Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-26
HURLS
Def At ARONSON
Mayor Bids Republican Candi.
date Shed "Cloud of OBJ
scure Statements"
NAME MEN YOU CLAIM
TN RULED BY" HE SAYS
Newark Executive Tells Big Au-
diencs Rivals Weapons Are
BaseIess lnsinuations.

Elavanth avenue, last night, Mayor
Jacob uaussling in a straightforward
manner defied his traducers and the
dsfamers OF the fair name of New
ark 10 make specific charges and not
insinuations. He deied Louis V.
Aronson to name his Haussling's)
hackers whom he alleges the mayor
fears TO have named.
In his attack on Mr. Aronson the
mayor said: Name the men you
claim 1 am backed and ruled by. Tell
these names to the public and I will
answer your statement. Come out in
the open. Do not hide behind a
cloud or any object that obscures
your statements" He pointed out
that his opponent had not yet seen
fit to accept his challenge and to the
fact that he had answered Mr.. Aron-
sons challenge at the earliest oppor-
tunity.
1.-THE other night my opponent In
the Mayoralty fight, taking exception
to remarks / had previously made,
although as / later explained l in
tended no reflection upon his char
acter, challenged me to name his
hackers and also to declare that l
was free and to listen to h derisive
laughter of the town II l should make
such a statement. l promptly ac-
cepted his challenge, anne one or
his hackers and told who the others
were. 1 also ventured to say that /
have been a. free man In the office
of the Mayor.
LET Him Make Direct Charge"
"Now. as this latter challenge to
me involved an ~insinuation that l
WIS not or had not been free. I asked
Mr.. Aronson to reduce this insinua-
ton to a frank and direct charge
and then point out any person or
persons who had aver controlled my
action as executive of he city. the
time and place when / had thus been
controlled and any measure or meas
ures wherein my own judgment had
been overruled as a result OF such
control.
st also challenged him TO point out
a. single instance wherein | had vio-
lated a pledge made to h people OF
this city. whether as a result of such
control or otherwise. In the papers
T see what ~purports to be a report OF
a. speech delivered by Mr.. al
a Progressive party meeting, II
which he says, IF my opponent really
wants to know who are behind him
in his official capacity l would refei
, him to the independent newspapers OF
3 the city, which have made this whole
matter very clear. and l would ais
refer him to the general public. who
!, are thoroughly we'll acquainted WITT
+ the facts as to the real control In the
present city administration
"seems to- he Statement"
II presume this is a correct reporr
of what Mr.. Aronson said, for it
seems TO be somewhat in the nature
of a formal statement. If it be the
correct report of what he said, then
7 call upon him again, as he made
the insinuation upon his own respon-
sibility, to come out into the open
, and make a direct charge upon his
! own responsibility, with specifications
, as to persons. times. places and
measures. | call upon him not to
, hide behind newspapers. but to pre-
sent this charge with proof, or else
retract his insinuation.
IF there is any ground for this
~insinhation tina he has made then
he owes 1t to the people of Newark,
whose support he is inviting, to sub
} stantiate 1t. III there is no ground
, for it then he owes the community
r and me a retraction. l call upon Mr..
Aronson to produce his proof or stand
convicted at the bar of public
l opinion"
Turning from Mr.. Aronson, Mayor
Haussling took up the case of G,
Rowland Munroe, attorney for the
A~nti-Saloon League of New Jersey.
q AS he explained prior to presenting
/ his statement in this case, to avoid
any possibility of error in quoting
him. the Mayor had typewriter
= statements, which he read and later
handed to the reporters. Following IL
a a copy of this statement, which fully
explains itself:
Letter Not Courteous"
. 81 have been honored lately with a
I letter from Mr.. G. Rowland Monroe
I attorney for the Anti-Saloon League
> Of New Jersey, which many of 20,
, doubtless saw published in n of thu
local papers last night. If you hay
not seen II l. Woulu 10 Bihu " now
YOU look up the letter in the papel
and read it, though I think most o
p YOU will agree with me that 1t is no
= characterized by courtesy, restrain
l or observation-disclosures.
p MIR. Munroe calls attention to al
assertion that / made recently, tina
' l would defy anybody to state tina
when a complaint was laid before m
l or any Of my officials 1t was not acte'
Y upon promptly and properly, and ask
! me how 1 can reconcile this with tn
action of the Excise Board, which
he asserts, refused even to grant
hearing on the question OF revokinI
the licenses of the Casino Music Hal
and the Bnnk Cafe.
"You will note hat the Anti-Saloo'
League, whose object, as 1 under
G standstand it, Is to secure total pro
n hibition throughout the whole coun
try, is not addressing questions {
Y other candidates, but is concentrat
d ing it's fight against Jacob Hausslinl
I leave you to draw your own con
illusions.
Invites Examination Of Letter.
y IAN examination of Mr. Munroe'
letter will show that his complaint !
based upon the act that a bond !
the sum of 1900. which he calls
prohibitive amount, was demande
by the Board of Security for costs
II and also his assertion that a plat
It intimation was made hat the case
+, were already p~rejudged.
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