Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-29
PUBLIC OPINION

Kindly allow me a little space In
the EVENING NEWS to express my
opinion with regard to the petty
s%quabble which our council Is invol-
we'd in at present. One point of the
%squabble Is the making of a boss jan
itor. Well sir, there are quite q
number of people in this city who
think that there is quite a number of
bosses there already, at least we
think there Is enough there of both
parties to know II the janitors are
doing what is right, and the making
of a boss ~janitor Is nothing, but a lit
tie favoritism or an excuse to cause
friction.
We have gone sometime now with
out boss janitors, and / think with
out the making of a boss everything
Will &c on the same. 1t Is very true
that we, like all other cities, run
our elections on party principles. but
] have a firm conviction, that the
voters in the city of Perth Amboy go
to the polls and record their vote for
the man who in their opinion, has
the interest of the city welfare at,
heart. In the appointment of city Of
fees there 4 always various Candi-
dates, and the only way appoint
ments are to be made is to respect
every mans opinion and the majority
rule.
| would like to ask Mr.. Seaman
does he, or has he, respected the
opinions of the other members of the
city council who are connected with
the Democratic party? There is to be
appointed a city treasurer. Mr.. Sea-
man names Mr.. Fraser. There is to
be appointed a member of the water
board. Mr.. Seaman names Mr.. FTas-
er and other members of the council
have their men. Does Mr.. Seaman
show any respect for any opinion
that is expressed by any member Of
, his party? No sir, it is plain to be
seen that 1t is Mr.. Seaman's choice
or nobody. That is. "a far as the
! Democrats are concerned.
Now | am not going to take away
or add anything to Mr.. Fraser, but
we know very well that before he
was appointed to the water board it
was he who looked for the office.
The Office did not seek him. And 1t
being one of the plums of the party,
l consider. and l know l am not the
| only one that thinks Mr.. Fraser has
Ildu an IiliJ thai 10 tcAullt6 W uilI lOl
any service that he has aver done the
Democratic rarity. Personally ]
know of nothing that he has ever
done that would make n Democrat
| sore when he Is not appointed. /
| would ask Mr.. Seaman Is there any
thing that is not square or proper
connected with the Democratic mem
bers of the council, OF which he
| 49, 4. ag g.. l.,
! ton at every stage with the Repub-
leans. If there Is, Mr.. Seaman what
is it? The only thing that we on
the outside see Is that your favorites
don't get appointed and you are ore.
There is me thing, / would like to
tell Mr.. Seaman and that is, there are
a good many supporters of the Demo-
cratic party who can think and think
pretty hard sometimes and what they
think at the present time is that a
few days before last election there
was nobody who tried to do the
Democratic party more harm than
did MI. Seaman. And how do we
think he tried to do it? There were
street improvements to be made. Mr..
Seaman thought one way and the
majority of the council thought an
other. What did Mr.. Seaman do?
We had a letter published asking.
What hold has the Hastings Com
pany got on this city? By asking
that, Mr.. Seaman, you plainly pointed
to what you could not prove, and you
did II at a time which was likely
to hurt the Democratic ticket. Yes
sir, and you did it at a time when
all Democrats were proud to ac-
knowledge that they were Demo-
Gratis. And since then you have had
| ample opportunity to show us If the
HASTINGS Company, or any other com
pany, has any hold on this city, but
| you have not shown us and we don't
forget. And as ! said before, there
are men connected with the Demo-
cratic party who are fully capable of
doing their own thinking and the ac-
tons of Mr.. Seaman without bring
ing anything home makes them think
that he Is only betrayiDg a state of
mind.
With respect to the new Democratic
members Of the council, going back
to the primary elections / find hat
he had two popular young men as
opponents, young men who are con-
nected with a good few of our sec
ret order and office holders and there
was a good friendly fight, each man
to win and the losers to work for the
winner. And SO they did. and then
TO beat a man Ike Mr.. Grouse shows
us that the voters in the fifth ward
think they sen a man., who Is CAP
able of filling the bill, one who will
work for the progress OF the city as
well as the credit of the Democratic