Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-02
SAYS D. {. M|NARO
HELPED RAILROADS
EXTORT s85O,0OO
Ferguson, Progressive Assembly
Candidate, Accuses Essex
A~ssemblyman of Lobbying.

Assemblyman Duane e. Minard
characterized as a paid attorney of tn
Erie railroad and lobbyist for the Pub
TIC Service Corporation, was charged
last night by Duncan M. Ferguson, on
OF the Progressive Assembly candidates
WITH aiding the Erie railroad to ex
tort $3.50, 900 from the travelling public
ard fye railroads in North Jersey t.
increase the railroad fares of com
muters about $500, 900 a year.
h meeting was held at Progressive
Headquarters, and before Mr.. Ferguson
made his attack on Assemblymar
Minard, Gubernatorial Candidate Will.
lam 2. Martin and President Edmund
b. Osborne, of the league, renewed
their demand on County Chairman Al,
fred N. Dalrymple to tell where he go
his yellow dog campaign fund ant
what he did with It,"
dough Bag" Also Discussed.
The dough bag discussion wa:
opened by Mr.. Martin telling his col.
leagues he had been informed that thu
Regulars were spending this year $27I
in the First district of his home ward
the Eleventh.
with a like expenditure in each dis
trict," said Mr.. Martin, ''the total fcl
the county would aggregate S66, 900
n it is safe to assume 1T will be a.
least $40,0 600. What is 1t to be use6
for? Why don't Dial tell?"
IF it is not true that the Regulars
have had at their disposal a huge cor
ruption fund.- said Mr.. Osborne, "the
rumor ought to be smashed. If it is
true the gentlemen responsible ought tc
be smashed.
"Shall cur party servants be owned
or shall they be controlled. You have
got to hold your nose within twenty
miles of Albany. There is a stencil of
that kind in the vicinity Of the Regu-
lar Republican headquarters.
1--WE again ask MI. Dalrymple how
mucl: money re spent in hts last cam
paign, how much he is spending this
time, and where does he get it? The
question is intimately connected with
the kind of service we have been get
ting in the Legislature"
Mr.. Ferguson, who is a candidate for
the Assembly from the imaginary dis
trict represented by r.. Minard, got
after the scalp of the Essex Assembly
leader.
L stand unqualifiedly on the Progressive
Mr.. Minard? He has made, no statement,
but he has made a record. Let us have
a showdown, a pay-as-you-enter policy SO
that we may know who's who.
"Lest MIR. Minard Forget"
Mr.. Minard loudly demanded that he
fellow citizens of East Orang a short time
ago. 1t was his intention at that time to
drop out of the race for denomination. 1t
was felt that he had better, be the goat,
as he had been leader of the 1910 Essex
County Assembly delegation. Nobody
bothered to tell Mr.. Minard why he was
undesirable, and after. a conference with
Mr.. Dalrymple he decided he might have
a chance of getting away with the job
for another year. Mr.. Minard's demand to
know wherein he failed this year to live
knows how shamelessly he abused the
trust imposed in him, but lest he and the
voters forget let us specify. -,
Mr.: Minard. how did you vote on the pii
jury to determine whether a person IN
jured at a railroad grade crossing was
guilty of negligence; whether such a per,
son had properly noted the stop, look and
listen" sign? Did you vote as a represent.
alive of a half-million people. in favor Of
giving them a square deal and in FAVOR or
trusting to twelve men to determine TINS
question of contributory negligence, or did
you vote as the paid attorney of the Erie
no;Jpoado r.
You voted against the bill. You voted
to XIII il. You fought it on the floor of
the House. You lobbied against IT.. You
wearied everybody with your plea for Its
defeat. You were successful for a time,
hut public sentiment smashed the measure
through the House, and the Senate passed
1t In the rush of the closing hours, pre-
sumbably by accident. Your very opposi-
Mr. Minard, how did you vote on the
House home rule bill intended to permit
municipalities to have greater freedom
from State paternity? ms Was a q fhan 10
selves what constitutes a public nuisance.
1t was a broad bill that couldn't be at
tackled, on any reasonable ground MT:
ounce of energy you could bring, to bear.
You consulted with your. associate en-
.ployees of the Public. Service Corporation
and YOU lobbied against the bill on the
sole ground that the Public Service Cor
p%oration didn't want it. You told members
of the committee to keep the bill In COM
mlttee. They told you that they had voted
70 ..Tblat's ali right" you told these men
when YOU had gathered them about You in
the basement room OF r, the "a as sSangs
your mind. This, is a dirty slap at the
public Service and we want to beat II"
The Public Service lobbyists feared the
home rule bill because they believed that
n empowered cities to say where gas
houses, car oarns and other buildings
should be located.
More Pointed Queries.
And Won smothered the bill, beat it for
q time by The lobby method. Then you
lined I'D against it on the floor.
How did you vote on pnhlic utilities reg
ulatiUn. Mr.. Minard? Did you vote as you
nromised the thousands of commuters you
would in o public statement at the close
of vonr campaign, or did you vote as an
erie employee? Your vote and voice, like
that of the other Essex Assemblymen of
1910 we're in favor of the railroads and
against the people. You openly attacked
legislation aimed to relieve the people from
their almost intolerable burdens. 1t was
nv virtue OF your vote and those whose
syowed leader you were, that the Martin
nrhlic utilities bill was voted down n
Killed. You referred to the bill as a vel
low dog and suggested that the back
door Of the State House be opened so
that it could be kicked out with the tin
can Of Democracy tied to its tail" to drown
in the "polluted canal" You added some
iiluminating comment to the effect that the
nolluted canal was L fitting place for the
Mr. Minard. the bill which you desig-
mated as a yellow dog provided specifically
that railroad rates should not be arbitrari-
saranead THAT .'vellOW dog bill would