Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-07
REPUBLICANS GET
BACK At CROSBY
Peacock and ScoVeI Arraign Es-
sex Assemblyman for Call
ing Them Weak"
INSTALLATIONS a LIE" SAY
TWO ACCUSED MEMBERS
Quote from Their Records TO
Make Clear Their
Positions.
rspecinI to the Evening start

ISoeciaI 10 the Evening SThr.1
TRENTON, April IA bitter ar
raignment was made last night by
Assemblymen Peacock and Scovel of
a statement issued last week by AS
semblyman w. Give Crosby, of Es-
sex, in which he declared that the
weaker" members of the House had
been swayed in their vote on the
bank tax bill by Governor Fielder.
The two members started turmoil in
The Republican ranks by their severe
attack, Assemblyman Peacock plainly
branding the statement as a lie.
The fireworks were touched off by
Mr.. Peacock, who branded the insin-
aation made by the Essex legislator
es lie" Mr.. Peacock said:
During the past week one of the
snembers of this House. particularly
of the minority, issued a statement In
The public press in which he charac-
terized some of the members of the
minority party as the weaker men,
bers of the minority party for voting
for the bank tax bill on promises OF
Governor Fielder
II want to say now, above board,
that / voted for the bank tax bill,
but that / did not vote for it through
any promise Of Governor Fielder, or
any other man in this House. / voted
Tor that bill according to the dictates
of my own conscience, and in voting
for 1t thought | was voting for the
best interests of the people of Burling-
ton County and of the State of New
Jersey; and any man who is ava
ricious and DESTROYS of assuming
leadership who has not the nerve to
stand upon this floor and say what he
thinks about a certain bill or GER
tain member, but who goes to the
public press and makes an assertion
which goes out before the public as
what he thinks, TO my mind, is not
tit to occupy a seat In this House"
scOvel Has IA Word.
Assemblyman Harry S. Scovei, of
Camden, followed his Burlington
County colleague and also criticised
Mr.. Crosby for his action. He de-
clared Mr., Crosby lacked the courage
to face his fellow members upon the
floor of the House and say what he
has had to say, but instead after the
meeting was over, he disappeared
alone and dictated an offensive arti-
Gle and under the cover of night
sent 1t to the public press. Continuing
his attack he said:
81 want to say to this man that
came into this chamber and voted
first to put vestibules on the cars to
keen the 'notormen from freez 'ng to
death / am going out of ii for the
last time, voting as l believe | should
vote to help the poor people, and
10 make the banks pay a proper
amount OF taxes.
''Does this learned gentleman from
Essex know the history of the Buck
tax act, and that previous to its en-
actment, the banks were paying a due
proportioffN of taxes? Does he know
this oracle From Essex, that the rass-
age of the Buck act saved the banks
OF New Jersey one million dollars
and since that time they have not
been paying a fair share of taxes?
''Does he know that. unfortunately
I voted for the Buck tax bill, under
Che statement OF a man who has
since come to me, the introducer and
SAID 1t was a nefarious bill, and beg
ged me, If l had any righteousness
left, not to let them put it over like
they put it over then. ! said: What
did you report a bill like that for?
He said: Because at that time they
used me, and now they abuse me-
"Tnis man from Essex, this repre-
sentative of the automobile trusts o.
New Jersey, talks about the Demo
Gratis being bulls in a china shop.
They may be. l do not know any
thing about that. He talks about the
weaker members of the minority.
Are they the weaker members of the
minority because they voted for 8
bill to put proper tax upon the
banks2
81 had the honor to serve in this
House with Jim Fielder and Johr
Tracey, and several other people.
had the honor to meet them and com
bat with them here upon the floor
but it was always my dear sir, while
Ehey were looking at me and l was
svo-:ng at them"