Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-12-29
NO POLITICS IN
WORK FOR THE
BIG CELEBRATION
Members of Committee of One
Hundred Resent Attacks on
Governor Murphy.
TERM INSINUATIoNS
UTTERLY RIDICULOUS
Otherwise Would Be Insulting,
Not Only to Chairman, but
TO All Committeeman.

What is characterized by members
of the Committee of One Hundred as
an unwarranted and futile attempt to
make it appear that personal political
ambition Is behind former Governor
, Franklin Murphy's work in connec-
| tion with the proposed celebration of
Newarlx's 250th anniversary was made
last night in an evening paper.
1t was declared by members of the
committee today that If the published
insinuations were not so utterly ridic-
ulous, they would be insulting not
only to the former governor, but to
every committeeman. Uzal H. Nc
Carter, president Of the Fidelity Trust
Company and chairman of the execu-
tive committee of the Committee of
One Hundred, was among those who
took this view of the matter. MIR
McCarter said:
IAN apparent attempt on the part
of one of last evenings newspapers
to inject a political issue into the
work of the Committee of One Hun
dred and tine celebration which is to
, take place next May is to my mind so
unfair that it can hardly be permitted
to pass unnoticed by me and other
members of the committee.
Governor Murphy is my personal
friend, and If he finally decides to
enter the senatorial fight (Which up
to the present time he has not in
formed me it was his intention so to
dol, then / will do everything in my
power to assist him in the realization
of his ambition, but the work OF the
Committee of One Hundred has moth
| inc q n Il xrrfft.
other political issue.
Making Personal Sacrifice.
II have been so closely associated
with Governor Murphy in this work
from its inception down to the present
time that probably am as well quail
fled as any one to speak authoritative
ly on this subject Anyone who is not
in daily association with him in this
| matter has no conception of the
amount Of labor that he is devoting
! to this work at a great personal
sacrifice to himself and to his busi-
ness interests. Hia interest in the
celebration Is real and his Willingness
! to at all times subordinate his views
to those who are associated with him
IN the work cannot be questioned.
They are facts that prove conclusively
to anyone who has actual knowledge
of the undertaking his genuine devo-
| ton to the city's celebration.
Day and night, ever since the COM
mittee was formally organized and
! since the work has been in progress.
I he has planned and Iabored upon the
| general plan of the celebration with
unfiinching interest and to him more
| than to all the rest of US engaged in
the undertaking will be due the credit
| for what we believe will be its sue
cess, It is his inspiration that has
enthused the rest of us.
Il feel that in paying this well-de-
| served tribute to the governors great
/ work on the committee, I am acting
only as the mouthpiece for everyone
of the members of the Committee of
One Hundred, and am certain that
| at the next meeting of that body the
committee will SO record itself unani-
| mously.
THE work Of the committee has
thus far progressed in great harmony
and for the city's good. and sincere
/ lly hope that at this late day there
will be no attempt to inject political
issues into its work.
Cheap Politics.
| ~ , just pOliticS-CIledp pOtlIlcSs
| said another member of the commit
tee. I'm the first place Governor MUIR
ply is high-minded gentleman, who
under no circumstances and for no
| personal reason would attempt to
make use of the committee or its
work to advance his own interests.
In the second place, assuming the inn
possible and supposing for a minute
that he would stoop to such a thing,
| il Is absurd to think that the ninety
nine other members of the committee
would be so gullible or so spineless as
to permit it.
Whatever political aspirations
Governor Murphy may have, and
every other member of this commit
tee is absolutely sure that the great
est ambition of his life is to have
this celebration a great, fiawless sue
cess. That is his hope and his dream
of dreams. To 1t he is subordinating
all other things, and not even the
toga of a United States senator could
influence him to take any other
course"