Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-13
M'CARTER TAKES
ISSUE WITH GILLEN
Former Declares Latter's
Charges Are MisrepreSenta=
lions of Facts.
COMMISSIONER INVITES
LAWYER TO BRING SUIT
f, Argument Over BituIithic
Pavement Wakes Warm at
Works Board Meeting.

Further warfare in Commissioner
Charles P. Gillen's fight against
bitulithic pavement was resumed be-
fore the Board of Works yesterday
afternoon when the Standard Bitul-
ithic Company had its innings.
For nearly an hour >tobert II. Nc
Carter as counsel for the company,
occupied the floor and attempted to
show that Mr.. Gillen's yelled charges
of last week were a misrepresenta-
ton of facts He declared in the
course of his argument that the
charges were worded with a clever
ness characteristic of the gentleman
who made them and afforded not the
slightest loop-hole for court action
by his clients.
Mr.. MeCarter's argument was
punetuated with repartee between
the speaker and Mr. Gillen and at
one stage of the game the latter
arose from mis- seat and openly defied
sthe company to bring suit against
. him for his statements of last week.
! 10 this Mr.. McCarter replied:
: Eli you will transpose this Ian
guage, 1T is charged that the COM
pany uses unfair methods in secur-
! ing signatures, to 1 charge, we will
Immediately commence proceedings
! against YOU
= Mr. Gillen's only reply to this Of
!. Ter was: start suit. You wouldn't
dare start suit for this company. It's
1all a bluff. They have lost out in SO
many places that they wouldn't dare
take a chance anywhere else"
= In the midst of the Boards pro-
!ceedings Commissioner Charles F.
.Kraemer sought to have his coll
leagues grant the privilege of the
floor to Mr.. McCarter. With this
move Mr.. Gillen jumped to his feet
with objections.
.why should the board be inter-
rupted at this time?" he declared.
: n4'he routine business of this body
zds far more important to the city of
Newark than any bluff that Mr.. Nc
Garter wishes to make. He is paid
employe of this company and should
await our convenience.
Mr.. Kraemer then explained that
Mr.. McCarter had presented a re-
zuuest that he be allowed to be heard
@early as he had an engagement that
~he wished to keep. Commissioner
.sArthur Denman then sought to have
Mr.. Gillen withdraw his objections.
The latter, however, refused and re-
piled:
= sI certainly will not withdraw my
objections to hearing Mr.. McCarter
at this time. The matter in ques-
ton is not now under discussion and
there is no reason why he should
take our time with it. Why doesn't
ne start suit or else request us to
set a hearing on the matter.
What is it that you want, any
way?" This he directed at Mr.. Nc
Carter.
1T is my purpose to reply to the
outrageous and slanderous state
nents that you made against the
Standard Bitulithic Company last
week." was Mr.. McCarter's reply.
McCarter Allowed to Speak.
On the motion of Commissioner
.xraemer to allow Mr.. McCarter to
proceed the vote was to l, Mr.. Gillen
done voting in the negative. Com
missioner Albert H. Biertuempfel was
mot present.
q lat the outset of his remarks Mr..
FsAcCarter declared that Mr.. Gillen
his talk of last week had woven
"a. story that unless analysed would
asst aspersion on both the company
nd the members of the board. He
aid that whatever charges were
made were made in such a manner
hat that company had no redress in
he courts.
:. "The cleverness with which the
- harges were made is characteristic
Msf the gentleman who made them.
1sfhere never was a more unfair or