Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-11-06
A STATEMENT BY
GEORGE ROBERTSON

an r,fzbly informed that the Rev
sszlsnberx@. IN The ChrsaAn
|Chunh pElrit OF the eEeaing Of O.
.toeer IgtA. IN dscuzfng Tho ooAi cp-
uuu cznp5z 20 ~ oonxrasaston'
made rrserenos directly To nySea
and 10 ny soa. David. no, By name
had in s-cs trra.s as to BE- nmSak
,s,r usseatord as meaning both me
ard hin
P5e 70 that. al the City cosn-
eli. NJ had. - CITY attorney. CIV
"a an op.asOa at tho request Of he
mayor. REGARDING the duty Of the
city council TO order a local Option
aoet,os az that time h ] am IN
iformed. phen hat opiuscn vas Rad.
III " Million denounced 4 AZ having
been written By me. denounced my
lSon's statement that he himself
wru,e Il. as untrue. and gave the au'
ditors to understand thai It was an
opinion q mine. IN the interes Of
persons who wore attempting 10 pre-
vent the holding OF = local option
election. and that ,his opinion Of my
-on vas procured by me.
AZ the time Million asserted this
falsebood. shulienberger was present
and heard NY son denoyEce Millions
statement as false. and knew from
the language there used that there
xas no foundation for having made
such a charge. Doubtless he also
read my statement in The Inteiligen-
Ger the next day. that Millions
charge was untrue. Having been to
formed that the statement was uutru'
and having nothing whatever upon
which TO base Il, he then. in the pull
pit, substantially reasserted ths
charge. thereby casting reflection up
m my personal and professional char
acter. as well as upon that OF ny
son
In addition 10 that. IN reference q
a statement which | had made TO tn
public. that | vas prosecuting th'
certiorari suit in my own behalf ant
represented no one but myself. be en
deavored 70 cast doubt upon tina
statement.
Nov the foregoing are the oharg
es which he substantially made
against me and my son. in the pull
pit Upon learning of these charge
met him. told ain
what I had been Informed
and he. in an evasive sort Of a way
denied having made the statements.
Bus since then, ] have been told b.
; so many persons who were in his
audience, OF what he said. that hi
denial. to my conclusion. Is as IN
true as the statements be made cor
earning us.I then addressed him
: note. asking him 20 retract what h
had said. This he refused TO do.
This statement he made 20 an AT
; dience largely composed OF my pei
: sonal friends, some of whom ! ha
: known and associated with for NOR
than thirty years. and largely con
posed ~ the families Of those friend
, and people for whom I have the higl
est respect and regard. as ] belieF
most OF them have for me, ! cann6
out Of self respect nor respect 70
I myfamily. rest under those charges,
casting as they do. a reflection upo
> my integrity. Doubtless the chargs
were believed by some, affected I
be believed by others. Just al the
; served the purposes of the late can
paign, and to my qualification, those
knowing me best, did not belIey
them
! I cannot but feel that the Re,
Shullenberger knew that they wer
false when he made them, but in ful
therance of that principle practiced
by him, and by others. so largely +
the late campaign, that the end just
flies the means, he propagated thes
falsehoods.
had hoped he would have the me-
Illness to withdraw these uutxuths,
and set himself Alright, but not hav
ing done so ! feel compelled 10 max
this statement.
GEO. ROBERTSON.