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IN PIGGER' S OhI,
.cUTHBERT MAKES MALICIOUS
ATTACK ON OPPONENT THRU
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llBEl0US ATTACK PROVEN FAKE
OLD GANG ARE MAKING DEsPER.
X ATE FIGHT TO HOLD STATES
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Editor The 1nter-Ocean: t#lst$-. E4$.s,,
My attention has been called to an
article appearing in the "Pigger's
Own" of last Saturday the 18th,
which is very malicious and false,
and / wish to have the impression
which has gone out from that paper
corrected at once.
The article is SO rank and criminal
ly libelous that the party who wrote 4
it and the editor who published it
should be placed behind the bars. It
states in substance that ! made oath
that I was democrat in order that I
might serve as Judge at the presi-
Dental preference primary March 19,
and at the same time was circulat-
ing my petition for states attorney on
the republican ticket. This is some
thing more than a mere falsehood, it
is simply rank lie. It is one Of the
worst kind of falsehoods, for it is an
intentional lie manufactured to mis-
lead the voters and to injure me. J.
have never acted at any time in my
life as democratic judge in this city
or anywhere else. I have never made
oath at any time, here nor anywhere
else, that I was or had been demo
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appointed as democratic Judge, nor
have ever qualified as such at any
election. I am a republican, but a
Progressive Republican, true to the
principles of La Toilette to the last
ditch. s.,5.- 81 [.SY 5s 5... s
The article further states that 4
sought the democratic nomination for
states attorney, when as a matter Of
fact the nomination came to me with
out effort on my part. It was just
simply an endorsement of me at the
polls by the democrats as they had no
candidate. If the democratic county
committee saw fit to urge all voters
! OF that party to vote for me at the
J polls by writing my name in on the
! ballot, why, then / take that as high
paid compliment to me personally.
/ They would not have done this un-
less they thought that was better
fitted all around to serve the best in
4 terests of the county as states attor-
Ichoice of two republicans, one a
K iLstandpatter, and the others,a progress
4 Isiye, they must have endeavored to
i pick the best one, and that is why Z
i take it as a compliment. It is not nee
4 essary for me to change my politics
Ito receive a compliment OF that kind,
4 when they knew that I was a repub-
!. lican at the time they gave me the
endorsement. $ss @25s .;s{S$f
The reading of that article reminds
me so much of Mr. Cnthbert's S word
4 ing IN other productions which I have
I Tread of his and this coupled with the
4 fact that he is a stockholder and one
of the officers, some say controlling
Il officer. of the World Pub. Co, one
would be led to believe that he pro,
s duced that article for his own publ,
q cation. Whether this is so or 4 not,
Il 1t would be handy thing for q per
! son to have at his command a paper
i to which he could contribute coward
4 " unsigned articles and have then
]. pass off as some else IS on the un
j. srz citing public, An adversary Ii
I gIpoIitics who isl SO low as to land him
gIself to the skies and Id the same al
3 ticles to maliciously libel his opponen
{ Eby publishing unsigned articles. ha.
: surely gotten down to drink the yer.
j. dregs q politics
q The fight for st IS attorney in thi
Y Ecounty has not been on party lines
9 But 1t has been a ght for law Ell
@ forcement It Isl on that platform tina
Y was endorsed once before, and il i
9 on that platform that I stand today
81 Whether shall be elected under fIl
a democratic endorse Or nof, L d
81 not know. 6ut viii say that iF ay
elected that ,sslI enforce tha las
6 not only IN this city, but lrs ever
!. toan and ylsia9e sFss tse county NJ
IN oppcnent 40 everyhoiy lsneyss has u,
asI fuIt SUPPORT ef me Iluaor blind III
'e eleansns tllrcugf gfous The eelssev
Iy Yours very
y.