Newark post., 1910-03-09
Newark, Delaware,
March 5th, 1910.

tionable to Citizen"
II is evident that 'Citizen" objects to
any one voting unless they own Prop
erty-and | want to say that | am un-
alterably opposed to any such idiotc
suggestion.
! If Citizen" had his way it would
take the right to vote from practically
every working man in town, to
nothing of many professional men
connected with The colege-and others
OF our best people.
! To this PERSONS mind, to own prop
erty is guarantee of ability to vote
why should village impose any great
er qualification to vote than the Ma
tional Government?
Some people own property because
they haven't sense enough to sell it.
Citizen" insinuates-but is afraid
to say it-that bought my election by
| paying taxcs-the very character OF
those supporting me repudiatcs such
rot
?. Citizen" means by question No.
2, that since | was elected President OF
Council, | have used my influence to
have large sum of money expended
on South Chapel street, to have it inn
proved in the interest of the Continent
tai Fibre Co.-but he was afraid to say
So--hlS iilslnuations are clearly un-
derstood, however.
This charge is absolutely untrue in
| every particular. as all work done on
South Chapel street was authorized
before | went into Council; and all that
my administration did, was to ask for
bids, and let the contract
Personally | will admit, | did moth
ing to hold this work up--never even
| thought OF such thing.
3. If there has been any graft since
| have been in Council, don't konw
it. Citizen" insinuates that there has
| been. He may know something that |
| don't-and l, therefore, demand that
he Immediately publish such facts in
full, giving name of contract, con-
tractor and who got the graft. With
this information in hand. | can prom
se immediate and positive action
| T. We see here, Ladies and Gentle
men, Citizen in the greatest OF all
his Farces. THE Females Friend, or
| | Hate to see EN- do tin other
words, how I'd like to vote their prox-
les and save them the long walk.
Tommy-rot. Any woman who owns
property and wants to vote--can vote
by going to the polls. She is then
sure of voting as she wants-something
she was never sure OF when she gave
her proxy to be voted by another.
In his question No. 1 "Citzen' in
sinuates that no one should vote unless
they own property-his mind circulat-
ing through its largest circumference
arrives again at this point, and he now
concludes that non-property owners
are the floating population.
Some class to this deduction.
The point OF all this is simply that
Citizen" thinks | stand we'll with the
workingmen and other non-property
owners-and thereiIe as he doesn't
want me elected again or any of my
friends-he is trying to suggest that it
would be better to disfranchise all
such.
Very simple, am disposed of.
Next move-"Ctizen" shows who
he really is--everybody leaves town
and presto! my opponents are in the
majority.
Citizen says: ''the affairs of the
Town are run in the interest of one
enterprise" (this should be read in
loud. deep voice. Ladies should get
some man to read it, to appreciate it's
terrible meaning)
He means in the interest OF the Con-
tinental Fibre Co. but is afraid to
say SO.
Since when | want to know, have
things been running in our interest,
We locate 100000 concern here-pay
out the first year $4,000 in wages
employ so or 90 men--and for this we
got decent gutter from the TOWN.
after an indecent lawsuit with the town.
For after promising us to improve
South SHAPED street, if we located here
Council actually spent $3.50 to try to
keep from doing tit cost us $50 to
bother the town $3.50 worth, and then
got part OF what was promised.
l leave it to our REAL citizens to
say whether or not they are glad to
have us here.
| must confess, however, that if we
had known that we were really opposed
by any number of pikers, we would
have left Newark the beautiful green
held we covered up; it is monotonous