Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-09
POLITICS BOIL
AT RED BANK
Hst Fight Over the Re-
publican Nomination for
Mayor--TakInq Sides.
TETLEY'S STATEMENT

Red Bank, Sept. 9:-The mayor
atty primary fight of the Red Bank
republicans is merrily progressing.
Even the women and children are
taking sides and it is said that the
ladies' clubs now devote all their
gossip to politics instead Of to hats
and bonnets.
Mr.. Tetley exploded a bomb in the
council meeting by calling in Chief
OF Police Patterson and accusing
him of employing his time election
eering against him in the interest of
SABBATH, instead of attending to his
police business. Mutual recrimina-
tions followed, and the majority Of
council finally ignored Mr.. Tetley
and went s%erenely on with other
business. This was probably what
Mr.. Tetley expected would be done,
but he had the satisfaction of ex-
pressing his sentiments anyway.
Red Bankers are now divided into
Tetleyites and S~abathites, as far as
the republican primary is concerned,
and Sweeneyites and Cookies as far
as local newspapers are concerned,
but the Recorditss are growing every
day, and will soon eclipse both the
~Sweeneyites and the Cookies.
Anyway everybody in Red Bank is
having fun out of politics and every
man, woman and child is taking a
hand. The matter has now reached
the stage where tempers are being
lost. Next will come the stage of
broken noses and cracked heads, If
the thing grows much warmer.
Feeling a little aroused over the
way the various public officials are
acting in the matter of the coming
primary election, Mr.. Tetley has
issued the following signed state
ment, which, he hopes, will be care
fully read and digested by the
thinking citizens of the borough
The statement follows:
eff elected mayor of the borough
of Red Bank I will make every effort
possible to give the borough an hon
est and business-like administration.
No one department, or its head, will
be allowed to purchase supplies I'M
less it or he has been authorized to
do so by the council, who have
previously given the matter its care
full consideration. Also all purchases
of 500 and over will be open to
competition bids when possible.
Each of the several departments
of the borough will be run on a bus
mess basis, which will insure honesty
and a good return for the money ex-
pended. The town affairs will be
run for the interest of no political
party or boss.
THE heads of the various depart
ments will be expected to do their
duty and to work for the towns in
terest. 1t will be understood that
they must put in a stated number Of
hours and be on 1.-The job" during
the time the town pays for their SER
vices.
"The police department will be
non-partisan and no vote soliciting
or poll working will be tolerated. 1t
will also be understood that the
police headquarters will be no long
er a Longing place for, men to con
gregate to discuss political or other
affairs. 1t will be used solely for
police affairs.
"If elected mayor 1 will do my
best to carry out the above state
ment and, Furthermore, will also
urge all employees to ~cheerfully give
information when solicited by some
inquiring citizen who Is DESTROYS of
being posted on some affairs per-
tanning to certain departments.
Respectfully submitted,
| ~"(Signed) JOHN T. TETLEY."