burrell should
attend to his church duties and not
dabble in the affairs of myself or the
Citizens party. He will probably have
enough to do should he do this"
Regarding the statement made by Mr..
Burrell to the effect that President Kip
is in village politics for the fun he de-
rives from it and to satisfy long
standing personal grudge against for
mer Village Trustee John r. Weeks, Of
the Peoples party, the executive said:
THAT is ridiculous. The Citizens
party is pretty well known in South Or
ange. Why, probably nine-tenths Of
the property in the village is owned by
members of the party. and it is very
likely that if such is the case that those
people have at heart the best interests
of the village. l myself have quite
some property and South Orange is my
home and 1 know that is the stand I
take in the matter. l do not believe in
getting into arguments with clergymen.
What Mr.. Burrell has said, however.
will tend to harm him more than 1t will
myself, the Citizens party or any one
else in this community"
In a letter to Mr.. Burrell today Presi-
dent Kip says in part.
referring to the article in the New
ark STAR, I do not understand from
your letter that In its essence you either
avow or disclaim 1t.
Assuming Gin the absence of your
deniaD that 1t does represent your
ideas, I desire to make response 20
certain assertions or implications
therein contained. s.s
The Statement. --oa22
Your statement or implication that
l oppose Mr.. Weeks politically because
he stung' me in an election some years
since ascribes to my action a motive.
The action I admit. Politically am
opposed to Mr.. Weeks. The motive I
deny. And no man except myself can
speak with authority as to my motives.
A@
ically (for otherwise have none) is
based upon his record. The grounds OF
such opposition are known TO most
citizens of South Orange.
Regarding your conviction that a
party pledge was made to extend the
time of closing the saloons to IL
o'clock, in order to obtain the saloon
vote, you are in error No such pledge
was made. The character of the three
men who We're elected last splng
makes it impossible to believe that any
such pledge could have been made
upon receipt, however, of a petition
signed by many citizens requesting
that the hour of closing be left at IL
o'clock consulted representative citi-
zens, who considered the matter only
from the standpoint of the village well
fare I was particularly impressed
with the views of the Rev. James J.
Hall, and also with the statement of
various employers of labor that they
felt that the hour of closing should be
left at IL o'clock. Your statement also.
that the petition presented by the in
terchurch committee was absolutely
non partisan and without political in-
f1uence has had weight with me.
II have come to the conclusion that
it would not be for the best interest
of the village to extend the time Of
closing.
About Party Workers.
Regarding the statement made by MA.
Burrell in regard to party workers. Mn
Kip says: Those of us who are affilis
ated with the Citizens party long;
since recognized that the existing
practise in regard to this matter gave
an open door to serious abuse, although
make no accusation against either,
party in this respect. For this reason,
and after careful thought. the commits
tee OF the Citizens party made to the
committee of the Peoples party LAST
spring the following propositon First.
that contributions and expenditures
should be limited. Second. that a sworn
statement of both should be published
by each party. This proposition was;
made, as l understand, solely in thei
interest of pure elections In the vil-
lage. The proposal having been pubs
licly made was publicly declined r
feel that such an arrangement between.
committees in the future would tend
to purify in elections in our village.
From your letter do not conceive that
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