Evening journal., 1912-07-25
GENERAL DUPONT
VEHEMENTLY DENIES
ATTACK ON JUDGES
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ticulars what was said by General
DUPONT
For instance, take the first state
ment attributed to him--'that there
were FIVE judges in our State and
three of them wanted to be reappoint-
ed and. OF course, took the right Wow
OF the question of the constitutional
ity of the Boulevard law
Il was present during the entire
conference and heard no statement
such as the foregoing made by General
dupont. In fact. anybody familiar
with the facts know that our Judges
have many years to sit on the bench,
and would have no reason to be sway
ed by any desire for reappointment.
A representative of the Morning News
called me on tho telephone late last
night and read to me a portion Of the
article he had written about the con-
ference and I took exception TO the
portion misquoting General DUPONT
with reference to the Judges. Futher-
more, the Morning News representa-
tive TO whom / talked said this was
too good news article to be left
out and that likely other newspapers
would print the same story.
General DUPONT did tell of troubles
Of himself and representatives OF the
boulevard corporation with some law
yers with reference to acquiring rights
Of way and increasing prices for land.
but certainly did not reflect upon the
Judiciary OF Delaware. which he said
he had found from his observation TO
construe the law as written rather
than to be Influenced by public
clamor.
1T is unfair and unjust for a news
paper to go out OF its way to oppose
public project which the merchants
are so unanimously advocating as a
benefit TO the city OF Wilmington and
TO the entire State alike and which
would do more than anything | know
of to bring the people OF the three
counties into that closer relationship
80 much 10 be desired"
Mr.. Kurtz' Denial.
Edward Z. Kurtz, secretary-treas-
urer OF the Robelen Piano Company,
merchant present at the conference
with General DUPONT was asked this
morning whether General DUPONT
had criticised the judges OF the state.
He said.
Il don't recollect anything OF the
kind, that there was anything said by
General DUPONT in criticism of the
judges. A report to that effect Is an
absolute misconstruction. ! feel sure
that the people who we're there feel
the same way as ! do. The impress
son given IN the morning paper Is
certainly not the impression gotten
by the merchants who we're at the
meeting. General DUPONT was called
to the telephone several times dur
ing his talk and otherwise interrupt
ed 30 that his talk was not a connect
ed statement. The reporter who wrote
the article in the morning paper evil
IDENTIFY took disconnected statements
and made a story out Of them that
was a misconstruction OF what Cen
eral DUPONT said"
As proof that he did not get the
impression OF any criticism OF the
judges, Mr.. Kurtz instanced the fact
that friend to whom he gave an ac-
count Of yesterdays meeting. express
ed astonishment at the article In the
morning paper, saying: why. you
didn't tell me anything like that" Mr
kurtz thinks II strange that II any
thing so striking as an attack on the
judiciary should have been made by
General DUPONT, at yesterdays meet
ing, that none of the merchants should
have noticed Il, and they did not
Samuel Gray, manager OF the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, said /;
II can only state that while I heard
Mr.. dupont speak of the judges OF Del
award I cannot say that he in any way
/ referred to them in a manner not be
fitting their position personally be-
lieve that the statement in one OF the
morning papers is garbled which
could easily occur, as I understand
newspaper correspondents represent
ed at the meeting are not stenograph-
ers, but long hand writers. and in view
OF the fact that General DUPONT is a
very rapid talker IL would be impossi-
bic for a newspaper man. unless he
were a stenographer. TO properly re-