Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-23
A LETTER AnD r
fs EVENING NEws. y~estardsy

R..o4iz;,g that 3 usvrnpaner hiss some
advantage IN Pupic controversy aho
sas;r,no to he absolutelv fair wa 0;ve
the letter space IN our edltoflai col
umn that II NAV receive the same prom.
inence as What we; ourselves, nave 20
say. The letter which bears the
mayor signature Is as loho"s'
March % 1911.
Editor EVENING NEWS.
~ wish 70 LET Won know that 7 am
greatly disuleased1witb the manner in
which I have been treated in the news.
naner of which Won are ed;for durino
1.-The past few davs; also the manner
in which nv Mace Of business has been
, diseredited or baIittled through The
. same agency. EspeeiaIlv am 7 displeas.
ed with the attitude OF yonr naper IN
, these matters because the whole struc.
ture of what appears TO be criticism is
built ND on Imagination or prevariea,
ton.
Thirst. You permittea me TO he
harsbIy criticised and endorsed the
criticism by an editorial comment along
! the same lines. because of nv furnish,
! inc bonds for William Walters when a
, charge was trumpet ND against him. I
knew that Mr.. Walters was innocent
of the charge made against him both
by the Prosecutors detective and by
vour reporters through the medium Of
your newspaper. Those renorters have
had the freedom of my place Of bust
ness. and have ALWAYS been welcome.
They have been treated with courtesy.
and have heard many matters discussed
both public and private. Their treat.
ment of Mr.. Walters a. we'll as Of me
and my place has been manifestly I'M
fair. and based wholly upon false prem
Uses, NV attitude in going ON the bond
of Mr.. Walters ia my Individual busi.
ness: the matter ia entirely personal.
The bond I furnished waa secured by
my own property. which I hope + have
the same privilege TO handle as IL
pleases me "A other citizens have with
their property; and q will NOT submit
without vigorous protest TO any eriti-
| cism from the press or the~pubiie that
will tend to cut off such personal lib.
erty.
TYou have permitted me and NV
place of business to be drawn into a
british controversy between two per-
sons Of kindred characteristies--al-
though those characteristics extend on
somewhat different lines. one of the
parties being a bully or a rowdy. the
other in as great a degree a preyarica.
tor. 1 cannot understand your attitude
in this matter, unless it be expressed
by the explanation that the Hwish "a
father to the thought If appears
now that your reporter. Mr.. Sooy. has
made my place Of business the ground
of his nefarious operations. II was
there that he came in contact with his
rough antagonist. He has NOT acted the
part of a gentleman and it appears
now that it ma been his aim to hrink
about some sort of disturbance nj nv
place. I do not think either one Of
these complaints. which took part in
Yesterdays d~iseraeeful affair are wor-
THY of admission into my store. and I
have forbidden them both to come in.
Bv the employment of a man of tbe
calibre of Mr.. Sooy. / think Won are
bringing diseredit upon Yourself and
your newspaper. He has acted nueerlv
on various occasions. and has proven
obnoxious more than once and jsagree
able to tbe extreme One Instance of
his stretching the truth tn fit his MIR
tpose is to be observed in the frst few
lines of your scathing article of yester.
day with the words s.unprovoked@ at.
taekO In large letters at the ton. In
| which he makes It appear that Hugh
MeArdle. better known as ttTex.n an
parently tthas ~headauarters at the eli
gar store of Mayor Albert Bollschwei.
lar - h ha knows to he =. fabrics-
ltion, He knows that McArdle was not
Ia ~freuuenter of the place. and that he
was very seldom seen there. That kind
Of a statement ia in accord with his
story about C,ity Marshal Walters. and
his endeayor TO mix ma and nv store
in his rowdyish combat with Mr. Nc
Ardle He has called the attack YES.
Iterday as ~unprovoked; Il appears TO me
and To othera who hays given express
sion 10 their views Of the matter. that
he has been carving mot one chin but
two ON his shoulders: has been inviting
FAR tbe sake Of notoriety. inst snch =
drubbinp "a he receiy ed Yesterday: hut
wbv should ba select the mavor,s plece
Of business for the seat Of his expioita-
tions7 + treated him with courtesy as
, long az T eould. ana It only proves the
sn,slIpess Of his calibrs to try to brine
. discredit upon me since T have beer
forced to turn the cold houlder &c
UApv official act of mine which vor
may desire 10 eriticlse, l shan NOT tax
rirht to eriticiss the acts Of a publi,
official; and IL q person happens to bs