Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-14

seen Georges signature on a check,
! letter or anything else, but there
were plenty present who wanted to
get acquainted with 1t. Prentiss sat
motionless and speechless while the
question of his veracity was dis
cussed. After much talk it was de-
cided to send a committee with Prem
tiss to look at the Perkins letter.
Chairman D%inwiddie appointed
Charles A. Bloomfield and Judge C.
G. Weber on the committee and they
| retired with the erstwhile candidate,
while the club awaited the verdict in
silence.
Saw Many Letters.
Presently the gentlemen returned.
They announced that they had seen
over twenty letters, the last one dated
October 10, this year, in which Per-
kins had called Prentiss "My Dear
Mark" That they had seen enough
to d%isprove the statement made by
| Dinwiddie to the effect that Prentiss
had stated that National Progressive
headquarters had asked him to assist
in the campaign, when such not the
! case. The committee said it had seen
more than enough showing that he
had been strongly urged to quit his
position as an editor to work in this
campaign. The committee said
further that it had only gone out to
look at one letter only, but that they
/ saw 20 and could have read dozens
more" Frequently while this report
was being made ny Judge Weber and
Mr.. Bloomfield the entire crowd in
| l,I,ol T., baud n1o nnfn0 ond of tho
| finish the applause for Prentiss was
loud and long, but evidently the sit
uation was no nearer asettlement be-
cause q number wanted to get at the
gentlemen at State headquarters.
Mr.. Dinwiddie suggested that 1t
might be we'll to send a committee to
National headquarters to complete
the investigation. After discussion
the idea Of sending a committee to
National headquarters was abandon
ed, it being felt that such an action
would have no other effect other than
the embarrassment of Prentiss.
Refuse to Drop Matter.
D. G.. Knight, Jr., county commit
teeman from the first district. offer
ed a motion that the entire matter
be dropped. The motion was prompt
ly defeated and Chairman Dinwiddie
himself asked that the committee OF
investigation be appointed. A club
member offered the motion but 1t
was ruled hat no one but a member
Of the board of governors could
offer a motion as this was q meeting
of the board and not of the club as a
whole. A governor therefore Offer
al - nation and Ua aCQiGtaA In the
framing of it by other members and
the chairman and the governor said,
81 am Offering this motion not be-
cause l want it offered for l positive
ly will not vote to slap the chairman
of this board and the chairman OF
the county committee In the face"
The motion was seconded but when
Mr.. Dinwiddie took from his pocket
a typewriter letter Of resignation
as chairman a howl went up right
away. The man who made the mo-
ton and the man who seconded it
withdrew it at once. There was
more argument and Dinwidd1e in
sisted that a committee of some sort
should investigate at state headquar-
| tiers as matters now stood the verac-
ity Of the chairman was questioned.
| Accordingly the man who offered the
original motion was called upon to
do the stunt over again. mot on
your life," said he, "let George do
it." and George did. The motion
carried and Chairman Dinwiddie
named the committee as follows,
Walter ]. Harris, Charles A. Bloom
field, Charles A. Prickitt, John Duffy
and E. G. Potter. Mr.. Bloomfield
said that business would prevent
him from serving Monday and sug-
gested that his son be allowed to go
In his stead. Mr.. Harris, county
committeeman from the second dis
trict, asked to be allowed to with
draw as business would prevent him
taking the trip on such short notice.
H. w. Bloomfield was therefore
named in place Of his father and
Harold T. Edgar was selected in
place of Mr.. Harris. The committee
J will call at state headquarters today
and ask for a full explanation as to
why and wherefore Prentiss was
asked to withdraw in favor of Brown
after the filing of his petition and
the report of the committee will be
made in open meeting of the Roose-
welt Club at Metuchen Tuesday
night.
Dinwiddte Insists on Resigning.
No sooner had Dinwiddie finished
the naming of the Investigation COM
mittee when he again took from his
pocket his letter Of resignation and
handed it to the secretary. This was
followed Immediately by one Of the
governors turning in his resignation
and both demanded that they take
J effect at nee. The seven other gov
errors ruled that no action could be
taken until a regular club meeting
and then If Dinwiddie resigned the
entire board agreed to resign In a
body.
Mr.. Potter, who had seconded the
second motion that the chair should
appoint a committee of investigation.
was much taken back by the Dinwid-
die resignation, as were all the
others present. He said that he
moved to second the motion only be.
cause he thought it was the wish OF
the chair that a committee be ap-
pointed and he wanted to move tC