New Britain herald., 1914-07-16

Tt is evidently the intention of the I,arnes machine to run either Mr. Whitman or some other man on whose real subserviency it can count-in short, to have a rubber stamp ticket from top to bottom, ticket of which the personnel would be wholly unim- portant because the directing force behind would be that of MT. Barnes In my Judgment neither the pro- gressives nor the independent citizens will accept either MT. Whitman or any one else who has failed already tu show as matter of principle and not as a matter of expediency by clean cut statements in the open that he is as unalterably opposed to the Barnes ma achine as to the Murphy machine.
 II shall, of course, fight for the rrogressives in this state just as shall fight for them in the nation. And when the progressive party has nominated it's state ticket, as I am sure it will. on a basis of frank and utter antagonisn to the boss con- trolled organizations of both the old parties, alike to the Barnes organiza- ton and to the Murphy organiza- tion. I shall do all I can to aid in the election of that ticket and as far as my voice will permit I will speak in every section of the state from one end to the other in support of the cause to which I think we have a right to expect all good citizens in the state to subscribe.
 "A day or two later MT. Duell called on me stating that he had seen MT. Whitman and that MT. Whitman realized that he had made a great mistake and was only anxious to re-
 
 shortly issue the statement that he had promised and attack MT. Barnes by name, announcing that he was as against Mir. Murphy. I told MT. Duell that I doubted whether MT. Whitman would venture to make any such state ment and that I could not commit myself in advance as to what my action would be in the event that he did make it.
 "A little later, on July third or fourth, MT. Duell forwarded to me through my son a rough draft copy of the letter to be addressed to MT. Whit nan by the committee of the Whit man Non-Partisan league and a rough craft copy of MT. Whitman's pro- posed reply. MT. Whitman's pro- posed reply was as follows:
 Whitmun's Proposed Letter.
 July 3, 1914 To the Executive Committee, Non-
 Partisan Whitman League, New
 York, N. Y.
 Gentlemen:---In answer to your let ter of July -, 1914, to the effect that in the newspapers of the state considerable misunderstanding has arisen on tlie ground that I am Mir Barnes's machine choice for governor. wish to say that any such statements are unequivocally false. You say that my silence has had the tendency to estop my friends from denying that I am opposed to boss rule. I regret this, of course, but notwithstanding this fact and any former misunder- standing, I have always meant to be perfectly clear on this point.
 In order therefore that there may be no further doubt and so that I may dispose once and for all of the absurd duestirn n that I am Barnes's choice for governor I will state that I am and always have been absolutely against him and all that he stands for in politics. No Middle Ground |
  the coming fight this fall each voter of the state is either for MT. Barnes or against MT. Barnes, for MT. Mur- phy or against MT. Murphy. -.
 am against MT. Barnes and shall oppose Hr. Barnes; am against Mir. Murphy and shall oppose Mir. Murphy both of ther1-to the bitter end. Decent government in this state must be restored. Let us make it even pIainer. Ever since have occupied l the office of district attorney, al- though I have never been a republican l Mr. Barnes has never, either directly or indirectly, been in my office. have steadfastly conducted the office | of district attorney during my incum- bency on strict basis of non-partis- 1 anship. The caerest investigation ir this connection will bear out the truth 1 of this statement. -....
 I believe in the direct primary and | prefer to carry my fight, win. or lose. to the people themselves, and if Mr. Barnes is able to beat me in the pri- maries it merely means that the tght must be carried on with renewed 1 vigor until the day finally comes when l those who stand for decent citizen ship and genuine popular government have swept away the last vestisc l of ring rule; in very fact the rule of such political parasites is the cause 1 of the corruption which today domi- | mates our entire state.
 Very truly yours,
 C. w. S.
 
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