Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-27
QUINN AND CANNON
TO FIGHT It OUT
Question of Veracity is Raised
Will Meet at County Com
mittee Session Tonight.
QUINN SEEMS DETERM lNED
Cannon Insists ASSemblyman
Agreed to Leave Candidacy
to the County Committee.


The question of veracity has been
raised between Assemblyman Ar
thur A. Quinn and County Clerk b.
M. Cannon over Mr.. Quinn's candi-
dacy for the Democratic senatorial
nomination. Immediately following
the Democratic outing Tuesday it
was announced by county leaders
that Mr.. Quinn had agreed to leave
his candidacy In the hands of the
county committee to be decided to-
night. Yesterday Mr.. Quinn denied
absolutely that he had entered into
any such agreement. Now Mr.. Can
non declares that, contrary to Mr..
-Quinn's statement, the assem- blyman
did agree to let the county commit
tee decide whether he or Prosecutor
W. Edwin Florance should be the
senatorial candidate in Middlesex.
Mr.. Cannon, stated that it seemed Mr..
Quinn was simply bit peeved be-
cause Mr.. Florance had his petition
in circulation when the Democratic
outing was held on Tuesday OF this
week.
Mr.. Quinn said yesterday that he
was in the fight to the finish and un-
der no consideration would he step
aside for Mr. Florance or anyone else
until the people had decided by their
vote at the coming primaries. Mr..
Quinn went so far as to say that he
could not very well withdraw now
If he wanted to, in view Of the fact
that the fight had been carried as
far as it had Under no considera-
ton was he candidate for the as
sembly, he said, but was in the sena-
torial race to stay. He ridiculed the
efforts of Democratic leaders to at
tempt to get him to stand for
fourth term in the lower house. He
claimed that never in the history of
the house had man gone back for a
fourth term.
It was the emphatic statement of
County Clerk Cannon today that Mr..
Quinn, on Tuesday had consented to
leave the nomination question in the
hands of the Democratic county
committee withfthe proviso that the
committee would handle the subject
fairly and squarely and men like Mr..
Cannon, meaning the county leaders,
would keep their hands off. Mr.. Gan
non repeated today that the nomina-
tion had been thoroughly discussed
from all angles during the outing
Tuesday. Mr.. Quinn, according to
Mr. Cannon, claimed that he was a
strong candidate, but inasmuch as
Mr.. Florance had entered the race, he
would not cause any party split and
would abide by a fair decision of the
county committee
Mr.. Cannon declared that it was
at Mr.. Quinn's own suggestion be-
fore he (Gannon) went west some
weeks ago, that conference Of
county committeeman should be held
to pick the strongest candidate. The
conclusion reached by Mr.. Cannon is
that Mr. Quinn became disgruntled
because Mr.. Florance had his petition
out. The county leader concludes
that this act should not give him
cause for acting as he is, inasmuch
as 1t matters little whether Mr.. Flor
ance had or had not petition out,
it being held that the question of
candidates was still undecided. 1t is
declared that Mr. Quinn did not like
the enthusiasm with which promi-
nent Democrats of the county signed
Mr.. Florance's petition.
Regarding Mr.. Quinn's demand
that Mr.. Cannon and men like him
keep hands off," the county leader
stated today that he proposed to ex-
ercise every right he had as a coun-
ty committeeman and voter, and
would fight for the endorsement of
whom he believed to be the strong
est candidate.
There will be meeting of the Mid
dlesex County Committee tonight to
discuss the senatorial situation.
Both Mr.. Quinn and Mr. Cannon an
nounce that they will be present. In
contrast to Mr.. Quinn's positive as
sertion that he is in the fight to
stick, prominent politicians here, on
both the Republican and Democratic
sides, believe that he will conclude
with Withdrawing in favor of Mr..
Florance. Mr.. Quinn says that he
wants the issue to be settled by the
people, and should they favor Mr.
Florance, he will get behind with
others and support Mr. Florance.
1t was announced in Republican
circles here today that Ira r. Grouse
was looming up more strongly as a
candidate for the Republican alder
candidacy. Leaders
predicted that he was gaining in
strength almost daily and indications
were that he would become the
regular candidate