Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-04

Gentlemen:
We told you In beginning this adj
~vertisement, Monday, October 30th,
that we proposed to present to you
extracts from the financial state
ments of this city.
We told you we might possibly"
open for your benefit, some of the
canned goods" which a member Of
the Democratic party advised you
was being handed out to you.
We have to the best of our abil-
ity kept our first promise. We have
given you the conditions as they act
ually exist without Partially and
without fear or favor. We have
shown a few points in favor Of the
present city government, and, in our
opinion, we have shown you many
things that were not In their favor,
or to their credit as business men.
We believe our statements were
practically correct, otherwise they
would have been denied and correct
ed before this and any correction at
this late day should be considered
as merely a political subterfuge.
On October 31st, we called to
your attention the bonded debt of
the city in detail from March LIST,
1907, to December 31st, 1910.
On November 1st, we gave you
the amounts of moneys collected
and turned into the city treasury
the City Clerk and the approximate
amount of money expended to con
duet the city's affairs for the forty
six months ending December 31st,
1910.
On November 3rd we gave you
the nine principal items of expendi-
ture from the general account, call
ing your attention to an increase
of $42,000.00 in four OF the items
from 1907 to 1910. Also several
items in the contingent account,
which to say the least are open for
conjecture.
On November End, our space was
taken up by a simple statement that
no data would be published on that
day owing to the receipt of a letter
by The Young Mems Republican
Club from the City Treasurer In
which he intimated among other
things, that the publication OF our
data would affect the sale of certain
bonds about to take place.
In publishing this data it was
particular desire to be correct, and
with that end in view an appoint
ment vas made by representatives
of this Club with the City Treas
urer and he was told that if we
could be shown where we were
wrong we would gladly correct any
erroneous statements and stop
publication.
You may draw your own eonclu-
sions from the fact that we neither
stopped publication nor made any
retractions.
Because of personal regard for
the City Treasurer we will not pub
lish certain parts of his letter, but
we do wish to state for the benefit
of all interested, that there are just
as many men loyal to the City of
Perth Amboy in the Young Mems
Republican Club as there are In our
City Hall.
At to the man who compiled this
data, he has not, o does he ex-
pect, to be paid for his work. He
is not a candidate for office and
would not accept any office at the
present time, and his work is done
because of his belief that
the election of the City Republican
candidates would be for the beat In
terests of Perth Amboy and its peo-
pie.
AS to our second (haIf) promise.
1t was not because OF lack of ma
terial that it was not fulfl1ed-we
have plenty Of it, and have been
severely criticised for not using 1t,
but we preferred to be clean. We
preferred a campaign of education
rather than a campaign of defama-
ton. II we win we will be proud
to know that we won Clean If
we loose, we can do so like gentle
men and come up smiling for the
newt battle.
We ask you to sincerely consider
the Republican candidates Com
their character and ability
with the Democratic candidates.
Consider the necessity of putting in
public Office men who cannot be con-
trolled by Influences that are detri-
mental to your best interests.
Men whose character Is above
public criticism and whose ability Is
beyond private at your expense.
Men whom you can say of
with Unsuitable pride, "He Is OUR
oficial-and WE helped put him in
Office"
We will not insult your intelli-
gence by telling you that all the
good men are on the Republican
ticket. Because down In "the
writer's heart" he believes the man
who tells Won he votes any straight
political ticket is either q liar or a
feol.)
But we ask you to consider and
compare the candidates.: To take
a personal interest because you are
personally interested.
Do not permit party enthusiasm
to run away with your better judg-
ment.
Consider the Importance and dig
nifty of the office of Sheriff.
The kindness. courtesy and tact
required In the Surrogate.
The absolute necessity of Perth
iAmboy having a representative on
Board of Freeholders.
Special attention we would call to
the campaign cards of Republican
Candidate for AIderman-at-LargeE
FRED GARRETSON-showing his
creed or platform. Read Tit is
good for you-it is good for met
is good for every man, woman and
child in Perth Amboy.
We WANT him and you NEED
him, not because he Is a RepubIi-
can, but because he is a MAN.
Fair and Just to all, whether