Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-09-24
QUINN EXPLODES
ANOTHER vOLLEY
Of Shots Against Talk Made at
Meeting of the Democratic
County Committee.

The following statement was
issued by Arthur A. Quinn this
morning in his fight of the Demo-
cratic senatorial nomination:
History repeats itself every hour
of the day and every day of the year.
In the olden times it was the policy
of the master of the multitude to
create false issues in order to divert
the minds Of the people away from
that which was real, but through the
counsel of calmer minds the real
issue would at last break forth Let
us all consider that the contest now
being waged in this county is merely
! typical of contests that have been
since the beginning of political par
| ties and in this contest history is
repeating itself in that statements
misleading and untrue are being ad-
vanced to deceive the voters. Those
who oppose my candidacy have a
perfect right to endorse the candi-
| dacy of Mr.. Florance if they wish to,
but it is not fair to defend their
action other than in a straightfor-
ward manner
Il quote from last nights edition
of the EVENING NEWS (the meet
! ing referred to being one of the
! County Executive Committee):
1T was shown at the meeting
that session of the county commit
tee had been called on August 25 at
Mr.. Quinn's request; that he had in
tended to ask for an endorsement by
| the committee at that time, but had
refrained after noting that a major
| ity were against him and in favor of
Mr.. Florance. Evidence was pre-
sented to show that he then request
| ed that no endorsement be made and
the issue be left solely to the voters
who will cast their ballots at the
primaries.
This sAtement is absolutely false
! and If Mr.. Hagerty made such
statement as this l want to say with
all the emphasis l possess that he
stated that which is absolutely un-
! true, as | never entertained any de-
sire to seek the endorsement of the
county committee and no one is bet
| ter aware of this fact than Mr..
Hagerty himself.
THE letter which they refer to as
being sent to the county committee
men, I quote below:
September Is, 1915.
My dear Sir:
'As you know, l am seeking the
nomination for state senator on the
| Democratic ticket. 1nasmuch, how
ever, as the county committee, of
which you are member, has left it
| to the voters to decide who shall be
| the candidate, it would be very in
discreet for me to solicit your sup
port in the capacity of a member of
that committee. This question I
leave to your own good judgment.
! l am communicating with you at this
time to ask you to place yourself in
| my position: just feel that you re-
presented this county IN the House
of Assembly for three terms; had
| done nothing to bring discredit to
! yourself, party, county or state; had
acted fair with everyone and never
purposely absented yourself when
any vital question was to be voted
on, but was man enough to stand
ND and be counted and see if you,
too, would not feel justified in seek
ing the nomination for senator.
Il have the greatest respect for
my opponent, Mr. Florance, and
would not want to have it said that
any word or act of mine would in
any way injure his election, should
he succeed in obtaining the n0mina
| ton but | feel, with modesty, that
| faithful service in a minor position
should be recognized when a senator
is to be elected. l enclose you
synopsis of my record in the House
and l leave it to you whether my
attitude in requesting the county
committee not to give their support
to either of the candidates. was JUS
titled or not. l am going to ask that
YOU bear this one fact in mind and
that is that nv candidacy is not
what is often termed a 'sorehead'
fight; | have been lifelong party
Democrat and will continue TO be.
II is Just as I have said, l feel that
| l am Justly entitled to present my
candidacy at the primary election.
Il am quite sure that every think
ing man will see the justification of
nv attitude l am anxious to be
nominated and I am seeking the
nomination in an honorable and
open manner and like every man all
ask for is a square deal, and l
thank YOU in advance for accepting
my candidacy in this spirit.
Il beg to remain,
Very truly yours,
(Siened0 ARTHUR A. QUINN
DO you see anything in this letter
that is detrimental to my opponent?
7 believe that if every political con-
test was conducted as is exemplifed
by this letter, (Which seem to aston
ish some of those who oppCCe mel,
there could be no fault 10 find.
The real issue and that which the
people are entitled to know is still
unanswered. Why is it that, after
being elected to the house of assem-
blv for three terms. am now con-
sidered a weak candidate? What is
the reason? What is the underlying
motive? All this bosh talk of anti
organization" leadership
and other trivial matters are brought
forth, as l stated at the beginning
of this communication, merely TO
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