Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-30
OWENS HITS At
/ PROGRESS|VES
Candidate Says Party Repu-
dating Him Worships Money
+, and Fat Jobs.

John E. Owens, candidate fol
Board of Works Commissioner on the
Progressive ticket, who has been re-
pudiated by the party, today told q
reporter for the Evening Star what
he declares were the true reasons
why he did not receive the Progress
sive Endorsement.
Had / been in a position TO contrl-
butte a large sum to the Progressive
campaign fund.- he said. 81 would
have been Endorsed at once"
With regard to the statement given
out by the Progressive county com-
'mittee yesterday declaring that he
n his running mate, Arthur Lange,
assumed the party name without the
consent and against the wishes of
tho Progressive city convention, Mr..
Givens had this to say:
IT entered the race the last week
lin September. after consultation with
the Progressive leaders. Soon l
learned that some sort of q deal had
been made and I then insisted on
sticking to the fight. I wanted to
give the voters of Newark a chance
to choose office-holders for hem
selves, not to take the men offered
them by any leaders o. bosses.
THE Progressives don't want to
win. The tickets they have placed
in the field every year show that. It's
always the same old crowd. and
every year they go down to defeat.
! didn't want to be a candidate for
the Board of Works, but when | saw
that the leaders we're making deals
preparatory TO handing the voters of
the city their annual gold brick I
filed my petition.
1.-THE Progressiyes worship money
and fat political jobs. l know that
because I've been identified with
them since 1904. It's a great joke to
sit at headquarters and hear can
didates handing out JOS before
they're elected.
The city convention hat they say
repudiated me and Mr.. Lange was
better than a circus. A couple of.
leaders went into a printing shop
over the headquarters, fixed up a
slate and hen called the meeting. A
sample of the way they conducted
things was the carrying of a motion
to indorse Aronson for mayor when
only seven Of the sixty-seven dele
gates present voted in favor of it.
Then they wanted to indorse Nun
gle and O'Connell, the Republican |
Board of Works candidates. This
action, however, they decided to de-
fer, and when they did one of the AS
sembly candidates stood up and
called the delegates "a fine bunch OF
trimmers.' This broke up the meet
ing" |
Aronsou Tells of Alleged Deal"
Louis V. Aronson, Republican cam
didate for mayor, today issued the
following statement with regard to
the alleged deal II is charged the
Progressives made in the Board of
Works campaign:
What l saw In the paper yester-
day was the first intimation ] had
that anyone interested in my cam
paign had had any conference or con-
versation with any candidate regard-1
ing any prospective deal. If I had
had the slightest suspicion anything
of the kind was wen contemplated /
would have taken action at once to
prevent II.
Il do not propose in my campaign
to resort to any tricks or deals, and
IL there Is anyone who hopes to ad-
vance my candidacy by using such
methods ! serve notice upon him now
that | don't want him among my sup
p%orters.
Il want to see Messrs. O'Connell
and Mungle reelected to the Board of
but l have too much respect
'or them and for myself TO counter
any undetermined methods to
ensure their reelection. II
For my W sake / am glad this
has become public, because
t gives me the chance, once for all, {
o declare that l stand for open and {
methods in this campaign and s
hat | Will not tolerate anything else" !