Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-22
OSBORNE AGAIN
ASKS REGULARS
To PUBLISH CASH
Writes Treasurer of County
Committee His Reply Was
No Complete Answer.

Edmund b. Osborne, the chairman
of the Progressive Republican League,
sent a reply today to Frank j. Book,
treasurer of the Republican County
Committee, again challenging him to
let voters know the day before the
primaries how much money has been
spent by the regular organization,
whence it came, whittier 1t went, ETC.,
and again asking him to enter into an
agreement with the Progressives to
spend no money for workers at the
polls on primary day.
Mr.. Osborne says hat the recent an
swer of Mr.. Book, in which he said
that the Republican County Committee
has received no contributions for
campaign purposes and VIII not re-
ceiye or expend any money for cam
paign purposes, is but a reply to n
of his proposals. Mr.. Osborne says In
his letter.
Your reply refers to only one OF
three proposals | submitted to Mr..
Dalrymple: First, hat both the Pro
g~ressive Republican League n the
Republican County Committee publish
ON the day before the primary a list
of all contributions and expenditures;
second, hat the fiscal agent of the
Progressive Republican League and the
fiscal agents of the Regular candidates
give a full list of contributions re-
ceived and expenditures incurred on
the day before the primaries; third,
that 1t be agreed that neither the Pro
g~ressive candidates nor the Regular
candidates shall directly or directly
pay any money whatsoever TO any
agents, poll-workers or solicitors for
work lone on primary day.
you have answered only one of the
proposals. by saying that the County
Committee has received no contribu-
lions for campaign purposes, and Will
not receive or eXpend any money for
campaign purposes. You ignore the
most vital proposal, namely, that the
fiscal agents shall let the voters know
the day before the primaries whence
their money comes from and what they
do with it, and you ignore the propo-
sition, which, if accepted, would put a
stop to buying votes under the guise
of employing workers.
"I assume, and the voters must as
sume, that. if your fiscal agents will
not tell where their money comes from
and what is done with it, it is because
they are not willing for the voters to
know, and that you refuse to enter into
an agreement not to hire agents on
primary day"
Mr.. Osborne her charges that fall
ure to comply with his request means
that the Regulars are obtaining
money from sources they are not will
ing to reveal before primary day, or
e~xpending it in ways they are not will
ing to have the voters know-it may
be for both reasons.
II beg again to request he eontln-
ued, Through you, that the fiscal agents
of the Regular candidates accept the
proposals | have made through Mr..
Dalrymple, or state to the public their
reasons for declining to do so.
I'm answer to your question, as TO
whether l will support the nominees of
the party, if they are the Regular can
didates, | beg to say that / am a Re-
publican, that | have always voted the
Republican ticket and whether the Pro-
gressives win or the Regulars win, I In
tend to vote the Republican ticket in
November. If that were not my inten-
ton. I would not be participating now
In the Republican primaries"