Perth Amboy evening news., 1914-09-28
OUACKENbOSS
TELLS WHY He
IS CAN O|DATE

In reply to an editorial pub
lished Friday in the NEWS former
Sheriff William H. Quackenboss, of
candidate of Charles Mccormick
of the johnson & Johnson firm of the
county seat. His reply~was received
too late for publication Saturday in
view of the fact that the NEWS
went to press at noon ON that date
1t is as follows:
New Brunswick, N. j.,
September 26, 1914.
Dear Sir:--In answer to the edi-
torial in the Perth Amboy EVEN
ING NEWS of September 25th, as
to where l stand in the running for
county clerk, l do not wish to get
into any political controversy, as the
taxpayers have been paying $500
year for that purpose for the, last
five years.
I'm the first place, they intimate
that / am candidate of Mr.. Charles
Mccormick, of Johnson & Johnson,
which assertion is not true, as / am
ready to take an affidavit at any
time that Mr.. Mccormick has never
spoken to me on the subject nor mas
any representative of his.
Now in answer to the question
as to whose candidate I am, all that
they have to do is to refer to the list
of my signers and a thousand more
signers if they wish to see them.
In answer to the question why
did not go into the primary fight
with Mr.. Cannon, I wish to state that
as the law does not compel one to
go into the primary fight where he
has no opposition and as / am run
ming as an Independent Democrat, /
deemed 1t unnecessary to have my
name placed on the primary ticket,
as the law gives a candidate q per-
feet right to be placed on the reg
ular ballot to be voted for on cleo
ton day when all the voters turn
out to show their choice of the can
didates named for the various Offices.
Now in answering the inquiry in
regard to the progressive ticket. I
wish to state that Mr.. Edgar of the
Progressive party called upon me and
asked me If | would accept the Pro-
gressive's endorsement on their tick
ct, to which | answered | would, but
ing to run as an Independent Demo-
crat. They placed me on their tick
ct, but by getting an opinion on the
new election law, we found from
good legal authority that mans
name could not appear upon the
ticket but once. l therefore declin-
ed to have my name placed upon
their ticket as their candidate, but
they must have seen some good in
my administration as sheriff of this
county or they would not have wish
ed to endorse me.
"Mr. Cannon said earlier In the
campaign that he was going to run
on his record. Now we hope and pray
that he will give the public his rec
ord as county clerk as l intend to
give the public my record as sheriff
of this county as | have nothing in
my past record to cover up
''Six years ago the voters of this
county placed their confidence in me
and made me sheriff of the county.
At that time / adopted a platform to
run on and | tried to fulfill all prom
ises that | had made in that platform.
told them at that time that | would
neither be Democratic sheriff nor a
Republican sheriff, but a sheriff for
the whole people and when | took
that Office tried to fill it to the best
of my ability as | always went to my
Office at O'Clock in the morning and
stayed there until S, serving mostly
all the papers that came into that Of
fce myself and taking all prisoners
to wherever they were sentenced and
attending to all other duties required
seenstnued en- page A., man,
.. ideath, will be heard.